2015 GMC Canyon
“The Paternal Twin to Truck of the Year”
WORDS Jim Sherman
Sometimes car Karma smiles
on you. I needed to rent a truck
for a day but I thought that I
would wait and see if by chance
I got one to evaluate. Sure
enough I found out I was getting
the new GMC Canyon. Perfect
timing. I had appliances to move
and some flooring to pick up.
GMC and its subsidiary Chev-
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rolet build trucks – well, SUVs and
trucks. The design and performance of these trucks are almost
always similar. The GMC Canyon
and the Chevy Colorado are no
exception. They are nearly identical in every way. Even the website
to build your own has the same
menus and fonts. So what does
that all mean? The Colorado and
the Canyon are twins from different fathers.
The Colorado was awarded
truck of the year from Motor
Trend. After driving the Canyon
for a few days I have no idea why.
Granted it has some neat features and looks tough but that’s
pretty much it. I had the V6, the
most powerful option. When I