2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features, MSRP, Price

2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features, MSRP, Price  –  Following its redesign for 2019, the slimmed-down GMC Acadia is a tweener three-row crossover, giving up some interior space for more manageable exterior dimensions. Its fine ride and handling impress, although interior quality is not up to the standards of most competitors. Done up here in its off-road-inspired trim, the 2025 GMC Acadia AT4 looks to show its rugged side.

As a midsize crossover, the GMC Acadia doesn’t particularly stand out in a crowd, although it does show pleasing and purposeful lines that trade on the brand’s “professional grade” theme. The bold grille echoes the GMC pickup line, and this AT4 trim gets black plastic body cladding, darkened trim, and 17-inch black wheels shod in chunky tires. Up front are standard LED fog- and headlights.

2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

Both the front buckets and second-row captain’s chairs are comfortable and easily accessed, but with the Acadia having tidier dimensions than many other three-rows in this segment, the rearmost seats are best suited for occasional use and shouldn’t be considered an everyday asset. Nonetheless, a one-touch slide-and-fold function for the second-row captain’s chairs allows for reasonable accessibility. While there is some recline functionality in the two rear perches, legroom is limited, especially if the second-row passengers in their sliding chairs are not feeling generous.

The GMC Acadia offers a modest 362 L of cargo space behind the third row. Folding the second row expands capacity to 1,181 L. Dropping the second and third rows, meanwhile, expands the total capacity to 2,237 L. Both rows drop easily and create a flat load floor. Since the AT4 comes only with the Acadia’s larger 3.6L V6 engine, it enjoys a max towing capacity of 1,814 kg (4,000 lb) when equipped with the $960 tow package. Included with this is a Class III hitch, heavy-duty cooling system, 170-amp alternator, and hitch guidance camera.

2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Specs

Along with the long list of standard safety systems, the Acadia AT4 gets hill descent control and a unique multi-setting dual-clutch all-wheel drive system. A rotary knob on the console calls up the five modes (two-wheel drive, four-wheel drive, sport, trail, or towing). Since there’s no increase in the AT4’s ride height, it doesn’t fall into the serious off-roader category, but it’s of the same ilk as Honda’s new Trailsport offerings or Subaru’s Wilderness.  2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features

Standard interior features include an eight-way power driver’s seat with lumbar support, 120-volt power outlet, keyless entry with push-button start, and tri-zone climate control. Consider the comprehensive $2,995 GMC Pro Grade package necessary, as it provides a heated steering wheel, dual sunroofs, memory seating, an eight-way power passenger seat, folding/heated/dimming exterior mirrors, and a power tilt/telescoping steering wheel. The standard eight-speaker audio is quite good, and the system supports wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto. Also included is navigation, a subscription-based Wi-Fi hotspot, and a three-month satellite radio subscription. This tester’s Jet Black perforated leather ($1,195) replaces the standard cloth upholstery.

Engine and Performance

While other GMC Acadia models have the option of a turbocharged four-cylinder, the “tough guy” AT4 runs only with GM’s ubiquitous 3.6L V6 that puts out a robust 310 hp and 271 lb-ft of torque here. It’s a strong, linear engine, and while it doesn’t have the low-down turbo punch of some rivals, it provides plenty of urge – and a bit of old-fashioned torque steer if you hammer the throttle when in front-wheel drive. The nine-speed automatic transmission is a slick unit, shuffling the gears smoothly and intelligently. Together, they make a great pair.  2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features

2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Fuel Economy

A week of mixed winter driving with an admittedly light touch on the throttle netted 11.3 L/100 km. This pretty much lines up with other V6-powered rivals like the Honda Pilot, Kia Telluride, or Volkswagen Atlas, although they’re all slightly larger than the Acadia. According to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the V6-powered version is rated for 12.6 L/100 km in the city, 9.2 on the highway, and 11.0 combined.

The 2025 GMC Acadia is a dynamically impressive three-row crossover. It’s not the fastest nor the most sporting in the segment, but engineers have fashioned a satisfying driving experience here, blending excellent steering feel, a smooth ride, and fine handling. The SUV always feels composed, planted, and reassuringly competent, and calling up sport mode adds a bit more urgency to the throttle response and transmission mapping. Factor in the eager V6, brainy nine-speed auto, and effective all-wheel drive, and you come away with one of the better driving SUVs in this segment.  2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features

2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Safety Features

The Acadia AT4 comes standard with a full suite of safety systems: front and rear parking sensors, following-distance indicator, forward collision warning and emergency braking, front pedestrian detection, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, lane-keep assist with lane-departure warning, and OnStar connected services.  2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features

2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Price and Release Date

With an as-tested price of a little less than $55,000 before freight and taxes, the 2025 GMC Acadia AT4 sits right in the heart of some very stiff competition. The Kia Telluride SX Limited, for the same price, has more features, more room, and a top-shelf interior fitted with a larger touchscreen interface. Same with the Hyundai Palisade. The Ford Explorer in Timberline trim ($51,499) could be considered more of a direct competitor to the Acadia AT4, as it trades on the “off-road adventure” theme.

So, what to make of the three-row Acadia AT4? In this hotly contested segment with numerous rivals, some new and some old, this GMC doesn’t particularly stand out. And it certainly isn’t helped by its underwhelming interior quality. The AT4’s biggest pluses are its fine drivetrain, and ride/handling balance. With it sliding in size-wise under the Kia Telluride, VW Atlas, Dodge Durango, and Hyundai Palisade crowd, what the Acadia loses in third-row room it makes up for with its tidy, more manageable dimensions.  2025 GMC Acadia AT4 Features