The Otay Mountain Truck Trail is fun and scenic, but it’s not especially challenging. Actually, I should qualify that. From a psychological perspective, it’s very challenging. As it spirals around the mountain, the dust-laden track is often just wide enough for tires to fit into the corduroy, water-scarred ruts. At the edge of it, the hill faces

Upon arrival in Vancouver to sample GMC’s all-new 2017 Acadia, we jumped into our vehicles and drove the Sea-to-Sky highway toward Whistler. Our navigation system asked us to make a left turn about 20 kilometres before Whistler, onto an almost-hidden gravel road that winds its way through the lush B.C. forest. A minute later you arrive at a strikin

Since the GMC Terrain was introduced in 2010, its chunky styling has set it apart from most other compact SUVs including its General Motors stablemate, the Chevrolet Equinox. Personally, I don’t like the Terrain’s bulky lines, but according to General Motors, the Terrain’s styling is the top reason cited by buyers for purchasing it. And despite the

Break out your ‘big’ jokes, because this is one colossal rig. The 2015 GMC Yukon XL is surely one of the largest land vehicles still roaming mall parking lots and suburbia. Break out your ‘big’ jokes, because this is one colossal rig. For an average guy commuting from suburbia to the office, it is most certainly overkill, but contrary

GMC is trickling out the all-new Sierra pickup trim level by trim level, and the latest is another high-feature model. The style-targeted Sierra Elevation also shows off the double cab for the first time. The Elevation is offered as a double cab - that's four doors with short rear doors - with two or four-wheel drive. GMC didn't mention other ca

I'll bet you remember the first time you saw one of these. Even if it was in 2009, because that's how long the Terrain has been with us. The massive square fenders and boxy lines that this made-in-Canada mid-sizer sports sure made an impression when this vehicle made its debut. While the exterior styling is getting tired, there's nothing horrible a

DETROIT, Michigan – Like a fraternal twin reluctant to emerge, the GMC Sierra usually makes its appearance shortly after the debut of a new Chevrolet Silverado. It’s awfully hard to top the arrival of the most recent Silverado, delivered by a Sikorsky helicopter to the centre field of Texas motorway as if by giant, rotary-propelled stork; and GM di

Ford has the Raptor. Ram has the Power Wagon. Toyota has a 2019 Tundra TRD Pro bouncing down the pipeline. You think GMC, with its storied tough-guy “professional grade” rap, is going to stand by while other pickup makers build halo off-road specials that play right into the macho ethos of the pickup universe? With the reveal of the 2019 Sierra AT4

GMC’s compact Terrain crossover has had remarkably consistent sales since it was launched for 2010. Any vehicle that sells that well for that long puts a lot of pressure on the second-generation model to deliver the goods and keep the sales pace of the original. So GMC has added content, dropped weight, and bolted on turbos. And made a host of chan

It’s a pretty rare occurrence that someone gets into a vehicle and declares nearly immediate they want to purchase it. It is even more rare for this to occur with every passenger that sets foot in your vehicle. But that was the case with the 2016 GMC Yukon Denali that I piloted over the holidays. No, I am not exaggerating in the least, every s

GMC has quietly announced it will add a mild hybrid "eAssist" powertrain option to its Sierra pickup line this Spring. We say "quietly," because the announcement isn't a preview of an auto show unveiling; it comes to us in a straightforward press release that might as well be talking about a redesigned door handle. Unlike the complicated-but-

Although the market for full-size, truck-based SUVs has slowed considerably over the past decade – knocked out by the rising popularity of pickups and the startling proliferation of crossovers at every step of the pricing ladder – it is unquestionably owned by General Motors. Of GM’s boxy big boys, it is the GMC Yukon that holds the sales edge over

I'm now at hour five in the 2019 GMC Terrain Denali today. Nearing the end of the usual whirlwind long weekend that marks my Christmas holidays, loading up persons and dog to embark on a day-long drive, in weather that is invariably miserable. Followed by a flurry of visiting and wondering why we drive to the wilds of New Brunswick instead of bri

Only a few days after its Canadian debut at the 2016 CIAS in Toronto , pricing of the all-new 2017 GMC Acadia has been announced and MSRP is set to start at $34,995, a $2,525 cut from the previous generation. The new Acadia remains in the mid-size crossover category, nestled between the GMC Terrain and Yukon, though it is quite a bit smaller

Last week, my wife and I hosted old friends from Finland. Their three teenagers had never seen this side of the pond, so we provided several in-their-face (North) American experiences. It started with me arriving at Pearson Airport in the 2016 GMC Yukon Denali , immediately after picking it up for a week’s testing. Imagine getting to channel your