GMC Yukon Denali

The massively spacious and modern-looking cabin of the GMC Yukon Denali is available in three different leather upholstery options – Jet Black, Dark Walnut with Very Dark Ash Grey and Teak and Light Shale. In all three upholstery options, the GMC Yukon Denali has a premium vibe with high-quality fit and finish levels and an equipment list justifying its premium positioning.

The driver’s cockpit of the GMC Yukon Denali has a commanding design, including a four-spoke, electronically adjustable, multi-functional steering wheel which has a satin chrome finish for the lower spokes. This steering wheel has a full-TFT instrument console sitting within a binnacle behind it, which also gets satin chrome surrounds.

The dashboard of the GMC Yukon Denali has a layered design, with the topmost layer having a horizontally laid panel for the AC vents with chrome treatment above it. The corners of the dashboard have rectangular AC vents with chrome surrounds, while the asymmetric centre console has buttons for transmission placed beside the large 10.2-inch touchscreen infotainment system.

The lower centre console of the dashboard gets chunky dials and buttons for the multi-zone automatic climate control and terrain system management, with a wireless charging pad just below it. The rich-in-feel cabin of the GMC Yukon Denali also comes with features like power, heated and ventilated front seats with massaging function, a panoramic sunroof, 14-speaker BOSE audio system, genuine aluminium details and a pivoting wood door in the centre cupholder area.

The GMC Yukon Denali announces its arrival as a majestic-looking SUV just by its appearance and dimensions, which makes it a bossy-looking full-sized SUV. In typical American fashion, the GMC Yukon Denali has large dimensions and a boxy design language, with the overall design language being modern enough to make it an attention-grabber.

The front profile of the GMC Yukon Denali looks massive with the huge rectangular grille with a tapered lower edge. The grille has a multi-dimensional design with honeycomb mesh, with the grille inserts and surrounds all finished in premium-looking chrome. The headlamps on the sides of the grille are massive in appearance too, with the boxy-shaped headlamp clusters featuring C-shaped LED DRLs and vertically aligned LED headlamps. The fog lamps on the lower corners of the front bumper also have a vertical layout, with all-LED illumination and U-shaped chrome garnish below them.

From the side, the GMC Yukon Denali impresses with its authoritative stance, particularly due to its large dimensions, which only gets better in the long-wheelbase version, which gets elongated door panels and rear quarter glass panels. GMC offers the Yukon Denali with multiple 20-inch and 22-inch machined alloy wheel designs, with the SUV also getting a chrome finish for the window surrounds, slim roof rails, door-mounted rearview mirrors and a chrome garnish strip over the lower door panels.

The rear profile of the GMC Yukon Denali continues the boxy and angular theme for the elements, with the SUV getting vertically aligned LED tail lamps on the corners with attractive C-shaped LED inserts. The boot lid has a thick chrome garnish above the trapezoidal license plate housing, with the Yukon Denali getting more chrome for rear bumper garnish and quad exhaust tips.

The GMC Yukon Denali has a very capable traction selection system, which allows the driver to select one from multiple traction configurations like Sport and Two/Haul. The active response four-wheel drive system offered as standard is accompanied by an electronically limited slip differential, which inspires confidence while tackling the worst of terrains. This four-wheel drive system has an AutoTrac 2-speed transfer case and brake-based Stabilitrak system on offer.

The GMC Yukon Denali is available only with one petrol engine option – a 6.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8 petrol engine, which claims 420 PS of maximum power and 624 Nm of maximum torque. This old-school V8 engine is paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission and claims a maximum fuel economy of 8.5 kmpl. While the engine has decent performance on tap, it could have been more powerful, given the sheer size of the SUV.

Along with all the essential safety features which are expected from an SUV of this price and size, the GMC Yukon Denali also comes with range-topping ADAS functions like lane change alert with side blind zone alert, lane keep assist with lane departure warning, following distance indicator, front pedestrian braking, forward collision alert and automatic emergency braking, rear cross-traffic alert, rear park assist with rear auto braking and auto high beam.

The GMC Yukon Denali is a proper American flagship SUV, which means that it has no lack of size, luxury and performance on offer. With a sturdy mechanical setup, the GMC Yukon Denali ranks as one of the most desirable and expensive premium SUVs on sale right now.