New Chevy Colorado mega-thread

^The Chevy should call up its 6-7 platform cousins (Silverado/Tahoe/Suburban/Escalade/Avalanche/Yukon/Yukon XL/H2/Denali...) and have a gang war.

 

Chevy would still find a way to lose.

 

You are right, because you are in a piece of dated secret government bailout random crap excuse of a truck...

Tyler

 

Not aware of Toyota ever getting federal money in the US for anything, though they may have gotten state incentives for building/expanding assembly plants, which is par for the course nowadays. Toyota's bailout money comes from Japanese taxpayers.

 

Ward's has released their list of best automotive interiors. GMC Canyon made it!

http://wardsauto.com/vehicles-technology/inner-beauty-masses

 

So maybe my math might not apply due to HP/Torque curves, but some feel our engine is behind in HP compared to the competitors.

The Colorado makes 305 hp @ 6800 rpm
The Tacoma makes 236 hp @ 5200 rpm

6800 / 305 = 22.295
5200 / 236 = 22.033

So the Chevy engine makes 0.262 more HP per RPM. Probably not that simple right?

Edit: Both trucks make roughly the same torque at the same RPM.

 

over 40k for a little truck? are people high?! no way in hell id pay that for a full size much less a little truck!

 

They also gave the same award to the Honda Fit.

 

Overpriced AF award? lol

 

Not gonna lie, the Canyon SLE All Terrain package looks nice. It's a shame it doesn't come with a manual transmission.

 

The pricing is nuts, at least the Tacoma is known for holding its value and I can't say I would've bought mine without that fact so there is no way I'd pay that for a Cheby that won't hold it's value anywhere near what the Tacoma does. If I was buying a mid size domestic I would expect to do it for the lower price point and we see where that is.

 

The full size trucks get up to $60k or more these days. Today's full size is pretty much the new Cadillac.

I can't say if it's really worth the $40k, but from the reviews I've been seeing, it does come slightly more, slightly better materials. I imagine the new Tacoma isn't going to be much cheaper. Even some current gen Tacomas (non-TRD Pro) are listed for almost that much. The 4Runner got a $5k and higher price bump when they face-lifted it for 2014.

I paid $28k for mine truck new in 2008, the same truck would now costs $33k.

The pricing is nuts for the whole truck market.

 

ill probably buy slightly used for life....40k is the most a full size is worth and 33k is pushing it for a midsize... I feel like 30k is good enough

 

I bought mine new because used Tacomas with 50k+ miles weren't much cheaper.

 

that's the problem, but there are a good bit barely used for 30k

 

I'd rather pay the extra $3k for brand new. The Tundras are better deals used. I was recently considering a 2014 Tundra Limited, 60k miles, was $15k cheaper than new.

 

I would of hopped on it!

 

Still thinking about it, but I don't want to start payments again. It's a Mercedes dealership selling it.

 

you probably could talk them down lower just to take it off the lot