2023 Chevy Colorado Towing Review! 7,000 Pounds with a Turbo Four? 

Thanks! Hopefully we can grab another one for a longer distance tow (with more grades) at some point.

Right, and those Multimatics are SO good!

Don't you know you need an 8000 pound Super Dooty to tow anything? No way a "baby truck" can do more than haul that case of beer back to your college dorm room, right? 😂 Sarcasm off. Fullsize truck owners everywhere be all uptight with a rig that doesn't fit in the garage (or the new parking garage, or all the school sports function parking lots, or the movie theater, and on and on) but only tows a tad bit more than the Colorado guys. Especially compared to half tons. Look it up if you don't believe me: Silverado crew 5.5 bed is MINIMALLY better than Colorado in every way. Welcome to advancements in pickup trucks. We live in a time where you can have a vehicle that's easy to live with day to day, fits everywhere, hauls a family of 4 comfortably, tows large boats, campers and cargo trailers, goes offroad exceptionally well due to lightness and size, and is as nimble around town as any sedan/crossover suv. With similar HP and torque numbers. Whats not to love? Unless of course you are brainwashed into thinking "real trucks" shouldn't be able to do any of those things except the towing part. This video proves they are sadly mistaken, and unless they truly need to tow 20,000 pounds for their livelihood, are just foolishly wasting their money and real estate.

@@peruser155Big truck guys are too dumb to realize transmission, frame, differential, hitch, suspension, tires, and axles affect towing ability. They don’t want to admit they were milked for cash in their $100K truck

It’s not supposed to it’s for better high elevation towing

4 years? They got the 2.7L in 2019.

Congrats! You should really like that extra torque. Sounds like a good pairing of truck and camper given its length and weight.

I'd REALLY love to hear how it compares, please follow up!

@@jeremyspecce I’ll try to remember to update on it after I pull for the first time. It probably won’t be till this spring.

@@JoshuaWShanks Haul it yet?

@@slowfiveoh4986 Yes! It did great!

Glad you enjoyed! At this point, we're well past "new and experimental" with turbocharging and all these manufacturers who are moving toward forced induction as a mass-market engine option know they have to be as reliable as possible. Yes, a turbo is a wear item but you may end up replacing it once in the truck's typical lifetime. Chevy did a lot to modify the 2.7L for Colorado's use. Strengthened plenty of internals. This is a great read on what all they did: www.thedrive.com/news/gm-uses-diesel-tricks-to-make-its-four-cylinder-truck-engines-tougher

@OutMotorsports Interesting. Thanks I'll check it out 🫡

Glad you enjoyed! We were at the initial media launch of the Colorado and Chevrolet spent a lot of time talking about engine durability. They are very confident in this 2.7L and it started life in the Silverado so it's not new-new here, though they made updates in 2022. It's got big main bearings, a stiffer block, and 30% stiffer crankshaft. There's "active thermal management" in the form of an electric water pump that can keep spinning at higher RPM even if the engine is moving slower (after you climb a big grade) with a three-way valve to divert coolant where it belongs. The variable oil pump helps with this too, and there's "squirters" to allow oil to cool the pistons under high load. Hagerty has a good summary of all they changed: www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/gm-engineer-revised-l3b-turbo-four-is-a-true-truck-engine/

It's right at 10% tongue weight so ~670 pounds TW.

20' box, 4' v-nose, 27' total from hitch to taillights. No sway issues even passing a few 18-wheelers. Was using weight distribution & sway control on the hitch which helps.

Then you better snap up Nissan frontier, it's the only one with an NA V6, tye 2024 Tacoma is going turbo 4 hybrid.

@@americancarguyford has turbo as well

@@lilpeppa117G they said they don't want turbo so only one is tye frontier or if you can find a current gen Tacoma

It's nothing new. They've been in the 1500s for a couple years.

Thats not the point

The turbo four cylinder gets more torque and getting the old v6 to have this power band would be to expensive.

For 2023, there are three options between two engines. The difference in the top two is a tune. For 2024, the “mid” engine was dropped and you either get the base or High Output engine depending on choice. This was said in the video, listen more next time 💕

@@OutMotorsports please tell me what’s the three options for the two engine If am wrong I will admit am wrong . Cause it a base engine and a and the 2.7 plus In othe other the have the same engine as the zr2 is a tune if you have the 2.7 plus still wondering what’s the other two options

@@truckergang5416 There's a base engine that's available in the WT, with 200 some HP. GM does not allow a tune. The mid engine is the 2.7 with 20lbs of boost. The "High Output" top engine is the same 2.7 but with 27lbs of boost. While technically, there is only 2 engines, GM made it 3 options based on what trim you bought.

​@@truckergang5416you must have been high when you were arguing with yourself here lol