What Makes the Chevy Colorado the Ideal Midsize Truck for Duncan Drivers?

Millions of people rely on Chevy every day. There’s room for one more, and we welcome you to join the ranks of those who trust a brand that always delivers on the promise of quality and reliability. You can trust the Chevy car you buy to get you and your family everywhere you need to be in Duncan in a cost-effective, comfortable, and safe way that puts all of the other midsize trucks from competing manufacturers to shame.

At Parks Chevrolet Spartansburg, we’re a Chevy dealer near Duncan with a great supply of Chevy vehicles, including pickup trucks like the midsize Colorado. It’s the perfect truck for Duncan drivers like you, and today, we’ll explain why that’s the case. Let’s begin!

The Colorado Proves That Less is More

You’re given two powertrain options when shopping for a 2024 Chevy Colorado. The first option is to buy a model with the base turbocharged 2.7L I-4 engine. The second is a TurboMax version of the same engine for added performance. Both engines pair with a smooth and efficient 8-speed automatic transmission, you get a maximum payload capacity of 1,684 lbs, and the two drivetrain configurations are offered in rear-wheel and four-wheel drive.

Equipped with the standard turbocharged engine, the 2024 Colorado outputs 237 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque. Unless you plan on reusing one you own, you should consider investing in a Class II tow hitch with your truck because the 2024 Colorado’s base engine sports a maximum towing capacity of 3,500 lbs. If you have a small boat, the 2024 Colorado will effortlessly get it to your local boat ramp thanks to its towing performance.

Fuel efficiency is consistently great, with the base powertrain earning EPA-estimated ratings of 20 MPG in the city, 24 MPG on the highway, and 22 MPG combined if you keep the stock RWD. 4WD models acquire ratings that aren’t much different, with an efficient 18 MPG in the city, 23 MPG on the highway, and 20 MPG combined. There’s a chance you’ve never experienced driving around Duncan in such a fuel-efficient truck, and the 2024 Colorado is a great place to start.

If the story ended there, the 2024 Colorado would already be a success. However, there’s more performance on the table if you opt for the TurboMax engine we mentioned. Regardless of its identical 2.7L displacement, fitting the upgraded powertrain under the hood outputs 310 hp and 430 lb-ft of torque—a 31% and 65% increase in horsepower and torque, respectively.

With the upgraded powertrain installed, towing performance is more than doubled. Between powertrains, there’s a 120% increase in towing capacity from 3,500 lbs to 7,700 lbs, allowing usage of Class III tow hooks. The power you get from such a small engine nowadays is astonishing, considering Colorado models a couple of years ago needed a bulky 3.6L V6 engine under the hood to achieve nearly the same performance but still fall slightly short in horsepower, torque, towing, and payload capacities. It’s proof that nowadays, sometimes less is more. However, don’t discredit pre-owned Colorado models if you want fantastic performance at a fraction of a new Colorado’s starting price.

Next-Level Technology at No Additional Cost

The 2024 Colorado is the follow-up to the first Colorado model to jump to Chevy’s modern-day efforts in the infotainment space, which are large infotainment centers equipped and marketed as Google built-in. With Google built-in, the moment you start your vehicle, the 11.3-inch infotainment center screen in your car powers on, and you’ll have easy access to features regularly reserved for smartphone software, like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. For example, the Google Play Store is pre-installed, which previously had exclusively been accessible if you connected an Android phone to your Chevy infotainment center. Google Assistant is also standard, and on-board navigation provided by Google Maps is included.

Despite GM’s slow rollout of discontinuing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on many of its vehicles, the 2024 Colorado doesn’t miss out. The 2024 Colorado provides drivers with the best of both worlds—Google built-in and feature-rich exclusive smartphone connectivity through wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Some people simply enjoy scrolling through Apple software on their car’s display, and we believe it looks beautiful on the 2024 Colorado’s giant screen, and we’re glad to see it here. Charging your phone can be done with the available wireless charging pad or by plugging your phone cable into one of the several USB ports.

The 11.3-inch screen is massive, but it’s not alone in the bulk of what makes the 2024 Colorado a technological marvel for its price. Complementing the media hub to its left is the 11-inch Driver Information Center, where you’d commonly find your gauges, like speed, RPM, and fuel capacity. With the Driver Information Display, viewing your speed and fuel tank is the basic stuff—a digital panel gives you access to vital information like tire pressure and oil health or conveniently displays the song that’s currently playing on your commute to work, the outside temperature, and much more. There’s no possible way for an analog gauge system to display such information, especially in such a sleek and intuitive way.

A Comfortable Way to Get Around Town

Regardless of how much you may love driving, doing so in an uncomfortable cabin, especially for long periods, can significantly hamper the experience and quickly turn even the most trivial trips into a nuisance. In a 2024 Colorado, however, driving is comfortable, and passengers are treated to great head and leg room across trims that prioritize comfort and convenience for all.

The standard seating configuration has a 6-way manually adjustable driver’s seat, but every trim offers the upgrade path to an 8-way power-adjustable chair aside from the WT. If the Colorado you buy has the power seat, it’s also fitted with power-adjustable lumbar control, which is perfect for supporting the lower back and preventing issues like sciatica that can quickly cause any car ride to be a painful one. For those chilly winter mornings or hot summer afternoons in Duncan, the Chevy Colorado has available heated and ventilated seats, and a heated steering wheel is available on select trims.

Sitting in the 2024 Colorado is roomy, even for adults sitting in the rear row. In the front, you and the person sitting next to you have 40.29 inches of headroom and 45.17 inches of legroom. Second-row passengers get 38.28 and 34.7 inches of head and legroom, respectively. Getting around Duncan is a pleasant experience in a Chevy Colorado, and sometimes you’ll never want the ride to end, which is one of the highest praises you can bestow a car.

Enhance Your Duncan Travels With a Chevy Colorado

Standing out amongst a sea of competition is anything but easy. Similarly, success is often anything but guaranteed, so combining the two creates a recipe for a daunting task for even the most experienced automotive engineers. The Chevy Colorado is surrounded by competition from esteemed companies like Honda, Ford, Toyota, and Nissan, with midsize trucks like the Ridgeline, Ranger, Tacoma, and Frontier, and we believe that Chevy’s truck is the perfect choice for Duncan drivers because they’re cost-effective against most other midsize trucks, but is far ahead of what other companies are doing in many ways, like with standard technology. Another year, another Colorado in the books, and it’s about time you join the party.