Review: Chevrolet Colorado GMC Canyon! Smaller Trucks With Better Fuel Mileage

Review: Chevrolet Colorado GMC Canyon! Smaller Trucks With Better Fuel Mileage

Owning a pickup is useful when needing to take a visit the hardware shop to get large appliances, timber, or garden supplies—until eventually it goes time for it to park the big truck at the nearby home center or fill up the large gas tank.

That’s the reason why we’ve been dreaming for many years for a far more powerful compact-pickup replacement for today’s behemoths. And General Motors is currently moved in for a remodeled Chevrolet Colorado as well as its twin, the GMC Canyon. Therefore we were happy to test a loaded Canyon SLT at our trial track. (The truck was borrowed from GM at a price.)

With ever-tightening up gas efficiency specifications, General Motors really wants to siphon several large-pickup customers straight into the more compact trucks having improved fuel miles. To that end, this packed Canyon weighs in at 900 pounds lower than the Silverado. (In comparison, Ford ended selling their right-sized Ranger in 2011 and but produced a brand new all-aluminum body for the F-150 that’s 700 pounds much lighter compared to the older model. Also packed with features, this Canyon is 500 pounds less heavy when compared with the aluminum F-150 we rented a little while earlier.)

The Canyon is without a doubt better in comparison with the old Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma, the two that were previous updated in 2005.

When compared with the Silverado, the very popular shrinkage in room is available in the rear seat, that is still spacious enough for two, however it hasn't offer lounge room for three like these days full-sized trucks offer. The 4-wheel-drive Canyon we tested, using the 305-horse power, 3.6-liter V6 engine and 6-speed automatic is also designed to take 1,550 pounds and tow around 7,000 pounds. which is remarkable for a compact truck.

A 200-horse power, 2.5-liter 4-cylinder is normal, it also goes just with back-wheel drive. A 4-cylinder diesel will be expected on the market up coming year.

Also different than the Frontier or Tacoma, the Canyon is noiseless and enriched with an extra pleasant ride. Handling is quick to respond by pick-up standards. The best part is, it gives useful safety technology that another smaller trucks don’t, as well as lane-departure alert along with a somewhat over-eager forward-collision alarm.

However, it’s about where the best part ends. The Colorado’s car is jittery. The crappy transmission bogs down if you want a lot more power to speed up and climb a hill. And also some our drivers discovered the car seats unpleasant, particularly with the cheap-feeling, manual seatback adjuster. As the seat-bottom tilt can’t be changed separate of height, several noticed they must sit a lot upper than they preferred in order to maintain their knees from getting pressed up.

Even so, with today's big pick-up trucks, the Colorado might give a much better mix of maneuverability as well as accessibility without losing a lot utility.