Eric's Autos: 2024 Chevy Colorado
It's a weird thing.
As trucks have gotten bigger, their engines have gotten smaller -- also fewer, as in the case of the 2024 Chevy Colorado, which no longer offers either the 3.6-liter V6 or the turbo-diesel engine it used to be available with.
Or the 2.5-liter four it used to come standard with.
It comes standard -- and only -- with a 2.7-liter turbocharged four in two different states of tune.
There's one other thing you can't get anymore: an extended cab. The '24 Colorado is only available in crew cab configuration. The latter used to cost extra -- and that was optional.
It no longer is.
What It is
The Colorado (and its GMC-badged twin, the Canyon) are nominally "midsize" pickups sold by Chevrolet and GMC, respectively. Dimensionally, both of these trucks are full-size, by the standard of the recent past. But they're still not as big as the supersize trucks that are considered "full-size" by today's standards.
There are five trims, but just one basic configuration, which is crew cab with a short (5-foot) bed. And just one engine (and transmission).
Your main choice -- other than trims -- is whether to buy two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive.
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