---
title: "2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Starts at $40,995"
description: "The ZR2 trim turns Chevy's mid-sized Colorado pickup truck into a solid off-roader—one that costs far less than bigger bad-boy rigs."
date: "2017-02-08"
modified: "2017-02-08"
authors:
  - name: "Christian Gilbertsen"
    job_title: "Native Projects Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/christian-gilbertsen"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/7461/2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-starts-at-40995"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Chevy"
  - "Colorado"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "pickup"
  - "ZR2"
---

# 2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Starts at $40,995

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Starting at $40,995, Chevy's new Colorado ZR2 is aimed at being an unbeatable performance bargain in the mid-sized pickup category. And it's easy to see how it might succeed, too—thanks to a thorough going-over by GM, the ZR2 trim is packed with hardcore off-road features and technology that sets it apart from the mid-sized competition.

Chevrolet Trucks marketing director, Sandor Piszar, thinks so, too: "Some vehicles that customers might cross-shop with ZR2 can spec out as much as $26,000 *more* than our truck—or the price of a well-equipped 2017 Colorado. When you buy a ZR2 at the starting price of $40,995, you are getting all of the significant off-road technologies standard with the vehicle, as well as an eight-speed automatic transmission and a wealth of other features at no additional cost."

## The Chevy Colorado ZR2 comes with class-exclusive off-road features

In case you've forgotten from [the truck's Los Angeles Auto Show debut, the Colorado ZR2](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/6036/chevrolet-reveals-off-road-happy-colorado-zr2-in-gasoline-diesel-versions>) comes with exclusive off-road features like:

- Multimatic Dynamic Suspensions Spool Valve (DSSVTM) dampers
- Cast-iron control arms
- A 2" lift over a standard Colorado
- Widened front and rear tracks (3.5" more than a standard Colorado)
- Front and rear-locking electronic differentials
- Transfer case shielding
- Aluminum skid plate for radiator and oil pan

In standard form, power comes from a 3.6-liter V6 that's putting out 306 horsepower and 275 pound-feet of torque, but there's an optional 2.8-liter Duramax diesel that has 186 hp and pull-me-out-of-anything 369 lb-ft of twist. This isn't close to Ford Raptor territory, but considering it starts at almost $10K less, the Colorado ZR2 has people who don't need the giant F-150's size covered.

Check it out in its natural habitat below.

![message-editor%2F1486570716106-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-135.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570716106-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-135.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570743399-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-140.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570743399-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-140.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570756842-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-133.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570756842-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-133.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570804343-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-142.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570804343-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-142.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570841547-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-134.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570841547-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-134.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570896975-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-141.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570896975-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-141.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570916895-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-136.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570916895-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-136.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1486570816086-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-138.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1486570816086-2017-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-138.jpg>)

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