Just weeks after announcing that the next-generation Chevy Montana will arrive in 2023, General Motors has revealed new details of Chevrolet’s upcoming compact pickup. As anticipated in late March, the automaker began publicly sharing the final development stages of the new-gen Chevy Montana, illustrating what that process is like with official images of the prototypes.
The next-generation Chevy Montana will be Chevrolet‘s first unibody compact pickup and will go on sale at Chevrolet dealerships early next year in South America. As such, the Montana is being totally reimagined to compete in one of the fastest growing segments in the region and other global markets, and is set to be the benchmark pickup within its segment.
“We have several new Montana units undergoing road tests and durability tests,” said Senior Vehicle Engineering Manager of GM South America, Luiz Eduardo Martins, in a statement. “The new Montana will distinguish itself in the most relevant aspects for the consumer. For example, we are working to make it the truck with the lowest noise and vibration index in the segment,” he added.
Notably, GM South America states that the upcoming third-generation Chevy Montana will debut a set of innovations that make it a “much more modern vehicle, with better dynamics, efficiency and technological content” that meets the main preferences of customers. In the region, the Montana will compete with the Fiat Toro and Renault Oroch that are manufactured there and are segment benchmarks, as well as the new and larger Ford Maverick.
GM’s South American subsidiary once again reiterates that the next-gen Chevy Montana will be a key part of Chevrolet’s truck portfolio and will debut an unprecedented pickup concept for the brand. In addition to the innovative configuration and structural base, the Montana will have an “intelligent design” with a cabin that makes the most of its available space to improve the comfort of the occupants, and a cargo box with new solutions that will make it even more versatile.
The next-generation Chevy Montana will debut in early 2023 in South America, its home region and only confirmed manufacturing hub to date. The future compact pickup uses the GEM platform introduced in the current Chevy Onix and Tracker, it will only have a double cab body and will be manufactured at the GM São Caetano do Sul plant in Brazil to supply the entire region. At the moment, it is not clear if the new-gen Montana will be offered in other regions.
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The Maverick is larger than this? I can see why they aren’t bringing it to North America, the Mav and Santa Cruz may be hot sellers, but any smaller is a tough sell for US and Canada.
The Mav is larger than the last gen Montana which is basically a geo prism convertible 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (exaggeration there cause I know the man bun brigade gets offended and fact checks all but the “purest truth” for our department homelands security new “ministry of truth”) I bet the new generation is the same size as the Mav as its larger and more capable than its prior generation, and is going to appeal to more customers than just gardeners in Columbia.
According to rumors in the Brazilian media, the new Montana will have dimensions closer to the Renault Oroch and its 4.69m in length than other models with similar proposals, which are larger, such as the Fiat Toro with 4.94m and the Ford Maverick with 5.07m. The future VW Tarok will likely have dimensions close to 4.91m as the concept.
Unfortunately, due to Chevrolet having opted for this platform, which is limited in some aspects, configurations with 4×4 traction as it has or will have the other competitors are not foreseen. And that will impose some limits on off-road use.
Although CAFE standards for light duty trucks is going up in 2025 so adding a small pickup like this would help Chevy achieve those new CAFE standards .Corporate Average Fuel Economy(CAFE) its going up to 54 MPG fleet wide in 2025 if I remember right
Im thinking Chevy Luv or S-10 perhaps???
I think that is why they(GM) is dropping the Camaro in 2025 it should raise their ave MPG by dropping a car that gets bad MPG compared to the rest of their fleet. Then GM can rerelease the Camaro as an EV performance vehicle perhaps, just my thoughts …..
IF this ever came to North America, I wonder if they’d find another name? It’s not a bad name for a pickup, per se, but Pontiac had their Montana minivan as recently as 2009 in Canada. It’s not like Maverick where an entire generation has lived without a car by that name.
Let’s just see how well the Maverick does once it is 3 years old.
I don’t see it ever replacing the Ranger in sales and they will decline after the first run.
The Ridge line did that and now sits a 30k units a year.
In theory it will steel RAV4/CRV sales as it’s simply a super practical crossover? Idk if any true truck buyers are looking at the maverick.
The CUV buyers are Maverick buyers.
The funny thing is most mid size truck buyers came back when they returned. They came back from CUV models. I was one.
Obrigado!