MOTOR TREND Names Chevrolet Colorado 2015 Truck of the Year

After putting ten trucks through its most comprehensive truck-evaluation program to date, MOTOR TREND has named the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado "Truck of the Year." After several days of rigorous testing and hundreds of road miles, for MOTOR TREND’s most rigorous truck- testing program in history, the magazine editors ultimately chose the 2015 Chevy Colorado as the Truck of the Year.

The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado outclassed all of its competition in design, efficiency, engineering and safety, as well as several other categories. Only all-new or “significantly updated” trucks for the new model year were eligible for consideration. The 10 vehicles evaluated by MOTOR TREND were: Chevrolet Colorado WT Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD GMC Canyon SLT GMC Sierra Denali 2500 HD Ford F L EcoBoost Ford F L EcoBoost Ford Transit 150 MR Ford Transit 350 HR Ford F-450

By unanimous vote, the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado won MOTOR TREND’s Truck of the Year award for 2015, the editors being particularly impressed with the Colorado’s new “clean-sheet” design, outstanding handling and overall general driving capability. The 2015 Colorado’s efficient, but brawny, powertrain also earned best-in-class fuel- economy ratings from both the EPA and Real MPG testing. MOTOR TREND’s editor-in-chief Edward Loh said the 2015 Chevy Colorado is ideally sized and suited for many of today’s truck buyers. Loh went on to say the Colorado is both smart and capable, and is an unusually “honest” truck that makes a strong statement for both value and overall efficiency.

In years past the Colorado had a reputation for poor handling and being underpowered; however, Chevy went to work, completely redesigning the 2015 model. Chevy Trucks’ director of marketing, Sandor Piszar, said the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado offers truck buyers the adaptability of a pickup truck in a refined and powerful, fuel-efficient midsize platform that is capable of delivering up to 27 mpg EPA on the highway. Piszar also pointed out that for the 2015 Colorado to come out on top of MOTOR TREND’s thorough assessment and win the 2015 Truck of the Year award shows how the Colorado has changed the game by offering pickup-truck buyers fresh choices.

MOTOR TREND’s assessment team subjected each of the truck contenders to several real-world driving tests. MOTOR TREND’s first series of trials included a 1/4- mile 0-60 mph acceleration and 60-0 mph braking without payload test. An identical payload was then added to each vehicle and the vehicles were driven over 250 miles to the Arizona-Nevada border in an effort to evaluate both loaded fuel economy and ride quality. The vehicles were then driven along the famous Davis Dam in Bullhead City, Arizona for further evaluation; these assessments included an instrument-monitored test designed to mimic passing situations when carrying a load.

The MOTOR TREND team then took the vehicles out on a world-class automotive proving ground for further instrument acceleration tests with nominally weight trailers. The trucks with the trailer were also driven along a short-handling course to evaluate maneuverability, outward visibility, acceleration and braking. The last testing stage took the vehicles along a 21-mile loop through Arizona’s Hualapai Mountains.

Following MOTOR TREND’s exhaustive over-the-road evaluation, all of the trucks were shipped to MOTOR TREND headquarters in El Segundo, California to go through proprietary fuel-economy testing. Using the most advanced flow-rate and exhaust-gas analyzers, Real MPG measured the tailpipe emissions during an 88-mile three-hour long drive around Los Angeles to document real-world fuel economy. After all testing was completed MOTOR TREND editors assembled to determine which vehicle would be coroneted as Truck of the Year. The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado was not chosen as winner from a direct comparison against its competition, but instead as a result of how each one of its competitors performed during testing and against the Truck of The Year Award’s six criteria of Design Advancement, Fuel Efficiency, Engineering Excellence, Performance, Safety and Value.

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