- Ah, yes, that great feeling when it comes time to scoop up
a new truck, it's like Christmas, you sit down,
you scroll through Facebook marketplace, or Carvana,
or CarGurus, local dealership,
whatever to find your next truck.
For me, it's just scrolling through CarGurus waiting for
a clean super duty to pop up down south so I can catch
a flight, go scoop it up, bring it back up here to Wisconsin
and start building it.
But let's say you don't wanna super duty.
Let's say you don't wanna a one ton.
Let's say you don't wanna a three quarter ton.
Let's say you don't wanna half ton.
I'm Lawson, you can find me at lawson.sale on the gram,
and in today's video, we're gonna be talking
about the mid-sized trucks.
Sit back and relax because we are going to be talking
about some trucks with new designs coming in 2022,
a brand new truck that's never been seen and well,
a truck that just kinda stays the same every year
just with some subtle changes.
If you need wheels, tires, suspension,
performance accessories, you guys already know we've got
you covered customeroffset.com, top to it.
First of all, in today's lists the twin duo
of the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon.
The Colorado was Chevy's replacement to that S10 Platform
when it launched in 2004.
Back then GM teamed up with Isuzu and the design
of these trucks, which is funny because the Isuzu I series
isn't much different either.
Triplets baby, unfortunately the Isuzu
wouldn't perform sales wise, so it would fall off
after only three years, but the Colorado and Canyon
would live on even to this day.
Now let's talk about the Colorado.
I don't know about you guys, but I love
these little trucks just ask Reny, his has always been
a blast to ride around town and honestly it was
the perfect little truck to commute, and really use
if you had to pick up a grill, lumber or whatever.
I'm kind of salted that he sold it.
The first generation of these trucks ran from 2004 to 2012,
and will become very popular due
to their many different offerings.
Rear wheel drive or all wheel drive, manual transmission,
automatic transmission, extended cab or crew cab.
The first gen would get an update in 2007 with
the GMC Canyon which pretty much just gave it
an updated front end, as well as an interior.
As times go on, so does technology.
Second generation Colorado's would be released
in 2012 overseas but won't make their debut
in the US until 2015.
Now the second gen would have similar options
to the first gen but looked a ton better obviously
with it being a newer truck with new styling,
in addition to being a bigger platform.
This mid-size truck is actually almost exactly the same size
as the 88 to 98 K1500.
In 2016, they would drive a 2.8 liter baby Duramax engine,
and it is well diesel.
That's right baby, GM wasn't playing around becoming
the first mid-sized truck in the North American market
to have a diesel engine and pushing almost 400 foot tons
of torque, what?
Work ethic of a full-size truck, easy drivability
of a mid-sized truck and fuel economy
of a diesel, dude, crazy!
In 2022 GM is releasing a refresh Colorado.
The only difference will be
a new dealer installed trail boss package option.
This package will be offered in the LTs and Z71,
with a one inch lift kit, skid plates, red tow hooks,
and 17 inch sport wheels.
The new trail boss Silverados are pretty sick,
and I'm excited to see these things on the Colorado.
Next, let's talk about the Colorado's twin brother,
the GMC Canyon.
Throughout the years you can see a lot of similarities
between the two, but then in 2021, boom!
The introduction of the Denali Canyon and 84 Canyon what?
Now though the interior keeps the same layout
as previous year, the Denali now offers
a heated leather steering wheel, leather heated
and cooled seats, embroidered head rest,
accessory controls on the steering wheel,
ashwood accents with coco themed interior, proving Denali
to be premium over Chevy.
I don't know why you guys were having a Denali trim
is just like having a limited trim model,
bragging rights, baby.
Oh, and if that wasn't good enough for you guys,
there's always the introduction of the 84 Canyon in 2021,
which offered 84 badging recovery tow hooks for when
you just send it and get stuck and black chrome grill,
17 inch wheels, 31 inch tires on this little freaking beast.
At the end of the day GM provides you with
a nice mid-sized truck, with a ton of options catered
to whatever you are trying to accomplish with your truck
from hauling to performance, to off-road
to just downright looking good.
Last but not least the Ford (beep) Ranger,
known for being tough but versatile, these little trucks
have been around for quite some time.
Since 1983 to be specific when
the Ranger named plates switch from a trim package
on the F150 to its own model to appease
the compact truck craze, brought on by high gas prices
and the event of small import trucks.
Imagine a time when gas just under a dollar
was considered extreme, I freaking wish.
I think we all have had one or know someone who has had one
of these little old Rangers, and they're always having
a good time.
From 1983 to 2012, the Ford Ranger would be
the only compact pickup truck from Ford
for three generations
but ultimately ending production in 2011.
