Replacement vehicle Colorado 7???

Unfortunately when sticking to a budget there is always something better for a bit more.

The Colorado 7 is a budget 7 seat 4x4 and can not be compared to the Prado, Pathfinder or Pajero.

To keep the price lower then the others they have to make the vehicle cheaper by using lower quality components and older cheaper technology.

The Prado, Pathfinder and Pajero will kill it for on road manor, quality, refinement and fit and Finnish..... and maybe off road as well.

You will definitely feel you have gone 3 steeps backwards getting out of the Kluger into the Colorado 7...... the Kluger is built on a passenger car platform and the Colorado on a light truck platform.

There is nothing wrong with the Colorado 7 and it will be a bit better on and off road then it's brother the Colorado ute...... the Colorado 7 has coil sprung rear compared to the utes leaf spring.

Bob,

Please firstly let me be up front and let everyone know I am a Holden Dealer.

I currently own a Colorado as my wives daily driver and our tow rig and it has been fantastic. And I am currently driving a Colorado 7.

Yes the car has been designed with a price point in mind. I cant say they have compromised on quality. They spent almost 2 billion dollars on this Colorado and I believe that the fact the car was designed for a world wide consumption has contributed to the cheaper retail price than using cheap components.

To be honest the interior fitout is plain and it is missing some silly things such as Auto Headlights on and a decent Multimedia Head Unit. We have over come the radio issue by fitting a decent 7" with rear camera that suits the shape of the dash and does the job very well.

The power and torque is great, and the only other concern our customers had was while the 3rd row seats were folded down there was a step down to the balance of the floor in the cargo area. this has been rectified by a $300 Genuine box that flattens the whole cargo area.

I have used this car as a 7 seat vehicle and it was good. The fact it has roof air con vents is also a great feature.

Considering it has been based on a Full Chassis 4wd it will be good of road. And we have had huge amount of positive feedback from customers with their Colorado utes off road.

My wife has done just shy of 40,000km in her Dual cab in just 7 months and we have had no issues what's so ever. Capped price servicing also means to service this vehicle for 3 years or 60,000kms is only $1180. This can be a huge advantage over other brands.

Just my 2c.

Shane

Hi all

Thanks for the info. Am over in perth atm and I cant believe that the car yards are closed on Sundays??? Will have to try to get out to look at one during the week.

Ive never been one for gizmos in my cars, just want them to work and be suitable for the purpose I have bought them.

As stated above Ive been very happy with the Kluger but it has suffered off road, just not sure how much on road capability Im willing to sacrifice.

A while ago I had a GU and which was great off road and I could tolerate the on road capability.

Has anyone actually bought a Colorado 7?

Thanks
Bob