Chevrolet Kodiak
| Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | General Motors |
| Production | 1980–2009 |
| Assembly |
Pontiac, Michigan Toluca, Mexico Montreal, Quebec Bogota, Colombia Tejerías, Venezuela Janesville, Wisconsin São José dos Campos, Brazil (GMC 12-170/14-190/16-220) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Medium Duty Truck |
| Layout | Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive |
| First generation | |
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1980-1989 Chevrolet Kodiak towing mobile police command post
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1980-1989 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 2-door truck 4-door truck |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine |
Gasoline Diesel
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| Second generation | |
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1990-1994 Chevrolet Kodiak
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| Overview | |
| Production |
1990–2002 1990-2008 (Mexico) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 2-door truck 4-door truck |
| Platform | GMT530 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 8.1 liter V8 Big-Block gasoline 7.4 liter Vortec V8 gasoline 7.2 liter I6 diesel Caterpillar 3126B/E 6.6 Caterpillar 3116 |
| Third generation | |
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GMC TopKick C5500 crew cab utility vehicle
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| Overview | |
| Also called | Isuzu H-Series |
| Production | 2003–2009 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 2-door truck 4-door truck 2-door cutaway |
| Platform | GMT560 |
| Related |
Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana "Cadillac One" |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 6.6 L Duramax V8 diesel V8 7.8 L LG4 diesel I6 8.1 L L18 V8 gasoline |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual 6-speed manual 9-speed manual 10-speed manual 5-speed automatic 6-speed automatic |
The Chevrolet Kodiak (also called GMC TopKick) is a line of medium duty trucks that was marketed and sold by General Motors from 1980 to 2009, when the company exited the medium-duty truck segment.
The Kodiak/TopKick were commonly used as a basis for work trucks, cargo haulers, dump trucks, and similar vehicles which required medium duty torque, GVWR, towing capacity. There are aftermarket coachbuilders that built them as pickup trucks and commercial trucks for consumers.
Gasoline
Diesel
For 1980, General Motors introduced the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick as Class 5-7 conventional trucks. Slotted above the medium-duty C/K trucks and slightly below the Chevrolet Bruin/GMC Brigadier, the Kodiak/TopKick combined the updated cab of the C/K with a heavier-duty GVWR and a larger hood, allowing for mid-range diesel engines, up to the Caterpillar 3208 V8. Two-door and four-door cab configurations were available.
Distinguished from the medium duty C/K by its larger hood, the Kodiak/TopKick was given a full-width grille. In place of twin headlights inside the grille, the trucks were given quad rectangular headlights mounted below the grille; the Chevrolet/GMC emblem was moved from inside the grille to the grille. The Kodiak followed the Chevrolet naming tradition of "frontier beast" names for heavy conventionals (Chevrolet Bison and the Chevrolet Bruin) while the TopKick was a military slang term (in line with the GMC Brigadier and GMC General).
Shared with the C/K, the Kodiak/TopKick had two Chevrolet big-block engines for the gasoline engine lineup: a 6.0L V8 and a 7.0L V8. Two diesel engines were available: a Detroit Diesel 8.2L V8 (in turbocharged and naturally-aspirated "Fuel Pincher" form) and a Caterpillar 3208 turbocharged V8.
1990–2002
For 1990, General Motors redesigned the Kodiak/TopKick model lines as part of a redesign that consolidated its multiple large truck lines into a single product line. The GMC General and Astro had already been discontinued by Volvo GM, and General Motors consolidated the Chevrolet Bruin/GMC Brigadier, the medium-duty C/K, and the Kodiak/TopKick lines into the newly introduced 1990 Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick. Based on the all-new GMT530 architecture, the conventionals adopted their cabs from the GMT400 C/K pickup introduced in 1988. As before, two-door and four-door cab configurations were available; a raised-roof cab was an optional configuration.
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