If Ram is making the best luxury truck right now and Ford has the most exciting off-roader, the GMC Sierra AT4 splits the difference between them.
With big trucks like these, we can't overstate how important it is to look the part. Part of the reason people spend so much on these things — in this case, $66,365 — is that they function as extensions of the owner's ego. Like an exotic sports car, trucks convey an image of power and wealth.In that sense, the AT4 is a huge success.
With the bed loaded, the Sierra was also a completely comfortable companion on the 7-hour drive from Philadelphia to Cleveland. The seats are great, the cabin is gargantuan and the truck is perfectly happy at rural highway speeds. With its big leather ventilated thrones, heated steering wheel, head-up display, Bose stereo and high-definition, digital rear-view mirror, the Sierra checked a lot of luxury truck boxes.
On something like a Raptor, which is built for more high-speed desert running and jumping, a big engine makes perfect sense. But the AT4 is more measured than that, build for rock crawling and crushing obstacles. You're not going to need the extra power off-road.On road, the Sierra is limited to 98 mph. The truck is still pulling hard at this point, charging up the speedometer until — WHAM — you smack into the speed limiter like a brick wall.
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