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Originally Posted by DGthe3
I figure pricing will be similar to Malibu vs Impala, rather than say Spark vs Impala. The Colorado will be a bit cheaper (though maybe not with all the incentives being piled onto the Silverado) but a laser focus on price kinda misses the point, IMO. Its a smaller truck for people who don't want/need a big truck. And it will end up being cheaper (if not through MSRP, then at least through fuel costs)
Absolutely no way they'll be that different in price. Even a loaded Frontier about 10k more expensive than a base Silverado. I don't know who would actually pay 35,000 for a loaded Nissan Frontier ... but thats the pricing on them
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and here is the almighty X factor, is how much better will the Canyon/Colorado be in fuel mileage? the Silverado 5.3 is rated at something like 16/23 isn't it? If the colorado and canyon is only rated at like 20/26 that is not that huge of a jump. and if it is only a few thousand less then I have a hard time not picking the more capable truck.
the full size truck I want is going to MSRP around 40-42ish probably. Just about every full size truck you can get about 7-8 off the MSRP so that puts it at a sale price of around 33-34. If the Canyon I want comes in at like 30 (with incentives applied) that would be a tough sell on the canyon if its not substantially better in MPG, to me at least.
I need a truck for work, and play(and I am sick of driving little cars lol) I am looking at getting a house in the next year or so and a truck will be so useful. As of right now I don't need to tow anything, or haul thousands of pounds of stuff. I need the truck bed, and a crew cab and 4wd. Fuel mileage is important to me because right now I have a 52 mile round trip commute daily.
Now like I have said before tho, if they get teh canyon and colorado into the 30MPG that would be just about a done deal(depending on how Ford's 2.7 ecoboost pans out). All depends on how much they cost, and how much better in MPG they are than full size trucks