Here’s When 2023 GMC Canyon Units Will Start Shipping
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A few weeks ago, GM Authority reported that new units of the 2023 GMC Canyon and 2023 Chevy Colorado had finally begun shipping to dealers following the start of regular production (SORP) late last January. However, we’ve since learned that no new units of the 2023 GMC Canyon have been shipped after all, and that new units will in fact begin shipping next week on March 13th.
According to GM Authority sources, only new units of the 2023 Chevy Colorado equipped with the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L2R engine began shipping out to dealers on February 28th, which means WT and LT trim levels specifically. However, the 2023 GMC Canyon is not available with the L2R engine, and no new units of the 2023 GMC Canyon have been shipped thus far.
For readers who may not know, the 2023 GMC Canyon and 2023 Chevy Colorado are both equipped with the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine as standard. However, the L3B is available in multiple states of tune for the 2023 Chevy Colorado, with the “base” 2.7 Turbo tune tagged with its own RPO code (L2R). Higher trims in the 2023 Chevy Colorado lineup offer the 2.7L Turbo Plus engine, which is rated at 310 horsepower and 391 pound-feet of torque, and the 2.7L Turbo High-Output engine, which is rated at 310 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque. Meanwhile, the 2023 GMC Canyon is equipped as standard with the 2.7L Turbo High-Output tune.
The delay between the SORP for the 2023 GMC Canyon last January and the first shipments is the result of finalization for the truck’s fuel economy ratings from the EPA. As GM Authority reported previously, GM is unable to deliver new units of the 2023 GMC Canyon until the EPA signs off on the official fuel economy ratings.
Official fuel economy ratings for the 2023 Chevy Colorado have since been released, although these numbers likely pertain to units equipped with the L2R engine. It’s currently unclear if there will be separate ratings for 2023 Chevy Colorado units equipped with the Turbo Plus L3B and 2.7L Turbo High-Output L3B engines. The EPA has yet to release fuel economy ratings for the 2023 GMC Canyon.
As a reminder, the 2023 GMC Canyon rides on the updated 31XX-2 platform. Production takes place at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri.
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Unbelievable are you kidding me this truly has been one of the worst rollouts I have seen wow I’m starting to get a bad feeling about this truck. I have ordered one or at least I have a bild order back in December and still am waiting for GM to accept it I’m wondering if I should deny it Yikes sad part is I get no information from the dealer nor from the GM customer service almost 3 months with nothing my goodness good luck gentlemen i’m almost thinking I should just wait until the next year so they can work out any issues on someone else not on my dime I just hope this thing is reliable as my in-line five 2010 GMC canyon has 150,000 miles and still going strong bought it from day one been a extremely reliable vehicle. Oh and by the way it has a full size bed and like the options were not able to get in the new one oh did I mention it’s almost $58,000 for the Dinali yikes
I work with a guy that has 2010 Impala with 451,000 miles on it. Very dependable!
Rob I ordered my ‘23 Z71 Colorado January 4th. I received confirmation that it was built last week. Problem is it can’t be shipped until EPA signs off on MPG for the Turbo plus engine. I totally agree that GM dropped the ball on this rollout. New vehicles normally debut in the fall not early in the year of the vehicle’s year. With that said, I think it will be worth the wait, as aggravating as it is. News now states all engine tunes can start shipping March 13th. I live 25 miles from the plant (Wentzville, MO) and will be arriving by truck not rail so hopefully soon I’ll be taking delivery. Hang in there Rob. From all the reports I’ve read and watched this truck is a winner. Good luck.
I ordered my Canyon Denali 12/28 and it’s sat at 3000 since. Dealer tells me it’s next in line to be picked up, whatever that means? With interest rates going up, I’m not sure if I want to accept it once it arrives?
GM will only be producing so many GMC Canyon units. I heard that demand is expected to total 50,000 customers and GM will only produce about 25,000 2023 GMC Canyon units during the first full year of production. Dealerships in the western states will receive a bulk of the allocated 2023 GMC Canyon orders.
Word has it in April. They should release the info on the new Toyota Tacoma. This could be interesting. I would love to see how their roll out is versus GM gives me an option now that GM has delayed so much. Who knows if Toyota is that much better maybe I will have to go to the other side. I’ve had Toyotas in the past. The problem is they’re not very comfortable and normally the interior is very plain.
My 2013 Chevy Equinox has 184,000 miles on it and still runs great and looks like new!
Its rumored the tacoma will be a hybrid. Im waiting to find out before making a decision on a new truck. Hard to beat the looks of GMs offerings.
Whatever Toyota ends up making good luck getting one. Their MO now with the new Tundra, new Sequoia, and even the 13 year old 4Runner is to have them all listed as available on the site, you inquire, they tell you it’s already sold, you can get on the waiting list, then they charge you $5K over MSRP. That’s just for the 4R. The Sequoias are going for $10K over. No thanks.
If you want a great deal now go look at a Silverado. The dealers around here have dozens of them on the lots and the 22s are heavily discounted. If I could fit one in my garage I’d already have one.
