2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse vs. 2024 GMC Canyon AT4X Photos
If you had to pick one of these $60,000-ish vehicles, which would you rather have? This "Would You Rather" pits a track-star Mustang, the Dark Horse, against GMC's premier off-road demon, the Canyon AT4X AEV Edition.
Assuming you just won your choice of a 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse or a 2024 GMC Canyon AT4X, which one are you picking?
The Canyon towers over other midsize trucks, and the bottom of its windshield roughly aligns with the Mustang's roof.
This kind of says it all: You can have racetrack prowess or supreme off-road ability.
Unsurprisingly, the Canyon delivers the better ride.
The view from the Canyon's driver's seat. Yeah, that's kind of a problem.
The Canyon's Goodyears are more than 34 inches tall.
Neither interior deviates much from lesser models, but the AT4X AEV gets a slick tri-tone upholstery treatment.
GM did a really nice job with the new Canyon and Colorado interiors.
The Canyon's g-force meter logs its peak values—in this case, 0.82 g.
That X tells the world that this is the GMC equivalent of a Chevy ZR2.
If this looks like it presents an obstacle to rear visibility, it does.
The Canyon's turbocharged 2.7-liter four isn't much to look at, but it makes 430 lb-ft of torque.
Multimatic dampers deliver their usual magical ride. And they look cool.
We humbly argue that these Italian-made AEV Saltas are the best truck wheels, period.
As optimized as the AT4X is for the dirt, so is the Dark Horse for the track.
The Dark Horse interior is... dark.
Ford offers a six-speed manual in the Dark Horse, and it's as much fun as it looks.
We assume that every Dark Horse owner will set the instrument cluster to emulate a Fox-body Mustang and then permanently leave it that way.
The Dark Horse also has a g-force meter. It might not log historic highs, though.
This shifter gets hot in the sun. Who cares?
At our 0-to-150-to-0 testing, the Dark Horse outbraked the Corvette Z06 and the Porsche 911 Turbo S.
That right there is a 500-hp naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V-8.
The Dark Horse eschews 5.0 badges for this menacing demon pony.
The Mustang's Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tires are classified as a semi-slick, and they're not kidding. The Dark Horse generated 1.07 g's on the skidpad.
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