A look at the 2018 Chevy Colorado pickup: What's new

Aug. 27, 2017
General Motors announced updates for the 2018 Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup, which is available in Work Truck, LT, Z71 and the off-road-storming ZR2 models.

General Motors announced updates for the 2018 Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup, which is available in Work Truck, LT, Z71 and the off-road-storming ZR2 models.

The base price for the Colorado begins at $20,995, climbing to nearly double that for the ZR2 at $40,995.

New for this year is a Chevy Trucks 100th Anniversary Edition of the Colorado, which will be available on Z71 crew and extended cab variants. Those special edition trucks will wear a Centennial Blue exterior with matching grille, rear bumper and bowtie emblems and graphics. The trucks also get some shine with chrome tow hooks, door handles and outside mirrors and feature a spray-in bedliner and special 18-in. wheels.

An Active Tow feature will be standard on Colorados with the available 3.6L V6 and 2.8L Duramax turbo diesel engines. Chevy touts that latter engine as providing class-leading towing capability of 7,700 lbs. for the midsize pickup segment. The OEM also claims that engine offers the segment's best fuel economy, with 30 mpg highway estimated for 2WD trucks.

New colors for the Colorado include Satin Steel Gray Metallic and Kinetic Blue, complementing the Centennial Blue on 100th Anniversary Edition trucks. And for 2018, the pickup also gets available heated side mirrors.

About the Author

Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He wrote about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined FleetOwner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he was a keeper of knowledge at FleetOwner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all-around trucking—and still turned a wrench or two. Or three. 

Aaron previously wrote for FleetOwner. 

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