That hybrid makes the same power and gets way better mileage and I know for a FACT they make the BEST hybrid systems. NYC cabs are getting 400-500k on the hybrid.
If your order hasn’t been accepted you need to check with your dealer. I placed a deposit February 20 and got an email the next day from GMC with my order number saying my order had been accepted.
Yes, mine was accepted too…. However it was not assigned a production date…. Which is more important. Mine just went into production last week:-(
My order was “GM” accepted, 2 weeks ago with a build scheduled for the week of the 26th… I have my doubts, but I’m in no hurry.. whenever..
Marty do you have a VIN number yet? I do not and when I’ve asked about my order number they say something like “it is headed for production.”
I have a Denali that’s to be built that same week. We shall see!!
My little Denali was built the week of February 6. Now I know why it was delayed shipping, thanks GM Authority for the update. 229,000 on my 09 Canyon SLT, still rockin’. But getting a little noisy. Hoping the little turbo model gets good mileage. I’ve found the actual highway mileage is a bit better than sticker on my last couple vehicles. We shall see.
I got a note about my order that “they were perfecting my truck” and it was delayed.
It’s been a long wait and I’m starting to question if it is worth it.
My 2015 is an excellent truck – just hoping to get a bunch of new bells and whistles – all that technology stuff.
I ordered a 2wd Elevation with the convenience pkg, preferred pkg, trailering pkg, assist step. sprayed bed liner at an out the door price of 39.4K, that’s with GMS pricing. It was ordered on 3/18/2023. I hope it gets to Texas in under 2 months because I already sold my 2019 GMC, Sierra Elevation to Car Max for 35k and after paying off GMAC loan I have 13k to put down on the new truck.
same boat, waiting forever, tell me its going for a train ride, sure its been months
Can anyone recommend a good un-tuner to let de-tuned engines live their lives un restricted?? Is it as easy as an ECM tune through the OBD port?
Some folks just need to get ahold of them selves.
This truck is being release as they had stated and the start up is like most where they are doing specific models first and then moving to the next. The soft start up will be done to try to eliminate the first year problems that GM has been accused of in the past. As it is they can’t win no matter what they do.
This truck will last as long or longer than the boat anchor I 5 that had a number of issues over the years.
Odds are great some of you over paid just to be the first for a week or two any how.
I have been in the new truck and it is for sure a great truck but it is still much like the old one too. If I did not have low miles I may have upgraded but I am going to wait.
My I5 has been a good engine, but it is the 3.7, not the earlier 3.5 liter.
I sat in the 23 models on display at the Texas State Fair a few months ago, and they are really nice, they have gotten the little trucks nearly up to par with the big ones with the tech upgrades and the interior finish. Which accounts for some of the enormous price increase. My only heartbreak on the new ones is lack of a long bed option. My dealer said he was at a demonstration pitting that 2.7 turbo against the 5.3, both with 7,000 lb trailer, and the little turbo had an edge in that little pulling match. Should be plenty of power for the Canyon.
I have a [email protected] Denali now and it has yet not been able to haul any of my needs.
Be it ply wood, engines, my sons 6 foot soap box derby cat or 40 bags of mulch. My short bed has not failed me yet. If I needed a bigger bed I would just go full size.
I would like the hud and adaptive cruise and sun roof but I have 24k miles and no payments on a Denali that is spotless. Moving to work from home has cut my miles.
I will be looking to buy a Corvette and keep the truck for my beater.
3.5 were crap. GM just did not get the mpg out of these they had hoped.
The 2.7 will be just fine. This is not the turbo from the 80’s. The new engines are amazing.
The torque will shock many in the flat curve it has.
All of this is why auto manufacturers wanting zero inventory and every vehicle built to be build-to-order is complete BS.
Allowing customers to build-to-order is great for those that want to do so and don’t mind the wait. But, trying to force everyone down this road simply isn’t going to work. Most everyone that needs to purchase a vehicle, needs to be able to drive the vehicle off the lot after making the purchase… not sit in a build queue waiting for notifications of build acceptance, build commencement, build shipment, etc., especially when a lot of folks get stuck waiting for an eternity at any given point in the process, or multiple points within the process.
The EPA no different than any other big government entity – sad !
Often times, GM assembly plants put their production In Quality Holds. Sometimes for real quality issues; other times for just quality verification, especially in a new launch.
I remember the infamous left lower hinge backing plate Quality Hold for the F-bodies at St. Therese in the fall of 2001.
LOT of cars got held up for a LONG time.
Not saying that’s what’s going on with the new twins, but it happens.
This article is so WRONG!
The EPA only releases MPG that is based off emissions testing.
So, the EPA hasn’t completed the emissions tests. No emission test no computed MPG rating off that test data.
