Twin-cam V6, eight-speed transmission and power sent to all four wheels. Some new exotic? No, just a GMC Canyon.
The Canyon and its Colorado sibling can be fully optioned, just like a “real” truck. In fact, our 4WD Crew Cab Denali SWB seemed to have nearly all of the boxes ticked: four-wheel-drive, trailer package, spray-on bed liner, aluminum wheels, leather …
What about the rear seat? How much room is there with a 6 foot driver at the wheel?
I’m a bit taller and considered the Colorado but to get comfortable I had the seat tilted way back and the B pillar was kinda forward giving me the feeling I was sitting halfway in the back seat.
My Silverado doesn’t feel like that.
Did you get the long bed? Let us know how you like it as time goes, because I'm really considering a crew cab long bed Canyon or Tacoma in 4WD for towing, hauling and camping (daily driving too).
My biggest issue with trucks these days is there height. Lifting stuff into or getting it out of the bed is a serious PITA. The canyon seems to be just as tall as a 1500. I am probably wrong on this but i sware that ford started this trend with the f150 and GM had to join the altitude challenge. I was looking at a 2015 at the dealer and my first question to the dealer was can you lower it.
I looked at these online for a moment before buying another Tacoma. By the time I spec'd a four door V6 4x4, I was already up to 41 grand and I wasn't done yet. I don't trust GM trucks that much. It will rust away up here before I can pay it off.
These are nice driving trucks. They have a very solid feel, like they are hewn from a block of granite, that the full-size trucks don't have. There is also what I dubbed the "hotboi package" that we got to install that included a louder exhaust and a pod air filter from the factory, kinda cracked me up. Hopefully the '19 fixes the torque converter issues that the earlier 8-speed trucks had. This year, we were putting torque converters in just about every Colorado/Canyon with an 8-speed that we sold. And, boy, is that a chore on these.
I have a '18 Colorado diesel with the long bed. Just ticked over 5k miles this morning and it hasn't been 2 months. Transmission issues? Yes, the torque converter sometimes shudders around 1500rpm. Otherwise, no issues have popped up yet.
Mine is a "mid-high" optioned truck. Has Bose, nav and a fancy paint color, but still has a manual adjusting passenger seat and cloth.
i think its highly probable that a baby-duramax canyon/colorado will be my next truck. seems like a good compromise for daily-ing and towing.
There's a new-to-me 2017 Honda Ridgeline RTL-T in my driveway, courtesy of the GRM long-term reviews and my own test drive of it vs. the Colorado/Canyon and Toyota Tacoma. It replaced my 2007 Trailblazer, after a series of issues that drove me over the edge of reason (A/C failure, transmission lurch, inexplicable electrical faults, and overall quality control).
The Ridgeline has been, well, whatever I need it to be so far. Pick up 15 bags of mulch? Sure! 250 mile four seat limo run? Why not? Save 6mpg over the TB's best days? No sweat.
Fun fact: the ECON button changes the character of the driveline from "Sporty" (off) to "Grampa" (on). I drove with it On for a couple weeks in town to see what the mileage difference would be, then switched it Off on Friday, as I was leaving the office. As the Yoopers would say, "Holy wah!". That 'little' V6 AWD truck took off from the light like I was trying to drag the Bimmer next to me. Yes, there was a grin plastered on my surprised, yet ugly mug. 
Would I buy another if this one gets wrecked / stolen / smashed by aliens? Yes!
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