New Colorado and Canyon's being shipped daily.

RalphVa · Apr 4, 2016

Had a friend once, not too smart. He said he bought a big pickup because they got about 18-19 mpg vs. a Ford Ranger getting 22-25. Well, that doesn't sound like much, but my math says this is about 25%. Actually, he could have gotten a Tacoma 4 that does 25-28 mpg but is like a slug on the road (compared to our turbo diesel; wasn't compared to our plain diesel 240D with 65 hp, which still climbed hills better).

Problem with the smaller pickups and tractors is they don't put all the goodies they do in the bigger and higher hp models. Put all the goodies in, and they cost more equivalent.

Ralph

RAS323 · Apr 5, 2016

tcartwri said:
So has anyone driven one of these 2.8L GMs yet?

GM dropped the ball on the 2.8 diesel Colorados and Canyons. They started taking orders in August 2015 and didn't start deliveries until the middle of January 2016 (they were supposed to start deliveries in October/early November 2015). At this point I believe they are still trying to catch-up on ordered vehicles-that's why there aren't any (few) on lots. So far GM has sold a total of 1089 diesel Colorado's and 519 diesel Canyons as of the end of March. Gm expected the diesel to be 10-20% of the Colorado/Canyons sold.

RollingsFarms · Apr 5, 2016

RAS323 said:
GM dropped the ball on the 2.8 diesel Colorados and Canyons. They started taking orders in August 2015 and didn't start deliveries until the middle of January 2016 (they were supposed to start deliveries in October/early November 2015). At this point I believe they are still trying to catch-up on ordered vehicles-that's why there aren't any (few) on lots. So far GM has sold a total of 1089 diesel Colorado's and 519 diesel Canyons as of the end of March. Gm expected the diesel to be 10-20% of the Colorado/Canyons sold.

Hard to sell them when you don't see them on the lots.

KennyG · Apr 5, 2016

Interesting thread. We had all the hype about "Truck of the Year" and lots of TV ads for the Colorado. I saw one on the highway the other day and realized, in spite of all the talk, it was the first one I have ever seen on the road. Are they actually selling? I don't think I've seen an ad for one in months.

kf4uda · Apr 5, 2016

Just took a look on my local GM dealer's website. They actually have two diesel Colorado's listed in stock. Both are white and are just above $40K MSRP.

Diamondpilot · Apr 6, 2016

http://cars.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b3c669e201b8d1b76197970c-pi

Chris

KennyG · Apr 6, 2016

Diamondpilot said:
http://cars.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b3c669e201b8d1b76197970c-pi

Chris

Seems to match what I'm seeing. They are barely beating out Nissan and those are pretty rare around here also. I wonder how long GM will continue these if they can't do 100,000 per year. There are rumors that Ford may bring the Ranger back. That doesn't seem to make sense either, but since it's a big international seller, it may be minimal cost to sell some in the US.

Diamondpilot · Apr 6, 2016

KennyG said:
Seems to match what I'm seeing. They are barely beating out Nissan and those are pretty rare around here also. I wonder how long GM will continue these if they can't do 100,000 per year. There are rumors that Ford may bring the Ranger back. That doesn't seem to make sense either, but since it's a big international seller, it may be minimal cost to sell some in the US.

Nothing's changed. It's always been these 7/8 trucks cost 7/8 the price of a 1/2 ton full size. They never really got better mpg's so I would venture to guess 7 out of 10 people who walk on the lot to buy a 7/8 truck end up with a full size.

Chris

Ford850 · Apr 6, 2016

There are probably a few hundred of the GM mids on lots within an hour of me, with about 3 or 4% being diesel. Overall (gas and diesel) the prices range from $20k to $44k, with most of the diesels less than fully equipped and priced $40k - $43k.