Re: OT (Somewhat) ... Chevy Colorado

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 21:36:31 EST


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On 3/24/2004 8:38 PM, Bill Pitz wrote:
| Ok, so I just saw a Colorado in person for the first time... I'll be
| damned if it doesn't look like a knock-off of the 2005 Dakota.

But...Everyone knew what the Colorado would look like a good year before
we had any strong clues as to the '05 Dak.

| I'm
| still really surprised that someone didn't come up with a truck
| similar to the Dakota a long time ago because it really seems to fill
| a niche market. (Bigger power without being too large of a truck)

No one has yet. The Colorado is smaller, has less power, less payload
capacity, a lower tow rating, no V8. In fact, it's got less payload &
tow capacity than the truck it's replacing. I haven't seen all the
numbers yet, but I'd wager it has less ground clearance and worse
approach/departure angles (not that ours are anything to brag about,
right Adam?).

A real competitor to the Dak would cut too deep into
Chevy/GMC/Ford/Nissan/Toyota's full-size sales. They don't want to
compete with themselves.

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