http://www.motortrend.com/news/2016-che ... -the-year/
Truth be told, the Colorado isn’t all that small or light—it’s essentially the same size as the enlarged new Tacoma and a few hundred pounds heavier, to boot—but it is engineered to drive small and light, feeling more like a crossover than a truck. “The difference between the Tacoma and Colorado is night and day,” Seabaugh said. “While the Tacoma feels old-school and truckish, the Colorado drives like the future of small trucks.”
At 181hp the Duramax is not quick (traps 78-82 depending on trim). But efficiency is very good:
But per our own Real MPG testing, we can confirm that the Colorado diesel is far and away the most fuel-efficient midsize truck on the market. At 23.2/31.4/26.3 mpg city/highway/combined, the 4×2 Colorado LT Duramax returned numbers more in line with a 1.5-liter Malibu sedan (20.8/34.3/25.3), topping the tiny gas engine’s combined rating by 1 full mpg