DETROIT — GMC’s next-generation Canyon will embody high-end options and off-road functionality because the model provides its new AT4X trim to the midsize pickup.

GMC teased the up to date Canyon on Thursday, forward of a full reveal this summer season.

The Canyon would be the second GMC nameplate so as to add the AT4X trim, which was launched on the 2022 Sierra full-size pickup this yr. The AT4X and new Denali Final trim construct on the success of the AT4 and Denali subbrands.

The AT4X trim may give the Canyon an edge in opposition to rivals within the midsize pickup section. The Canyon had the section’s lowest U.S. gross sales within the first quarter, behind the Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier, Chevrolet Colorado and different entries, based on the Automotive Information Analysis & Knowledge Heart. First-quarter Canyon deliveries fell 14 per cent from a yr earlier. Gross sales had been comparable in Canada, the place the truck completed fifth within the midsize section. Gross sales had been off 19 per cent in contrast with the identical quarter a yr in the past.

The present-generation Canyon was launched in 2014. Since then, GMC has added the usual AT4 trim and an off-road efficiency bundle. 

The teaser picture reveals the Canyon with AT4X badging, rock protectors and 17-inch beadlock-capable wheels, a characteristic typically used whereas driving off-road.

The AT4X trim delivers each a luxurious and off-road expertise “to a pinnacle,” Tim Demetrio, Basic Motors’ engineering group supervisor for efficiency, mentioned at a Sierra occasion in October.

“It is one factor to go off-road with a very succesful car. It is one other factor to go off-road and have massaging seats,” he mentioned on the time. “We actually wished to raise the off-roading expertise for purchasers to a spot that is not on the market within the market.”