To be true i saw a lot 2006 model comments which has problems. didnt get much comments on 2007 onwards. then i started wondering why. I went to wikipedia and check the below page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Colorado
Looked on the sales numbers ,
| Calendar Year | Colorado | Canyon | Total U.S. sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004[7] | 117,475 | 27,193 | 144,668 |
| 2005[7] | 128,359 | 34,845 | 163,204 |
| 2006[8] | 93,876 | 23,979 | 117,855 |
| 2007[9] | 75,716 | 20,888 | 96,604 |
| 2008[9] | 54,346 | 14,974 | 69,320 |
| 2009[10] | 32,413 | 10,107 | 42,520 |
It clearly showed me,why there impact of the reviews and sales numbers reflected it very well. If somebody from GM looked on this well, i am sure they would have understood what needed to be done and how they should have done incremental updates to it.
Finally i spend a bit time reading IIHS Crash tests and Chevolet colorados performace ( hits bottom ). I believe the new GM should have learned to have quality vehicles than cheap vehicles. So i decided to do a small contribution for a 2011 Chevolet colorado design. Its completely derived from the 2010 Equinox which will really help them to
1) Reduce costs by sharing parts with Equinox
2) Use Existing resources better than spending money for a full redesign ( old GM way was never update any vehicle, design, sell, again redesign sell - finally loose money and market ).
This will be a great incremental update for the Colorado.
3) As they can use the parts of Terrain for the GMC counter part
4) As This is derived they can use parts of existing platforms ( GMT 355 and use exterior and engine from Theta .Both are known ones they can minimize the test time and concentrate on tests than design.
5) It looks really better.
The rendered pic below :-)
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