But this little truck isn't the one we are talking
about today, we're focusing on the 2019 plus model years
when Ford really went compact pickup design
to a midsize pickup design by releasing
the global platform Ranger to us here in the United States.
This global market Ranger T6 design to by Ford Australia,
had been out since 2011 globally,
just not released to the North American market.
The new to us Ford ranger rolled off the production line
in October 2018, for its fourth-generation and quite
a bit bigger size closer to the Ford Explorer SUV.
As far as 2022 goes, no facelift yet
before plans to release the Ranger in a supercab option,
as well as a single cab
for those old school throwback vibes.
The update platform is a little larger and is expected
to have some similar technology as the 2011 F150,
similar powertrain as the Ford Bronco
with a 2.3 liter eco boost I4, and 10 speed transmission.
Notice how it options when it comes to a midsize truck.
Next up on the list is a brand new truck never seen before,
that's right, the new Ford Maverick.
So we just chatted about the Ford (beeps) Ranger.
So what's the hype behind the Maverick,
and why is Ford releasing another midsize truck.
With Ford having only one car in their entire lineup
these days, the Ford Mustang, Ford saw a chance
to offer something new and different to their car clientele,
which is pretty ironic since Ford released the Maverick
like back in the seventies, and it was like
a midsize muscle car back then,
and now it's a mid-sized like truck thing.
Being a front drive platform built off the newest generation
of Ford focus, you can actually sit five comfortably
in these things.
The bed is actually easily accessible to the average person
by that I mean, you can literally just reach in,
grab whatever you need without needing to hop up on the bed,
or on the bumper or on the tire, it's pretty easy.
Simple, easy to use interiors, I'm trying to see
these things replace mom bands, soccer moms pulling up
to the field with their kids, grab the equipment out
of the bed, spotting some nice wheels and tires
from customoffsets.com.
Come on, man!
That's about our list is a truck that has been around
the block a couple 2, 3 million times.
This midsize truck has been all over the freaking world
and continues to shine and make a name for itself.
I'm of course talking about the Nissan Frontier.
Now the Nissan Frontier has a long history
from the Datsun pickup in the thirties, to fifties,
for the Nissan D21 in the eighties,
back to the Nissan Datsun in the nineties,
to today's Nissan Frontier.
These things have been around and extremely popular
in the mini trucker scene.
Coming up in 2022, you'll be able to get
a newer sleeker modern looking Nissan Frontier.
Using the same frame as back in 2005,
because why fix what's not broken?
This means the current offering of lift kits will fit.
No waiting around for the re-engineering
which is pretty sick, that actually happens a lot.
The truck sale gained some of all new body work
as well as pretty sick interior.
Come on, who doesn't like upgraded bodywork?
310 horsepower, V6 with a nine speed automatic transmission,
it's everything you could ever want and need
in a midsize pickup.
As a lot of the scene has gone into off-road and overlanding
Nissan plans to compete with other brands by offering
a pro 4X model with all-terrain tires,
electronic locking diff, built seat shocks,
skid plates, I mean these things are ready to hit
the trails for a nice weekend of some camping.
I know some of you guys would rather pull your big camper,
with your comments on 10 inches of lift, but hey,
that's for another video.
Oh, and the best part is this is a pickup you can get
for around $30,000 brand new.
Last but certainly not least the Toyota Tacoma.
Just like the Frontier, the Tacoma has been around
for quite a while, it is actually the sixth generation
of the platform, previously known as the Hillux
or just playing pickup as it was marketed in North America,
before being branded as the Tacoma for the 1995 model year.
Great little midsize trucks that are perfect for commuting,
off-roading, wheeling, overlanding you freaking name it,
they're doing it.
Hey, there's even a Tacoma in our gallery unlike 16 wise
and a massive lift.
You name it it's been done on the Tacoma.
Toyota has been at this platform for quite some time now,
2005 to be exact, however, they have introduced
three body style updates since then, the most recent
being 2016 with a minor facelift edit in 2020.
Unfortunately, unlike the rest of this list,
the Tacoma will not be getting a facelift update,
nothing going into 2022, I guess don't fix what isn't broke.
That's what I got for you guys on today's video.
A lot of things coming down the pipeline when it comes
to models in the midsize trucks.
Let us know down in the comment section below
if you guys have one of these trucks are plan to scoop up
one of the brand new 2022s coming here soon.
Always love seeing some mid-sized truck builds,
as always if you guys need anything, wheels,
tires, suspension, performance accessories,
customoffsets.com.
We'll see you on the next one,
my camera man is fucking dancing
in the background.
- Oh, yeah!