The trick with the G80 is when it locks in you need to keep the torque applied or it disengages and you have to start all over again. Maintain a crawl speed, or greater, and it will stay locked it. Soon as you let off the gas or stop , you’ll have to spin it up all over again. Would be great if you could show it camera.

That is a sexy ass truck! For the average person, this AT4 is more than capable to do anything you’d ever need. I love it.

That tire may say AT on it but it's definitely at the bottom of the barrel looks more like an all-season to me that would be the first thing to go if I owned it.

The new GMC Canyon looks sooo good! Definitely a very handsome truck! I would love to see a side by side with the new Tacoma trd pro since they’re both wider trucks. Other than that great video guys 👍🏼😁

Good job Alex and Kase. You 2 make a good tag team. Kase I like your input also even though you are behind the camera. Kase, you see things from the outside that Alex cannot see.

Absolutely mind-blowing performance by the 2023 GMC Canyon AT4!

You guys are doing a great job with the off road stuff. Some of the other "test pilots" were getting stale with some predictably mediocre flashes of "humor" thrown in. Less is better when it comes to banter and emotion during some drives since it's all about the truck anyway. I'll make the same offer as I gave to Stephen and the guys at Truck King, if you ever get anywhere near Binghamton NY, put a few hours aside and test ride some of my 4wd atv's and a mix of Honda and Yamaha atc's. Keep up the great work.

When will these car companies learn lockers instead of all this fancy stuff. They spend all this money on fancy options give us simple lockers

Needed a tire and driver mod. You have to keep torque applied or the G80 will unlock. Driver is constantly getting off the throttle. Left foot braking will keep it engaged too.

I like the camera presence you guys have! I’ll watch more videos with y’all. But, for the love of god, spend the extra time to air down. 38 PSI for an Offroad test with AT tires just isn’t fair! Can’t wait for the AT4X video! (I’ve got one on order!)

Actually a big fan of the G80. All mechanical, nothing to go wrong. You use a locker so seldom, might as well have one that always works. Just gotta keep your foot in it so it doesn't disengage

Great Job Alex!! You Andrea and Tommy do a very good job!

Thats one good-looking truck!

This was a great video and you two make a great team. I like the dialog between both the wheelman and the cameraman.

Thanks for the vid! Been waiting for someone to take one off-road!

If you stop letting off the gas the locker will stay in gauged and you will stay smooth but it would be nice to have the selectable locker I would agree but you made it look harder than it would have been if you would have just stayed in the throttle

Great video guys keep up the work , luv it !!!

I love Andre but he gets too stressed out on those rocks. Roman does too. So better to send the young bucks. Also I wish these videos were longer guys!!! Do longer trails or more than one while you're up in the high country!

It's amazing how far 4×4's have come in such a short time. I had a 1996 F150 4×4 with a 3 inch lift & 33×10.5×15 tires on it & it wouldn't stand a chance against the new trucks of today. Great job on the review guys. 👍🏻👍🏻

Good video guys! Glad to see you guys out on the off road channel making content as well! I wish they at least made that rear locker selectable…and I know you said you didn’t have the time, but I’d suggest bringing a compressor and making a few extra minutes to air down…at least a little. It doesn’t just improve the ride, but primarily will help immensely with traction. Great video tho! Keep it up! Hope you guys get to take an AT4X up there next to compare.

Nothing screams quality like plastic skid plates lol... regardless, very capable, very nice truck

Have you guys ever tested these off-road trucks loaded and off-roading? Would love to see one with a pop up camper or 1200lbs in the bed 👍.

you guys should do a comparo with all the midsize offroad packaged trucks, Ranger, Canyon, Tacoma, Frontier, gladiator, and see which is best value for money and most capable

Great job! I love the truth and dare challenge, essential! Now add some water fording segments please 🙏🏽

I feel like I’d rather take something like a Frontier Pro-4X as you have a selectable locker on that, and a much more protective stock skid plate arrangement.

The AT4 can be optioned up better for off roading. There are optional skidplates available and you can take a 33 inch Territory MT tire option to help with traction and more ground clearance. Still no switchable locker though, unlike it's Toyota equivalent the TRD off road Tacoma, and it looked like the TC wasn't torque vectoring up front very much (Toyota MTS torque vectors pretty aggressively up front in rock or loose rock mode)

Thanks for helping clean up!👌🏽

Great review!

Great job getting up razor rocks Alex. I didn't think it would do it.

Good looking truck and like thar color. Reminds me of my first Trek front suspension fork mountain bike in the 1990's.

Nice video Gents & love your hat! Go Birds!

Reducing the tire pressure would have helped this guy out too, dropping it down to about 20 psi

I just bought mine same truck silver love it to death

Nice to see you guys on a real trail. The ranch is a little dull.

