Chevy Colorado beats F-150 for Truck of the Year

money.cnn.com ^ | December 3, 2014 | Peter Valdes-Dapena

[ilovesarah2012]

You might have figured Ford's new all-aluminum F-150 would be a shoo-in for Motor Trend's 2015 Truck of the Year award, but you'd be wrong. General Motors had its own all-new truck in the running and that vehicle, the mid-sized Chevrolet Colorado, took the prize.

The Colorado is GM's new model that's designed to compete against trucks like the Toyota Tacoma and the Nissan Frontier. Neither Ford (F) nor Chrysler Group (FCAU)'s Ram truck brand offer trucks this size any longer. It is smaller than the full-size Chevrolet Silverado truck.

"Colorado is a smart, capable, and refreshingly honest truck that makes a strong value and efficiency statement," Motor Trend editor-in-chief Ed Loh said in a statement. "It's perfectly sized and suited for the needs of many of today's truck users."

[Neidermeyer]

Dexcool works well for what it was designed to do... save GM money with a cheaper coolant... it gets dangerous (to plastics) when it ages... I think that it’s more likely that GM is protecting itself legally by adding coolant changes at regular (shorter) intervals to the maintenance schedule.

[Beagle8U]

Spray in or plastic bedliner, either way the POS chevy will have a bed full of water that don’t drain out, even going down the road.

[Sam Cree]

I hit a deer last year with my 1996 Dodge diesel 4x4 pickup...it cost me $300 to straighten the front bumper, end of story. It has been a good vehicle for many years.

[ilovesarah2012]

And the deer?

[nascarnation]

FWIW the drain and refill interval is longer on my 2014 Chev vs 2004 Caddy.

150,000 miles vs 100,000 miles

[Sam Cree]

The deer was dead, hit her dead center with the front of the truck...since the truck sits up pretty high, the deer went under it. Now, every time I drive by that piece of road, I slow down some and keep my eyes open, especially in the evening or early AM.