Chevy Colorado Diesel Reviews Are Out - It's A Winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTD6489VF3o

 

Note at the end - he says they "expect fuel economy in the low 30's". Yippie!

 

All I got from that is them saying "you won't make it if you don't floor it" when talking about off roading

But seems like a nice truck. I think it will get very pricey very quickly...and then you end up with a 45-50k mid sized truck. But hey....it gets high 20 maybe low 30 mpg.

 

My 7.3 Powerstroke was the same way...you had to keep the turbo spinning if you wanted the power. It's just the way turbo engines are.

 

I love that Trail Boss they tested. Looks great with the Marty McFly headache/light bar.

 

Now if the prices were in the lower thirties, they would have a winner. Let's be realistic.it's high on bragging rights, low on affordability. You want a real torque motor ? Get a Teslar.

 

Another review, towing 6,000 lbs. I hate TFL but it's worth watching anyways. Diesel exhaust brake is cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu22AS5Lhj8

 

They should be, if you're OK with the lower trim level ("LT"). A gas extended cab long bed 4x4 LT is $30,500. Let's add $5k for the diesel option (should be less than that in reality) and you can get a nicely equipped diesel for $35k.

 

See if you can get any stocked at the dealer that way. I expect it will be found in the upper end models and scarce as hens teeth in any other. You have only to look at Full Size Diesel options found on dealer lots. Lower end with diesels will be special order and a long wait. Leather upholstery, sunroofs and off road packages IMHO, will be the norm. It's hard to imagine a dealer ordering a diesel with role up windows and no air ( just kidding but you get my drift).

 

Good points, but you can always just custom order what you want. Build it on their website and take that build sheet to the dealer. That's how I got my Sierra with electric locks but manual windows, tow package AND plow package - basically an impossible combo to get "on the lot".

 

Don't get me wrong....it is a solid engine truck combination but the reviewer won't be buying one to tow 4-5000 lbs effortlessly when any more then that, a just a cheap gas full size will do it safer. And when you're not towing, you will be hard pressed to out accelerate a Prius. Be sure and get an EZ Pass because you will be embarrassed when an older Corrolla just leaves you at a toll booth with , twice the comfort and ten more miles perr gallon while they have a 4 wd base Silverado sitting in the driveway when they actually need a real truck instead of an expensive wannabe. There are many more practical solutions.

 

^^^^^this, this, this^^^^^

I've always been so confused by Chevy's tactics. Why would you create a truck for the same price as you can get a FULL size truck, with a V-8 that has more HP and equal torque? Because its a diesel?!; Who cares?

Plus you can alter a gas powered truck as you need to get some more power, if you wish, and still be under some of these price tags "smaller" trucks are listing for.

 

Well, there are only two reasons to buy a midsize truck:

1) A full size truck is too expensive.

2) A full size truck is too big.

Nothing has really changed. The diesel Colorado will be cheaper than a diesel Silverado 2500. And it's also smaller. Buyers will be purchasing for one of those two reasons.

 

That's fine...now let me ask you this. Did the stripped down Sierra with electric locks but manual Windows and a tow and plow package......also have that $4000 optional diesel ? Because, if it didn't, it just tells us what buyers can do, not what they will do.

 

Because it is smaller, does have good towing but only compared to a six cylinder and in a place that has a govt. supported price structure that makes the initial investment more worthwhile along with more relaxed air quality restriction, your rational still makes sense more for Europe and Austrailia where compete trucks are predominantly small....you are competing here vs an F150 with a turbocharged 2.7 with the same torque, less mileage for sure, but only 5 mpg highway, but emence better drivability for the same price. The competition is much more fierce and takes the diesel practicality into the full size realm. Toyota rightfully is holding off.

Btw, you should compare the diesel Colorado with a gas full size. To compare it to a diesel full size is folly...

 

High-motherf**king-five. You are speaking my mind brother! I had a whole blast ready to enter, but you summed it up beautifully.

 

A diesel Colorado costs just as much as a gas Silverado, f150 and dodge ram that can tow more weight and tow it easier. And they all come in red

 

Thanks...It's an easy comparison because I have been using diesels for years, my own tractor and driving plow trucks and dump trucks making deliveries for a friend's seasonal nursery business. If you work a vehicle hard and put both high work loads and high miles on a truck in a short period of time, they are worth it. But, I have a good friend who only has 135k miles on his seven year old Duramax which still runs like a top, but is all rusted out. He is sick over it. My neighbor has a Duramax 3/4 ton, and puts 25-30k a year on it.....it's worth it.

You have to spend a lot of time in a truck per day to rationalize the expense. When you do, you don't want a cheap stereo and roll up windows. You go the extra mile and surround your self with w plush buggy. The Colorado...only 7500 lbs tow and can never be a worth while plow truck or have a dump body or do anything you that would make the pay back worth while. Bottom line, maybe GM customers are dumb enough to make this work. Toyota customers are too smart. Maybe I'm just not figuring in the idiot factor.

 

I was just talking about this idiot factor. Because I think idiots will bet the biggest seller for GM in this project. Plus with GM's buy out a few years back, they are just building a bubble that going to pop again for them. They are awfully arrogant to consider this diesel is worth their time in the "long haul" of business.

 

At the end of the day...at least it's not a Nissan (who will soon be diesel as well)