GMC is refreshing the Yukon for 2025.
Updates for the large, three-row SUV include new headlights, grille, and lower front fascia.
The modernized interior has a giant portrait-oriented 16.8-inch infotainment screen, while the reviled and distracting push-button gear selector has been replaced by a steering column stalk.
The 355-hp, 5.3-liter V8 and 420-hp, 6.2-liter V8 carry over, and there is a more powerful 305-hp, 3.0-liter inline-six turbodiesel.
All three engines are paired with a 10-speed automatic, with both rear- and four-wheel drive available.
Maximum towing capacity is 8,400 pounds.
Two new trims, the AT4 Ultimate and Denali Ultimate, are available for 2025.
AEB with pedestrian and cyclist detection, BSW, RCTW, and rear AEB are standard.
The Super Cruise hands-free active driving assistance system, active parking assist, occupant detection system, and trailer-compatible blind-spot warning are available for 2025.
The redesigned 2021 Yukon enters the modern era with an independent rear suspension that improved ride comfort, handling and third-row room.
This is a massive vehicle that’s very functional, comfortable and high-tech.
The standard 5.3-liter V8 is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission and together the powertrain supplies plenty of predictable uninterrupted power.
The ride is comfortable.
Handling is rather ponderous but secure.
The enormous cabin is eerily quiet.
Cargo capacity is generous, weakening the case for the Yukon XL.
Controls are very easy to use except for the tricky gear selector.
It’s a big step to get into the Yukon and the tall hood cuts forward visibility.
Forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection are standard, but blind spot warning, lane departure and lane keeping assistance are optional. Freshened for 2025, the Yukon received new exterior styling and an updated interior featuring a vertically-oriented 16.8-inch infotainment screen.
The optional diesel engine got a power bump up to 305-hp.
GM's Super Cruise active driver assistance system became available as did optional features that make towing easier.
The tricky to operate by feel push-button gear selector was replaced by a column stalk selector.
The 2015 redesign brought a sumptuous and quiet interior, power folding second- and third-row seats, and available advanced safety features.
Top-trim Denali versions offer a larger V8 and plusher interior furnishings.
We think it's important to get the Magnetic Ride Control suspension, because it significantly improves the Yukon's emergency handling, as well as ride comfort.
Lower trim lines without this feature have sloppy handling in emergency situations.
Getting that suspension, however, requires going all the way to a Denali.
In all honesty, other than that, we'd skip the GMC altogether.
You can get the Magnetic Ride Control in a top LTZ-trim-level Chevrolet Tahoe without the big engine.
That will cost you less money and consume less fuel.
The 2007 redesign brought a better ride and improved steering, along with a much nicer interior.
However, the third-row seats lack thigh support and don't fold flat into the floor, eating up cargo room.
The powertrain we tested, a 5.3-liter V8 with the six-speed automatic transmission, was strong enough -- but unrefined.
Controls are mostly simple, but some are tiny and too far from the driver.
This twin of the Chevrolet Tahoe shares a platform with the other full-sized GM trucks.
It has strong, fuel efficient engines, as well as a more comfortable ride.
ESC was offered starting with 2003 models, preventing tip-ups in government rollover tests.
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