Chevy Cheyenne

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First I do like the truck. But GM actually offer a 6.0 LS engine in anything other than a 2500 series, that's funny. Look at the past and what they have not done. The GM truck lineup that's been impressive was the 454SS and the Syclone/Typhoon. Now while the 454SS truck was slow it had potential, it had all the right ingredients. It was hampered by a stock 230-255hp 454. To this day there is a huge following for those trucks. The Syclone was in the right direction, light weight and more power and all wheel drive.
I know there are some turbo trucks with LS engines today running all wheel drive and very fast, none of which have been lucky at keeping a transfer case intact for any length of time when they make serious power. So from longevity standpoint I don't see an all wheel drive version from GM. Lets get GM to make a performance truck that's worth a dam, then lets nit pic and see how they can improve it.
Lets see GM build a 6.0 or larger engine with some decent power in a regular cab shortbed and a manual. But you wont see a manual option in a truck, GM is to cheap period. They only offered a the manual trans behind a 4.8 LS in the 1500 series trucks up until what 2006? and you could not get a manual behind a 5.3 at all.

Here is starting point:
Regular cab
2 wheel drive,
decent power,
keep the weight down,
get a manual trans,
maybe improve some aerodynamics,
keep it under $30,000.

and this is a big one, don't call it an SS unless its bad ass, enough of these GM cars that slap a badge on it and we are suppost to be impressed (front drive monte carlo for example). I take it back, don't call it an SS at all.

I think we are forgetting another problem. The new Corvette just switched to the LT-1 engine that nothing from the past LS series engines have in common with. How long before the current LS series due to higher, more strict emissions from the EPA and GM penny pinching makes the current LS engines yesterdays technology? Not saying it will, but that is a possibility. The new direct injection engines seem to be the way manufacturers are heading.