Chevrolet Avalanche

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Chevrolet Avalanche
Overview
Manufacturer	General Motors
Production	2001–2013 [1][2]
Assembly	Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico (GM Silao Plant)
Designer	Marc R. Asposito
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size pickup truck
Body style	4-door pickup truck
Layout	Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Dimensions
Wheelbase	130.0 in (3,302 mm)

The Chevrolet Avalanche is a four-door, five- or six-passenger pickup truck that was manufactured by General Motors. The Avalanche was a hybrid between the Chevrolet Suburban SUV and the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, sharing the chassis with the Suburban. Unlike a typical pickup truck where the bed is mounted separately from the cab on the frame, the bed of the Avalanche was integrated with the cab body.

It also featured a "midgate" behind the second row of seats that could be folded down, with the seats, to create a longer bed area. The Avalanche was produced across two generations starting in 2001 and ending in 2013.^[1][2]

Breaking with a long-standing tradition, the Avalanche was not available as a GMC, but only as a Chevrolet. Instead, Cadillac would sell a re-badged Avalanche; however, the midgate design would be adapted for use on the GMC Envoy XUV and Hummer H2 SUT.