Motor Trend 2024 Tacoma v Colorado v Ranger

Motor Trend selected the Chevy Colorado as their midsize truck of the year, and they do admit some bias in this current article due to that prior selection. Still, the comparison is interesting. And, without a lot of my own opinionating on the known pluses-minuses with each model, I suspect a higher powered Tacoma hybrid in the mix might show somewhat different results.

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/...-midsize-pickup-truck-comparison-test-review/

 

Waiting for some one to show me one with 200 thousand miles on one.

 

MT truck of the year has always been stupid. Comparisons are great, but naming a winner is pretty meaningless

They named the old zr2 s-10 truck of the year way back when also. Who thinks that’s a better truck than a first gen in retrospect?

 

Here's a 2.7 Silverado with 209k
and another with 170k

Won't find any Colorado/Canyons with that high mileage yet.

 

Anytime I hear about Chevy winning something I always go back to one of these videos...

 

those 4.3 trucks were pretty damn bulletproof.

 

I am always amused by YouTube Andre's reaction to Roman's question about where the cruise control is on his new Colorado Trail Boss. All my new vehicles (multiple Ford and Chevy cars, one Chevy Silverado) in the past 2 decades had cruise control as a standard feature. Much less the newer and highly appreciated adaptive cruise control. Toyota SafetySense standard!

at time 13:14

https://youtu.be/MzocwNkdSqQ?si=4VbJFoUsnH-xiJ_l&t=793

 

He will never....never live that down.

 

I saw one, a Canyon from the original run. 209K but it had had the dreaded cylinder head failure P0017

 

And... my experiences with Chevy (way back) is that they never wanted to take them back on trade. "I need to call my wholesaler and see if he wants your truck"...

I'll stick with Toyota

 

Yeah, you see so many of them around

 

See more of them than first gen tacomas

 

You must live in a very different part of the country than I do

 

east coast. Both trucks are not common to see up here in the northeast. The first gen frames are usually toast by now with the winters we have.

 

Lol! I love that his truck not having cruise control has become a running gag.

 

MA, absolutely.

 

Makes sense. I see 30 first gen Tacomas for every surviving s-10. even the late gen2 s-10s are rare as hens teeth here

 

The first half of the first gens were just taken and crushed regardless, 95 to I believe 2000 in these cold states. 01-04 were either bought back or reframed depending, I forget the parmeters but I heard of both happening.

That said, even if I had a 2001 and it was reframed, we're close to 25 years so it's possible that 2nd frame could be on the way out now anyway

 

I mainly see old Rangers of all the older small trucks, a Nissan hardbody would be the hens tooth in my area.

 

I honestly think that the reliability is on par with 4G taco. I might be completely wrong though.