Ever wondered how the GMC Sierra 1500 got is name? Or why a 1/2-ton pickup can carry almost a 2,000 pound payload? General Motors sets the record straight. For starters, the Sierra name was first ...

when deputies pulled over the vehicles for separate traffic violations along U.S. 59. Authorities described the vehicles involved in the incident as a blue GMC pickup and a grey Chevrolet pickup.

Introduced as the S-15, the smaller GMC pickup truck officially adopted the Sonoma name in 1991. In 1994, an all-new version of the GMC Sonoma featured modernized styling, improved suspension and a ...