Re: OT (Somewhat) ... Chevy Colorado

From: Terrible Tom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 23:01:36 EST


andy levy wrote:
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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.
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> But...Everyone knew what the Colorado would look like a good year before
> we had any strong clues as to the '05 Dak.
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> | 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)
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> 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?).
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Departure angle? *scraaaaape*

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