2015 GMC Canyon Long-Term Review: Fitting Into Tight Spaces

Luke Vandezande
by Luke Vandezande

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term review. To read previous updates in the series, click here.

I love pickup trucks and were it not for the fact that I also live in one of North America’s most populous cities, there would probably be one sitting in my driveway.

Truth be told, a half-ton is less practical in downtown Toronto than trying to skin a deer with a machete. Sometimes smaller is better and that’s why I jumped at the chance to steal Steve’s truck for a few days to help my dad move a big tube TV and a dilapidated piano to the dump.

The only trouble is that we’re both pretty small guys, so we needed a practical way to move that material into the truck bed. His condo building has a trash room with a loading dock that is accessible through a narrow alley and a small garage door that aren’t large enough for a Silverado, Ram or F-150.

By now, you’ve probably guessed that the Canyon is just narrow enough to fit. It took what felt like a million-point-turn to successfully back the truck in.

I probably couldn’t have done it without the rear-view camera and a couple of people shouting “stop,” but it fit, showing off the usefulness a small truck can have over a larger half-ton.

Incidentally, the Canyon is small but it isn’t tiny. The night before I helped my dad lug junk out of his apartment, my sister and I also loaded a small mountain of bags, books, an office-size printer, large paintings, a bar fridge and a bike into the bed and cab. It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but the Canyon is still big enough to carry an entire dorm room and two people.

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Luke Vandezande
Luke Vandezande

Luke is an energetic automotive journalist who spends his time covering industry news and crawling the internet for the latest breaking story. When he isn't in the office, Luke can be found obsessively browsing used car listings, drinking scotch at his favorite bar and dreaming of what to drive next, though the list grows a lot faster than his bank account. He's always on <A title="@lukevandezande on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/lukevandezande">Twitter</A> looking for a good car conversation. Find Luke on <A title="@lukevandezande on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/lukevandezande">Twitter</A> and <A title="Luke on Google+" href="http://plus.google.com/112531385961538774338?rel=author">Google+</A>.

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