I just bought this truck a couple weeks ago. I looked at a Tacoma Limited, TRD Offroad (the offroad doesn't even begin to compare to these), Rangers, and this. Here's what I found driving all three and being inside them: The ranger raptor is a higher price point but can't really do truck things because it has coils for rear suspension instead of leaf springs. It states it can handle 5k towing but my friend has one and a 3k boat and it sagged his suspension quite heavily and he has a weighsafe adjustable hitch so we knew the tongue weight was perfect and it was level. 5k is still low, and it seems to struggle getting there. If you never tow then that truck has many of the same amenities this does, plus a larger multimedia screen so it probably is the better choice if you can afford it or are looking for pure off-road toy performance. The Tacoma was a massive letdown. The interior felt cheap, the sound system was horrible, it felt like a midtrim truck inside. The new drivetrain doesn't feel nice, and it felt as weak as it looks on paper. It also can only tow 6700 even though one of their mottos is "setting a new standard for towing prowess." The off-road is significantly worse than the other two at actually doing that, and the limited is the only one that actually feels like a daily driver truck and not purposed for work, but even then for over 50k it feels like a 40k truck at best. The ZR2 and the raptor are basically main competitors to each other, the raptor being a faster truck if you care about that, and having a slight off-road advantage with the coil springs instead of leaf springs (although the DSSV dampers on the ZR2 are NICE and I would wager the difference is negligible unless you are a great driver). The reasons I went with the ZR2 over the raptor came down to: 1. A strong 7700lb tow rating vs a 5k rating on the raptor that doesn't like getting near the rated number suspension wise 2. Raptors cost quite a bit more than the ZR2 and you don't get much more other than the HP (it's a truck, I don't care how fast it is, it's still slow) 3. I think the ZR2 looks better than the rest by quite a bit, though raptors do look nice 4. It had the best sound system 5. It was the most comfortable of the three to drive 6. It was the only truck where I had to seriously nitpick for negatives for my use case (towing a bass boat all the time, a flatbed occasionally, daily driving it, and also being off-road quite a bit in nasty areas where the off roading features are necessary)
And let’s be honest. The Colorado looks better than any of the newer mid size trucks and not by a little. Chevy absolutely nailed the design..if they had a strong v6 in it. I’d probably trade my Silverado for one….but maybe one day
@@Getusom Honestly I would view a NA V6 as a major downgrade (look at last gen colorados probably the worst truck to ever exist). The 4 cylinder in this truck has been used in fullsize silverados for years with excellent reliability. Going even further, the high output version found on trailbosses, z71s, and ZR2s have forged bottom ends as well. They are completely over engineered for this application and have an incredible amount of headway before getting close to breaking something.
@@Wrenchingandnursing time will tell….im curious long term,,,say, past 10 years and more how they will hold up….i had a s-10 that had right at 300k miles on it before tearing it down and rebuilding it….3.6L. I sold it a few years ago and it’s still going… I think the 4.3 was their best engine over all.. guess those days are long gone.
@@Getusom I still have a 98 S10 ZR2 with a 4.3 in it. It was my first truck as a kid and I'll never get rid of it. That was back when the 4l60E was put into smaller trucks and you could do a 350 swap in a weekend. We will never get those days back.
@@Wrenchingandnursing is there a reason you didn't include the GMC canyon version of this truck ? Guessing because they're basically the same with a different price tag but figured I'd ask.
Thank you for this video! I just purchased the ZR2 and had a quick overview before driving off the lot. There's a lot of tech on this model and it was a lot to take in. Watching your video was a great refresher of all the features.
i love how, at 9:12 mins, you said “auto start stop to turn that crap off”.. i agree, i hate that but am glad we can turn it off without going through a menu like we do the headlights.
I am a dog owner and do not recommend that Generous Motors change the 4 window up button design in case the dog sticks its head out the window when in up mode. Great review tho. Rich
About the headlights. I think I saw another. RUclipsr mentioned that you do have the flash highbeams control on the stock to the left of the steering wheel. I don’t know if that’s true or how it works, but it might be the pull toward you and they flash things so that’s the only thing I really care about on the headlight controls anyway.
