General Motors reignited the mid-size pickup segment four years ago when it re-introduced the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. Since then, it added the off-road-oriented 2018 Colorado ZR2, and the response has been just peachy. We now know Toyota plans to better challenge the Colorado ZR2 with a tweaked Tacoma TRD Pro.
The 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro will debut at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show tomorrow, and at a minimum, we know it will gain a snorkel. Otherwise, we don’t spot any other major changes to the pickup, but the teaser image provided hides other details in a sea of dust.
Snorkels can help off-road vehicles by preventing water consumption and even reduce the amount of debris pulled into the intake by placing it higher up.
Chevrolet showed the Colorado ZR2 AEV concept at last year’s SEMA show, which included a snorkel. The concept also added a host of other AEV goodies such as front and rear off-road bumpers, underbody skid protection and high-clearance fender flares.
We expect to see a refreshed Chevy Colorado debut sometime this year, and the ZR2 could gain a handful of improvements along the way. In the meantime, the Chevy Trucks team will likely keep an eye on what comes out of Toyota’s truck division.
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Ford is already showing the Ranger Raptor in Thailand. Might want to check it out too.
Things will get interesting with these and the ZR.
Come on Chevy up your game don’t let them beat you. I know Mary is into saving money . Just hope she don’t lose sight of the fact that she also need to make money. One of the best ways of doing that is to make sure your products are best in class. Make them so that even the die hard fans of the competition will give them a second or even third look and choose yours.
Chevy is nothing but junk should be out of business with the junk they built for the past 35 years two 2016 Chevy trucks at work the dash looks like a Christmas tree been back to dealer at least 4 times for repairs never buy GM junk
“Chevy is nothing but junk should be out of business with the junk they built for the past 35 years two 2016 Chevy trucks at work the dash looks like a Christmas tree been back to dealer at least 4 times for repairs never buy GM junk.”
Always love when people write rhetoric and can’t back it up with facts. Also, one disgruntled person doesn’t make a consensus. Motor Trend reviewed the Chevy Colorado and named it truck of the year in 2016 and 2017. Car and Driver gives the truck good reviews. So does Four Wheeler, and U.S. News and World Report, Car and Driver, USA Today, etc. So no, your rhetoric really doesn’t carry much weight in this conversation.
Thank you Todd, my thoughts exactly!
Finally, the TRD Pro plus Toyota fans have been waiting for!
No, really. Good for Toyota fans. Just one question I’ve always wanted to ask, isn’t the the “Pro” in “TRD Pro” an equivalent oxymoron to the FedEx’s “FedEx Express”
Can’t wait to see what the ZR2 plus, or will it be an SS brings!