Merk
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
TYPHOON PACKS A POWERFUL PUNCH
Thursday, August 12, 1993
Section: BIZ
Page: 2C
RICHARD TRUETT
Memo: OTHER VIEWS: STOP
Illustration: Photo
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Typhoon's 0-60 m.p.h. time has been quoted as under 6 seconds.
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If you're looking for something brutally fast, extremely rare and with a good shot at becoming a classic, take a look at the GMC Typhoon.
Press the accelerator and the Typhoon will unleash a gale- force surge of power. The Typhoon is a wild two-door sport- utility vehicle that feels like it could give a 747 a run for the money.
There is nothing like the four-wheel drive Typhoon available from any other automaker.
With trucks and sport-utility vehicles all the rage, the Typhoon has a real shot at collector status. With a base price of $29,795, only 4,700 were built in the 1992
and 1993 model years. And GMC says the vehicle won't be back for 1994.
The Typhoon is the Dodge Viper of trucks. Its acceleration would best be described as violent and neck-snapping.
In designing the vehicle, GMC engineers raided the General Motors parts bins and culled the company's best high- performance equipment from Oldsmobile, Buick and Chevrolet. They came up with a high-octane muscle truck that can leave every other truck on the planet -- and most sports cars -- in the dust.
Under the hood is a 4.3-liter, V6 engine from Chevy's S10 Blazer. Connected to it is the same turbocharger that Buick bolted to the high performance Buick GNX sports coupe.
Horsepower is rated at 285 -- that's just 15 ponies shy of what you'll get in a Corvette. Typhoon's 0-to-60 m.p.h. time is quoted as being under 6 seconds.
The full-time, all-wheel-drive system ensures maximum traction as the Typhoon thunders up to speed.
The vehicle uses the same terrific all-wheel drive system found in the upscale Oldsmobile Bravada sport-utility vehicle and the same computer controlled four-speed automatic transmission Chevrolet used in last year's Corvette.
The Typhoon's road manners are just as impressive as its performance. From the specially designed Firestone Firehawk tires to the high-performance suspension system that makes it lower to the ground, GMC engineers didn't miss a trick in making the Typhoon the best handling sport utility vehicle ever built.
Not many people can afford this vehicle. But the Typhoon deserves a parking space in GM's historical collection of high- performance, limited-production machines.
All content ? 1993 DETROIT FREE PRESS
and may not be republished without permission.
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TYPHOON PACKS A POWERFUL PUNCH
Thursday, August 12, 1993
Section: BIZ
Page: 2C
RICHARD TRUETT
Memo: OTHER VIEWS: STOP
Illustration: Photo
Caption:
S:
Typhoon's 0-60 m.p.h. time has been quoted as under 6 seconds.
***
If you're looking for something brutally fast, extremely rare and with a good shot at becoming a classic, take a look at the GMC Typhoon.
Press the accelerator and the Typhoon will unleash a gale- force surge of power. The Typhoon is a wild two-door sport- utility vehicle that feels like it could give a 747 a run for the money.
There is nothing like the four-wheel drive Typhoon available from any other automaker.
With trucks and sport-utility vehicles all the rage, the Typhoon has a real shot at collector status. With a base price of $29,795, only 4,700 were built in the 1992
and 1993 model years. And GMC says the vehicle won't be back for 1994.
The Typhoon is the Dodge Viper of trucks. Its acceleration would best be described as violent and neck-snapping.
In designing the vehicle, GMC engineers raided the General Motors parts bins and culled the company's best high- performance equipment from Oldsmobile, Buick and Chevrolet. They came up with a high-octane muscle truck that can leave every other truck on the planet -- and most sports cars -- in the dust.
Under the hood is a 4.3-liter, V6 engine from Chevy's S10 Blazer. Connected to it is the same turbocharger that Buick bolted to the high performance Buick GNX sports coupe.
Horsepower is rated at 285 -- that's just 15 ponies shy of what you'll get in a Corvette. Typhoon's 0-to-60 m.p.h. time is quoted as being under 6 seconds.
The full-time, all-wheel-drive system ensures maximum traction as the Typhoon thunders up to speed.
The vehicle uses the same terrific all-wheel drive system found in the upscale Oldsmobile Bravada sport-utility vehicle and the same computer controlled four-speed automatic transmission Chevrolet used in last year's Corvette.
The Typhoon's road manners are just as impressive as its performance. From the specially designed Firestone Firehawk tires to the high-performance suspension system that makes it lower to the ground, GMC engineers didn't miss a trick in making the Typhoon the best handling sport utility vehicle ever built.
Not many people can afford this vehicle. But the Typhoon deserves a parking space in GM's historical collection of high- performance, limited-production machines.
All content ? 1993 DETROIT FREE PRESS
and may not be republished without permission.
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Merk on 2002-02-21 22:50 ]</font>
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