I'm looking at one of these now. Its down to the Nissan Frontier Pro4X and the ZR2. I'm concerned about the longevity and reliability of the ZR2 engine/power train. All of the ancilary variables are in favor of the Chevy.
@arthurmanderson4892 always fun coming across someone that thinks they know everything but don't know shit tesla had to remove all windows up because of government regulation
As usual in these reviews, it is never shown where the fog light control is. I just bought a Z71 and every time I want my fog lights on and I have to go look for it. And why would they leave a switch for the dic brightness. This is a setting that most people set it and forget it. Oh and then we get a switch to roll down all the windows at the same time. But not a switch to open the rear sliding window that you can't reach from the front seat. Now that is stupid. And as far as the windows go, all you have to do is press the fronts express down first and hold the rears. Bamb all 4 windows down at the same time. Go figure. No need for another useless switch. How about finding the traction control switch. Oh yea, another buried feature. I don't know about anyone else that goes off road, but to me 4 wheel drive seems to work better when TC is turned off. Nothing worse than having your momentum shut down by losing power because of TC.
New frontier is 48,000 without leather seats, and half the truck this is. The new tacomas are priced like the engines are make of titanium and pure gold rims. Ford is a joke with reliability. Dodge will be out of business. Chevy I think in our current market is the only real option for midsize.
Please report any safety issues with a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado, because I have one & Portfolio or GMC not answering to repair my rear differential under insurance or any term,I paid the Truck for few years 35,000 and I still own,25,000 and it's my only transportation and they don't care about me walking to work for 30 minutes to 1 hour under the heat of Arizona to go to work to continue paying my Auto loan !!! having Portofolio extended Guarantee
Ya your wife helped me pick it out.. She wanted to feel what it’s like to be on the back seat with leg room in a real truck. Was a hot day too and we left the windows up. Was like 100 degrees out, she didn’t even want the ac on.
You can flick the lights from regular to bright with the stick like normal. If you need to turn them off or turn on fog lights it's on the top of the main screen. Not a big deal at all.
@@M85Irocit does when you want to turn on the fog lights that are hidden on another screen and NOT with the lights. Try doing that while driving at speed. The last gen all you had to do is just push the center of the light dial. And then go find the traction control. Which you want off for off roading.
I just bought this truck a couple weeks ago. I looked at a Tacoma Limited, TRD Offroad (the offroad doesn't even begin to compare to these), Rangers, and this. Here's what I found driving all three and being inside them:
The ranger raptor is a higher price point but can't really do truck things because it has coils for rear suspension instead of leaf springs. It states it can handle 5k towing but my friend has one and a 3k boat and it sagged his suspension quite heavily and he has a weighsafe adjustable hitch so we knew the tongue weight was perfect and it was level. 5k is still low, and it seems to struggle getting there. If you never tow then that truck has many of the same amenities this does, plus a larger multimedia screen so it probably is the better choice if you can afford it or are looking for pure off-road toy performance.
The Tacoma was a massive letdown. The interior felt cheap, the sound system was horrible, it felt like a midtrim truck inside. The new drivetrain doesn't feel nice, and it felt as weak as it looks on paper. It also can only tow 6700 even though one of their mottos is "setting a new standard for towing prowess." The off-road is significantly worse than the other two at actually doing that, and the limited is the only one that actually feels like a daily driver truck and not purposed for work, but even then for over 50k it feels like a 40k truck at best.
The ZR2 and the raptor are basically main competitors to each other, the raptor being a faster truck if you care about that, and having a slight off-road advantage with the coil springs instead of leaf springs (although the DSSV dampers on the ZR2 are NICE and I would wager the difference is negligible unless you are a great driver).
