All the Midsize Pickup Truck Changes Since 2012 - Motor Trend
Fast-forward to the 2015 Truck of the Year proceedings, and the tables have turned. Ford and GM possessed the only eligible contenders, and the fight for first came down to two familiar trucks. At the other, the Colorado, unretired after a scheduled three-year hiatus, returning with a new chassis, new engines, new design, new everything. We've all heard the sob story behind the "small truck" (the colloquial descriptor for today's midsizers) segment where Chevy dwells once again. The existing trucks aren't small enough. If some company sold a diesel-powered regular-cab small truck with a manual transmission, one or two buyers might show. (In reality, the base $20,995 '15 Colorado holds a cost-of-entry advantage over the '04 Colorado extended cab, which at $18,545 pencils out to a little over $23,000 in 2014 cash. Since the Colorado's first withdrawal following the 2012 model year, Chevrolet has replaced the horrid Aveo with the outstanding Sonic and canned the Avalanche. It's launched a new Malibu, Silverado, Impala, Suburban, Tahoe, SS, Spark, Corvette Stingray, Corvette Z06, and our 2014 Best Driver's Car , Camaro Z/28. It also updated the Traverse, Cruze, Volt, and the very Malibu that had just been released. For 2012 , trucks with the standard 2. 5-liter inline-four were equipped with stability control and brake-controlled 2-Wheel Brake Limited Slip. Source: www.motortrend.com
