This being a forum, we thought it might be a good opportunity for us all to go on-record with our guesstimates of the percentages of Colorado and Canyon trucks GM will sell with the option. Presently, GM's monthly sales are at about 10,000 total Colorado and Canyon trucks. We suspect that the number will top-out at around an average of 15,000 once the trucks and their factories reach saturation. There might be a market for more, but it is unclear how many GM will be able to build.
As of today, we have not heard form GM what their prediction is for the Duramax. Perhaps you have. Regardless, We thought it might be fun to post up some guesses now for a later look. Here is my guess:
The Duramax will have a huge surge initially. Customers of Toyota will jump the fence. There is such a strong Tacoma diesel desire some folks will break ranks and come to the GM trucks. There are also a lot of GM truck loyalists that want the diesel truck. My prediction is that it will be as high as 30% take rate in some individual months, and the annual take rate will average about 20% once the diesel has been in the market. That is assuming GM can meet the demand.
What say you?
Here are the order codes (thanks ElCamino)
(LWN) 2.8L Duramax Turbo-Diesel, DI, 4-cylinder engine (Late availability); includes (K40) Exhaust brake and (JL1) Integrated trailer brake controller
Changes
(A28) rear-sliding window is now standard on SLT and included in (PCN) SLE Convenience Package
2LE1
4LE1
2LT2
4LT2
NEW! Engine, 2.8L Duramax Turbo-Diesel, DI, 4-cylinder
1 - Not available to order at this time. Not available on Extended Cab models. Requires (PCW) Driver Alert Package, (PCN) SLE Convenience Package and (Z82) Trailering Package or (GAT) All-Terrain Package.
2 - Not available to order at this time. Not available on Extended Cab. Requires (Z82) Trailering Package and (PCW) Driver Alert Package.
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