DETROIT — Chevrolet is revamping the Colorado from the within out and underneath the hood for the 2023 mannequin 12 months. The redesigned midsize pickup might be provided in three off-road types with a 2.7-litre turbo engine used within the Silverado and up to date inside and exterior design.
Chevy has dropped the diesel engine choice for 2023 however says it is not sacrificing energy. Every of the three accessible engine variants, estimated by Basic Motors at 237 hp and 310 hp, exceed the horsepower of the 2022 pickup, Chevy stated.
“The all-new Colorado is enhanced in each approach,” Scott Bell, international vice chairman of Chevrolet, stated in a press release Thursday. “With its rugged and sporty styling, enhanced functionality, new know-how and customization choices, it is designed to do extra for discerning clients and nonetheless provide them nice worth.”
The bottom 2.7-litre turbo engine produces 18 per cent extra horsepower and 36 per cent extra torque than the present Colorado’s base engine, and the opposite variants — 2.7-litre turbo plus and a couple of.7-litre turbo high-output — provide extra torque and horsepower than each the three.6-litre V-6 and a couple of.8-litre turbodiesel engines on the 2022 mannequin. The turbo high-output engine, normal on the Colorado ZR2, might be as highly effective as a Silverado with a 2.7-litre engine.
The Colorado’s engine is paired with an eight-speed computerized transmission.
Chevy will proceed to supply diesel engines in different vans, however within the Colorado, “the two.7 was simply such an ideal bundle for this. It did not make sense to have the a number of variants. The two.7 can do all of it,” Bell instructed reporters Wednesday. “We’re thrilled with that. It simplifies issues for us in addition to the patron and our sellers.”
GM will start constructing the redesigned Colorado within the first half of subsequent 12 months at its meeting plant in Wentzville, Mo. Pricing might be launched nearer to the beginning of manufacturing.
‘LIFESTYLE ENABLER’
The 2023 Colorado is constructed on three distinct chassis throughout 5 trims: Work Truck (WT), LT, Z71, ZR2 and Path Boss, which is a brand new addition to the midsize pickup.
A brand new chassis offers the Colorado a wheelbase 3.1-inches — or 9.4 centimetres — longer than the 2022 Colorado Crew Cab/brief field mannequin. Chevy additionally shortened the entrance overhang to provide the pickup a extra aggressive look.
It is available in 5 drive modes: Regular for on a regular basis driving, Tow/Haul, Off-road, Terrain and Baja for desert operating.
“The brand new Colorado is a life-style enabler,” Nicholas Katcherian, automobile chief engineer, stated within the assertion. “As a result of outside actions are an enormous a part of our Colorado clients’ existence, we have made the truck much more succesful to assist them — from elevated mattress performance to complete efficiency enhancements that assist take them farther.”
The variety of accessible off-road equipment has greater than doubled from earlier mannequin years, Chevy stated. Greater than 200 might be accessible at launch.
The inside options an 11.3-inch diagonal infotainment contact display and an eight-inch diagonal instrument show.
EV ROLLOUTS
Chevy offered 73,008 Colorado pickups within the U.S. final 12 months and 5,571 in Canada, down 24 and 16 per cent, respectively, from a 12 months earlier. In the USA, it ranked No. 4 within the midsize pickup phase behind the Toyota Tacoma, Ford Ranger and Jeep Gladiator, however positioned third in Canada behind the Tacoma and Ranger, based on the Automotive Information Analysis & Information Heart.
U.S. Colorado gross sales have begun to get better this 12 months, up 14 per cent to 44,190 by June, due to higher microchip availability, making it the No. 2 vendor amongst midsize pickups behind the Tacoma. Canadian gross sales are basically flat, up 0.9 per cent to three,265. It’s slipped to fourth place within the phase, which noticed the Nissan Frontier leap forward of it.
The introduction of the most recent Colorado follows final week’s reveal of the Blazer EV, the primary Ultium-powered Chevy crossover, slated to go on sale subsequent summer time.
The Colorado improve “is proof that we’re persevering with with [the internal combustion engine] dedication,” Bell stated. “As thrilled and delighted as we’re to interrupt floor within the EV area, we now have plenty of nice choices on the ICE aspect of the home and can proceed to have some new entries.”