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Mid-size utility with out the complete-size commitment.
Common Motors has completed a exceptional job of keeping its GMC and Chevrolet truck brands special, even although they share virtually identical DNA. Each brands maintain loyal consumers, and via careful analysis of buyer demographics, the carmaker continues to nurture the good results of each. As a result, it didn’t stray far from the path when it came time to launch its most current pair of close to-identical twins, the mid-size GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado pickups. (You can read our 1st drive of the Colorado proper here.)
Sierra Lite
No design and style barriers were broken with the Canyon, GMC wisely selecting to adhere to the very same styling cues that preserve purchasers lining up for its full-size trucks. According to Tyler Moffett, creative designer for the Chevrolet trucks, his group went for the “Camaro of trucks” vibe with the Colorado, whereas the GMC guys went straight for the “shrunken-down Sierra” appear. GMC made certain to bake in some tasty regular features along with the brand’s traditional squared-off profile to maintain the money train rolling for what is ostensibly the slightly a lot more posh version of the twins.
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Projector-beam headlamps with LED accent lighting, 16-inch aluminum wheels, and a chrome rear bumper with a step come standard across the Canyon board, even on the rock-bottom SL trim with its utilitarian 2.4-liter 4-cylinder and 6-speed manual. In spite of the austerity implied by its name, the “Base” Canyon is really placed above the SL in the Canyon’s trim hierarchy each come equipped with a complement of regular features that would have been reserved for best-tier trucks just a decade ago: A/C, a tilt wheel, a power driver’s seat (recline is manual), power windows, a 4.2-inch center screen, a rearview camera, and 6-speaker audio. Moving up to the SLE will get you all of the characteristics in the base trim and add a tilt and telescopic wheel, an overhead console, cruise control, a rear defogger, keyless entry, some soft-touch plastics, an 8-inch touch screen with GMC IntelliLink, and a lot more. The SLT approaches content overload, adding automatic climate handle, remote commence, leather-appointed seating, heated front seats, and energy adjustment for the front passenger seat. But that is just for starters. GMC has often been fond of its substantial choices lists, and purchasers won’t be disappointed right here.
Size Matters
Not only smaller in stature than the Sierra, the Canyon is intended to feel much less daunting around town and in parking lots, important to bringing folks who defected to crossovers back into the truck fold and to producing newbies really feel less intimidated. Wheeling via the narrow, cottage-lined streets of ocean-side Del Mar, California, it felt infinitely much more wieldy than even the smallest complete-size truck. Critics who contend that the extended-bed Crew Cab Canyon is practically the size of a Sierra Double Cab (224.6 inches extended and 74.3 inches wide for the Canyon versus 229.5 and 80. for the Sierra) are advised to get behind the wheel and encounter how shaving a couple of inches right here and there can make a vehicle feel far smaller sized.
The same quiet cabin and smooth ride we experienced in the Colorado are present in the Canyon, 2 attributes missing from the existing Toyota Tacoma and the departed Ford Ranger. Due to the fact of the GMC’s well-sorted chassis, Canyon owners will have no complaints at the finish of high-mileage journeys. Distinctive to the Canyon is an automatic 4-wheel-drive setting. Dubbed AutoTrac, it makes it possible for users to set it and neglect it, letting the program engage 4-wheel drive when situations dictate. Particularly helpful when inclement weather looms or when traveling via varied terrain, it had no ill effects on drivability and displayed no binding when we employed it on dry pavement. Those significant about off-roading will want to remember that GMC calls its version of the off-road package the “All-Terrain Package” (Chevy’s is Z71). It brings an automatic-locking rear differential and tow hooks (each regular with 4-wheel drive), hill-ascent and -descent control, a transfer-case shield, 17-inch 255/65 all-terrain tires, a physique-colour rear bumper, and some minor interior tweaks created to maintain items comfortable inside whilst roughing on the outdoors.
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With an EPA fuel-economy rating of 17 mpg city and 24 highway for a truck equipped with the V-6 and 4-wheel drive, the Canyon—and the Colorado, for that matter—may not have hit the efficiency home run some were hoping for, but it nonetheless handily beats the Tacoma, and a diesel model is scheduled to arrive next year. And like its Chevy sibling, a Canyon equipped with the 3.6-liter V-6 and the $ 250 trailering package can tow 7000 pounds—at that cost, we wouldn’t leave home, er, the dealership, without it.
GM says the Canyon is the “premium truck in the segment,” which, provided its distinct lack of competitors, is a bit like saying that Google is a common search engine. Nevertheless, the brand has come to the table with a convincing package that hits all the appropriate marks for a truck in an effortless-to-manage package. The question is whether or not buyers in the mid-size-truck segment will pony up the premium basically for the privilege of associating with the a lot more prestigious twin.
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