If It Drives Half as Good as It Looks GM Has a Winner
Gorgeous! OK that's not a word usually associated with pickup trucks, but GMC's new Canyon deserves the praise. I love its quad horizontal headlamp clusters, spliced at each corner by thick chrome strikethroughs that meld seamlessly into the classic GMC grille.
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| Both the GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado look superb, and share a lot of original design elements. (Photo: General Motors) |
The Chevy Colorado looks superb too, slightly different up front but almost identical in profile view and from the rear. The fenders swell boldly sweeping downward back to front, an original design. The Canyon's taillights are nicely done too, shaped differently than anything GMC has done before.
The truck comes just when GM needs it too, with Ford having recently introduced a new Ranger, Dodge just about to bring its completely redone Dakota to market and a variety of compact or midsize imports having either arrived or on the way.
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| The all-new Canyon gives consumers "more power, more space, greater functionality and a comprehensive range of choices." (Photo: General Motors) |
GM does trucks very well, and in typical GMC fashion the new Canyon offers a full variety of powertrain and layout configurations, as well as loads of options. According to Craig Bierley, Canyon marketing director, "The all-new Canyon was designed 'from the ground up' to give consumers more in a mid-size pickup: more power, more space, greater functionality and a comprehensive range of choices."
What kinds of choices? As far as cab and bed variations go the lowest priced model is a Regular Cab, while Extended and Crew Cab upgrades are available. You can get it in 2WD and 4WD, regular height and tall off-road variations, as well as one of two engines.