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GMC Canyon

Truck

Rear-Wheel Drive

20 CTY / 26 HWY

Starting from: $21,880

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Build your 2018 GMC Canyon [21 trims]

Style	MSRP
2018 2WD SL Extended Cab RWD Manual 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$21,880	Build
2018 2WD Base Extended Cab RWD Manual 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$25,350	Build
2018 2WD Base Crew Cab Short Box RWD Automatic 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$27,905	Build
2018 2WD SLE Extended Cab RWD Automatic 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$29,255	Build
2018 2WD Base Crew Cab Long Box RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$29,575	Build
2018 4WD Base Extended Cab 4WD Automatic 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$30,295	Build
2018 2WD SLE Crew Cab Short Box RWD Automatic 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$31,195	Build
2018 2WD SLE Crew Cab Long Box RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$32,865	Build
2018 4WD SLE Extended Cab 4WD Automatic 2.50L 4cyl 200hp 4dr Truck	$33,465	Build
2017 2WD SLT Extended Cab RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$33,480	Build
2018 2WD SLT Crew Cab Short Box RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$35,500	Build
2018 2WD SLT Crew Cab Long Box RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$36,070	Build
2018 4WD SLE Crew Cab Short Box 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$36,480	Build
2018 4WD SLE Crew Cab Long Box 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$36,780	Build
2017 4WD SLT Extended Cab 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$37,265	Build
2018 4WD SLT Crew Cab Short Box 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$39,260	Build
2018 4WD SLT Crew Cab Long Box 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$39,560	Build
2018 2WD Denali Crew Cab Short Box RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$40,300	Build
2018 2WD Denali Crew Cab Long Box RWD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$40,875	Build
2018 4WD Denali Crew Cab Short Box 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$44,065	Build
2018 4WD Denali Crew Cab Long Box 4WD Automatic 3.60L 6cyl 308hp 4dr Truck	$44,365	Build

2017 GMC Canyon Denali Review: What am I paying for, again?

– Moab, Utah

With high-zoot Denali trim levels accounting for a quarter of all GMC sales, it isn’t really surprising the brand decided to extend the treatment to its Canyon midsize pickup. The brand’s shoppers, it seems, are drawn toward these pricey models. “The kind of vehicles our customers are looking for tend to be more highly contented,” says GMC senior marketing manager Stu Pierce.

What also isn’t too surprising is that it’s tough to dress up a vehicle that starts up as a back-to-basics truck. The GMC Canyon itself is great, but the Denali treatment doesn’t make enough of a difference to match up to its sticker price. You might be better served by sticking with the second-to-top trim level, SLT.

Pros

Improved powertrain. All 2017 GMC Canyon trucks with the V6 engine get some mechanical updates, and they only serve to improve the way the pickup trucks. The 3.6-liter engine produces three more horsepower and six more pound-feet of torque, while the automatic transmission has eight speeds instead of six. Though those tweaks sound small, the Canyon is notably livelier than before. It downshifts more eagerly, pulls with more urgency in lower gears, and doesn’t feel quite so lazy as the last V6 Canyon I drove.

Stylish outfit. The Canyon Denali is an eye-catching design, and so long as you’re okay with having more reflective surfaces than a Broadway dressing room, you’ll like it, too. Note the 20-inch chrome wheels, chrome side steps, chrome mesh grille, chrome front fascia trim, chrome foglight surrounds, chrome door handles, and chrome mirrors. Though I am not always a fan of dressing up modern vehicles in chrome, somehow it works on this Dark Slate Metallic truck.

Cons

Many basic features inside. For all the talk that Denali is code for “lots of equipment,” this Canyon Denali lacks a handful of amenities you can find on, say, a Honda Civic for half the price. You have to put a key in the ignition switch, manually recline your seats, and hold the power window switches. I don’t necessarily expect push-button start, full-power seats, and full-auto windows in every midsize pickup truck. But when there’s a Denali badge on the hood and a $44,155 price tag in the window, I do.

Little interior differentIation. Looking around the cabin, I struggle to tell what turns a Canyon SLT into a Canyon Denali. The differences, of course, include a heated, leather-wrapped steering wheel, a wireless charging mat for your smartphone, and a Bose sound system. Yet visually, there’s nothing that instantly leaps out as more premium than in other Canyon trim levels.

No fuel economy benefit. Often, installing an updated engine and a transmission with more gears improves efficiency. Not so in the 2017 Canyon; its EPA ratings are identical to those of the 2016 model. For better economy, the 2.8-liter turbodiesel engine is still offered as an option; it gets as much as 30 mpg in two-wheel-drive Canyons.