MORE THAN JUST GREAT TRUCKS » chevrolet colorado V-8 http://www.morethanjustgreattrucks.com Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 2009 Chevrolet Colorado V-8 http://www.morethanjustgreattrucks.com/chevrolet/2009-chevrolet-colorado-v-8.html http://www.morethanjustgreattrucks.com/chevrolet/2009-chevrolet-colorado-v-8.html#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 22:59:06 +0000 http://www.morethanjustgreattrucks.com/?p=41 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> chevrolet colorado v-8These days, there aren’t many compact trucks for those with a lead foot. The Dodge Dakota is available with a Chevrolet Colorado V-8, but it’s a lot bigger than a true compact truck-it’s somewhere between a compact and a midsize.

There are some high-performance dealer-installed or specialty options (such as adding a supercharger), but for red-blooded American compact-truck performance, there’s really only one choice: the Chevrolet Colorado V-8.

While a basic Colorado comes with a choice of a 2.9L I-4 or 3.7L I-5, GM has made V-8 power available in its smallest pickup, providing a truly tantalizing weight-to-power ratio. It is the good of 2009 Chevrolet Colorado.

The other good of this truck is when I tested the truck, a two-wheel-drive crew cab, weighs 4073 lb as equipped and uses a 300-hp, 320-lb-ft version of the company’s 5.3L V-8 backed by a Hydra-Matic 4L60 four-speed auto (that same engine puts out 320 hp in the Tahoe).

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.morethanjustgreattrucks.com/chevrolet/2009-chevrolet-colorado-v-8.html/feed 1