I would really like to own that truck!
Nice truck. Built by UAW...sorry, I’ll pass and get a Toytota Tundra. Built in America and NON UNION. That being said, I’d buy it before I would a GM truck, even though Ive had trucks, suburbans, and now an avalanche.
Not much change in 90 years! ;0)
Probably will be stolen just to recycle the all aluminum frame.
But... I am in need to update my 4 wheel device and I am interested in the new 2015 Colorado, later on they will offer an inline 4 cylinder Duramax for it.
I just bought a very nice low miles 2012 Equinox 2.4 AWD just before Thanksgiving and I really love it, the Colorado is supposed to be priced about the same, far far less than the estimated $55,000 I may have to spend to get a loaded Silverado HD in the 3500 series, of course the Colorado is much smaller than the 3500 but then my 2002 3500 dually is still problem free at over 100,000 miles.
I’m guessing we can’t opt out of the “we know who you are, and we saw what you did” tracking device.
Ram trucks: Fiat Strada pickup
The Brazilian-built Fiat Strada pickup with a diesel engine gets 44 miles per gallon, hits a top speed of just over 100, does 0-62 in 13.5 seconds. With the standard cab, it has a payload capacity of 1,550 pounds, including the driver, and a five-foot, six-inch long bed. The extended cab has a 1,500-pound payload and a four foot, six-inch bed. Towing capacity is said to be 2,000 pounds. A little Ram version may be arriving in 2016.
Trucks have gotten too big. I bought a 2003 Silverado 1500 Z71 4x4 used a couple of years ago (100k miles) because I had to have a 4wd on my property. I have one road going up from one of my streams to one of my plateaus that needs it. But the truck is huge and I’d really prefer something more like a 60’s size with the same sized bed and a “king cab”.
I looked at that picture in the article and wondered why the he** it needs to be so frickin’ big. I feel sorry for the person that actually uses it as a daily driver and has to park it.
My silverado is a pig. And the heater fan controllwer went out. Then the instrument cluster went out too, and apparently it happens to pretty much ALL of them. I have not had this many problems with a car since the early 80’s. But I also swore I’d never own another GM product around 1992. It’s my own fault.
Fortunately I found a place in GA that will fix my cluster for fifty bucks...
also, I understand a 10 speed transmission. 1st gear only if towing and if towing, no 10th gear. No need for higher rear-ends which kill fuel economy...
V6?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yes, most of my family and friends who have pickups drive Toyota Tacoma or Toyota Tundra, depending on what size they need. As you say, they are just as American as a Ford, and made by non-union labor. Very good in snow and ice, and driving through logging trails and pastures.
The second choice around here is Ford. You rarely see a GM truck, and I suspect the owners are a bit dumb. I don’t actually know anyone who owns a GM.
2105..I’ll never live to see it- we’ll, maybe if my head is in a jar ala Futurama.
Why can’t they get rid of the bugwalk look.
2105? That’s a little beyond my life expectancy..............
I’m a little disappointed. For the 2105 model year, it looks a little 21st century.
2105? If you think driving will be legal then, I think you’re mistaken.
We love our 04 Explorer and bought a Ford Edge a couple of years ago as a second car. We hate the Ford Touch screen and apparently thousands of others do also.
I would purchase a new Explorer if Ford eliminates the touch screen and brings back button controls.
Ford bringing back buttons after touchscreen distraction fears
Jun 17, 2013
http://www.slashgear.com/ford-bringing-back-buttons-after-touchscreen-distraction-fears-17286673/
2105 model-doubt I’ll live to see it...
We have an 00 GMC Sierra (FS, extended cab, 6.5’ bed) and I just got an 87 Ranger supercab I bought back onto the road.
The GMC is my last GM car. I just put a heater core in it last weekend. It literally took the whole weekend. Had to remove all the control panels, all the pretty dash parts, then all of the plastic structure behind that, then the metal structure behind that along with parts of the wiring harness, then pull the HVAC unit off the firewall (after removing the refrigerant) so I could remove two screws and pop out the heater core. Ginormous PITA. Not even mentioning the stupid quick-connect-impossible-to-disconnect fittings GM decided to use on the heater core hoses.
I managed to fix the HVAC controls myself with some creative soldering - the bulbs are soldered onto the circuit board, so when they go out, you’re basically screwed and etchings on the board are extremely fragile. Another PITA.
And R134 at the parts store is now $13/can - it takes 5 cans to refill the system (I need to build a recovery setup, but that’s another story...).
I’ve had the ABS module die because of corroded solder connections (managed to fix it myself), the HVAC actuator has to be replaced every two or three years, the mirror controls die almost as often. The hinges wore out years ago and since they’re welded on, you basically have to rebush them, and there’s no plug for the door wiring so you have to strip the wiring out of the door to remove it to rebush. It’s now suddenly rusting like crazy from the inside out. I actually put a hole in the bed with a marine cover after I replaced the second fuel pump. That’s not even to mention the multiple intermediate steering shafts I’ve put in as GM as used its customer base for testing revisions, or the same with the noisy driveshaft yokes at $100 a pop. They’ve been making pickup trucks for what, a century? Didn’t they learn anything in 100 years?
I was raised on GM, but I’ll never buy another if this is their definition of engineering. The bankruptcy debacle just sealed that deal for me.
So far my old Ford has been pretty impressive. Very easy to work on, very reliable, parts are cheap. I’m not comparing the same generations of Ford and GM, but any vehicle I purchase in the future will be Ford or foreign. I’ve had late 80s/early 90s GM stuff and it was as bad as the 00 I have now. I guess I’m not a fast learner.
I have a whole separate tirade on Chrysler as I own an 02 Sebring ragtop with the 2.7 that is now DOA (cause as yet undetermined, but the timing chain slipped) after it’s third engine rebuild since I’ve owned it.
If I wasn’t able to wrench on my own vehicles, I don’t know how I’d keep any one of these marvels on the road without a second mortgage for maintenance.