GM considers all-terrain Colorado - Automotive News
LOS ANGELES -- Before the wraps even came off the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado at the auto show here last week, Chevy dealers were in the factory's ear about a future off-road variant. "The dealers already have been asking for an off-road model," Jeff Luke, General Motors' top truck engineer, said here last week. "We're considering it. ". From the mid-1990s until around 2003, GM sold all-terrain versions of the Chevy S-10 and GMC Sonoma pickups, dubbed ZR2. The models had higher ground clearance, stronger shocks, beefier axles and other enhancements for... The '15 Colorado will be launched in the third quarter of next year with a Z71 model that has bigger wheels and some off-road design elements, "but it's not quite" a full all-terrain model, GM North America President Mark Reuss said. He said an off-road variant "absolutely" is on the table. "I think there's all kinds of opportunity for accessorization and powertrain variants in a platform like this," Reuss said. For example, Chevy likely pleased many truck enthusiasts with a belated confirmation that it will offer a manual transmission, though only on the base extended-cab, two-wheel-drive WT model. Source: www.autonews.com
