Description: Full-Size Light Duty Pickup Truck
Base MSRP Range: $19,000-$44,255
Invoice Price Range: $17,195-$38,723

GMC's light duty Sierra trucks in half-ton 1500 models include Wideside and Sportside body styles, rear 2WD and 4WD modes, and cabs of regular and extended lengths. But for 2004 there's more -- a new 1500 Crew Cab with four full-size doors and two rows of seats for up to six passengers.

The Crew Cab comes in SLE or SLT trim and 2WD or 4WD and an abbreviated cargo box measuring 68 inches long. The Crew Cab Sierra draws from a Vortec 5.3-liter V8 producing 295 hp to bring down GVWR numbers of 6800 (2WD) and 7000 (4WD) pounds plus maximum trailer towing capacity of 8500 pounds.

Deluxe Sierra Denali with an all-wheel-drive (AWD) system stocks Delphi Automotive's Quadrasteer, which controls the direction of rear wheels so all four wheels work together more efficiently than when only the front ones turn. Vortec V8 engines in the series range from a base 4.3-liter plant at 200 hp and 4.8-liter at 285 hp to the 5.3-liter with 295 hp and a 6.0-liter V8 worth 300 hp -- but in Sierra Denali it's pushed out to 325 hp.