I have to say I am pretty disappointed in this one. Sure, the CUV market is incredibly competitive, but they could have done something, anything, to make it stand out. It looks really derivative and rushed. The side profile has nothing unique about it - no interesting lines, sculpting or creative touches.
By comparison, the Buick Enclave seems much more interesting to me. At least there's a design language at work there, and they are the only ones to have successfully pulled off the "flying roof" trend at the rear.
Perhaps the most disappointing part of this roll out is that they differentiate the two trim levels by their tail lights - the Sport model has dark trim, clear taillight lenses and a mesh grille.
That's it? Do they think that's what shoppers are looking for? I don't know, maybe that is what shopper are looking for.
If you compare the two models, its only apparent if you know what you're looking for. XT6 Luxury model is below.
And here is the XT6 Sport, with dark trim instead of chrome. I miss the good old days when trim models would have more obvious differences, like bumpers, ground effects or distinctive wheels.
Besides, there's so much vertical space on the front of an SUV that they have to wildly exaggerate the bumper to diminish it. All it does here is distract, with the weird way the bottom flares out. Maybe they can call it the Bell Bottom trim.
Let's hope the upcoming CT5 and CT4 sedans will be a little more faithful, but if GM is going back to the old days of cost cutting and bean counting, they're screwed.
The demise of the dramatic CT6 sedan (even with its flaws) just makes this hurt even more.
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