The rugged and useful 2004 Chevy Colorado has the genes of its predecessor, the Chevy S10, running through its veins though a casual comparison of the two side-by-side would reveal almost no resemblance between the two midsize pickup trucks. This useful and stylish pickup truck made its debut in 2004 was the result of a joint design effort taking place between parent company General Motors' United States division and GM's Brazil operations.
The Chevy Colorado pickup truck is made in one of two plants, with the most recognizable and well known plant churning out these trucks down in Shreveport, Louisiana. The truck itself offers both automatic transmissions and manual transmissions as a part of its equipment package. Additionally, there are a wide range of engines available.
General Motors in the new millennium -- along with Chevrolet -- has realized that even a pickup truck owner might be concerned about fuel economy, and that's why the company offers an in-line four-cylinder engine and a in-line five cylinder engine in varying sizes with the smallest one being a 2. 8 L powerplant. Additionally, power is transferred through those transmissions to either two wheels or four wheels.
2004 Chevy Colorado trucks also come in a number of cab styles, with a regular cab being the standard equipment offered an extended cab version, which has a small backseat also being offered by Chevrolet. As General Motors likes to do, there are several different option packages in both two wheel and four-wheel drive offered for the benefit of its consumers.
The four-wheel drive package -- commonly known as the Z71 -- offers a lot of equipment for a relatively small amount of money. The pickup truck has been a strong seller, which is partly due to its very attractive design and the range of engines offered, one of which is an in-line five cylinder which seems to bridge the gap between four-cylinder performance and eight cylinder performance that is just a little hungry for gasoline.
As with all Chevy trucks, the 2004 Chevy Colorado comes in a couple of different flavors, including the well-known LS and LT packages, with the LT2 being the one that's most recognized as having all the bells and whistles. Chevy, with the introduction of this midsize pickup, has made a statement of seriousness that many a fan of Chevy trucks has been waiting for it to display.
As a truck, the 2004 Chevy Colorado picked up the baton from the old S10 quite ably. It served to move Chevy trucks into a new era of reliability, attractiveness and even facility at being good at using the minimum amount of gas for the maximum amount of performance.
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