The envoy xuv s retractable roof was reminiscent of the studebaker wagonaire of the 1960s while other features such as the midgate were similar to those of the gmc terracross concept suv.
Gmc envoy retractable back roof.
Here is the whole article courtesy of autoweek to help describe the loss that we all feel.
You didn t imagine it either there really was a gmc suv equipped with a retractable roof.
Hi cam i have removed the sliding rear roof from my gmc envoy xuv.
It pulled into the center of the vehicle from over the cargo hold creating what more or less amounted to a handy pickup bed.
Gmc s envoy xuv sport utility vehicle illustrates the maxim that many new ideas can be traced back to the past.
To the uninitiated that might not sound too odd except that the roof didn t retract back from over the passengers sunroof style.
But while the avalanche at least had cool styling the envoy xuv looked like a normal envoy wearing a backpack.
It gets epa estimated 16 17 mpg combined.
But the rest of the xuv s roof was fixed so the objects couldn t be very long.
The day after i took ownership i used the rear section to carry a 55 gallon drum home.
Envoy xuv sales projected at 30 000 per year approximately a third of envoy production were much slower with just over 12 000 sold in 2004.
The retractable roof is in the open position on my 2004 gmc.
The envoy xuv s most compelling feature is a retractable rear roof a convenience.
Jokes on me i didn t have to open the roof and midgate to begin with.
The gmc envoy xuv was essentially a regular long wheelbase envoy with a retractable roof that allowed you to use the vehicle kind of like a truck.
The tailgate swung to the side or folded down not unlike the honda ridgeline.
It had a retractable roof over what should ve been its cargo area which let drivers carry tall objects normally restricted by an suv s ceiling.
My goal is to reconnect the mot.
Inventory prices for the 2005 envoy xuv range from 86 to 8 810.
Gmc is dropping the unloved gmc envoy xuv which was supposed to be the revolutionary suv with the retractable roof and the magic liftgate originally seen on the ford ranchero that could opened three ways.
The side windows stayed in place when the power retractable roof slid up into the front of the vehicle s roof.
Envoy xuv misses the mark the all new 2004 gmc envoy xuv is.
