Description

By Rod Ward

In this Auto Review publication we look at commercial vehicles produced in the USA under the Chevrolet and GMC badges. In the early part of the story Chevrolet was limited to producing vehicles up to 1.5 tons, while GMC made bigger vehicles. In later years the two brands offered similar models badged with different names. Chevrolet mostly used their own engines, but GMC used Pontiac or Oldsmobile engines for smaller vehicles, and GM Detroit Diesel or other engines for larger trucks. GMC Caballero car-derived pickups are mentioned here, cousins of the Chevrolet El Camino. The five generations of El Camino are described in Auto Review 209 and 214. Chevrolet pickup-based MPVs, SUVs and minibuses (ie ‘the ones with windows’) are pictured in Auto Review 209 and 214,  including Blazers, Suburbans, Astro MPVs and Sportvans.

On the other hand, GMC SUVs etc are included here, because they have not been covered in any other Auto Review publication. This publication covers Chevrolet and GMC vehicles sold in North America, so models exclusive to other parts of the world, such as the Montana pickup (sold in Latin America and South Africa) are not described here.