They say that Buick has now become General Motors' entry-level brand and that Chevrolet has moved further upscale alongside GMC just below Cadillac. However, we could argue that some GMCs are still way cooler than their Chevy counterparts.
For example, the two brands have the big 2024 Chevy Traverse and 2024 GMC Acadia set to arrive early next year as all-new third generations – and while they look differently, they're both attractive in their own right. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the smaller Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain.
The second-generation Terrain went through an ample refresh for the 2022 model year, making it sharper and more focused on an adventurous lifestyle. The corresponding third-gen Chevy Equinox also got a nip and tuck, but the crossover SUV remained as bland and uninteresting as before. In fact, the Equinox EV seems to be from a different story altogether – one where the designers actually came to work and didn't let an amateur draw the CUV's design.
Of course, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and we will not hold a grudge against anyone who thinks otherwise. Back to the GMC Terrain, which starts from $28,700 instead of $26,600 like the Equinox sibling, some people believe the crossover belongs in the 'future vehicles' section on GMC's online portal alongside the 2024 Acadia, the first-ever Canyon AT4X AEV Edition, or the Sierra EV Denali Edition 1.
Some of them even have the means to take matters into their own hands – or rather, at the tip of their CGI brush as we deal with the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. For example, the Halo oto channel on YouTube provides fresh automotive info corroborated with their virtual designs, and now, there are some CGI ideas about the upcoming third-generation Terrain.
Hypothetically planned in the parallel universes of vehicular CGI for the 2025 model year, this unofficial version doesn't stray much from the current design of the GM subsidiary, which is as adventurous as possible without making it look like it wants to go to extremes.
For example, the resident pixel master modified the grille to make it larger and more squarish, the fog lights get a different treatment, there are more chrome ornaments, and the boomerang-style headlights get more squarish leaving only the LED DRLs to continue the style – just like we have seen on the larger Acadia.
Unfortunately, there is one thing you could complain about – the CGI expert didn't bother with too many changes along the profile and at the rear, so we could also treat this unofficial rendering as nothing more than a second update for the current generation instead of an all-new model. What do you think? Will GMC present an all-new Terrain so soon after they implemented the delayed facelift?
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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