Aftermarket off-road and overland equipment manufacturer, American Expedition Vehicles (AEV), recently uploaded a neat video showing two of its Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bisons in action on sand dunes on the Oregon coast.
The video shows the Colorado ZR2 Bisons – one red and one blue – being given a thorough workout on the sands under (mostly) wide blue Oregon skies with the Pacific Ocean visible in the distance, and at one point along a narrow river, accompanied by music with a thumping beat. The production quality of the video is high and the pickup trucks, quite simply, look great.
The Bison started out as an extreme version of the 2017 Chevy Colorado ZR2 developed in association with AEV. It was previewed as the Colorado ZR2 AEV Concept, which was described by Chevrolet at the time as “expanding the performance envelope of the segment-redefining Colorado” while demonstrating “the capability of Colorado and its off-road performance variant, the Colorado ZR2”.
The concept featured a Chevrolet Performance development suspension package with the following wares:
- Front and rear jounce shocks
- Plunging front half-shafts
- High-angle upper ball joint
- Increased stiffness high-angle tie rods
- Long-travel rear leaf spring suspension
- Anti-wrap link
- Rear differential cover
- Specially-tuned Multimatic DSSV shocks
In addition, the Bison concept featured:
- AEV front and rear off-road bumpers
- Complete underbody skid protection
- Expedition bed rack
- High clearance fender flares
- High-rise snorkel
- AEV DualSport beadlock wheels
- 35-inch BF Goodrich KM2 Mud-Terrain tires
- Front and rear high output LED auxiliary lighting
- ARB refrigerator/freezer
- Equipt aluminum storage cases
- NATO-style fuel cans
- James Baroud USA awning (in the bed)
- Recovery shackles
- Hi-Lift jack
- Warn 9.5xp-s winch
- MAXTRAX
The concept led to the production of the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison, so named because the AEV logo includes an image of a bison. It’s not a trim level but rather an options package with the RPO code ULV, available exclusively for the Colorado ZR2. The package includes the following features:
Exterior:
- CHEVROLET lettered grille with Flowtie logo
- AEV Front Bumper
- Fog lamps (T3U)
- AEV rear bumper (VHU)
- Wheel Moldings (B7O)
- Fuel tank skid plate (PZ9)
- Front skid plate (PZG)
- Rear differential skid plate (PZL)
- Transfer case skid plate (PZN)
- 17-inch AEV aluminum wheels (RIG)
- 17-inch AEV spare wheel (S4M)
Interior:
- Front floor liners (CPX)
- Rear floor liners (CPY)
- AEV Embroidered Headrests
Availability is restricted to five exterior colors: Red Hot, Satin Steel Metallic, Silver Ice Metallic, Summit White and Black exterior colors. The package adds $5,750 to the price of the ZR2.
Now we’ve got all that out of the way, let’s sit back and watch this fine video of the Colorado ZR2 Bisons in action.
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Comments
If “Availability is restricted to five exterior colors: Red Hot, Satin Steel Metallic, Silver Ice Metallic, Summit White and Black exterior colors”, how did they get a Blue one??
Unfortunate that GM offered discounts on Colorados in February … then, because of some parts holdup, no Colorados were available to purchase, all sitting in KC and St. Lewis, I was told by dealers. I was ready to buy and nothing to buy. Wonder if GM would bring back the discounts when Colorado’s are actually available to dealers?