When your calendar is as chaotic as your children, you need a vehicle with technology that can keep up. As your GMC dealer near Morris, we know that the Acadia is the perfect three-row SUV for bustling families. Life comes at you fast when you raise a family. One day, all you need to worry about is meeting that client and having a date night with your partner. The next thing you know, you’re adding school dropoffs, sports practices, play dates, and grocery runs big enough to feed a small army to the schedule.
The 2025 Acadia is packed with tech features that make overscheduled days feel more manageable. It can help you stay on schedule and knock out that to-do list safely and efficiently. Today, we’ll go over some of the top family-friendly technology features of the 2025 GMC Acadia that we know busy parents will love.
Camera Views That Keep a Lookout
We’ll start with the camera views. We know that when you’re watching your kids fight over snacks in the back seat, something has to watch out for you. Morris is a great place to raise a family, but it’s not your typical quiet suburb. With its busy downtown area, there’s a lot to monitor, and the Acadia has nine camera views to help you supervise your surroundings.
Some of our favorite camera views for busy parents are the front and rear overhead views, as well as the top-down view. When you’re backing out of your driveway and know children on bicycles could come at you fast from any direction, you need a comprehensive view around your vehicle. These three specific views provide a thorough look at your surroundings, displaying several feet of coverage in either direction.
We also think parents will appreciate the rear camera mirror. The rear mirror serves as an additional display screen for footage from your rear camera. Being able to just peek up at that rearview mirror and see what’s happening behind your vehicle can help you make informed maneuvers. You can switch it back to mirror mode when you need to check your hair (or check on your kids).
Let’s be honest: kids rarely let you focus on the road the way you’d like. Between demanding stops for ice cream and asking you to change the song, they’ll distract you. When you forget to look every which way before turning or backing up, these camera views can make sure you see clearly.
Excellent Driver Assistance Features
Even though you don’t live in Chicago proper, that doesn’t mean that the streets of Morris are always empty. Suburbs bring their own activity, like children learning how to ride a bicycle or kids chasing balls into the street. Landscapers can block driveways, and tree trimmers can cause the occasional hazard through a fallen branch.
The driver assistance features in the 2025 Acadia are made for suburban environments. The vehicle has over 15 total available driver assist features. However, today we’re going to go over the ones we think parents raising little ones will love the most.
First, there’s the Side Bicyclist Alert. It can notify you of cyclists in your blind zones. When children are first learning how to ride a bike, they aren’t thinking about alerting cars to their presence. They’re too busy figuring out how the brakes work. So it’s important to be extra vigilant about young cyclists in the suburbs.
Rear Pedestrian Alert is also perfect for suburban neighborhoods. You never know when you might start backing out of your driveway at the same moment a neighbor decides to jog behind your vehicle or a kid chases a ball behind your SUV. This feature alerts you to pedestrians behind your SUV, so you can act quickly.
Sometimes, the tree trimmers haven’t made it in a while, and a large branch is covering up a stop sign. Snowfall can obscure a speed limit sign. Or, you just get distracted. It’s not always your fault when you don’t see a traffic sign, but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous. Luckily, the 2025 Acadia has Traffic Sign Recognition. It uses a front-facing camera to detect posted traffic signs and project their icons onto your instrument panel. So you get a second chance to notice that you’ve entered a school zone.
Stay Alert With the Head-Up Display
Staying focused when you have kids playing (or fighting) in the back seats isn’t always easy. But keeping your eyes on the road is always important. Luckily, the 2025 Acadia has an available eight-inch head-up display that puts important information directly in your line of sight.
The head-up display can project pertinent data on your windshield. This includes your speed to prevent you from going too fast and your navigation so you know what your next turn is. It can also provide Forward Collision Alert so you know when to hit the brakes and Lane Departure Warning to encourage you to stay centered on the road.
Get a text? You can see mobile alerts on the head-up display, too. Distractions abound when you’re transporting youngsters. But at least the Acadia ensures you can easily see critical vehicle information and other important alerts, even when your mind is elsewhere (like on the juice that just spilled in the backseat or that recent PTA meeting).
A Helpful AutoSense Power Liftgate
As a parent, your arms are always full of something. Whether you’re packing up picnic supplies after a day at Goold Park or carrying a sleepy child, sometimes, you simply don’t have a free hand to open your trunk. The 2025 Acadia has a standard AutoSense power liftgate that can help in those moments.
The AutoSense power liftgate detects your presence as long as you have your key fob on you. It will open without you needing to touch a single lever or handle. You can just stroll up and put those bags of groceries or a collapsible stroller in the trunk. That should come in handy until your kids start stepping in and opening the trunk for you (they’re getting there).
Why Morris Families Love the 2025 GMC Acadia
The 2025 GMC Acadia was designed with busy families in mind, and we’d love to take you for a spin in it! With impressive camera views and driver assistance features, the Acadia can help you navigate neighborhood streets with confidence. The head-up display puts important information right in front of your eyes, so you can focus on the road. An AutoSense liftgate means you don’t need to put the groceries down to manually open the trunk.
If you’d like to experience these features in person, our friendly team is ready to take you for a test drive! We can go over the many other driver assistance features and camera views we didn’t cover today, which are perfect for living in the suburbs and taking trips into the city. Plus, we can help you get to know the three distinct trims of the 2025 Acadia. With the well-rounded Elevation, rugged AT4, and luxurious Denali, the Acadia lineup has something for everyone. Come find insightful tips about this durable, powerful, and stylish three-row SUV here at Jeff Perry Buick GMC today!
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