{"id":9361,"date":"2025-05-08T20:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T02:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=9361"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T02:01:09","slug":"point-counterpoint-should-the-van-be-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/point-counterpoint-should-the-van-be-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Point\/Counterpoint: Should The Van Be Updated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several weeks GM Authority has presented differing viewpoints on what should happen with our vans, the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana. This post will present those views in one place.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s kick it off with <a href=\"https:\/\/gmauthority.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/why-the-chevy-express-and-gmc-savana-never-change-and-probably-never-will\/\">Why Chevy Express, GMC Savana Never Change and Never Will&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Of course, one of the most compelling reasons the Chevy Express and GMC Savana persist unchanged is their simplicity. Given the vans share the same basic design and components year after year, spare parts are readily available and relatively inexpensive, making ease of maintenance a significant draw for fleet operators.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Be sure to click the hyperlink at the end of the opening paragraph to read the other reasons.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s learn the opposing argument in <a href=\"https:\/\/gmauthority.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/making-the-business-case-for-a-chevy-express-gmc-savana-update\/\">Making The Case For A Chevy Express, GMC Savana Update<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For GM, the Express\/Savana are simple to build and easy to move, so much so that The General has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gmauthority.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/gm-sold-more-than-3-million-chevy-express-gmc-savana-units-so-far\/\">sold more than three million units<\/a>\u00a0since launch. Though not at all a sexy segment or vehicle type, this is an automaker\u2019s wet dream from a business standpoint. It\u2019s doesn\u2019t take an MBA to understand that GM recouped the fixed costs and investment into these vehicles (technically one vehicle with different badges) long ago, and has been collecting healthy profit ever since. Heck, we wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gmauthority.com\/blog\/gm\/chevrolet\/\">Chevy<\/a>\u00a0Express and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gmauthority.com\/blog\/gm\/gmc\/\">GMC<\/a>\u00a0Savana was one of the most profitable vehicle lines for GM today. It\u2019s a textbook definition of a cash cow.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not talking about a complete overhaul here. Instead, we\u2019d keep the same formula, including most of the platform and body, while updating key areas that would bring the duo into the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century, including lights, center stack, and some ADAS technology, too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you agree with either of these views? What do you think about the van?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/point-counterpoint-should-the-van-be-updated\/8e20f213-57f5-4197-bf1b-d4d6f73d83941\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9362 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8e20f213-57f5-4197-bf1b-d4d6f73d83941-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8e20f213-57f5-4197-bf1b-d4d6f73d83941-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8e20f213-57f5-4197-bf1b-d4d6f73d83941-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8e20f213-57f5-4197-bf1b-d4d6f73d83941-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several weeks GM Authority has presented differing viewpoints on what should happen with our vans, the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana. This post will present those views in one place.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s kick it off with Why Chevy Express, GMC Savana Never Change and Never Will&#8230; Of course, one of the most compelling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,33],"tags":[653,654],"class_list":["post-9361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gm-plant-news","category-union-made","tag-chevy-express","tag-gmc-savana"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9361"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9374,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9361\/revisions\/9374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}