The reasons I went with the ZR2 over the raptor came down to:
1. A strong 7700lb tow rating vs a 5k rating on the raptor that doesn't like getting near the rated number suspension wise
2. Raptors cost quite a bit more than the ZR2 and you don't get much more other than the HP (it's a truck, I don't care how fast it is, it's still slow)
3. I think the ZR2 looks better than the rest by quite a bit, though raptors do look nice
4. It had the best sound system
5. It was the most comfortable of the three to drive
6. It was the only truck where I had to seriously nitpick for negatives for my use case (towing a bass boat all the time, a flatbed occasionally, daily driving it, and also being off-road quite a bit in nasty areas where the off roading features are necessary)
And let’s be honest. The Colorado looks better than any of the newer mid size trucks and not by a little. Chevy absolutely nailed the design..if they had a strong v6 in it. I’d probably trade my Silverado for one….but maybe one day
@@Getusom Honestly I would view a NA V6 as a major downgrade (look at last gen colorados probably the worst truck to ever exist). The 4 cylinder in this truck has been used in fullsize silverados for years with excellent reliability. Going even further, the high output version found on trailbosses, z71s, and ZR2s have forged bottom ends as well. They are completely over engineered for this application and have an incredible amount of headway before getting close to breaking something.
@@Wrenchingandnursing time will tell….im curious long term,,,say, past 10 years and more how they will hold up….i had a s-10 that had right at 300k miles on it before tearing it down and rebuilding it….3.6L. I sold it a few years ago and it’s still going… I think the 4.3 was their best engine over all.. guess those days are long gone.
@@Getusom I still have a 98 S10 ZR2 with a 4.3 in it. It was my first truck as a kid and I'll never get rid of it. That was back when the 4l60E was put into smaller trucks and you could do a 350 swap in a weekend. We will never get those days back.
@@Wrenchingandnursing is there a reason you didn't include the GMC canyon version of this truck ? Guessing because they're basically the same with a different price tag but figured I'd ask.
Great review man. My 2024 trail boss colorado is my favorite vehicle I've ever owned.
It blows my mind that you only have 2.61k subscribers. This was by far the most in depth, honest and most personable review I've come across.
Got mine 2 months ago. Love it.
How has it treated you?
@ajnexttup_ Love it. The only beef is from my wife, who wishes the passenger seat was power adjustable. It's a fun truck to drive.
@@MrHand-ih4sz My wife said the same thing
Damn this is the truck to get! Priced better than the Tacoma and frontier AND has a front locker💥💥💥
Thank you for this video! I just purchased the ZR2 and had a quick overview before driving off the lot. There's a lot of tech on this model and it was a lot to take in. Watching your video was a great refresher of all the features.
i love how, at 9:12 mins, you said “auto start stop to turn that crap off”.. i agree, i hate that but am glad we can turn it off without going through a menu like we do the headlights.
That's a good looking truck.
Sunroof is definitely an option! unlike the ford ranger.
Just bought one, looking forward to the adventure
It doesn't have rusting problem at bottom like ford ranger ?
I am a dog owner and do not recommend that Generous Motors change the 4 window up button design in case the dog sticks its head out the window when in up mode. Great review tho. Rich
I think the Colorado ZR2 is the coolest looking for sure!!!
Great job, friend. I appreciate your video Andy.
Thank you.
Does anyone know, did they actually fix the car wash roof dent issue (without sunroof)? I keep hearing that they are still denting. Thanks
I like that ZR2 what's the price on that truck? Where's the dealer located?
It costs more than $50K, so you might want to ask your boss for extra hours at McDonalds
About the headlights. I think I saw another. RUclipsr mentioned that you do have the flash highbeams control on the stock to the left of the steering wheel. I don’t know if that’s true or how it works, but it might be the pull toward you and they flash things so that’s the only thing I really care about on the headlight controls anyway.
at 18:46 mins, is there a way to get rid of that large circular white arrow that covers up the detailed turns, on the map, on the gps
I drove that same truck at West but wasn’t paying for those side steps and wanted a sunroof.
Good review!
Hot dang!! I have a 24 taco sport and I love it . But yeah the interior on this zr2 is holy shit nice 👍🏼..
everybody is calling it camo pattern it's forged carbon!!!
I'm looking at one of these now. Its down to the Nissan Frontier Pro4X and the ZR2. I'm concerned about the longevity and reliability of the ZR2 engine/power train. All of the ancilary variables are in favor of the Chevy.
