1991 GMC Syclone Test Drive
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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