GMC tried to cover all the bases on the SUV markets, and the Tahoe was the answer for the customers who were looking for a full-size vehicle, but the Suburban was too much.
With an increased demand for SUVs and enough wide roads to drive them, American customers found the big 4x4 vehicles more valuable than the minivans. Moreover, a full-size SUV could easily tow a trailer or a camper, while a minivan was suitable just for school runs and weekly shopping. On the other hand, the minivans were mainly underpowered and didn’t save that much fuel compared to an SUV. GMC introduced the Chevy Tahoe/GMC Yukon with better engines and offered them enough features to match and exceed what a minivan could provide.

At the front, the 1991 Tahoe featured a new look with two rows of lamps separated by a horizontal slat that crossed the entire front fascia. In the five-door version, the car showed wide rear doors and long windows behind them. The blackened D-pillars created an image of a wrapped-around glass area for the trunk and a floating roof design. At the back, Chevrolet offered the Tahoe with either a liftgate or a twin, side-hinged doors.

Unlike the Suburban, the five-door Tahoe offered room for five. There was no base model in the five-door version, and its CK dashboard design looked more upmarket. It was different than the one installed on the three-door Tahoe.

Power came from a standard 5.7-liter V-8 engine paired as standard to a four-speed automatic transmission. Like the Suburban, the Tahoe featured a 4x4 on-demand with a shift-on-the-fly system from 2WD to 4WD.