GMC Terrain

For 2016, the GMC Terrain received a facelift as part of its first mid-cycle refresh along with the Equinox. The refresh consisted of new front and rear fascias, new grille, a power dome hood, LED daytime running lights, new wheels, a new gear selector, a second storage shelf under the dashboard, as well as deletion of the door lock buttons from the dashboard.[4]

In 2016, GMC introduced the Terrain Nightfall edition, which replaces chrome with gloss-black finish on the grille surround, the front and rear fascia accents, the license-plate surround, mirror caps, and roof rack, as well as charcoal grille inserts and darkened headlights pulled from the Terrain Denali. The Terrain Nightfall comes with revised rims with machined faces and black spokes. The Terrain Nightfall trim is available on the SLE-2 and SLT trim levels and is available only in Onyx Black, Summit White, Graphite Gray, and Crimson Red.[5]

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  2013 GMC Terrain Denali
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  2016 GMC Terrain SLE
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  2017 Terrain SLT Nightfall Edition
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  Interior

The first generation Terrain is powered by a choice of two engines, a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder and a V6 engine that was upgraded from 3.0 liters of displacement to 3.6 liters in 2013:

The Terrain, for 2014 came in SLE, SLE-1, SLE-2, SLT, SLT-1, SLT-2 and Denali. The base SLE started at $27,199. while the range topping Denali came in at $37,998.

Natural Gas GMC Terrain at the NGVA Show in Atlanta November, 2013

In 2013, Nat G CNG Solutions in Houston, TX and AGA Systems in Salt Lake City, UT began offering a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) version of the Terrain and the Chevy Equinox using the 2.4L Direct Injection engine. The natural gas version is a "bi-fuel" CNG vehicle, meaning it runs on either gasoline or natural gas, giving it extended range. The Terrain/Equinox were the first direct injection natural gas vehicles ever approved by the US EPA.[6]

The CNG version was available for newly purchased Terrains through select dealers or as a retrofit on 2013 and 2014 models. Nat G CNG Solutions offered the vehicle in two options: a two-seater cargo version and a five-seat passenger version. The cargo version has an 837-mile (1,347 km) combined gasoline / natural gas (9.2 gge of CNG) while the passenger version has a 775-mile (1,247 km) combined highway range (6.8 gge of CNG).

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  Interior of 5 Seat "Passenger Version" from Nat G CNG Solutions and AGA Systems
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  Loaded interior of "Cargo Version" from Nat G CNG Solutions and AGA Systems
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  Interior of "Cargo Version" from Nat G CNG Solutions and AGA Systems

The companies claimed that the natural gas version had tested at the EPA lab at 31 mpg_‑US (7.6 L/100 km) highway on natural gas and had achieved a Bin 3 emissions equivalent to the Toyota Prius.[6]

Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation's largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products,[7] was the launch customer for the natural gas version with an initial order of up to 100 of the natural gas versions.

In March 2022, General Motors recalled over 740,000 GMC Terrain models made from 2010 to 2017 for headlights being too bright. In October 2022, General Motors issued a fix for the recall by thoroughly cleaning the headlights and adding a tape on the headlight.[8][9]

In February 2020, General Motors unveiled a refreshed version of the GMC Terrain; it was initially planned to go on sale in mid-2020 as 2021 model year vehicle but General Motors cancelled the GMC Terrain facelift in March 2020, due to production issues and declining demand to launch redesigned and facelifted vehicle models in 2020 as 2021 MY vehicles, as a result of the 2020 economic recession. General Motors confirmed that the GMC Terrain refresh will instead go on sale in Summer 2021 as 2022 model year vehicle along with refreshed versions of the Chevy Equinox, Chevy Traverse, and Buick Enclave.[11]

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  2022 GMC Terrain
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  Interior

The 2021 Terrain was tested by the IIHS:[12]

The 2022 Terrain was tested by the IIHS:[13]