I used to crap on the G80 until I realized my truck had it. Part of the reason I didn’t think I had it was due to it being a seem less transition. Not sure why the new ones are jumpy

I'd be curious to know how the automatic locker engages if you were to use a little bit of break at the same time you're using gas. Thinking that might help control a lurch forward

Youre my Hero Mr Alex😂😉! As Ive said before the 2 of you together are ALWAYS Super fun watch! Beyond the visual🍬😂. Your personal facial expressions, coupled with distinctive laugh. Is just entertainment gold! Plus the content information! - my husband after watching you all(u both)tfl truck/offroad. So WANTS a Jeep(🤮such a cliche). He wants to know Where is this? Yes CO, when we're there as he smirks with a Pink Wrangler😂. We will go

Everything is based on numbers and specs, all these videos are based on such short use. Curious to see how all the screens will hold up in 5+ years. GM did a solid job on the look. Those tires were pretty pumped it looked as well

Great job! I did not think that truck would make the razor rocks. I still remember that time with a 4Runner and a selectable(sp?) locker and that tree! Not good. Obviously, tire grip and sideways slip come into the equation, more so when not airing down. As for that G80, pros and cons. Y'all probably think I am crazy mentioning the pros. But I had one in an 83(!!!!) S10 Blazer, and though it was a rattle trap, that thing was an amazing little off roader. Pros: cheaper. Super reliable with an incredibly long history. Always going to kick in and then it becomes a 100% mechanical locker. No switches or compressors to worry about. Those are also very reliable, but let's face it, just more things to go wrong. The major con: well, you demonstrated that repeatedly. Probably/maybe better for the mud pit than for slow rock crawling. Oh, did I say it already? Cheap!

I think this off roading demodtration would of been a lot smoother wirh an experience driver. This truck is really good looking, I would definitely add the Technology package it comes with 360 cameras and also definitely will pay extra for the skid plate package.

Great video guys. Hoping y’all can get ahold of one of those AT4Xs at some point. I wouldn’t trade my Gladiator for one, but damn they look good.

excellence dudes!

The AT4 is my #2 choice, waiting to see what the Tacoma TRD has for options and price once that trim and specs are revealed. Trailhunter and TRD Pro are overkill for my mission, as is the AT4X. Great vid guys keep them coming!

nice looking truck and great review, should come with Goodyear MT territory tire. the AT tire doesn't seem to be aggressive enough. Lot of plastic skid plates too.

Where is Nathan ???

When it kicks in though you gotta keep going, not let off every single time.

It is very frustrating to watch you guys off-road. Every time the G80 locks-in you back off the throttle - wrong, stay in it. When you back off it disengages and you have to start over again. Like any novice, you’re giving the G80 a bad name. The G80 works fine, if you know how it works - get it locked in and power through, don’t let up…. The G80 has been around for years because it works at any speed, in any gear, 2WD or 4WD, no buttons to push, simple and cost effective. A little tire spin is fine, get it locked and stay in the throttle.

Alex and case taking lines that Roman or Andre wouldn’t dare 😅 Let these guys loose more often!

My favorite thing about the video is the Eagles hat. Go Philly.

Super good looking truck

My ‘05 Land Rover LR3 with the e-locker in the rear locks IMMEDIATELY after sensing wheel slippage. Really surprised it takes so much for this almost 20 year more modern truck to sort it out.

I wish they would color match the truck on the info screen with your paint code. It’s a little thing that would go a long way in the pride of your truck.

Every Canyon gets the high output motor. It’s the Colorado that gets different power levels.

idk i needed tommy doing this review

How do we get a little competition going, up these trail's... Maybe time each make and model up the trail? Cause most of these make it up the trail lately....just a thought...Im addicted to the channel either way🙏...have a beautiful Sunday everybody ✌️

GO BIRDS 🦅

Great looking truck. But the G80 is so outdated now. Seems like the G86 in the new Yukons activate a lot quicker

Love the hat Alex

For about the same money and options you can get the ZR2 which is allot more truck for off-roading if you don't need Cadillac style interior. The AT4 should have standard "E" rear locker and I think a big swing and a miss for GMC just giving it the G80.

I went to build a zr2 online and it said see dealer for tpms. Are they not coming from factory with them? If so that is dumb considering the air down feature built in to the trail boss and zr2.

Good enough for me to pull the boat out of the water with as I looked at the new Colorado's and they just feel cheap on the inside.

If you deflate the tires (or "air them down") you will have significantly more traction = less wheelspin. Assuming that your normal road pressure is about 35 psi, I wouldn't do this terrain with more than 20 psi max. In fact, I'd probably do 15 psi - on an empty vehicle. With a load you're probably going higher pressure. Remember, an ounce of traction = a pound of momentum.

