2015 Chevrolet Colorado is the 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year
12-03-2014, 08:54 PM
#22
Senior Member
Ill make sure to send MT a pic of me driving my 2015 F150 off the dealer lot with my middle finger high
12-03-2014, 11:47 PM
#25
Senior Member
Other than a grocery getter, what does a "midsize" truck get used for nowadays? Can't haul anything significant with it. The cost is barely under a full size. The midsize trucks are a niche market now. Even more so with Dodge and Ford dropping both of their lines. I'm sure if Ford ever did bring back the Ranger, it would only be auto and would only have 2 engine choices. Oh, and be in the mid 20's brand new. I'll take my full size and roll on down the road with a smile on my face and my kids seated comfortably in the back.
I don't put stock into any mass media "testing" of newer vehicles. They are a joke for the most part. Very few that I've seen tried to make it an apples to apples comparison with the options and rear gear. They have to make money too, so I understand it. Just don't like it.
I don't put stock into any mass media "testing" of newer vehicles. They are a joke for the most part. Very few that I've seen tried to make it an apples to apples comparison with the options and rear gear. They have to make money too, so I understand it. Just don't like it.
12-04-2014, 12:27 PM
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MT has always been a joke. The basic reason I read was the Colorado was a "newer" truck and the F150 was not significantly newer in design (whatever that means) If you have ever read their lame award qualifications it actually says the vehicle has to be significantly newer in design. So if Dodge, Chevy, Toyota, and Ford carry over as much as a floor mat from last year and Yugo came out with a truck that made 23hp/15lb-ft of tq that was rusted from the factory, had no steering wheel and 3 different sized wheels, MT would give the Yugo the Truck of the year because it was "more new" to the market and no one else "qualified"
To make a very long story a little shorter, I spent most of the race on my @$$ and came in
dead last - 20 minutes AFTER the last person.
Didn't matter to me cause of the charity.
When they were handing out the medals, my name was called. Hmmmm?
I was the ONLY person in my age group...all I had to do was show up and finish.
Just like the Colorado.
True story - Just sayin.
Last edited by justjimmy; 12-04-2014 at 12:38 PM.
12-04-2014, 01:30 PM
#29
Senior Member
Inncorect.
At best, the cost per mile is almost identical if you use real world MPGs. The 2.7 will get 16-17 week in, week out for most people that drive their trucks in town and not much hwy driving.
At best, the cost per mile is almost identical if you use real world MPGs. The 2.7 will get 16-17 week in, week out for most people that drive their trucks in town and not much hwy driving.
Amazing physic (sic-look it up) ability!
Last edited by All Hat No Cattle; 12-04-2014 at 07:55 PM.
12-04-2014, 01:46 PM
#30
Senior Member
MT really bites it on this one. How can you compare a mid-sized truck with these specs
and compare it to a 2.7 with 325/375? And then get this mileage?
What a joke.
Still, GM's Canyon and Colorado will both come standard with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder making 200 hp and 191 lb-ft of torque. The upgraded models get a 3.6-liter V6 rated at 305 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque. If neither of those entices you, Chevy says it'll roll out a 2.8-liter diesel later in 2015.
What a joke.