The Australians won’t shy away from performance even without homegrown, rear-wheel-drive sedans. A Wheels report published on Wednesday said Holden will forge onward with plans for a high-performance Colorado pickup—and it will have a twin-turbo V6 engine.
According to the report, the hopped-up Colorado will come via Walkinshaw, which also backs Holden Special Vehicles. It’s unclear if HSV will go away entirely following the demise of the locally-built Holden Commodore. Some reports claimed HSV will simply become Walkinshaw altogether. The Walkinshaw Holden Colorado will reportedly feature a twin-turbo V6 plucked from a certain premium brand. We’d surmise that means Cadillac, which offers the 3.6-liter twin-turbo V6 engine for a couple of V-Sport offerings.
Details are scarce at the moment, but if Walkinshaw can do it, Chevrolet can do it. We hope there’s something more potent in the works for North America’s Chevrolet Colorado. Maybe a high-performance Colorado ZR2 to do battle with the all-but-confirmed Ford Ranger Raptor.
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While a hi-po ZR2 would be great. How about a lower trim sport truck. Extended cab, short bed, rwd, 3.6TT. Then option on luxury trims if you see fit. Make an SS or GT
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Please let this be the ZQ8!
Sounds good, it would make a good Xtreme but I want a V8, would be superior for the trail. The 5.3L is on the assembly line.
I feel they should start by getting the current Colorado sorted out first. My 2016 with 14k on it gets 13mpg. Is rusting through on both sides, sometimes doesn’t start, can’t get the key from the ignition, rolls in park, should I continue? Dont get me wrong i do like the truck and have bleed chevy orange for 40 years but i may trade for a toy. Maybe their dealers would at least try to fix stuff…
Hmmm on the Colorado/Canyon forum I do not see any of these complaints.
There was a ton of 6 speed complaints but the new 8 speed fixed that.
My V6 crew 4×4 gets 19.8 around town 25-26 highway. Not bad for 4500 pounds.
While this would be neat we must use caution. This is a Walkinshaw deal so that means it will not be cheap.
Also this is tied to their racing program in Australia. So with that it is not a sure thing here.
In America it gets tough to sell a midsize truck much over $40,000.
I also suspect the new full size has a coming ZR2 like truck coming and would better match the Raptor. A mule has been seen.
The Ranger may not has much more than what the GM 6 has as reports said ther ZR competitor may be a 4 cylinder.
Sounds like you drive the piss out of it like it’s a trophy truck
Nope, just a work truck. Drove 300 miles empty at 70mph. 13.5 mpg. I would love to discuss it with gm. The dealer hasn’t helped
Take your parking brake off
It would also be the first petrol powered late model Colorado ute in AUS/NZ.
Build it and they shall come.
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This message is for Shane. Take care of your truck bro and you won’t have these problems. I’ve been a Chevy person all my life also. I’ve always taken care of my trucks and never had any problems. I own a 2018 Chevy Colorado ZR2 now and love it. Toyota won’t fix the problems.