You gotta remember, this will be the most up-to-date smaller truck for sale in the US (if GM is making it competitive to begin with). Dodge and Ford abandoned the market, the Frontier came out in 05 with a redesign a ways off and Toyota just threw a new grill on the Tacoma that's been out since 05. This is a great chance for GM to make up for lost market share in the segment.
But it's not likely they will... The GMT-355 wasn't exactly much of an upgrade to an S-Series
The 355 was competitive the year they came out but then a new Taco and Fronty came out for 05 and blew them out of the water. If only they based the trucks on the 360 so the I6 would fit...
We can hope for learned lessons

. Atleast the I5 is dead so it's almost guaranteed to have the HF 3.6 and to me the interior looks nicer than the competition too.