Compare the2023 Chevrolet ColoradoVS 2023 GMC Canyon

Safety
Warranty
Reliability
Fuel Economy and Range
Payload
Recommendations

Safety

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Both the Colorado and the Canyon have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, plastic fuel tanks, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, available all wheel drive, blind spot warning systems, around view monitors and rear cross-path warning.

Warranty

There are over 73 percent more Chevrolet dealers than there are GMC dealers, which makes it much easier should you ever need service under the Colorado’s warranty.

Reliability

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2022 Initial Quality Study of new car owners surveyed provide the statistics that show that Chevrolet vehicles are better in initial quality than GMC vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Chevrolet third in initial quality, above the industry average. With 15 more problems per 100 vehicles, GMC is ranked 7th.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2022 survey of the owners of three-year-old vehicles provides the long-term dependability statistics that show that Chevrolet vehicles are more reliable than GMC vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Chevrolet above average in long-term dependability. With 21 more problems per 100 vehicles in the first three years of ownership, GMC is rated lower.

From surveys of all its subscribers, Consumer Reports’ January 2023 Auto Issue reports that Chevrolet vehicles are more reliable than GMC vehicles. Consumer Reports ranks Chevrolet 1 place higher in reliability than GMC.

Fuel Economy and Range

On the EPA test cycle the Colorado gets better mileage than the Canyon:

			MPG
Colorado
	RWD	2.7 turbo 4-cyl. (237 HP)	20 city/25 hwy
	AWD	2.7 turbo 4-cyl.	19 city/23 hwy
		2.7 turbo 4-cyl.	17 city/21 hwy
Canyon
	RWD	2.7 turbo 4-cyl.	18 city/23 hwy
	AWD	2.7 turbo 4-cyl.	17 city/21 hwy
		AT4X 2.7 turbo 4-cyl.	17 city/20 hwy

Payload

The Colorado has higher optional payload capacities than the Canyon:

	Colorado	Canyon
Crew Cab	1710 lbs.	1640 lbs.
Crew Cab 4x4	1710 lbs.	1590 lbs.

Recommendations

The Chevrolet Colorado outsold the GMC Canyon by over three to one during 2022.