For most of us auto writers living in urban or suburban settings, a pickup truck assignment is a mixed blessing.  On the up side, it means an opportunity to clean out basements and garages and get a load of junk off to the dump.  On the down side, it means being burdened with an oversized vehicle that is fuel thirsty, less comfortable than a car an

A few neat-o notables are worthy of mention in regards to the all-new GMC Acadia’s all-new platform. Here’s a machine that seeks to wow shoppers in the intense premium crossover segment in numerous ways The first? Thanks to the adoption of today’s segment-mandatory “stronger and lighter” ideology, said platform is lighter, which enables

Detroit, Michigan – The GMC Acadia has been around for a decade now and despite reaching the end of the previous generation’s model run last year, 2015 was a record sales year for the mid-size crossover with over 96,000 units sold in the United States alone. For the 2017 model year the Acadia is all new and for the most part, significantly impro

The luxury truck is increasingly a hallmark of Canada’s landed gentry, a versatile vehicle that not only serves as a social signifier of wealth – or at least, access to credit – but in many cases one that coddles as well as a traditional premium sedan. In a country that clings to a rural narrative despite its massive urban population, pickups are i

The 2018 GMC Sierra Denali is a truck that finds itself in a bit of a tough spot. Due to be replaced by an all-new model before the end of the year, it’s trapped in that limbo that afflicts all end-of-life vehicles, one where potential buyers try to weigh the no doubt substantial incentives being offered by dealers eager to move metal, against th

When, exactly, do you decide to resign yourself to your fate? Is it in the tenth hour of what ends up being a 12-hour drive through blizzard-like conditions that seem determined to keep you from ever getting home? Is it when you’ve been stuck behind a phalanx of snow plows driving 30 km/h on a major highway long enough to have cycled through the en

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Hot on the heels of the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, the 2019 GMC Sierra will soon start trickling into Canadian dealerships in late September. And with this new generation, these two popular full-size pickup trucks go from near-identical twins to siblings with very separate lives. GMC is making a major push towards diff

Look, I’m going to level with you. The GMC Acadia Denali is a very nice vehicle, but it may be different from what you expect. When I first sat down in the 2018 GMC Acadia Denali , I did so with a set of expectations that turned out to be incorrect. I’m about to lay my mistakes out on the table for you so that you don’t make them yours

As the cover comes off the all-new 2020 GMC Sierra Heavy Duty at a dedicated reveal event in San Diego, one thought springs to mind: Boy, the Ram Heavy Duty press conference at the Detroit auto show last week took some of wind out of these sails, didn’t it? Torque isn’t everything That’s because Ram announced that it’s achieved an outpu

Who knew that Volvo’s line of boxy station wagons and Detroit’s big boat wagons would morph decades later into a popular sub-genre of boxy family haulers on stilts: the modern three-row SUV. Those Volvo wagons offered efficiently shaped bodies, while those massive domestic wagons were the ultimate family haulers before minivans hit the scene, offer

It’s an odd thing at the General Motors stable: while Americans are pretty much “meh” on GMC, Canada loves it. Chevrolet is the big seller south of the border, especially for trucks, but up here it’s about 50/50, with GMC often outselling its sibling. The Terrain is a pleasant driver, with a quiet, bump-absorbing ride thanks to some Denali-sp

I’m trying to find a pallet of bagged topsoil, but on a frigid and windy day in early March, I’m not having much luck. The smaller garden centres are closed, and even the big box stores look at me funny. Why am I looking for dirt about six weeks too early? Because I’m driving a 2017 GMC Canyon with a 2.8L diesel, and I’m trying to find out if a m

If you’re a little confused by GMC’s SUV lineup lately, don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. GMC has been rejigging things, so everything has changed. Well, they’ve changed by a few millimetres here and there, at any rate. The new Terrain is indeed smaller, but not by much – it’s simply more trim. And it’s substantially sleeker-looking too.

Del Mar, California – We had the opportunity to test out the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and 2015 GMC Canyon mid-size pickups in the sunny oceanside town of Del Mar, California and came away impressed with GM’s redo of their previously mediocre entry-level truck effort.  By importing and updating its global small truck platform for the North Am

In Sudbury, we don’t have many Ferraris and Vipers and Porsches, because folks here spend disposable income less on hot cars, and more on hot sleds, hot boats, rocket-propelled ATV’s and big-ass camps and cottages. In pickup territory, it’s the latest truck that gathers the crowds at Home Depot, the gas station, or the coffee shop. The