Mazda BT50 V's Holden Colorado

Hi,
I have a new Isuzu D-max, same thing as the Colorado, i have towed our 2t van without any worries. Towed it (van) a month ago with a huge head wind for 400k's and pushed it hard & tried to sit between 95-100KPH. I got 14.8L/100 not bad for a new truck and the wind. It tows our van without effort. But, rated to tow 3t braked. I think the Mazda is 3.25T braked towing ??.

Geoff

Hi Bretto,

The nephew has the petrol Colerado, about 2 years old now I think.
He just bought a Jayco Heritage 21.5 footer and he reckons the Colerado tows it well.
Van weighs around 2.2 tonne I think.

Mind you he has not towed a great deal with it yet as he has only recently got the van but so far he is happy with the outfit.

Cheers, Bruce.

Bretto

We purchased our Colorado LTR 3.0 ltr diesel last December .We tow an Utilmate camper trailer and are more than happy with its overall performance, comfort & it has more than enough power for our use.
On our trip the the Gulf country last June /July we averaged 14kltrs/100 klms. covering a range road conditions wihtout any problems.

I also looked at other 4X4 utes and chose the Colorado as in my mind it was the best value for money.

Cheers

Out BT50 is 4 months old now and we love the fact that it pulls like a train and doesnt even know the van is behind us. Oh and a whole heap of fun out on the tracks.

We have a 2011 Colorado LTR 3 lt diesel, I have done 40,000 reasonably hard km including towing the boat and the camper.

I simply can't fault it, it is great.

The Gross Combination Mass of these three vehicles are:-

2012 Colorado - 6000 Kg
2012 BT 50 - 5950 Kg
2012 D.Max - 5950 Kg

Some thing to check out when you look at what you want to tow.
Info from carsales.com

The new Colorado is a 2.8 litre diesel that has 40% more torque than the old 3 litre one. It is basically a US Chevy Trailblazer in disguise though built in Thailand. Drives nice but too new to know if there are problems in my opinion.

It's pertinent I mention up-front I work in a car dealership which incorporates both Holden & Toyota but am not a car salesman.

The new Colorado has been re-built from the ground up.

They're unmatched with their towing capacity, the auto in particular is designed to tow comfortably yet if you have to operate manually effortlessly drops back through the gears.
I couldn't believe how smooth the ride was.

Price-wise they sit very well in the market. People still blindly purchase Toyota's regardless of the price tag being $5,000-$10,000 more, even with less features. Believe me even Toyota's have problems.

Toyota have had to improve their Hilux's from a 4 star to a 5 star rating because corporates like BHP are insisting their fleet all be 5 star these days. Colorado is 5 star rated.

It's refreshing to hear both the Colorado & BT50 getting recognition on sites like this.

Current model BT50 towing 1,900kg van from Sydney's Northern Beaches to Oberon and back via Bells Line of Road we returned an average of 12.3L per 100km.

BT50 has plenty of power and at no stage did it feel as though it was struggling.

Gday all, we have recently replaced (10000kms) a petrol GU patrol (350000km and bulletproof although slightly expensive to fill up) with a new BT50 and are more than impressed. Towing, cruising and 4wd all impressive.
To be honest though I have no reason to think any of the new dual cabs on the market would cause any isssues and when it comes to towing a caravan I would think no problems. Not have a pre conceived make in mind looked at most of them and liked them all.
Had a choice between Colorado,BT50, Ranger and Navara in our small country town in SA and really went for the Bt50 because of the Nissan/Mazda dealer we have been dealing with for years and it fitted in well on price and styling. After spending 11 years getting the old patrol just right now the fun (and $) of starting again on the mazda. Cheers Nick