GMC has so far never offered a real off-road version for the Canyon. Although a AT4 is relatively proficient on the beaten track, it just does not measure up to a Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, which was definitely designed to jump the dunes. Everything is likely to change with the next generation of the Canyon.
We know General Motors is planning to modernize its two midsize pickup trucks for the 2023 model year, and now camouflaged prototypes are plying the roads of Michigan. It is the site specializing in GM vehicles, GM Authority, which captured the first shots of what appears to be the equivalent of a GMC Colorado ZR2.
How do you know that it is a Canyon and not a Colorado? The media specialist would also have photographed another prototype which circulated at its side. This was equipped with chrome rims and running boards that are specific to the Denali version, the one that you can only afford next to a Canyon.
Whether it is a Canyon or a Colorado, the few images obtained indeed reveal a much larger mid-size pickup truck that seems to be equipped with the famous DSSV shocks introduced on the Colorado ZR2. These shocks are designed and built by the Canadian company Multimatic.
The tracks of this mysterious Canyon also appear to have been widened, and its cut bumpers imply that the approach and departure angles have been revised. The prototype also seems to be equipped with skid plates, a sign that it is indeed a real off-road machine.
General Motors’ next generation of mid-size pickup trucks will be based on a modified platform of the current models, but will incorporate the automaker’s Global B electronics system that was introduced in the Chevrolet Corvette C8 as well as the Cadillac CT4 and CT5. This technology will allow the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon to modernize their multimedia system and incorporate the option of remote updates.
The other news is the total abandonment of the three engines currently offered, the 2.5-liter 4-cylinder, the 3.6-liter V6 and the 2.8-liter turbodiesel (Duramax) 4-cylinder. . They will all be replaced by a single engine, the 2.7-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder currently found under the hood of the Chevrolet Silverado / GMC Sierra and Cadillac CT4-V.