I had G80 in my 2015 2WD Colorado, hated it! I'm very surprised that GM hasn't installed the over-ride button, so you can luck it when you want it, not when the truck thinks you need it

Dang near my perfect truck, just needs proper AT tires or even MT. If it had the 3.0l diesel it’d be the Absolute perfect truck

wonder if this will get more off road and bottom skid plates down the road

Looks good maybe if you swap out tires you won’t struggle as much

I think its a good truck. The driver just doesnt know how to handle those rocks 😅

That truck is too pretty to bang it up on rocks..good review

If that is a Torsen type limited slip, you can brake lightly with your left foot as you are applying the gas when you get wheel spin, and it should send power to the tire with traction. I just looked up the G80 and it works on centrifugal force opening up a mechanism that catches and locks the diff when wheel spin gets to 120 rpm rather than the locking spiral gears used in a Torsen type diff. Torsens were used in the old Hummers. So never mind about the left foot braking. The G80 does have a rather sudden lockup so it would be impossible to engage it smoothly.

I actually really liked this truck, but the wheels are pretty ugly, and the cost/wait and potential reliability issues after 5-10 years of ownership is what made my decision for the Nissan pro4x. Isn't it 25lbs of boost?? Imagine that at 100k plus miles. Lol plus I got a real looker for about $6k less.

In my large circle of friends and family I only know 1 couple that can comfortably afford these new cars, 50k plus, without making major sacrifices to their lifestyle or financial health and the husband is a firefighter and the wife a nurse.

Fly Eagles, FLY!

Not having lockers come standard on these insanely expensive trucks is ridiculous. My wife has a 2022 Colorado 4x4 with no lockers and it was $40k cash without a dealer markup.

And need some spotters on these conditions .. as soon i saw the scene with that 1foot ½ rock i knew he will jack up that truck by that angle

If you know how to control your foot rhat woild go just fine. Experience is key as well

congrats on the promotion

Pit Vipers would’ve made it smoother for you ;), jk prob some better tires would help. People who leave trash suck, but at least it wasn’t a Bud Light.

Canyon looks amazing in that red. It performed very well in this!

It'd help if the G80 could be forced to lock ahead of time while still having auto locking ability.

Pretty sad performance to have the AT4 badge on it and $50K. I replace the G80 on two of my GM vehicles with helical LSD. The G80 needs a lot of RPM from the loose tire to engage, and tire RPM is not something you're getting in the low range. I have also blown one up when engaged with a lot of power. Only good for snow.

Great lookin truck. If I could get a 2020 for 28k, whew

GM was making these auto lockers in the 80s/90s that would rip itself apart when it locked in place, made a lot of money replacing those

My colorado came with 33s, they would make this trail much easier for this canyon

Such good looking trucks however lots of lemons for first year release

10:20 kill all litterbugs!

Could you compare this to the Trailboss?

How about checking it's "limit" with the off road tires it's optioned with? All Terrains just slip on rocks. This one is equipped for a mall crawl. lol...

Great video, the auto locker is a nightmare.

It’s definitely no gladiator. A perfect competition for a ranger

I get mine in a few weeks I got fully loaded. I got the same tires but u said 18inch wheels? Are they 33s? I can't tell with the just sidewall numbers

Will be happy to see if the AT4X or ZR2 have any issues

Im really impressed by the autolocker. That is a real off-roader by virtue of doing that rock climb, out of the box. imagine what real off road tires could do. But why not a button that just engages those aoto lockers ASAP so there's less slipping--- only 1% would use it, but...

You need to just commit to smooth throttle and not let off by reflex and the G80 works wonders. It becomes new muscle memory☺️

Go Cowboys!!

My local kingsport,tn chevy/ gmc dealer has a 2023 canyon At4 coming in soon from factory Think I will go test drive it and possibly trade in my 23 Tacoma TRD OR model truck onnut. I hate the gear hunting and poor lower seating position in my new Tacoma. But I also want to test drive a new 2024 Tacoma TRD Trail Hunter model truck with the new turbo 4 cylinder engine and new 8 speed transmission. That truck would be perfect for overland8ng all in the eastern tennessee/ western nc/ southwestern Virginia/ eastern kentucky and North Georgia mountains.

For a off road labeled pickup, the lack of travel/articulation from the IFS combined with the G-80 just makes a bad combination..

What fool would spend 50k for this beautiful truck and jump ditches and climb rocks ???

The G80 is great for snow and ice.

yea the "auto" locker is sort of lame in the way you have to get tires spinning for it to kick in but its better than nothing and will get you unstuck

Definitely not a rock crawler. Rock dragger, sure.