Race of Champions Cancelled: Political Unrest to Blame
It’s too dangerous in Thailand right now for the Race of Champions to be held, so it will be cancelled for the first time since it started in 1988.
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New Chevrolet Colorado Two Years Away for North America
Following the discontinuation of the Chevrolet Colorado, speculation quickly cropped up about the new Colorado that debuted at the Bangkok Motor Show last year. Early on, many people assumed the truck would immediately succeed the recently discontinued generation as a 2013 model, but those assumptions are turning up false. In fact the new Colorado, pictured...
Japanese Automakers Re-Start Production In Thailand
While Thailand is mostly known for sandy beaches, fake watches and other pleasures that need to be paid for in cash, Thailand has a strong manufacturing base, with many automakers producing vehicles and components in the developing nation. October’s flooding, which ravaged the Southeast Asian country, made a major dent in the production figures of...
2012 Chevrolet Colorado Makes It’s Official Debut
Chevy plans to offer the new Colorado in some 60 markets worldwide, including other parts of Asia, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, Europe and South America. Note that there’s no mention of the US.
New Chevy Colorado Confirmed with Duramax 4-Cylinder Diesel
Having spent much time in Thailand during the vehicle’s development process, in order to gauge the kind of buyers found in the local pickup market as well as driving conditions many trucks are subjected to; Colorado chief engineer Roberto Rempel and his team believe that Chevy’s new mid-size pickup is more than up to the...
GM Unveils Colorado ‘Show Truck’ at Bangkok Show
It wasn’t exactly a secret. With Thailand being one of the most popular single markets for small and mid-size pickups – the biggest in the world according to GM’s Susan Docherty, it’s hardly surprising the General chose the Bangkok Auto Show to reveal its global Ford Ranger competitor, the Chevrolet Colorado. However, the actual truck...
Next-Gen Chevy Colorado Pickup Teased
However, unlike the new Ranger, GM is not giving up on the North American market when it comes to small trucks, one source says that the new Colorado was specifically engineered to conform to US and Canadian federal requirements.
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