it's been quite a few years since Chevy
had a serious off-road pickup truck but
we're out here in Colorado to test drive
the 2017 Chevy Colorado zr2 and we want
to find out if Chevy has brought their
a-game well they certainly have with the
suspension taller softer coils in front
longer softer leaf springs in the back
two inch suspension lift and also
multimatic this is the key technology
here multimatic spool technology at each
corner with the shocks gives it
incredible flexibility when it's out on
the trail but here up front a very
unique grille for zr 2's big cutouts
here in the front so you can get better
action on the rocks when you're out in
the desert or doing your rock crawling
and a very cool hood it's not a hood
scoop but it's a hood detail reminiscent
of the hummer h3t underneath the truck
the drive shaft had to be just a couple
of inches longer because of the
suspension lift but other details that
we like is that you can get a spare tire
actually mounted in the bed so you can
take away that spare tire underneath the
truck to give you better departure
angles also a brand new bumper without
those footsteps on the corner like
normal Colorado's have but there are
some things that still need to be
improved look at this shock mount hangs
very low and it's very susceptible to
any big rocks if you're out in the
desert a couple of other quirks on the
extended cab versions the rear door
still only opens 90 degrees here with
these Rock sliders a great idea to
protect you from serious damage but
they're not attached to the frame
they're attached to the body underneath
and with a special package like this
maybe this is just our personal
preference but we'd like to see bigger
announcements with bigger stickers to
let
people know this is a special off-road
truck from behind the wheel at high
speed
this vehicle is incredibly fun to drive
we had the chance to go over a trophy
truck course that had a lot of turns
even a few jumps and these multimatic
shocks are quite literally amazing they
come all of the shudder that you expect
from very rough dirt roads when you're
traveling at high speeds and throwing it
around a corner the transfer case the
transfer case allows you both to turn
off the traction control and offers you
an off-road mode which turns off some of
that very annoying brake interference or
power pulling out of the engine that a
lot of vehicles we've experienced do in
those most inappropriate situations
bottom line here at high speed this
vehicle can be a lot of fun and you can
throw that back-end out to your heart's
content at low speeds the four-wheel
drive ability the flexibility of that
suspension and the traction that you get
from having both front and rear lockers
is almost unmatched there wasn't
anything that we couldn't conquer and we
took on some incredibly nasty rocky
Stairsteps
and huge dry washes with big boulders so
for our money's worth the value is in
this vehicle that vr-2 is going to carry
a lot of credibility for Chevy in the
future you should also note that all dr2
s are going to have a 5,000 pound tow
rating about 1200 pounds of payload and
be offered in both crew cab and an
extended cab extended cabs will have a
six and a half foot bed crew cabs will
have the five and a half foot bed now
you do get to choose between the 3.6
liter gas engine or 2.8 liter turbo
diesel prices we're going to start right
around 41 thousand dollars for the
extended cab and about forty four
thousand dollars for the crew cab you
choose the diesel it could go up to
forty seven you want to know more about
this vr-2 or any other pickups go to
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