2023 Chevrolet Colorado - MPG Test | Highway Fuel Economy & Range [Trail Boss]

[@andrewb325]

It’s a proper looking truck for sure. 22mpg at 70mph is pretty good for a lifted truck.

[@kevinblock2307]

Great looking truck..I have the 2nd generation with v6 and love that

[@ivankeli5386]

Love your reviews

[@rightlanehog3151]

Charlie, Have you evolved the visual Tach Shot® into a verbal Rev Report™. I also welcome the live Seat Of the Pants® seat comfort evaluation. 😉

[@DailyMotor]

Haha perhaps partially, however the Tach Shot® is making a comeback in next week's special edition MPG test.

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@DailyMotor 😁

[@forkhorn77]

I’ve got the identical truck , I’ve been told I drive like a grandpa , but at 5500 miles , it says it’s averaged 23.5 mpg

[@Allout2321]

I just bought a 23 Silverado LT and the seats are hard and uncomfortable as well. Wide enough being in the 1/2 ton but bothered me after about an hour

[@itzed]

I bought my wife a ‘22 with the V6. She loves it. 12K on it and she’s averaged 22MPG overall since then. I would have expected better fuel economy from the new 4 cylinder.

[@elche1976]

This 4 cyl turbo gets more hp and torque. Unfortunately, you don't get better mpg with better power and a heavier vehicle.

[@itzed]

@@elche1976 no it doesn’t, the V6 was rated at 308 horsepower and 275 lb-ft of torque. This four cylinder only does better in the HO version available in the ZR2.

[@okienightstalker3145]

@@itzed Trail Boss 2.7T make 310HP/391 ft lbs of torque @20lbs of boost. For $399 for the ECU flash your dealership can upgrade to the 310/430 ft lbs @27 lbs of boost just like the ZR2 or ANY of the Canyons...it is more motor in every way than the out going V6

[@itzed]

@@okienightstalker3145 good to hear that. I hope it works out to be a great engine in real life situations. I really mean that, my father worked for GM. It just seems like a lot of weight for that much displacement. I recognize it’s the way the entire industry is going, but nonetheless, I’m happy to have the V6 and getting similar gas mileage.

[@elche1976]

@itzed 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ so 310 hp and 390 torque that comes standard on trail boss and above isn't better than 308/275? Sit down, 🤡.

[@jeffreykreider6547]

I have the EvoTex seats on my 23 Colorado Trail Boss. drove it from NY to WA. Most comfortable drive I have had in a truck by far. I averaged around 19 MPG, but I was fully loaded too.

[@hebigdill]

Okay, what is the evotex seats. I have cloth in mine and I was wondering if I should have gotten them

[@hukmai]

Kinda impressed considering this is the softroad spec and in SoCal driving conditions. My 2017 Ridgeline black edition does about the same with a V6,1.5 inch lift, larger tires, and VCM disabled. Kinda trail boss is tempting

[@rightlanehog3151]

Charlie, As a theme song have you considered licensing Alan Jackson and Mark Irwin's hit song "Here in the Real World" ? If that is too expensive you might try something from Warner Brothers' classic 1940 film "They Drive By Night". 😁

[@DailyMotor]

Might be out of our budget :)

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@DailyMotor Some day........

[@mikee2794]

I drive a 2023 Silverado with a V8 and I just calculated at the pump 20.3mpg with 70% highway 30% city driving...22mpg on a Colorado is terrible compared to the much larger Silverado.

[@treyrogers6002]

The seats aren't comfortable at all for a long drive. I did South Carolina to Atlanta (3.5 hours), and it was rough. Mine is the Trail Boss cloth seats.

[@robertduklus6555]

if you try you can get similar or better fuel economy with f150 2.7 v6

[@zacharypatton3713]

Nah I’ll probably always stay being with Chevy tho. Like the Chevy designs more better

[@wl6020]

Charlie, have you ever thought about doing these highway mpg tests on older popular cars? Such as 90's, 2000's accords, camrys, civic, crv's, malibus, explorers, etc.. Some folks would love to watch it since they owned one before. The mpgs and horsepower will be much less with those i bet

[@mabelpup8502]

Nah..what’s the point

[@wl6020]

@@mabelpup8502 to see how peoples previous cars would stack up against the newer generation of the same car. My 92 4 cyl camry averaged 22 mpg, the new camrys averages 32

[@DailyMotor]

We've actually got a used mpg test coming next week! But in general they're just hard to get and then put 100 miles on. And they're typically not on OEM tires/parts anymore.

