Sunday Drive: Spying an automotive future of performance
Sun, May 13 2018
The Hellish coupe gets a new hood for 2019 with dual scoops, but that's about the only meaningful change for the new model year. No matter. As long as it's packing 700-plus horsepower under those two hood scoops, all will be right with the world.
Moving on, we take keep the performance angle but move it from the street to the dirt with a new version of the Chevy Colorado ZR2 that we think is probably called the Bison. We think it'll keep the high-tech suspension bits of the regular ZR2, but add expedition gear that may include a snorkel and a winch. Which, if true, is pretty dang cool.
Keeping the truck theme is the 2019 GMC Sierra. There's nothing particularly noteworthy about the trim level in which the truck was spied, and that's what makes this specific example interesting. Base-model trucks almost never get much attention, but they sell in droves to workers who need an honest-to-goodness truck for work or play and don't care about bells, whistles, or massive chrome badges.
And finally we have the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, which is on fire on the sales floor right now. But those are all V6-powered Wranglers flying off the showroom floor. Soon, a turbocharged four-cylinder engine option will become available, and now we know that it will return up to 23 miles per gallon in the city and 25 on the highway. That makes it the most fuel efficient Wrangler that Jeep has ever sold.
As always, stay tuned to Autoblog this week for all the automotive news that's fit to publish.
2019 Dodge Challenger Hellcat with twin-scoop hood spied with no camouflage
Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison caught testing
2019 GMC Sierra 1500 spied in base trim level
2018 Jeep Wrangler four-cylinder fuel economy revealed
By Jeremy Korzeniewski
See also: 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 spied in base trim level, 2020 GMC Sierra Denali 2500 spied for the first time, GM profit dips on truck changeover, but beats estimates.