1991 GMC Syclone Manufacturer Promotional Video
Truck culture is big. Indeed,each year the best-selling vehicle in America is usually a pick-up, outselling the best ordinary cars by some margin. GM decided at the beginning of the 1990s that it would build the fastest and most technically complex truck ever made- just, perhaps, because it could. The Syclone was based on a standard issue FM four wheel drive truck, chosen because the drivetrain was essential for the power that GM had planned. Under the bonnet was a 4.3L V6 pushrod engine that was further boosted by a turbocharger ad intercooler. The engine’s torque figure was a remarkable 350lb/ft – more pulling strength than a Ferrari 348 could muster, even. This road ripping power was fed into the 4×4 drivetrain, which had rear differential. This modernity was in contrast to the less advanced suspension. Gm had lowered and stiffened the chassis, though. Stylists then clad the Syclone in a sexy, aggressive body kit, with very wide wheels and low profile tires. They Syclone was an extreme impressive and unusual machine, but it didn’t sell well – it cost more than a Ford Taurus SHO.
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I LIKE GMC SYCLONE TURBO VERY FAST MUSCLE TRUCK AWESOME
Simply the greatest pickup ever.
Like Tina Turner, simply the best!
The apotheosis of the 4.3 Vortec. It’s finest hour. It seems like the Jimmy version – Typhoon could have done a lot better in sales but neither sold well.
I will have one eventually!
I love the syclone! A very awesome and rare truck! Too bad more people didn’t buy them or there would have been a market for these sleds.