I ordered back in January and build was scheduled for Feb 27, Still nothing! By the time if ever the 2023’s show up they will be half way thru the year. No wonder people are getting tired of waiting and going to Toyota! About ready to cancel my order and do the same
I just checked the EPA website (as of the afternoon of 3/14/2023) and still no listing for the 2023 Canyon, so it appears all the trucks that have been produced continue to sit in Wentzville……
When GMC.com activates the “view inventory” button for the Canyon we’ll know they’re on the way. Currently that button does not appear for the Canyon as it does for all other models. Every other manufacturer’s site says it. Toyota will say “currently in build phase” or “in transit with an expected ETA of XXX” and the vehicles have VIN numbers. Same for Chevy.
GMC should send out regular progress press releases on the shipping date of these trucks. I just checked the EPA site again and the mileage ratings for the ’23 Canyon are still not posted. So Wentzville keeps churning out the Canyons, just to drive them out to the factory parking lot to leave them there. Looks like quite a backlog is building…..Why such a delay with gaining the EPA rating?????
My Z71 has been built since February 20th still waiting for the EPA before it can be shipped. Apparently only the lower HP engines on Colorados have gotten the rating and are shipping. Because all GMC Canyons have the higher HP ratings none of them have been shipped yet.
Is it possible that this has been the most protracted truck release ever?
I think you’re right! Somebody messed up on the EPA mileage approval as this is apparently the reason why the trucks are being made but not shipped.
Daily update – Thursday, March 16, 2023 – the EPA is still not publishing mileage numbers for the ’23 Canyon. The trucks continue to be built and they sit in the parking lot at Wentzville. Good plan GM – have all millions of dollars of expense and investment in the form of completed trucks sit idle for months while you await for the bureaucrats to bless your mileage numbers….
Are they really built and sitting there? Has anyone actually seen them? Ford builds Super Duty trucks and Expeditions here in Louisville and there are thousands and thousands of them sitting in lots just over the river in Indiana because they don’t have the chips for them.
My understanding is once they are completely built….as long as there are no parts missing such as chips…GM get paid for them with dealer floor plans even if they are sitting in lots waiting for shipping.
My understanding is that GM does not get paid until the vehicle is delivered to the dealership. Therefore, based on the prior GM Authority article, these trucks began rolling off the line on January 29th. GM has been producing them 24/7. There literally must be thousands of trucks waiting to ship out and more are coming off the line each hour of each day.
I doubt if the dealerships are putting them on their floor plan without having position of them. They have to pay interest on the floor plan!
Daily update, as of 3/17/2023 still no mileage rating for the ’23 Canyon on the EPA website – it is increasingly appearing that this launch is subverted by a false supply shortage being artificially created by the lack of EPA publishing the mileage estimates. As I understand it and according to the reporting of this website, the trucks started rolling off the line on January 29th – six weeks ago – and they have been rolling off literally 24/7 since then. Therefore, there are literally 1.000’s of Canyons/upper trim level Colorados sitting at Wentzville – fully assembled but cannot ship because the EPA mileage rating is unresolved. At first, I thought this was a legitimate oversight. However, this is dragging on leading me to believe this is purposeful. It seems very odd that the entry level Colorado work truck has an approved EPA mileage rating and is shipping but all the other trim levels of the Colorado and all Canyons due of the enhanced power tune of the motor is still awaiting the EPA fuel estimate. How can this be the case? After all, GM has applied for mileage ratings literally hundreds, if not thousands of times – and now it’s delayed? ANSWER: Creation of false supply shortage which drives up demand, which increases selling prices, which increases GM and dealership profits by getting prices well over MSRP…..
In the meantime the value of my 2015 trade in has dropped considerably.
I know how you feel. I got worried about getting top sale price for my GMC 2019, So I sold it 3 weeks ago. The new Canyon i ordered will probably not get to the Dealership for at least 6 months.
That’s simply not the case…GM sales all vehicles to all dealers at the same price….NO ADDITIONAL MARK UP over invoice dealer price..
The dealers are the ones whom increase price!! Not GM…GM has actually discouraged dealers from selling over MRSP.
I promise Neither GM or the dealers are wanting to hold up shipping!!!!
Hopefully soon!
Dealership just notified me my 2023 Canyon ATX arrived today! It was showing as in transit when I put the deposit down on it 2 weeks ago. Best of luck to the rest of you waiting so long.
TB
Got mine on Monday, took 6 weeks to get it from the day I ordered it.
Great, 17 weeks and counting for me!
I feel bad for you, but I have never been more excited about a truck as I am with my Canyon. Its a joy to drive and every one loves the styling and impressive interior appointments.
Picked up my AT4 Monday. I had a 2015 and 2021 that were both great trucks but GMC has taken em up closer to feeling like your in a full size but yet smaller… really nice inside and out… both my previous were V6’s so the 4 banger turbo caught me off guard a bit. At acceleration from stop you can hear the turbo whining a bit but feels like it has more power. Believe I got the first one in the Birmingham area.
Congrats, got mine a week ago and love it. My first 4 banger also. Mine seems to be the only one in fortworth. My black paint job really accentuates the the styling on this design.