2023 Chevrolet Colorado revealed | CarExpert

The Holden Colorado could also be useless, however its Chevrolet cousin is coming into a brand new technology with turbo-petrol energy and contemporary expertise.

The 2023 Chevrolet Colorado is powered solely by a turbocharged 2.7-litre four-cylinder engine, borrowed from the bigger Silverado and accessible in three totally different tunes.

It’ll go up in opposition to the brand new Ford Ranger in North America, with the Blue Oval ute anticipated to proceed to function a turbocharged 2.3-litre four-cylinder engine as normal there.

The brand new Colorado isn’t anticipated to hitch the domestically remanufactured Chevrolet Silverado in native GMSV showrooms.

The brand new mannequin’s four-cylinder engines substitute the outdated 2.5-litre four-cylinder and three.6-litre V6 petrol engines and the Duramax 2.8-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder.

Commonplace within the Work Truck (WT) and LT is a 177kW and 351Nm tune, with a most towing capability of 1588kg.

The Z71 and new Path Boss use a Plus tune of this engine, with 231kW, 529Nm, and 3493kg of towing capability. That is non-compulsory within the WT and LT.

Lastly, there’s a 231kW and 583Nm Excessive-Output model within the flagship ZR2. Each of those greater output tunes out-punch the entire outgoing mannequin’s engines in each energy and torque.

The one transmission is a new-generation eight-speed automated, designed to supply clean shifting, faster downshifts, and better low-speed efficiency for off-roading.

Chevrolet says the two.7-litre has acquired quite a few enhancements to enhance efficiency and refinement, together with a stiffer crankshaft and extra inflexible cylinder block casting.

It additionally says the engine options supplies utilized in diesel engines “to ship the sturdiness prospects count on”.

Chevrolet says the Colorado rides a brand new chassis, and incorporates a 78mm longer wheelbase than the present Crew Cab/brief field mannequin.

The Colorado has been revealed solely in dual-cab guise, although the outgoing mannequin is obtainable in two-door Prolonged Cab guise.

The brand new Path Boss variant incorporates a two-inch suspension elevate for better floor clearance, plus a 76mm wider entrance observe in contrast with the WT and LT; its inside and exterior styling carefully resembles these of the WT.

The ZR2 sits even greater with a three-inch elevate, with 272mm of floor clearance total. It additionally options Multimatic DSSV spool-valve dampers.

The off-road flagship has method, departure and breakover angles of 38.3 levels, 25.1 levels and 24.6 levels, respectively, with digital locking entrance and rear differentials, and modified entrance and rear bumpers.

The extra reasonably priced Path Boss, in distinction, provides method, departure and breakover angles of 30.5 levels, 22.4 levels and 21 levels, respectively – modest enhancements over the extra road-oriented Z71.

Off-road drive modes embody Regular, Tow/Haul, Off-Highway, Terrain and Baja, the latter for high-speed desert working.

Solely the Z71 and ZR2 get LED lighting, whereas the ZR2 additionally provides a Desert Boss bundle with 17-inch beadlock-capable wheels, a roof-mounted gentle bar, underbody digicam, and distinctive exterior trim.

Inside, all fashions function an 11.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system working on Google Constructed-In and an 8.0-inch digital instrument cluster show.

The dashboard design is seemingly impressed by that of the Camaro and Blazer, notably the round air vents.

LT fashions function extra soft-touch surfaces, whereas Z71 and ZR2 variants additionally function distinctive distinction stitching.

Commonplace security gear consists of autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection and lane-keep help, with accessible gear together with blind-spot help, rear cross-traffic help, adaptive cruise management and a surround-view digicam.

Manufacturing of the Colorado will start within the first half of 2023 at GM’s Wentzville, Missouri facility, which additionally builds the 1996-vintage Chevrolet Specific and GMC Savana vans.

The Colorado can be adopted by a carefully associated GMC Canyon. Whereas the GMC division for years supplied solely rebadged Chevrolets, in recent times GM has invested in better differentiation for GMC fashions together with distinctive sheetmetal.

The outgoing North American Colorado was a closely overhauled model of the worldwide Colorado, offered right here as a Holden.

Whereas Thai manufacturing of that mannequin has ended with GM’s sale of its Rayong plant to Nice Wall Motors in 2020, the worldwide Colorado lives on in South America.

It’s produced in Brazil and offered on the continent because the S10.

Chevrolet is reportedly working on a Colorado EV, primarily based on a devoted electrical car structure.

Just like the upcoming Silverado EV, Equinox EV and Blazer EV, it’ll be offered alongside its combustion-powered counterpart.