2015 GMC Yukon XL / Yukon Denali XL - Car and Driver
You’d think that with a nicely updated Suburban going on sale , there would be little reason to consider its similarly updated Yukon XL cousin. But such thinking overlooks the halo of the GMC brand, as well as the magic of the Denali trim and its 6. 2-liter V-8. The only way to get that inseparable pair is from your friendly GMC store. Roughly half of Yukon and Yukon XL customers opt for the Denali version, and they’ll now enjoy a 6. 2-liter V-8 freshly updated with direct fuel injection and a higher compression ratio. Generating 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, the Denali’s substantially more powerful V-8 cuts a second and a half from the XL's zero-to-60 time, dropping it to 5. 6 seconds. The standard Yukon XL benefits from a similarly updated 355-hp, 5. 3-liter V-8, which makes it about as quick as the last-generation Denali. Compared with the regular-wheelbase Yukon and Denali , the XL versions are 20. 4 inches stretchier stem to stern, have an additional 26. 4 cubic feet of max cargo space, and give adult third-row passengers a fighting chance at comfort, with nearly... The keen buyer might be surprised that, even though the XL is slightly wider and longer than its predecessor, luggage capacity is down more than 10 percent. Blame the new flat-folding second and third rows that work with a fairly thick shelf added to the rear of the load floor to produce the flat surface. Source: www.caranddriver.com
