In Thailand, Chevrolet presents the new series of midsize pickup. The Chevrolet Colorado is against the established Japanese competitors and has also the VW Amarok in the line of fire.
The Bangkok show you have probably engine is not all too much is, for Chevrolet the Thai auto show, which opens next week, but the appropriate showcase to introduce a new pickup truck. First as a show car, the Chevrolet Colorado, presented in Bangkok is already very close to the production model.
The reason for the premiere in Thailand is simple: for pickup trucks of the midsize category, so the available also with us models such as Mitsubishi L 200 or Toyota Hilux, Thailand is the largest market worldwide. The light truck there enjoy cult status, are sent not only to work, but also as a aufgemotztes status symbol driven. Almost all relevant brands produce their pickups in Thailand, Chevrolet also maintains a work for the Colorado there.
If the Chevrolet Colorado, you are still not a real term: 2004 presented the pickup as a successor model of the Chevrolet S-10. The S-10 was officially the last Chevy pickup truck sold in Germany, General has offered the Colorado Motors we never. It shares the platform with the Isuzu D-Max, which makes it then equally clearly interesting for German customers. Because the D-Max could well tolerated a technical update in view of the modernized competition. The Colorado is now already times a view on a such D-Max facelift. Even under Opel label one could imagine it.
Of the previously somewhat Baroque, Carrere on the full-size trucks of Chevy design, nothing is left for the new Colorado. The new form is stylish and modern. A twofold large grille, clear glass lights drawn far to the rear and a tiered hood shaped strongly upwards, to a front bumper with clear herausgearbeitetem underrun protection. The lateral line is marked by the strong visually exposed rear wheelhouses, rejuvenated with strongly identified grooves to the rear and flank.
The Anderthalber cabin serves as a show car in Bangkok. Which is equipped such as in the Japanese competition with negative opening doors, making it significantly easier to access behind the front seats. The concept car is on 20-inch wheels with off-road tyres of dimension 285/35x13.50r20, in the series, some ziviliere are likely to make debut variants. Under the hood a modern working cylinder turbo diesel 2.8 L engine, to its performance data to Chevrolet still not expressed.
In the Interior of the concept car, the unrealistic gimmicks limited keep, again, already the clear manuscript for the future production model exists. The Panel line curving of the door panels of the entire cockpit is striking. The instruments are complemented by an Info screen, the multimedia system gets a seven-inch colour display. While the climate control with the colorize in the series is likely more disappear, the detail of knob behind the gear lever shows that the Colorado in the future has a conventional drive layout: rear wheel drive with rigid or without all-wheel and off-road reduction.
All technical data, Chevrolet is silent so far off, also a price was not called. In view of the market, it is also clear that he will focus on the competitive environment. The dimensions are still unknown. In length (so far: 5.2 meters) is to do little, the study indicates that but a much wider track. So far, the Colorado 1.73 m outside width was rather narrow. With the market launch is expected end of 2011.
