It certainly looks the part, and I'm sure the name never gets old.
What do you drive?
It's a TRAIL BOSS
Photography Credit: David S. Wallens
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Welcome to this week’s test vehicle, the 2023 Chevrolet Colorado Trail Boss.
Coming in above the WT and LT but beneath the Z71 and ZR2, the Trail Boss sits neatly in the middle of the Colorado lineup.
A 2.7-liter turbo-four–rated at 310 horsepower and 390 lb.-ft. of torque–is the only engine choice for the Trail Boss, with Chevy saying that this configuration is powerful enough to tow up to 7700 pounds.
MSRP starts at $37,000, with our tester stickering in at $41,195.
It certainly looks the part, and I'm sure the name never gets old.
What do you drive?
It's a TRAIL BOSS
So, some first impressions:
We used it for some “truck” things this weekend, meaning visiting a few garden centers with it. It’s a good size for a truck. Not the smallest turning circle, but I’d rather wheel this around than a full-size truck.
The ride is rough.
I get that trucks need to do truck things, but wow is there a lot of hard plastic inside–specifically the steering wheel. It reminds of the original Neon. 
And could the armrest be a little softer, too?
Oh yeah, a photo from one of the garden centers. 
Can you please hook it up to a big trailer and let us know how the "midsize" truck does? How does it feel? Does it drive like a big truck pulling a trailer or something a little small for the task?
The Colorado (not in "trail boss" trim). Offers the lowest price point to 7000+lb towing and adaptive cruise so it kinda leads my list right now.
How high can you jump it before GM gets upset?
In reply to nocones :
We might be able to accomodate that.
I'm driving a '16 Chevrolet Silverado, V8, 4X4, double door that has the 6.5' bed and small back seat. I use it for sales and it's at 171,000 miles so I've been looking.
This is ideal because with my trade and cash I'm borrowing $19,000-$21,000 and it falls under my $500 car allowance for the payment. I've also looked at Taco's and all the full size trucks. I do sometimes have to deliver a coil of large hose so the big truck is ideal.
I do a lot of banzai runs from 5/6 hours out to get home from my travels so a 300 mile Monday morning or Friday afternoon is normal.
Am I going to be comfortable?
nocones said:Can you please hook it up to a big trailer and let us know how the "midsize" truck does? How does it feel? Does it drive like a big truck pulling a trailer or something a little small for the task?
The Colorado (not in "trail boss" trim). Offers the lowest price point to 7000+lb towing and adaptive cruise so it kinda leads my list right now.
I owned a z71 Colorado and towed with it quite a bit. It every bit as capable as 90s full sized trucks but it isn't as capable as modern full sized trucks. If you tow often as in more than once a month, I'd strongly consider a full sized truck. That's just my experience and opinion.
Basically it's all the low end (and more) of the 2.8 diesel and all the top end of the 3.6 V6, plus a couple of additional gears. Stability and dynamically though, it's basically just another modern midsize.
What is the as-built (door jamb sticker) payload?
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