America is known for many things – Hollywood, football, hamburgers, weapons, cows, a government constantly suffering from war – and at the forefront, powerful cars and, above all, pickups. The invention is as American as the fence of the white picketer and Marilyn Monroe, partly thanks to the empire of Henry Ford. Ford has been the king of the pickup segment ever since they invented it in 1925, especially after it was the best-selling car in the last 32 years. Although it is obvious that Ford is not the only automaker in America. They are accompanied by two other giants: General Motors and Chrysler.
Nevertheless, being a “big domestic” product, the “Big Three” did not go through history without releasing its fair share of competition. General Motors and Chrysler also produce their pickups for nearly the same time. Although General Motors supported one thing, it was a pair of twins who otherwise were the same truck, with different designs and thin packaging, the infamous duo of half a ton and three quarters of a ton: Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
I do not tow things. I’ve never had. But I can’t discount the number of times I saw a GM pickup truck transporting something, transporting something, or just work about the same amount of time as any Ford or Dodge pickup truck. And that includes the twin Chevrolet, GMC Sierra. Thus, I almost felt that I was rendering the truck a bad service to what it really was capable of, including this particular heavy-duty model, complete with a Duramax diesel engine, especially since I had nothing to really transport except multiple loads on a bed full of home materials. But nonetheless, the 2015 GMC Sierra is here.
-Jack Wilson
