Global Pickup Trucks Bragging Rights

RobertRyan wrote:

I find that very hard to believe about improving torsional and bending stiffness , sounds like very much PR spin. Normally reducing frame weight, is part of making the chassis better for a boulevards type ride, but reducing its work load performance . What they did do, was make it more compliant, to US tastes as a result, it has considerably reduced payload capacity AND towing
capacity
Try loading 3,000lbs onto a Chevrolet Colorado, the frame would bend or crack completely
I notice when they made that announcement, they keep refiering to the Silverado, as this was a 900lbs lighter version?, which is crazy. No all PR spin

And what you posted from Motor Trend above is not a PR spin? Where do you think MotorTrend got that info? The same place where these guys below got theirs and the SAE article I posted got theirs. From GM. It is funny that you will believe GM when it is for your argument, but you won't when it is against your argument.

Hmm, this sounds exactly like what that Motortrend article you posted said.

Equipment World wrote:

Plus, the North American Colorado’s frame is 40-percent lighter than the global version despite the fact that it uses high-strength steel and is much longer.

Chevrolet unveils the 2015 Colorado, says the midsize pickup will get a diesel option (GALLERY)


So does this....

Automotive News wrote:
The Colorado rides on GM's global mid-sized truck architecture, launched in 2011 with the Colorado pickup that GM sells in Thailand. The body-on-frame, rwd platform was upgraded for the United States -- it is 40 percent lighter than the global truck.

Chevy banks on mid-sized pickup comeback with 2015 Colorado


And so does this.....

Truck Trend wrote:
The Colorado's new frame, which is fully boxed and uses a lot of high-strength steel, is about 40 percent lighter than the global frame, and shares relatively few components with it. The American Colorado is significantly longer than the global truck.

2015 Chevrolet Colorado First Look


Look, I know you want so bad to "brag" that Austrailian trucks are better than US trucks, but that is just not the case. Many times the midsize trucks have the same mechanical capabilities as the trucks overthere and the only reason why they have different rated capabilities has more to do with each country's vehicles class regulations than what you are suggesting just so you can say "Australia's better". Let the facts change your beliefs, not your beliefs change the facts.