This morning Buick-GMC confirmed that GMC will be bringing the Canyon back to the market “sometime in the future.” For competitive purposes, GMC denied releasing further details other than to confirm that it will be a midsize or smaller truck and built alongside the upcoming Chevrolet Colorado at GM’s Wentzville, Missouri assembly plant.

Buick-GMC vice president of marketing Tony DiSalle also made the statement, “The Canyon will be a GMC through and through.”

DiSalle’s comment suggests that the new Canyon will not just be a new Colorado in GMC skin, but rather a unique offering. The original Canyon launched in 2004 as a rebadged variant of the Chevrolet Colorado. Both trucks remained largely unchanged outside of minor updates and revised engines in 2007.

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DiSalle%u2019s comment suggests that the new Canyon will not just be a new Colorado in GMC skin, but rather a unique offering.

The new trucks will succeed the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Caynon, but Reuss says GM hasn't decided if those nameplates will necessarily carryover to the new models.

"We're researching the names as we do any new products to see where the legacy names are, do they mean something to people," Reuss told The Detroit News.

In addition to the nameplates, the attitudes of the trucks might also change. Rather than offer two trucks separate by only a badge, Reuss indicated that the next Colorado will take on a lifestyle vibe while the Canyon successor will toe GMC's %u201CProfessional Grade%u201D tagline.

"We're going to really target different buyers with these two trucks," Reuss told reporters. "We'd love to have a truck like a Chevrolet midsize truck go really attack the West Coast with a lifestyle truck that is really beautiful and fun. It's a different positioning than a semi serious duty cycle truck that we might do with a GMC Canyon."

Reuss added that the GMC truck will have "95 percent duty cycle of big Sierra with a lot more fuel economy."

Reuss declined to give details about the trucks' powertrains, but said a diesel engine was under consideration. The mid-size trucks won't share any engines with their larger counterparts, the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra.

GM will build both trucks, which will likely debut by year's end, at its Wentzville Assembly Plant in Missouri.