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2012 Holden Colorado spy shots

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By Tim Beissmann |
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The 2012 Holden Colorado has been uncovered in production form for the first time in this revealing series of spy photos.

The images (published by PC Auto) reveal a right-hand drive extended-cab Colorado in Thailand, the home of the vehicle’s production.

Although they show the all-new ute in Chevrolet guise, the images give us an accurate impression of what to expect from the Holden version when it goes on sale in Australia early in 2012. Our local Holden Colorado is likely to benefit from a number of design and ride tweaks to suit our market.

Overall, the exterior remains largely faithful to the concepts unveiled earlier this year in Bangkok, Buenos Aires and Melbourne. The traditional concept-only elements like LED running lights, 20-inch alloys, clear taillights and rear sports bars and bumpers are gone as expected, but despite this, the design still looks modern and fresh, and exudes a strong, bold personality.

The Colorado pictured in these images is fitted with front fog lamps and chrome side mirrors, suggesting it could be a high-spec model.

The interior is also very similar to the Holden Colorado crew-cab concept from Melbourne. The large central display screen of the earlier concepts is replaced by a simpler radio/media unit at the top and a circular cluster for the air conditioning controls at the base of the console.

The multi-function three-spoke steering wheel carries over along with the dual protruding instrument panel housings.

The all-new 2012 Holden Colorado will replace the existing ute in Australia in the first quarter of next year.

All three body styles – single-cab, extended-cab and crew-cab – are expected to go on sale locally.

From a powertrain perspective, a 2.8-litre four-cylinder diesel engine will replace the current 3.0-litre unit, and Holden says it will be joined by “a number of engines” in the range. Specific performance data of these engines is yet to be revealed.


 

  • d

    doesn’t look too bad for a truck

    • Sumpguard

      From those images it looks like Mazda will have a hard time selling their woeful looking vehicle against this, the new ranger and new Hilux. Not much change at the rear but when you consider the change that was made to the BT50 this can’t be a bad thing.

  • Car Fanatic

    Still GM ugly though.

    • d

      Were you expecting a body of a Ferrari with a tray?

      • http://www.nsmg.com.au Wil-son

        Who know’s what Car Fanatic expected….I have never seen him make a positive comment on a car yet!!!

  • by_mng

    i think it looks nice and more solid

    hopefully theres a sports version to bring back those bigger wheels and rear sports bars… then it will look mean :)

  • Jason Stefanac

    Nice

  • crouchy

    AMERICA……. F*** YEAH!!!!!!

  • franky

    i dont mind the look but im holing out for the new d-max

    • Andrew M

      What is it with D-max fans.

      They seem to think the D-max is sooo much better than the rodeo/colorado

      • Force-15

        The D-max doesn’t have Holden badges. That’s why it’s so much better! (Right…)

        • Andrew M

          That seems to be the general sentiment

      • franky

        what it is andrew is it is the real product and not a rebadge, i have 2 members of my family that have the current ones 09 models and they have not missed a beat, they used to be all about the big T badge, but after owning these they will never even consider the T again, the isuzu engines are bullet proof. with their trucks in australia they have been number 1 for 20 odd years straight and from what i have heard isuzus whole plan from when they launched 3 years ago was to plain and simply knock toyota off their perch with the light commercials they know it will take some time but they believe it can be done and so do i.

        • Sumpguard

          Isuzu are renowned for building great diesel engines and have been for decades.

        • Andrew M

          The Isuzu Diesel motors are good / reliable but the petrol ones are rubbish.
          Also the diesel one is underpowered.
          They certainly wont be the one threatening the Hilux unless they make some major upgrades

          • Alex

            The Hilux has nothing going for it, it only sells well because of the mining sector and reputation (something Holden has going for it despite it’s awful cars).

            Also the Hilux is like the Crown Victoria in the US, it’s simple and relatively unchanged model to model making accessories and parts easy to come by and there for desirable when in remote areas.

            This effect is seen as being ‘tough’ and ‘reliable’ really means all cars break, but how easy is it to fix.

