Text
Production of the 2022 GMC Sierra HD began on July 12th at the GM Flint assembly plant in Michigan, where – as GM Authority exclusively reported a few days ago – General Motors is trying to increase the number of temporary workers.
Regardless of how that works out, production of the GMC Sierra HD is expected to increase later this year, when the truck becomes one of the first vehicles to be built at the re-opened GM Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada, this fall. The same will apply to the Sierra HD’s corporate cousin, the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD.
In the first half of this year, GMC Sierra HD sales increased 40 percent to 39,515 units compared with the same period in 2020. This represents around 29 percent of all GMC Sierra sales. For comparison, sales of the 2021 Chevy Silverado HD totaled 78,430 units during the same timeframe, representing 27 percent of total 2021 Chevy Silverado sales.
The 2022 GMC Sierra HD, comprised of the 2500HD and 3500HD heavy duty models, is entering its third model year of the current, T1 platform generation with only minor changes. These include a slight revision to the range of exterior colors, the newfound availability of 20-inch machined face aluminum wheels with high gloss Black accents and beadlock appearance (RPO code SQ9) as an LPO, or dealer-installed, option, and the addition of Seat Belt Adjustable Guide Loops. Furthermore, the base trim level, previously known simply as Sierra, is being renamed to Pro.
Despite this name change, the 2022 GMC Sierra HD is priced to start at $37,895, including destination freight charge, in the United States. This is the cost of the rear-wheel-drive Sierra 2500HD Pro in the Regular Cab, Long Bed configuration with the 6.6L V8 L8T gasoline engine, which produces 401 horsepower and 464 pound-feet of torque, and is paired with GM’s six-speed automatic transmission.
Be sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more GMC Sierra news, GMC news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