[@wl6020]

@@DailyMotor would offering a used car dealership 100$ and a full tank of gas be worth it on both ends? I think there might be a market for that on youtube. Some people are looking to buy used cars so that might be helpful.

[@DailyMotor]

It's possible! But I think you might overestimate how much we make from these videos :D $100 plus gas would be tough. We'll see what we can make happen, because I'd like to do sound tests on older cars too.@@wl6020

[@TwoPair72]

Didn’t say which octane you used. Being a turbo, I’m wondering if you would get better mpg on 93? Shell went back in a reformulated the premium.

[@Chunkiemerk]

Had this engine in the Silverado it likes the cheap gas

[@carlosparodiretail]

Nice video. Does it come with heated seats?

[@Omnis2]

Also, I'm sure there's one of that same exact shopping plaza in every city in America.

[@mikegilles7718]

Goodafternoon! Just curious what you don't like about the front seats?

[@DailyMotor]

If I remember correctly, lack of cushioning made my butt comfortable after an hour or so.

[@justinharrison5517]

This might be a dumb question but I just got a 2023 trailboss and was curious if it’s better to run 91 premium or just 87 for fuel in this truck?

[@DailyMotor]

Only if you're doing heavy towing or driving it really hard.

[@MetalXPK]

Hate the small speedometer screen. Old school gauges just looks better in my opinion.

[@johnstrand2247]

Maybe it gets better after break in? I am babying mine on country roads and haven't even gone 70mph just trying to get the gas mileage to rise. My dash shows 17.9 after about 380 miles.

[@MrBencc]

When is chevrolet colorado 2023 going to have brush guards available

[@Aceinfinity-le8zc]

Really want to like the truck but halogen headlights kill it for me.

[@martinf9626]

10 litres au 100 km environ . You are not the first talking about the bad seats . I don't know if they have other seat choices ?

[@qbanlink25]

Good looking and capable truck just would have been better if they came out with a hybrid version especially for the higher trim ZR2 which is heavier and less efficient than this, then I would consider it over the upcoming 2024 Tacoma TRD pro hybrid whenever that thing becomes available.

[@srf6161]

Just got the same thing in gray....almost 1500 miles...mileage is a lot better than my Ram ....haha

[@kx8960]

I'll be getting a 2024 ZR2 and I'd be happy to get 20.

[@minicat-cu1lc]

Hi This is Kate when you get the chance to do the grand highlander can you please do a mpg test on it thank you have a great day

[@TimBaker-dl6rt]

I agree my wife has been wanting to know what the actual mileage is on the grand Highlander

[@lisatabbert1565]

😍Love the new Grand highlander

[@DailyMotor]

Which powertrain do you think is most important to test first?

[@minicat-cu1lc]

The hybrid 2.4 L 4 Cyl @@DailyMotor

[@DailyMotor]

Alright, that one is hard to get, but I'll see what's available.

[@wl6020]

Wow 1800 rpm at 72 mph, with a 2.7 4 cylinder, and its not aerodynamic, has 4wd, lifted. Thats really low rpm. I was expecting 2800 rpm.

[@NeverFollowTheCrowd]

Mpg at 50 or 60 mph 🤔

[@daled4549]

Im a little confused as to where your supposed to set your trip to?

[@DailyMotor]

It's in the center screen under vehicle settings.

[@daled4549]

@@DailyMotor so what i mean is in order to know what my average mpg is, where do i set trip to? 50? 450? 25?

[@imagery3233]

What type of gas do you put in? Manual says 87 is fine but online says to use 91, what should I do?

[@DailyMotor]

Only need 91 if towing or driving hard.

[@rogershepherd2466]

I have a 2023 Colorado trail boss since the end of June. I've only put in 87 . Also I only do daily driving right now and got 1800 miles on it. Everything runs fine, doesn't seem to affect the engine at all.

[@0-60carvids2]

Anyone else always set cruise control at 74mph on the hwy?

[@DailyMotor]

Outside of these tests, yup

[@billseiler4952]

The little engine that could

[@Veyronp87]

Not that great for a 4 cylinder but it’s also lifted and very unaerodynamic

[@swjang3584]

9.4 km/l

[@Orangematz]

Pretty disappointing that this comes with halogen headlights.