The new model Chevrolet Colorado to the global emergence in Thailand

Trak whole new generation of modern Colorado pickup was launched on the world market recently. Thailand, which is that of a country that has a refining plant of General Motors (GM) was chosen as pelancaran location. With the construction of boarding $ 2 billion in Colorado, is a product of five years, targeted to customers in over 60 countries.

Chevrolet Colorado pickup Trak will compete with new models Isuzu D-MAX has launched there is also, other than the last generation Ford Ranger also prepared in pairs at the refinery of Ford Thailand. As stated earlier, the Colorado will also be launched in Malaysia soon, the first hujung diperkatakan come out this year.

For the Thai market, Chevrolet will offer 26 combinations of variants of Colorado include powertrain, cabin and altitude (ride height) if jualannya begins this month. It was included variants of cab configurations, extended body and double-cab body options in the high and low, regular and wide, including races two and four wheel drive.

Characteristics rather than its driving force consisted of two choices Enjin new Duramax diesel turbo-diesel in two liters of 2.5 and 2.8 kapasiti, offers a combination of performance and stage of economic efficiency through three stages of model specification, ie the beginning of the LS, LT and LTZ half premium. For the Malaysian market, the LT and LTZ models do double-cab versions of our other features will be introduced by the issuer Quest Sdn Bhd Naza.

Both 2.5 and 2.8 liters Enjin spotted stronger so agitated that displays characteristic "variable geometry turbocharger" for efficiency and optimum performance stage, in addition equipped with components that can extend the life of cooked Enjin to travel 240 000 km. 2.5-liter engine produces Enjin 150 hp and the power of 350nm, when the 2.8-liter engine with a power 180 hp and 470 nm, available six-speed automatic transmission / (440 nm - the manual five-pace ).

2012 Chevrolet Colorado – HIGHLIGHTS

Overview

-GM Thailand’s largest-ever engineering and manufacturing program
-Total global program costs were $2 billion, including a $500 million investment to prepare GM Thailand’s Rayong manufacturing facility for Colorado production
-More than 2.5 million kilometers were driven during program development
-Developed across five continents for sale in more than 60 markets around the world
More markets and production sites for the vehicle will be announced in the coming months

Engines

-2.5-liter Duramax turbo-diesel
-2.8-liter Duramax turbo-diesel

Transmissions

-Five-speed manual transmissions
-Hydra-Matic six-speed automatic transmission with automatic gear selection via a toggle switch on the shift head
-A new two-speed, electronically actuated part-time transfer case is applied on four-wheel-drive-equipped vehicles

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