Today, GMC revealed the 2025 Yukon, the brand’s flagship nameplate, with major technology upgrades, a bold exterior and thoughtfully refreshed interior design. The 2025 Yukon introduces the first-ever AT4 Ultimate trim, timed to celebrate the fifth anniversary of GMC’s AT4 sub-brand.
“Following the all-new GMC Acadia and next-gen GMC Terrain, the addition of the updated 2025 GMC Yukon completes GMC’s reimagined SUV lineup,” said Duncan Aldred, global vice president, Buick and GMC. “We’re raising the bar on what our customers expect from GMC’s flagship and the addition of the AT4 Ultimate trim fuses ruggedness and capability with craftsmanship and refinement.”
Underpinned by an available 6.2L V8 engine, the 2025 Yukon offers 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission. Also available across the lineup, including on AT4 and AT4 Ultimate for the first time, a 3.0L Duramax Turbo-Diesel engine option offers customers 305 horsepower and 495 lb-ft of torque.
Boldly refreshed – inside and out
As the flagship of the brand, the 2025 Yukon sets a new bar for GMC’s distinctive and premium design language. The Yukon’s interior blends a precisely crafted mix of luxury and technology for a world-class driver and passenger experience, while the elevated exterior design exudes a muscular yet refined character.
The centerpiece of the cabin is a 16.8-inch-diagonal Premium GMC Infotainment Center with a vertical interface, which allows users to customize the integration of maps, audio inputs, vehicle diagnostics and more into a diagonal screen display. The addition of an available 8-inch-diagonal rear climate control touchscreen also helps ensure a comfortable cabin environment for passengers.
The 2025 GMC Yukon exterior also commands attention with the application of unique grille patterns, liftgate badging, animated headlamps and taillamps, and an available panoramic sunroof delivers an open-air cabin experience.
Uniquely ultimate
Representing the ultimate mixture of sophistication and functionality, the 2025 Yukon provides customers with even more design options and upgraded technology on both the Denali Ultimate and first-ever AT4 Ultimate trims, including:
Denali Ultimate:
Exclusive 24-inch 8-spoke machined wheels with laser etching – a first-ever for Yukon 16-way powered heated and ventilated massaging front seats and 2nd row Executive Seating featuring luxury captain’s chairs – a first for the GMC lineup
New interior wood décor featuring open pore laser etched topographical patterns, chrome accents and leather rim steering wheel accents
A Bose Performance Series sound system with up to 22 speakers, including stainless-steel head restraint speakers in the front row and optional second row executive seating, delivering a premium, personalized cabin acoustic experience
AT4 Ultimate:
A front skid plate and 20-inch wheels with all-terrain tires
Four-corner Air Ride Adaptive Suspension can raise the vehicle up to 2 inches to improve ground clearance when off-road
Luxurious Obsidian Rush interior with three rows of full-grain leather seating and Ash Burl wood accents
New unique leather seat style, featuring open pore wood décor, and leather rim steering wheel accents
Purposeful advanced technology
The 2025 Yukon delivers an enhanced suite of advanced technology, safety and driver assistance features, including available Night Vision – enabling customers to drive more confidently in low-light environments. Thermal object detection helps identify pedestrians and animals by alerting drivers via the head-up display and driver information center.
The 2025 Yukon also features an expansive list of new standard advanced safety features and available driver assistance tech, including:
Front Pedestrian and Bicyclist Braking
Rear Cross Traffic Braking
Side Bicyclist Alert
Intersection Automatic Emergency Braking
Intuitive technologies that just make life easier include an available presence based hands-free liftgate that automatically opens the liftgate in the presence of the key fob. The 2025 Yukon also features available Super Cruise — the industry’s first true hands-free advanced driver assistance system with the largest operating domain that is expected to grow to ~ 750,000 miles of roads in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2025. Yukon owners with Super Cruise will be able to experience the industry’s first and only hands-free trailering technology.
Next-gen trailering tech
The 2025 Yukon is engineered for effortless towing and offers a variety of available cutting-edge trailering technologies.
Offering a towing capability of up to 8,400 lbs., the suite of available trailering technologies includes:
Blind Zone Steering Assist can alert drivers and provide a brief, firm turn of the steering wheel when a potential crash is detected with a moving vehicle in a side blind zone that is extended to trailer lengths.
Transparent Trailer View uses a tailgate-mounted camera and a customer-installed auxiliary camera available on the rear of a compatible trailer to help virtually see through a compatible trailer to view objects or vehicles behind it.
Trailer Reverse Trajectory adds rearward guidelines to track the path of the trailer when backing up.
Trailer Tire Health enhances the Trailer Tire Pressure Monitoring System by adding leak detection, tire life monitor and over-speed warning.
Jackknife Alert12 tracks the position of the compatible trailer in relation to the vehicle to notify the driver if facing a potential jackknife situation.
