Test Drive: GMC Canyon combines brawn and beauty - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Full-size trucks are such perennial best-sellers that manufacturers have until recently neglected the smaller pick-up segment. But with the emergence of the new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon cousins for 2015, and a redesigned 2016 Toyota Tacoma in the pipeline, the compact truck segment is experiencing a true renaissance. Earlier this year we tested the excellent new Chevrolet Colorado, and this week we drove a 2015 GMC Canyon from Integrity GMC to see how the two compare. Our tester is a rear-wheel-drive Canyon with a crew cab and short bed, which carries a sticker price of $35,030, including $6,320 in options. The Canyon starts at $21,880 before options for a base work truck and tops out at $38,175, plus options for a four-wheel-drive, crew cab with a long bed. Trucks configured like our tester — crew-cab, short-box — come in three trim levels: Canyon ($26,130), SLE ($29,460) and SLT ($32,575). STYLING AND COMFORT. Something about the proportions of the Canyon and Colorado are just right. The short-bed truck is actually more handsome in our view than the long-box version, which is a bit ungainly, like a teen-ager who hasn't quite. Source: www.timesfreepress.com