          • franky

            from what ive heard they are already taking chunks out of hiluxs market share, QLD police have just ordered 74, australian defence 40+ several mining companies, australian customs, ect ect those cars were all replacing toyota hiluxs, so if that is what isuzu can do with an out dated vehicle which we all know is now getting a bit old..what is going to happen when they release their new model?? i think the writing is on the wall.

    • rentakeyboard

      Has it been confirmed thaT isuzu will have a version of this considering this is a Chev design??? I was under the impression Isuzu were going their own way from here.

      • franky

        yeah from what i understand it will be completely seperate in design and engines. so it will finally get rid of the confusion between the 2

  • David

    I hope that they don’t drag the release of it out like Ford have been doing with the new Ranger.. And it actually looks a lot more similar to the motor show car than I though that it was going to..

  • Jack

    Looks cheap and nasty, look at the loose fitting gear shift cover and hard plastics.

    I’m hoping this is pre-production and there will be a higher level of finish in the final product

    • Richo

      Its a pre-production car mate, they’re always like that

  • Robocop

    I’d buy that for a dollar!!!!

  • O

    This is a ute remember, I reckon it looks great, love the projector lights, hopefully there is a LCD screen option.

  • D Is For Drive

    I dont really think these should be considered “spy shots”, You can see an unmasked one on the Holden website on the Future vehicles page…

    • by_mng

      isn’t that just the concept Holden did for the auto show? this is an actual production model

  • Sven

    Not the colour of choice…but…very good proportions. Will decide between this and the new D-max

    • Andrew M

      What about the Amarok and Ranger?

  • Andrew

    Kia Soul in ute form.

  • 3D4

    looks pretty good..

  • yeahyeah

    looks like a chev or gmc.

    looking good, thankfully they didnt go all mazda bravo on everyone

  • Shak

    Looks better than i expected for a GM Ute, and it definitely looks alot better than the sissy-pants Mazda BT50…

  • TK

    Holden Captiva with a tray slapped on the back=new colorado.

    • Old Dog

      isint the captiva korean made and this thai? are they the same platform? (thumbs up for yes)

      • Shak

        Yes for the first bit, no to the second. GM Utes/trukcs sit on very different platforms to their SUV catalogue.

  • Old Dog

    You’d think they could invest in thicker masking tape so we wouldn’t know what marque it was… I hope thats not a omen for the rest of the vehicle.

  • MeestaNob

    Wait for the Ranger.

    • David

      I have been waiting… waiting… waiting… I really hope the new Park Ranger is worth it after this drawn-out buildup!!!

  • Andrew

    Anyone heard any specs on the deisel engine yet? And what make the engine will be?

    • MRL

      There will be two different diesel engines, both VM Motori designs:

      2.2L 163HP, 350Nm
      2.8L 200HP, 430Nm

      • Andrew

        Thanks for that have been searching high & low for those figures, may just hang off for this vehicle, am also considering amarok. Their engines are up to the current crop, but will quickly fall behind once the next crop of engines are all released, eg ford/mazda 5 cyl and nissans new v6 ( I feel they would have fared better if they released this thing 3 yrs ago, mind you they drive and handle very well, just a bit dead under 1500rpm

        • Bangel

          YEP you just keep waiting , one day it will all be over and you still be thinking about will i buy it this year .

        • MRL

          If you look at specific HP per Litre, it’s only the Hilux and the D-Max that are seriously looking like they’re past their use-by date.

          The next gen from Ford, Mazda and Holden just brings them up to current Mitsubishi and Nissan engine performance standards – nothing more.

          The next gen RT-7 Isuzu D-Max, while based on the new GMI-700 Colorado, will retain it’s current (very agricultural) 2.5L and 3.0L diesels, so it’s dated before it even launches.

  • Pos

    V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8 V8, all ive got to say…

  • Pete

    Great looking truck, next year will be a bitch fight over sales with the major players

  • mick

    Ooooh its a Hilux isnt it with a different front but not the quality..poor GM they can only copy other makers

  • Chris M

    Big improvement on looks. Hope they bring out to Austraila the 4×4 single cab Ute available in both diesel & petrol options. I like those suicide doors.

  • Pedestrian

    You all will get your hands pregnant!