5 Reasons Why I Picked the 2023 Colorado ZR2 (Over Any Other Midsize Truck)

[Music] what's going on guys we are back with another video and today I wanted to go over the five reasons why I picked the ZR2 over any other midsize truck on the market right now well if you clicked on this video because of the Colorado and you're new around here make sure to hit that subscribe button I recently traded in my 2021 Ford Ranger that has been previously on the channel for this and reason going right into reason number one of why I got rid of the Ford Ranger and got the ZR2 is the capability of the truck out of the box you get a super capable truck that you really don't need to do any to little modifications to it comes Factory with 33in tires it comes with those amazing multimatic dssv shocks that are absolutely fantastic so far um it comes with a some great Drive modes and probably the biggest thing is it comes with a front and rear Locker which there's no other midsize truck on the market other than the Ford Raptor that comes with a front Locker so that was a big thing for us as far as capability and be able to conquer a lot more obstacles now having that front Locker now obviously you're probably wondering well why didn't you just get a Ford Ranger and that's comes into my second point and that is price for a Ford Raptor Ford Ranger Raptor you're looking at $557,000 starting price whereas a base ZR2 starting price is $48,000 that is a $99,000 difference now is the range Raptor nice absolutely is it worth $99,000 more that's for you to decide personally I didn't think it was worth $9,000 I think I could put $9,000 into this truck it' be leagues ahead of the Ranger Raptor um but that's one of the biggest reasons um starting at $48,000 for what you get from this truck is honestly a really good deal especially considering how expensive minsize trucks have gotten over the last couple years going into reason three why I picked the ZR2 over any other midsize truck and that's because of the engine now I know some of you might say well it's a 4-cylinder turbo engine well so does about every other midsize truck on the market now is coming four-cylinder turbo um and from my experience having the Ford Ranger 2021 Ford Ranger for two years over two years now uh four-cylinder turbos are plenty of power for a midsize truck and this platform is the next level up from that because it comes with 310 horsepower and 430 lb feet of torque those are kind of diesel number torque specs out of a 2.7 L 4 cylinder gas engine um it's definitely pey it's not the fastest thing on the road um but you know you don't really buy a truck to go fast it's to go places the other thing about these engines that's fantastic is they've been around for almost going on 5 years now they first made an appearance in the 2019 uh Chevy Silverado 1500s and if you read about them online they have been very very reliable Motors so I'm not really too concerned about the motor and also one of the big reasons why I went with this platform going to reason number four why I picked this truck and that is the interior I think think Chevrolet did a fantastic job with the interior and it is a huge step up from the previous generation Colorado um that was one of my biggest gripes with the previous generation and comfortable wise the seats are super comfortable I'm 6'4 and we've already gone on several long road trips and haven't had any issues with them uh overall the interior laid out super nice um you know you got Tac Toe buttons here to turn on and off your lockers and a few other things which is very nice um and you know overall the touches you know the interior touches is is nice now there are obviously some cheap kind of like piano black and some cheap parts here and there but I mean for the price point I'm not going to complain uh and you might say well why do you care about the interior and because it's an off-roader you know well you spend majority of your time inside the truck going to and from the trails or two and from you know different trips and Adventures and I I like having nice features and I think Chevrolet did a fantastic job with this truck reason number five of why I picked this truck which kind of picky backs off reason number four and that is the technology in this thing I think uh this probably has one of the better infotainment systems out there on the market being the fact that it's Google based so going into it I mean there's tons of features since it is Google based you do have Google Maps so it's no kind of a won navigation system that most infotainments have it has Google Maps it also has where you have the Play Store and you can download if you don't like Google Maps you can download ways right onto your navigation and this is not Android auto or uh you know Apple carplay it's just trying to sign me in but it's it's a very cool um you know cool system that they have with being a Google based now another cool features if you do get the option obviously the bass ZR2 doesn't have it but is is the 360 cameras these cameras are fantastic super high quality um and it also has which is the only one on the market it has these underbody cameras which we is another option but we optioned out and they are fantastic for off-roading and seeing wheel placement another cool feature that this infotainment system has is this air down mode so this air down mode you can select the do desired PSI you want to air on Tu before you Offroad hit start and you essentially go out all you need is a some type of Tire deflator start airing down your tire and once you hit that desired PSI the trunk the truck will honk at you letting you know you hit that PSI and you can move on to another tire super cool feature for that haven't utilized it yet but definitely it's going to be utilized and then another really cool feature that it has is these off-road mode so you got essentially three modes you got your overlanding modee which shows you your elevation that you're at coordinates right there and then a a big Compass to let you know which way you're going um you have easy access to the cameras right there as well you also have your terrain mode which shows you pitch and roll and the tire pressure of the vehicle and it also shows you kind of what you see in red there is the highest pitch and roll that you've hit kind of like a high score I guess you can see who who has a higher score and pitch and roll and then here obviously we have the Baja mode it shows you the lateral G's and then steering angle and it tells you kind of what mode you're in as far as uh right now we're in Auto for the four 4x4 modes speaking of 4x4 modes um this has a few of them which are pretty nice so you got your Offroad you got your tow Hall terrain and Bajan and obviously all these um all these interact with how the traction control kicks in throttle input throttle response and stuff like that haven't given them a try yet I'm excited to once we actually go out and try them um but they if they're anything like the ranger was I'm sure they're going to be fantastic another probably the last biggest piece of technology here is what's right in front of me and that is the driving cluster so you have various modes that you can have here so right now what I have is the off-road screen so I don't necessarily have to have the off-road screen here I can have it right in front of me to let me know all that information the other other screens options I have a very basic just with the speed if you want a very basic uh driving cluster you can have that you also have this one that has the RPM with miles per hour and a few you can change what's what appears to the left and right of the screen here's kind kind of your typical um gauge cluster what you see normally and then you could also have where if I have I have Google maps running navigation I could have it in front of me instead of to the right of me which is super handy um because then I can have other things where my music or whatever I can have on that other screen and I can have the navigation on this screen so it's it's definitely um pretty cool technology and this is kind of the last screen that you have which is kind of like I guess your Baja mode it's like an aggressive kind of sporty RPM style gauge with your GeForce meter that you have there so overall the technology in this thing is for you know essentially a $48,000 truck I think is pretty fantastic and like I said infotainment I think is probably one of the best or the best on the market being that it's Google based it's very responsive haven't had any issues with it whatsoever and I think Chevy did a fantastic job all right throwing in a bonus of why I picked the truck well as you can see uh can't control the weather and it started snowing on us but I guess that makes it pretty in scenic but bonus reason why I picked this truck is the looks of it I think this is one of personal opinion one of the best looking midsize trucks you can buy on the market right now I think Chevy did a fantastic job with the styling of this thing it looks mean aggressive and uh it's functional so let me know what you guys think what's kind of if you agree with all the uh reasons why I picked the truck and let me know in the comments down below and make sure to leave a like And subscribe if you guys aren't so I can see you guys in the next [Music] video [Music] [Music]