Chevrolet Colorado
The Chevrolet Colorado and its counterpart the GMC Canyon are General Motors' new compact pickup trucks, replacing the Chevrolet S10 and GMC Sonoma in 2004. Isuzu, which helped design the truck, began selling a version of the van at the end of 2005 the name "i-Series." The Chevrolet Colorado was jointly designed by GM's North American operations, GM's operations in Brazil, and Isuzu, based on the GMT355, itself the basis for the GMT 345-based Hummer H3. The vehicles are manufactured and produced in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The Colorado / Canyon offer manual and automatic transmissions. GM also offers either a 2WD or 4WD drivetrain standard, extended, and four-door crewcab bodystyles. Most models come with the 2.8 L I4 engine LK5 as standard, but a more powerful 3.5 L L52 I5 comes with the Z71 package on 4-door versions and is optional on all others. The 4-door Z71s also get the 4-speed automatic transmission standard. This package was later dropped in favor of LT2 and LT3.
Also a ZQ8 edition is available with a lower and more road tuned "sport" suspension of the standard Z85 and comes with 17 inch wheels, color matched grille and bumpers, and fender flares low profile. There is also a Xtreme edition of the ZQ8 which has a different front, rear bumper, side skirts, fender flares, grille, headlamps, and 18-inch wheels.
All Colorado / Canyons, including the Hummer H3, are fitted with tires 6-LUG (6 lugs - 5.5 ") (139.7 mm bolt circle), both the 2WD and 4WD rims have the same backspacing.
For new in 2007, has a new generation engines 2.9 L LLV and 3.7 L I4 LLR, new colors Deep Ruby Red (in Sonoma GMC), Pace Blue (Sport Blue in GMC) and Imperial Blue (Midnight Blue in GMC) and new tires and wheels.
The Colorado is also produced at a GM plant in Rayong, Thailand. One of the current GM cutting costs means the closure of the options Shreveport, Louisiana, and the expansion of plant capacity in Rayong, Thailand plant to allow the export of Colorado to the United States.
The Chevrolet Colorado and its counterpart the GMC Canyon are General Motors' new compact pickup trucks, replacing the Chevrolet S10 and GMC Sonoma in 2004. Isuzu, which helped design the truck, began selling a version of the van at the end of 2005 the name "i-Series." The Chevrolet Colorado was jointly designed by GM's North American operations, GM's operations in Brazil, and Isuzu, based on the GMT355, itself the basis for the GMT 345-based Hummer H3. The vehicles are manufactured and produced in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The Colorado / Canyon offer manual and automatic transmissions. GM also offers either a 2WD or 4WD drivetrain standard, extended, and four-door crewcab bodystyles. Most models come with the 2.8 L I4 engine LK5 as standard, but a more powerful 3.5 L L52 I5 comes with the Z71 package on 4-door versions and is optional on all others. The 4-door Z71s also get the 4-speed automatic transmission standard. This package was later dropped in favor of LT2 and LT3.
Also a ZQ8 edition is available with a lower and more road tuned "sport" suspension of the standard Z85 and comes with 17 inch wheels, color matched grille and bumpers, and fender flares low profile. There is also a Xtreme edition of the ZQ8 which has a different front, rear bumper, side skirts, fender flares, grille, headlamps, and 18-inch wheels.
All Colorado / Canyons, including the Hummer H3, are fitted with tires 6-LUG (6 lugs - 5.5 ") (139.7 mm bolt circle), both the 2WD and 4WD rims have the same backspacing.
For new in 2007, has a new generation engines 2.9 L LLV and 3.7 L I4 LLR, new colors Deep Ruby Red (in Sonoma GMC), Pace Blue (Sport Blue in GMC) and Imperial Blue (Midnight Blue in GMC) and new tires and wheels.
The Colorado is also produced at a GM plant in Rayong, Thailand. One of the current GM cutting costs means the closure of the options Shreveport, Louisiana, and the expansion of plant capacity in Rayong, Thailand plant to allow the export of Colorado to the United States.