New Chevy Colorado mega-thread

Anybody seen the new 2015 canyon? It's a really nice truck!! I'm getting worried that toyota isn't going to update the tacoma to be as good as the new canyon. How can you beat a midsize truck with a great ride and low road noise. I hope toyota really steps it up for 2015. Otherwise, I think the tacoma will see a major drop in sales. Sorry for the ranting, just was shaken up by how nice the canyon is. Tacomas as they sit now are low Mpg, rough riding, loud cabin trucks. Let's face it!! No offense, I own one too.

 

That certainly would be the nail in the coffin.

 

Toyota tried the "unstoppable" thing and it didn't work out so well.

 

Stopping wasn't the issue. Toyota's problem was the other slogan, "Going Forward".

 

Probaly just as many as I want a diesel tacoma, or even the how big of a tire I can fit on a stock tacoma haha

 

have you guys seen the previous problems colorado and canyon had... man its insane, engine misfire, tranmission problems, and electrical, GM is trying to make it nice outside but reliability just isn't there, that's why they sell it cheaper than toyota and nissan

 

That might be a fair assumption about Colorados from the past, but not all GMs are like that. I had an S10 (blazer) with the 4.3 and I had nothing but reliability from the engine and transmission. I tore a CV boot, which was my own damn fault, and after 10 years the front wheel bearings were shot. Likewise, my father who is driving a duramax 2500 has had great reliability. We've towed a ton of times with a 2 place goose neck trailer that weighs in at 22,000 pounds when you fully load it and count the truck weight. That's close to a gvw of 10,000, which is slightly over rated. No engine, transmission or axle problems yet.

I have hope that it could be a decent vehicle if it's less like the old Colorado than the name suggests.

 

In All Terrain trim I think the new Canyon looks sweet. Not that I could see myself going back to a midsize but if I did I'd have to say that would be what I'd choose. Interested to see what kind of final numbers the Duranax puts out.

 

Wasn't a diesel or laser engine Tacoma
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/01/toyota_unveils_new_ft-1_sports.html

Toyota is finally adding a sports car though





the rear looks like a bmw+ a rx8. The doors look like a frs and maybe a viper and the front looks like a lexus mixed with something I am having trouble putting my finger on.....

 

I look at both GM's new midsizes' interiors....and I don't see it. I don't see how the designers looked at that, put a big touchscreen in the middle, said "f the passenger side, that'll just be a glove box. Yeah, the entire side," and made it their "revolutionized, stylish interior". And that's not just their midsizes, their full sized trucks too.
Don't get me wrong, love love the exterior looks of the Sierra, Silverado, ect...even looking inside some of the trucks makes me want one. But they have got to evolve their current dash layout.

I wish one, either the Colorado or the Canyon, would've stylized their whole exterior to either be that "bubble" style or squareish. I'd like to see how the Canyon looks completely squareish.

 

I believe only the 1500s had the auto 4 wheel though. could be wrong.

 

These new motors in the canyon and coloradovare a big step up from Toyota. I really think they need to update at least the motors. The Colorados 2.5 is getting quite a bit more HP and torque than Toyotas 2.7

 

That and the Oldsmobile Bravada which was a full-time non-selectable AWD. That system actually wasn't half bad.

To the comment above about the engines. That really is pretty accurate. I mean the gap between the V6 editions aren't huge, but isn't the Toyo V6 rated at like 270hp? The Chevy one at 300/270 (hp/lb-ft)) is fairly impressive. I had a 2000 blazer with their old 4.3 and it was PATHETIC. I don't know the numbers but it really wasn't a strong engine. It lasted a long time, but it wasn't too powerful. Their engines have come a long way.

 

Toyota 4.0 in the tacoma is 236hp/266 try. Colorado is 303/270.

 

i seriously doubt they will bring diesel to colorado and canyon, its all talk!! I will believe once they are MADE and able to buy it in person. In the meantime I like the VW golf TFI or GTD! they got some nice are this year at that NA auto show, hopefully I can go to the nyc one in easter weekend!