2025 GMC Yukon Spec Sheet
EPA-ESTIMATED MPG
City | Not Available |
Highway | Not Available |
Combined | Not Available |
ENGINES
5.3L V8
(Standard on Elevation, AT4) |
Bore & Stroke (in. / mm) | 3.78 x 3.62 / 96 x 92 |
Block Material | Cast aluminum |
Cylinder Head Material | Cast aluminum |
Valvetrain | Overhead valve, two valves per cylinder, variable valve timing |
Fuel Delivery | Direct high-pressure fuel injection with Dynamic Fuel Management |
Horsepower (hp / kW @ rpm) @ rpm | 355 HP |
Torque (lb.-ft. / Nm @ rpm) @ rpm | 383 lb-ft |
6.2L V8
(Standard on AT4 Ultimate, Denali, Denali Ultimate; Optional on AT4) |
Bore & Stroke (in. / mm) | 4.06 x 3.62 / 103.25 x 92 |
Block Material | Cast aluminum |
Cylinder Head Material | Cast aluminum |
Valvetrain | Overhead valve, two valves per cylinder, variable valve timing |
Fuel Delivery | Direct high-pressure fuel injection with Dynamic Fuel Management |
Horsepower (hp / kW @ rpm) @ rpm | 420 HP |
Torque (lb.-ft. / Nm @ rpm) @ rpm | 460 lb-ft |
3.0L Duramax Turbo-Diesel – Late Availability
(Available on all Trims) |
Bore & Stroke (in. / mm) | 3.30 x 3.54 / 84 x 90 |
Block Material | Cast aluminum |
Cylinder Head Material | Cast aluminum |
Valvetrain | Dual-overhead camshafts, four-valves per cylinder |
Fuel Delivery | High-pressure, common-rail direct injection; electronic throttle valve |
Horsepower (hp / kW @ rpm) @ rpm | 305 HP |
Torque (lb.-ft. / Nm @ rpm) @ rpm | 495 lb-ft |
TRANSMISSION & AXLE
Type | 10-speed automatic |
Axle Ratio | 3.23 |
CHASSIS & SUSPENSION
Front Suspension | Independent coil-over-shocks and stabilizer bar; available four-corner air control and Magnetic Ride Control |
Rear Suspension | Independent multi-link with coil-over shocks and stabilizer bar; available four-corner air control and Magnetic Ride Control |
Steering Type | Electric power-assisted rack-and-pinion |
Turning Circle (m) | Turn Circle by tire size:
SWB (m), LWB (m)
20", 12.0/ 13.2
22", 12.0/ 13.2
24", 12.4 / 13.6 |
Brake Type | Four-wheel disc with ABS; vented front and rear DuralifeTM rotors |
Brake Rotor Size (mm) | 13.5 x 1.2 / 343 x 30.4 (front)
13.6 x 1.0 / 345 x 20.0 (rear) |
Wheel Size | 20-in. aluminum (std. Elevation, AT4, Denali, AT4 Ultimate)
22-in. aluminum (avail. Elevation, Denali, Denali Ultimate)
24-in. aluminum (std. Denali Ult; avail. Denali) |
Tire Size | 275/60R20
275/50R22
285/40R24 |
EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS
| Yukon | Yukon XL |
Wheelbase (in. / mm) | 120.9 / 3071 | 134.1 / 3407 |
Overall length (in. / mm) | Elev., Denali, Denali Ult: 210.2 / 5338
AT4 & AT4 Ult.: 210.5 / 5347 | Elev., Denali, Denali Ult: 225.2 / 5720
AT4 & AT4 Ult.: 225.6 / 5729 |
Overall width w/o mirrors (in. / mm) | 81 / 2058 |
Overall height (in. / mm) | Elev.: 76.6 / 1945
AT4 & AT4 Ult: 76.3 / 1939 Denali & Denali Ult: 76.4 / 1941
Denali Ult with Exec Seats: 76.3 / 1938 | Elev.: 76.5 / 1943 AT4 & AT4 Ult: 76.1 / 1934 2WD Denali: 76.3 / 1937 4WD Denali: 76.2 / 1936 Denali Ult: 76.1 / 1933 |
Front track width (in. / mm) | 68.4 / 1737 | 68.4 / 1737 |
Rear track width (in. / mm) | 68.1 / 1730 | 68.1 / 1730 |
Ground clearance (in. / mm) | Elev. 2WD: 7.8 / 198
Elev. 4WD & Denali 2WD: 7.5 / 191 AT4 & AT4 Ult.: 8.0 / 204 Denali 4WD: 7.4 / 189 Denali Ult.: 7.3 / 186 | Elevation: 7.7 / 195
Denali 2WD: 7.6 / 193 AT4 & AT4 Ult.: 7.8 / 198 Denali 4WD: 7.5 / 190 Denali Ult.: 7.3 / 186 |
INTERIOR DIMENSIONS
| 1st Row | 2nd Row | 3rd Row |
Headroom (in. / mm) | 42.3 / 1074 | 38.9 / 988 | 38.2 / 970 |
Headroom (in. / mm) with sunroof | 40.4 / 1025 | 37.5 / 952 | 38.2 / 970 |
Legroom (in. / mm) | 44.5 / 1131 | 42.0 / 1068; 41.5 / 1054 [Yukon Den Ultimate with Exec Seats]; 41.6 / 1057 [Yukon XL Den Ultimate] | 34.9 / 886 (Yukon); 30.8 / 783 [Yukon Den Ultimate with Exec Seats]; 36.7 / 933 (Yukon XL) |
Shoulder Room (in. / mm) | 65.5 / 1664 | 64.7 / 1643 | 62.7 / 1592 (Yukon) 62.8 / 1595 (Yukon XL) |
Hip Room (in. / mm) | 61.5 / 1562 | 61.3 / 1558 [Yukon]; 61.3 / 1557 [Yukon XL] | 49.4 / 1255 |
WEIGHTS, CAPACITIES & CARGO VOLUME
| Yukon | Yukon XL |
Base Curb Weight (lb. / kg) | 5602 / 2541 | 5772 / 2595 |
Max Cargo Volume (cu. Ft / L)1 | 122.9 / 3480 (rear seats folded) | 144.7 / 4097 (rear seats folded) |
Max Trailering Capacity (lb. / kg)2 | 8,400 lb | 8,200 lb |