2015 GMC Canyon SLE Crew Cab review notes - AutoWeek
GMC’s new Canyon is a rugged-looking and refined smaller truck. SENIOR ROAD TEST EDITOR NATALIE NEFF: Call the GMC Canyon Baby Bear, because it’s juuuuust right. Meantime, driving the GMC Canyon is so comfortable, so easy, it makes one question why we all but abandoned the segment in the first place. I say that not just as a former compact pickup owner ( though I really did love my Ford Ranger ), but because full-size trucks have bloated to such comical proportions that it’s curious we still flock to them in such numbers. Seriously, for every compact pickup sold last year in the U. S. (mostly Toyota Tacomas , but with some Nissan Frontiers and a few dozen carryover GM compacts), almost eight people made space in their driveway for a Ford F-series , Chevy Silverado... And seeing as they can’t all be construction site managers or farmers, that makes for a heckuva lot of suburbanites trying to squeeze their King Ranches between the Toyota Priuses populating most suburban parking lots. The Canyon, on the other hand, strikes a really good balance between delivering those things car buyers really want in a vehicle and making happy those with genuine trucky needs. And the engine, turning out a healthy 305 hp, moves the Canyon out with a good amount of go. The biggest plus, of course, has to do with the truck’s size. Source: autoweek.com
