The Syclone Offered Performance The Truck Community Just Wasn’t Ready To Receive

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The Syclone was beyond its time!

In 1991, GMC had an idea that was nothing short of awesome. A performance truck with sport car capabilities. The Syclone was an aggressively styled truck based off the GMC Sonoma. It featured a 280-horsepower turbocharged 4.3-liter engine backed by a 4L60 4-speed automatic transmission, a Borg Warner all-wheel drive transfer case, and a sport-tuned suspension. This combination of factory installed modifications to the small truck platform allowed the truck to accelerate to 60-mph in just 4.3-seconds and run through the quarter-mile in 13.4-seconds according to car and driver, though a MotorWeek review found slightly differing, yet still impressive results. On top of being the first truck to have these kinds of capabilities, it was also the first to have a 4-wheel anti-lock brake system.