The Chevrolet Colorado AEV concept shown at last year’s SEMA show may inspire a new production option for the brand’s mid-size pickup.
First reported by TFL Truck, the General Motors supplier online configurator lists a “Chevrolet lettered grille” as an option for the 2019 Colorado. The lettered grille made its first appearance on the Colorado AEV concept with accessories from American Expedition Vehicles.
The option does not include an image but lists the grille as a $475 option. It’s unlikely the grille will exactly mirror the AEV concept, but the look does wear quite well on the truck. There’s also the possibility of an even more off-road and overlanding-focused Colorado ZR2 Bison with AEV parts where we may also see the grille appear.
In addition to the lettered grille, the configurator also names a body-color grille option for $595. The option is rather self-explanatory.
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There are some car and truck fans that like to show their brand in letters across the front, sides, and rear. But there are others that prefer less brand posts, and prefer just a logo and as few as possible. The Corvette always had the crossed flags as its main logo, and the newer Stingray has the “fish ” on the side panels. My Equinox has its name only at the sides. The rest is the common gold “bow tie” and I like it that simple.
I expect the color grill is much like the GMC option where you can install a body color grill. It has been a LPO option for a while. If I recall correctly they were offered by GM as accessories parts in previous years for Chevy too.
The Letter grill may just be the Bison SEMA grill as it looks like the one on the full size. The production Bison will be based on the ZR so it may have a different grill as the Z has a special grill and it will not swap with the standard grill.
You should also be able to order these repainted at the dealer to retro fit any older model
As a Colorado owner, I could not care any less about this. It would, however, be great if GM fired the man responsible for the worst headlamps I have ever encountered and created a design that actually works. The lamps are like candles to light up a gale force wind. They are truly awful
This is all well and good, but how about dropping the 2.7T into a Colorado? The 3.6 V6 is a high revving engine best suited for a sporty car, not a truck that requires low end torque. The 2.7T would also get better mileage.
Your right about the 3.6L not being the right engine but wrong about the replacement.
A lot of people like the 6 cylinder, the problem is it’s the wrong motor. If Chevy would have put the 4.3L v6 that is STILL sold in the fullsize that would be the perfect v6 as the torque curve is there where it is not in the 3.6L, the MPG’s are very close though slightly worse and it sounds like a truck engine should.
But the 4.3L is significantly more expensive than the 3.6L and that is why the Colorado is stuck with that engine.
My 2 cents.
But the 2.7T outperforms the 4.3, both on power and especially on low end torque.
Torque (lb-ft) isn’t even close:
4.3: 305 @ 3900
2.7T: 348 @ 1500-4000
Power (hp) is also up:
4.3: 285 @ 5300
2.7T: 310 @ 5600
It still needs a CD Player. Golly!