In 1991, the automotive world was taken by surprise when a pickup truck, the GMC Syclone, emerged as a formidable contender ...

Introduced in 1925, the Ford Model T “Runabout with Pickup Body” is widely considered a first. Come 1978, crosstown rival Dodge rolled out another first in the guise of the Lil’ Red Express. The ...

Chrysler kicked off the performance truck genre in the late 1970s with the Dodge Li'l Red Express. Over at General Motors, the GMC Syclone and Chevrolet 454 SS are classics in their own rights. Of ...

Before wild trucks like the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Viper-powered Dodge Ram SRT-10 stormed the market, the mechanically similar, turbocharged GMC Syclone pickup truck and GMC Typhoon SUV laid ...

With a turbocharged V-6 and all-wheel-drive, this compact pickup truck was one of the quickest vehicles around in its day. This example has just 10,000 miles on its odometer. Part of the GMC Syclone's ...

GMC’s radical early-'90s SUV helped invent the performance SUV formula, yet never got its due.

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The legendary GMC Syclone was just about the fastest thing you could buy in 1991 with 280 horsepower from a 4.3-liter turbocharged V6 and all-wheel drive for traction from a dig. In head-to-head tests ...