Everything We Know About the Off-Road SUV

Rumblings about GM reviving the GMC Jimmy get loudest when a brand new body-on-frame (BOF) SUV makes an look. Last time, the quantity rose after the 2020 launch of the Ford Bronco. This time, they’re at an all-time excessive following the debut of the popular Boulder Concept at the 2026 New York auto present. Indeed, the newest indications appear stronger than ever, and we have tapped our collective brainpower and compiled every little thing we learn about how the 2029 GMC Jimmy will form up, together with our artist’s illustrations of doable two- and four-door designs.

The strongest indicator we have seen elsewhere got here from GM Authorityonly a week after the Boulder rolled down the hill. According to the outlet, GMC is critically trying revisiting beforehand scrapped plans for a brand new Jimmy SUV. What makes this a bit completely different from the earlier scenario is we’re listening to comparable issues from insiders.

What’s the New GMC Jimmy Going to Look Like?

None of the rumors are definitive about how a brand new 2029 Jimmy will look. That stated, as we perceive issues, GM is contemplating two paths: fashionable or retro. To the former, we have heard it would draw closely on GMC’s present crop of SUVs, the Acadia, Terrain, and Yukon. Think a contemporary, easy, roundish look with creases and sculpting to suggest toughness.

The retro path has extra persistently appeared in rumors, which point out a design that harkens again to the C/Ok full-size Jimmy of the Sixties and ’70s. With the recognition of the Bronco, the longstanding custom of the Wrangler, and the recognition of the newest Toyota Land Cruiser’s look, this would not be a poor selection. Even the Hyundai Boulder Concept exhibits affect from classic SUVs with its sq. LED lights, trucklike options, and upright greenhouse.

It’s this re-evaluation that we requested out illustrator to riff on, spinning up two- and four-door variations that we expect look extremely good. We’d be glad if the manufacturing Jimmy appears even shut to those, and contains equally cool particulars like the old-school badge and distinction aspect stripes.

The 2029 Jimmy’s Chassis

Unlike the current Chevrolet Blazerthe new GMC Jimmy will reply the longstanding requires GM to construct an actual off-road SUV. Thus, it might be a midsize BOF mannequin slightly than use a unibody, making its chief rivals the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler. It would possible use an evolution of the 31XX-2 platform, with a couple of adjustments to make it aggressive in opposition to its rivals.

That’s primarily centered round how the rear finish can be managed. While leaf springs work wonderful on a midsize pickup, we expect the 2029 GMC Jimmy would want a five-link suspension for its stay axle and use coil springs to be thought-about aggressive in opposition to the Bronco, Wrangler, and even the Toyota 4Runner. The strut entrance design utilizing an impartial entrance axle is already nicely fitted to the process and can possible stay.