When General Motors showed the Thai-built
2012 Chevrolet Colorado show truck in May of 2011, many Americans felt left out; wishing it would replace the aging U.S.-spec Colorado. By October, GM answered their pleas and announced the new Colorado would be built in
the automaker’s Wentzville, Mo. plant for
U.S. consumption. Our spy photographer recently caught a pair of camouflaged Colorado pickups testing with
a Toyota Tacoma in Michigan, and was able to snap some photos before the two development mules returned to General Motors’s proving grounds.
Engineers are busy adapting
the 2014 Chevrolet Colorado for the North American market. While two different Duramax diesel four-cylinder engines are available throughout Southeast Asia, U.S.-spec models will get gas engines, possibly including the
Cadillac ATS’ 2.5-liter Ecotec I-4, 2.0-liter turbo I-4, or 3.6-liter V-6. There is still a chance at least one of the Duramax diesel engines could make it here — likely the larger 180-hp 2.8-liter with 347 lb-ft of torque.
The Thai-market Colorado sports Chevrolet’s now-defunct family face, while spy photos show a more upright front end possibly gaining the new design language first seen on the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse and 2014 Chevrolet Impala. Our spy photographer wasn’t able to get shots of the interior, but said the test mules are left-hand drive. Thai-market Chevrolet Colorado pickups feature a roomy, well-appointed interior, and also feature a sporty-looking gauge cluster — which happens to be lifted right out of the Chevrolet Camaro.
Don’t expect the U.S.-spec Chevrolet Colorado to go on sale before the second-half of 2013, as the engineers are hard at work tuning it for American roads and the Missouri plant is being updated to produce the new truck. Check out the spy shots and photos of the Thai-spec Chevrolet Colorado in the gallery below.
Thanks to: Motor Trend
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