GMC's Acadia - is it the best of General Motors' big crossovers?

GMC's Acadia - is it the best of General Motors' big crossovers, perhaps even the best of all the big street-utes?

Accorrding to The Car Connection, it might just be....

GMC is GM's upscale SUV and truck division, up a notch from Chevy, not quite as high-end as Cadillac. And until now, it has only sold trucks and truck-based SUVs. Of course, not everyone needs or wants a truck-or even truck-based SUV, for that matter. Realizing this, GM decided to broaden GMC's product portfolio by adding the newAcadia to the lineup.

Though it has the hunky looks of a large, truck-based SUV, the eight-passenger Acadia is in fact the first-ever GMC model to be built on what is essentially a front-wheel-drive, integral frame/body passenger car chassis (with an all-wheel-drive system available optionally). That makes it a "crossover," as such vehicles are now called.

Instead of unused off-road capability, the Acadia offers everyday drivability to buyers (especially those with large families) caught between the ungainliness and civility-compromised nature of a traditional truck-based large SUV and the dreadful prospect of a gelding by minivan.