Photo: jlord8 / Instagram
GMC recently partnered with Overland Expo to kick off the adventure season during Overland Expo West with the latest 'Ultimate Overland' build – a thoroughly reworked GMC Canyon AT4X.
But that's only normal stuff – these rigs are built tough, and overlanding is one of the most logical possible directions for aftermarket and OEM enhancements. However, respecting tradition won't necessarily make you stand out in any crowd. As such, at least the imaginative realm of digital car content creators knows that it takes a bit of audaciousness to attract attention.
As such, here's Jim, a virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, who loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm, and he dreams of a reborn Syclone with a controversial name. The GMC Syclone, born in 1991, was at the time the fastest production truck, and today, it is enshrined in the hall of fame by being considered one of the most powerful classic American pickup trucks of all time (ranks fifth with 280 hp), as well as one of the best 'muscle' trucks ever produced.
Considered by many a diamond in the rough, the nameplate obviously still brings a lot of fond memories to a variety of people – including across the parallel universes of vehicular CGI. Since this is not the first time this pixel master has thought about a GMC Syclone revival, this time around, he's focusing on the red special-edition Marlboro Syclone, at the time, the grand prize for the ten winners of a 1992 contest sponsored by Marlboro.
Yes, it won't be politically correct to root for a Marlboro GMC Syclone in 2024, but perhaps a street-truck-style model version of the Canyon is not such a bad idea since they already have workhorse, regular, ritzy, and off-road (AT4X and AEV Edition ) models currently on sale. This would feature a performance-oriented derivative with a lower ride height, single-cab, and short-bed configuration, retro-styled black alloy wheels and plastic mirror caps, and a worthy powertrain configuration.
Interestingly, the CGI expert intentionally abandoned the signature Marlboro Syclone Targa-style T-top roof panels converted by the American Sunroof Company to make it even closer to a possible real-world build that would be feasible in this day and age. Unfortunately, he also left out any hypothetical details about what's hiding under the hood – so speculation in the comments section of his post quickly suggested dropping a big-block V8 with a supercharged in there!
Also, many have noticed the original picture of the CGI-modified truck has a quarter-mile dragstrip behind it, so that's probably the most obvious hint at the best use-case scenario for this unofficial revival. What do you think? Should GMC give it a go in the real world?
As such, here's Jim, a virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, who loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm, and he dreams of a reborn Syclone with a controversial name. The GMC Syclone, born in 1991, was at the time the fastest production truck, and today, it is enshrined in the hall of fame by being considered one of the most powerful classic American pickup trucks of all time (ranks fifth with 280 hp), as well as one of the best 'muscle' trucks ever produced.
Considered by many a diamond in the rough, the nameplate obviously still brings a lot of fond memories to a variety of people – including across the parallel universes of vehicular CGI. Since this is not the first time this pixel master has thought about a GMC Syclone revival, this time around, he's focusing on the red special-edition Marlboro Syclone, at the time, the grand prize for the ten winners of a 1992 contest sponsored by Marlboro.
Yes, it won't be politically correct to root for a Marlboro GMC Syclone in 2024, but perhaps a street-truck-style model version of the Canyon is not such a bad idea since they already have workhorse, regular, ritzy, and off-road (AT4X and AEV Edition ) models currently on sale. This would feature a performance-oriented derivative with a lower ride height, single-cab, and short-bed configuration, retro-styled black alloy wheels and plastic mirror caps, and a worthy powertrain configuration.
Interestingly, the CGI expert intentionally abandoned the signature Marlboro Syclone Targa-style T-top roof panels converted by the American Sunroof Company to make it even closer to a possible real-world build that would be feasible in this day and age. Unfortunately, he also left out any hypothetical details about what's hiding under the hood – so speculation in the comments section of his post quickly suggested dropping a big-block V8 with a supercharged in there!
Also, many have noticed the original picture of the CGI-modified truck has a quarter-mile dragstrip behind it, so that's probably the most obvious hint at the best use-case scenario for this unofficial revival. What do you think? Should GMC give it a go in the real world?
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