The centerpiece of the iconic 1991 GMC Syclone is, without a doubt, the turbocharged 4.3L V6 LB4 engine. This power-dense six-cylinder produced a very respectable 280 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of ...

Before crazy trucks took over the market, the virtually identical turbocharged GMC Syclone pickup truck destroyed the idea that sports cars had to be non-crazy. The GMC gave trucks and SUVs ...

As product planners are wringing their hands and sweating bullets over new bells and whistles that they hope will attract reluctant buyers, one GM division is making a bold move to take command of the ...

In 1991, the automotive world was taken by surprise when a pickup truck, the GMC Syclone, emerged as a formidable contender against some of the era’s most revered sports cars. With performance ...

In the early 1990s, a compact GMC pickup quietly rewrote the performance rulebook. The GMC Syclone arrived as a short-bed work truck on paper, yet it accelerated with the ferocity of contemporary ...

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Nowadays, it's easy to take performance trucks for granted with mega-horsepower brutes like the Ram TRX and Ford Raptor available to anybody with a thick enough wallet, but thirty years ago, the idea ...

If you’re in the market for a Canyon, you’ll have to settle for a naturally-aspirated V6 with a displacement of 3.6 liters or a 2.8-liter turbo diesel. The aftermarket, on the other hand, can improve ...

New Jersey-based tuner Specialty Vehicle Engineering (SVE) is giving its 750-hp mid-size pickup truck an encore. The truck is SVE's modern version of the GMC Syclone, based on the current GMC Canyon.

Believe it or not, a brand-new 2022 Ford F-150 Raptor still isn’t as quick as a 31-year-old GMC Syclone over the traditional quarter-mile. That is not shameful for the Blue Oval truck but rather a ...