GMC Granite Concept to enter production if GM figures out how to build the doors

Thats odd GM already has an opel crossover with rear hinged door if im not mistaken why not do it the same way..

Sooooooo they won't build the Orlando, a vehicle that the company actually needs and could sell, the Rondo and Mazda 5 both do ok and have zero marketing, but they are going to build this vehicle that has no off road capability, market it under their truck label, and price it well above the competition. Yeah........uh......not quite out of the corporate mind think quick sand.

GM was years behind Chrysler when it developed the HHR and now its behind Scion and Kia on this venture. Good looking replica though.

Funny I cant think of any Scions or Kia's with sucide doors or any Scion's an Kia's that people want to own for that matter.

For real safety make the doors aprox. 30% shorter? Without a fixed B pillar it would probably barely pass the crash test, when a bigger side impact accident comes you would be done the way this is.

I think a solution to this is to make the inner pillars of the door thicker both longitudinally and laterally. Then, have the upper and lower parts of the door wrap around the roof and floor. Inside the inner pillars would be re-enforced by internal vertical bars for added rigidity.

The Toyota FJ cruiser and Honda element have no problem

Maybe they should can the "suicide" doors. Mazda can figure it out on a sports car platform without any trouble. Many concepts have different door configurations but they make it to the market with pretty much standard doors.
I myself would not own a Kia or a Scion. I would not own this B/S replica of them either. If suicide doors does it for you then have at it. This thing is a day late and a dollar short, as usual with GMC.
They could have redeemed themselves years ago with the Camaro but Ford and Dodge saturated that market with Mustangs and Challengers for a few years first. Thank god for the Corvette.

Larry Key West

This is a nice design I would like to see this in ours street.

I'm really thinking about quit buying near-luxury cars and SUV's for something greener. I really like the looks, the proposed features, the practicality and the size. I going to hold-out on my next purchase to see if they build the Granite. I've had GMC products and the quality has been excellent.

Other than the cheap interior they are pretty good products, however they were the most troublesome in the desert. In Kuwait the only vehicle we had that didn't break down was a Toyota Land cruiser. We had a jeep cherokee with a 5 spd that was the most fun, and the suburbans and tahoes were constantly in motor pool getting fixed, and nothing worked on them. Radios didn't work, A/C sucked when it did work. The Land cruiser had the best A/C, the CD player worked and it never broke down on us once. In normal everyday driving domestic trucks are quite good but in extreme environments forget it. Why do you think the compact toyota pickup is so popular in areas of extreme environments like the middle east? For those who say japan can't build good trucks I think it is BS.

The front grill needs to be bigger.

Without the B-Pillar you have side impact challenges. Rear sliders would actually work better than rear hinge - think of the odd logistics of exiting a Granite parked close to another vehicle. First the front driver must get out, then close the driver door so the rear left passenger can open theirs enough to slide forward through the opening, then open the driver door enough again to close the rear door (since it's likely a properly sealed cabin will require rear doors to be closed first)...