Chevrolet Montana.....

[MontgomeryLittle]

Never heard of it until today. South America has had them for a few years. Small engines, unibody and no hybrid to date that I saw. Maybe AI generated stuff for some photos. One article said sometime 2025 for USA release?
Just curious if anyone else has seen this.

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[Fcnrwy]

There have been videos on the Montana (Santa Cruz) since, October 2024...



This video doesnt tell much...

Jerry

 

[Headcase650]

GM is developing a competitor but it's not the Montana. The South American Montana is smaller with a smaller engine and is available in front wheel drive only. I don't know what the competitor is but expect it for a 2028 model year, built in Kansas City. That plant just lost the Malibu and the XT4 so it is capable of building a compact to mid size vehicle with a similar drivetrain that's all wheel drive. They will launch the new Bolt, then a Buick sister vehicle, then the new compact truck.

 

[zen_]

Maybe AI generated stuff for some photos. One article said sometime 2025 for USA release?

While I was shopping for the Maverick and researching exhaustively, I was bombarded with AI articles of "Maverick killers" (Toyota Stout, GM Montana, etc.), due out soon! Not likely at all, although I will say the Trax (platform the Montana shares) is actually a very good vehicle for what it is.

These things are everywhere in LATAM because full size trucks and fuel is expensive, and they are a lot handier to drive in cramped infrastructure.

 

[Triangle6887]

The Maverick was, in my opinion, a game changer for the American car market. The demand for small trucks was there but regulatory burden (CAFE, chicken tax, etc) made it a tall task for manufactures. Ford came out of left field with the Maverick and its quickly becoming one of the best selling trucks in America for good reason. It outsold the Ranger, Canyon, Colorado, and Frontier in 2024. It was only beat by the Tacoma. The longer GM takes to release a competitive vehicle to the US market like the Montana, the longer Ford has time to build customers loyal to the Maverick platform.

I don't have a particular loyalty towards any one car brand so I'm not sure if I would've gone with the Maverick if alternative options were available (lets not lie to each other and call the Santa Cruz an alternative), but its what was available at the time and it was exactly what I wanted so here I am. I'm sure there's countless others in the same situation.

 

[Scott Asheville]

I believe BEV technology will unleash a barrage of innovative small trucks. Why would I say that? Because small trucks have been hamstrung for a decade by our government overlords - who created CAFE rules that dis-incentivized small wheelbase trucks. Alex on Autos, TFL, and others have done pieces on the CAFE "perverse incentives".

But it will take a while. I think around 2027 to 2028 we're going to see a flood. Ford has already announced one. Toyota has hinted at one. You know GM doesn't want to be left out of the game. And BEVs aren't predicted to be cost equivalent to ICE until 2026 or 2027 (depends on who you ask).

Also, Hyundai and Kia will be on a second generation Santa Cruz. Hyundai Group doesn't make the same mistake twice. You can be sure the next Santa Cruz will look like a truck, have hybrid, ICE and BEV variants.

 

[Blinky]

The Montana isn't much competition for the Maverick, from what I read it's tiny and gutless.
Aside from that, I'm just not a chevy guy, learned my lesson twice and that was enough to turn me off pretty much anything they make other than the corvette.

 

[npaladin2000]

GM doesn't have a hybrid system to put in it in the first place, that's their biggest problem to this point. With emissions regulations relaxing they may be able to just federalize it and bring it here, we'll have to see.

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