What if GM/Chevy won't sell you a Colorado SS?

[GMTruckGuy74]

Article here.

Video of truck in action here.

Picture gallery here.

[loki]

sadly the article mention's the 5.3L LS1...uhhhhh, yeah

cool otherwise.

[GMTruckGuy74]

sadly the article mention's the 5.3L LS1...uhhhhh, yeah

cool otherwise.

Re-read this part...

Initially, the truck's five-cylinder engine was replaced with a 5.3L LS1, which suffered a meltdown during the beginning stages of the buildup. Robert reslugged the bottom end with forged Wiseco pistons, a Lunati crankshaft, and Eagle connecting rods. The engine then displaced six liters and was topped off with factory L92 heads and a Nitrous Express N2O kit.

So basically what was a 5.3L V8 was transformed into a 6.0L V8.

[Blake Noble]

Sweet! Now slap the Canyon's grille on this and turbocharge the V8 and give me the keys.

[cletus8269]

awesome. sitting in the dealership lounge awaiting mine to be serviced i flipped through the colorado book and kept flipping back to the extended cab sport with the 5.3 in it. if it had been around 5 yrs ago it would be in my garage. i got 4 payments left on mine now so there is no way i will sign up for another 60 months anytime soon but it did look great in the new black granite metallic with 18's

[Intrepidation]

Sweet! Now slap the Canyon's grille on this and turbocharge the V8 and give me the keys.

Or better yet, use this fascia:

[gm4life]

Did they mean 5.3L LS4? Or did they mean a 5.7L LS1? I am just wondering what it started with or was it a Vortec 5.3L. I understand it was modified and now displaces 6L... Sweet a$$ truck, GM can you build one already? Or at least a Silverado SS?

[daves87rs]

Or better yet, use this fascia:

?

I haven't seen that one...

[GMTruckGuy74]

That was a 2005 SEMA show truck, called the Canyon AT4 (GMC also did a Sierra Crew Cab as an AT4). The Canyon AT4, if I'm not mistaken, was sold at the recent Barrett-Jackson auction. I think the front end would have made a good MCE for 2008/2009 the latest.

[Intrepidation]

I think it's the front end at least one of the two trucks should have had. Not...oh...let's put a GMC badge on...completely different! Plus it looks far better and more integrated, IMHO.

[Robert Hall]

Unfortunately, they are still stuck with the Colorado's dreadfully cheap, nasty interior (the '82 S10 interior was nicer than the Colorado's).

[CapitalTruck]

Why is GM selling Colorados/Canyons to anybody?

[Satty]

Why is GM selling Colorados/Canyons to anybody?

They're not, just check the sales numbers.