By law you can't have all 4 windows go up at the same time because a kid or dog could get there neck caught between the window and frame
Haha, yeah, okay
@arthurmanderson4892 always fun coming across someone that thinks they know everything but don't know shit tesla had to remove all windows up because of government regulation
Yes that's true
Looks good in that black color. I live in kingsport,tn
I wonder how many adults got caught on that child lock in the back seat. It happened to me when I was cleaning.😅😅😅
As usual in these reviews, it is never shown where the fog light control is. I just bought a Z71 and every time I want my fog lights on and I have to go look for it. And why would they leave a switch for the dic brightness. This is a setting that most people set it and forget it. Oh and then we get a switch to roll down all the windows at the same time. But not a switch to open the rear sliding window that you can't reach from the front seat. Now that is stupid. And as far as the windows go, all you have to do is press the fronts express down first and hold the rears. Bamb all 4 windows down at the same time. Go figure. No need for another useless switch. How about finding the traction control switch. Oh yea, another buried feature. I don't know about anyone else that goes off road, but to me 4 wheel drive seems to work better when TC is turned off. Nothing worse than having your momentum shut down by losing power because of TC.
18:42 - 19:00 shows in-screen controls including fog lights.
Otherwise all excellent points
It looks good, but I hope they fixed that resistor problem with the blower fans
Beautiful truck this is the American look 💪 Not that Godzilla c***** Wanna be look
Why are all these car review guys over 6 feet tall? 🙄
The fisheye camera does not help much to see the angles in detail
Still confused- zr2 has red exterior ascents. But why the yellow interior ascents 🤦🏽♂️ got me scratching my head
It is not camouflage it's forged carbon fiber pattern
New frontier is 48,000 without leather seats, and half the truck this is. The new tacomas are priced like the engines are make of titanium and pure gold rims. Ford is a joke with reliability. Dodge will be out of business. Chevy I think in our current market is the only real option for midsize.
Does it have a heads up display option?
not seeing it as an option on chevy website
LED headlights?
on the high trims like this one
Please report any safety issues with a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado, because I have one & Portfolio or GMC not answering to repair my rear differential under insurance or any term,I paid the Truck for few years 35,000 and I still own,25,000 and it's my only transportation and they don't care about me walking to work for 30 minutes to 1 hour under the heat of Arizona to go to work to continue paying my Auto loan !!! having Portofolio extended Guarantee
How is it going now?
@@ajnexttup_ ...the same
They are not mud terrain tires!
I bought one yesterday.
ill keep my 2020 rebel...interior is 1000x nicer
Rebel. 😂 cute
Ya your wife helped me pick it out..
She wanted to feel what it’s like to be on the back seat with leg room in a real truck. Was a hot day too and we left the windows up.
Was like 100 degrees out, she didn’t even want the ac on.
@@WeimaranersAreTheBest well first I know that’s a lie. Lol no one wants a fiat
Agree @@joshtaylor1416
Your hand on the steering wheel is really shaking. Looks pretty rough.
I was thinking this...Are wheels out of balance or rough road?
Maybe just the camera bouncing actually
most likely the way my camera was mounted. may not use that orientation again
It nice but still expensive
It's basically a smaller Silverado with less power, less hauling, less power. So, if you're a beta-male, this is the truck for you
Is the interior still full of plastic garbage?
I quit watching because of the hand in every shot. Totally not needed for the viewer. Otherwise great video.
Lol. Yeah I hate hands as well.
GM. Side rails, but no physical light switch.👎 Lights module goes to infoscreen, not your fingers.
Wait until you find how much scrolling you have to do to lock the differentials on the new raptor.
I understand how dumb that is. Im all for a traditional light switch. But if you have your lights set to Auto, does it really matter?
You can flick the lights from regular to bright with the stick like normal. If you need to turn them off or turn on fog lights it's on the top of the main screen. Not a big deal at all.
@@M85Irocit does when you want to turn on the fog lights that are hidden on another screen and NOT with the lights. Try doing that while driving at speed. The last gen all you had to do is just push the center of the light dial. And then go find the traction control. Which you want off for off roading.
@@captaincrypto9660the fogs are in a different screen that you have to look for while driving. Not too safe.
Chevy does not honor their warranty, do a RUclips search
are you using a fish eye lense... it looks weird. Take it off if you are... ding dong
Great info throughout! Thanks. But dude… please turn off that “fish eye” lense. Especially with the external shots of the truck. 🫤