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2024 Chevy Colorado ZR2, ZR2 Bison To Get Launch Control Feature

The off-road focused 2024 Chevy Colorado ZR2 and 2024 Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison trims of the popular mid-size truck nameplate will get a new launch control feature as part of their Baja mode, Chevrolet has confirmed to GM Authority.

These two rugged variants of the Colorado ZR2 will receive the same performance-boosting advanced drive technology that the 2024 GMC Canyon AT4X and 2024 GMC Canyon AT4X AEV Edition were confirmed as receiving a few days ago.

Side view of the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison.

The launch control feature is one that has been used on many different performance vehicles to create maximum traction and power to achieve immediate, intense acceleration.

GM’s version, used in the Colorado ZR2 and ZR2 Bison, is a “smart launch control feature” that “learns the driving surface and can adjust engine speed and torque accordingly to improve subsequent performance on future launches,” according to The General’s description.

Colorado ZR2 and ZR2 Bison can activate launch control while in Baja drive mode by simultaneously pressing the gas and brake pedals, then releasing the brake. The feature boosts acceleration both on-road and off-pavement according to GM.

Rear three quarters view of the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison.

Other trim levels of the 2024 Chevy Colorado will not get launch control because the feature requires Baja mode, which is available only on the drive mode selection of the Colorado ZR2 and ZR2 Bison. The other Colorado trims also have drive modes, but not Baja mode.

Launch control adds another element to a list of features and equipment intended to make the Colorado ZR2 and ZR2 Bison highly effective in their role of powerful, versatile trucks with superior overlanding capability. GM partnered with off-road specialists  American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) to design the Bison variant.

Among the trail-conquering goodies outfitting the Colorado ZR2 Bison are a winch-ready heavy duty front bumper, 35-inch OD Mud/Terrain tires on 17-inch beadlock capable AEV wheels, boron steel skid plates and rocker protectors, and Multimatic front and rear jounce control dampers and DSSV dampers.

Headrest detail with bison and AEV logo in the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison cabin.

Both variants offer a suspension lift, but Colorado ZR2 Bison in particular is capable of demonstrating its off-road chops with 12.2 inches of ground clearance plus a 38.2-degree approach angle, 26-degree departure angle, and 26.9-degree breakover angle.

The 2024 Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison is motivated by the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine, specifically the Turbo High-Output variant rated at 310 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque. Output is sent through the second-gen GM eight-speed automatic transmission, as well as a two-speed transfer case and power-locking front and rear differentials.

Tires and suspension of the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison.

As GM Authority previously revealed, the start of regular production (SORP) for the 2024 Chevy Colorado is scheduled for October 30th, 2023. Production will take place alongside the 2024 GMC Canyon at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri.

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  1. its a truck

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    1. It is a truck, which can also do a 0-60 in low-mid 6 seconds. Would be fun to launch offroad, same as it is fun to launch on a quad or SxS

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  2. I think they are missing an opportunity not having an SS variant of the new Colorado.

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    1. The biggest missed opportunity is an SS Silverado.
      Who ever is on the Corvette decision making team should be calling the shots on performance variant vehicles. How is it that RAM and Ford have high power trucks and Chevy doesn’t. And when chevy does show up its way late.

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  3. This truck would be amazing even with just a bottom of the barrel, naturally aspirated V8 in a truck that size with those looks. WTF wants a 4 cylinder?

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    1. I don’t see this ever coming with a V8. What GM needs is an equivalent to Ford’s GTDI 2.7/3.0 Liter, twin-turbo V6 engine. Couple something like that with a truck like this and you’d have one hell of a monster.

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    2. Yeah, who wants a 4-cylinder that has more power than a v8? STFU

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  4. Hopefully it will be an update for everyone that bought a 2023 ZR2.

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  5. It will be great when GM offers the 2.8 I4 or 3.0 I6 Duramax options for the 2025 and they work out the frame bending crumple zones…remember it’s a truck, that should be very capable of towing, carrying weight for utility purposes on and off road…keep up the good work GM!

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    1. They are capable, research you half-truth claims a little more before posting them. The one you would likely reference from the internet, that guy admitted it was his fault, not the truck.

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  6. You know what I’d REALLY like to see when it comes to the Chevy Colorado?

    The 2023 Colorado ZR2 Desert Boss I ordered back in January. Seeing Chevy tout the 2024 and all the features it’s going to have before they’ve even produced the 2023’s that were ordered is kind of a slap in the face to the customer.

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  7. Got my ZR2 last week and it’s just mind blowing the little things that GM overlooked in design. Simple stuff like the door gasket that I might as well just remove. Literally will not stay on the worthless little pins that are supposed to hold it on. Opening the door pulls it off the pins. Not to mention you absolutely have to step over it and into the floor board to get in or you will rip it completely off the truck. I’ll end up removing it and dealing with the noise or glueing it because I’ll sick of putting it back on 2-3x a day.

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