2015 Chevrolet Colorado rock crawler is a Sizzling Wheels Legends Tour finalist

After selecting a low-riding 1989 Volkswagen Cabriolet as a Legends Tour finalist, the Sizzling Wheels workforce traveled to the other finish of the modified automotive section. It chosen a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado nicknamed Kymera and constructed right into a rock crawler because the Tour’s second finalist.

Tim McDonald of Monroe, North Carolina, spent over a yr constructing a one-of-a-kind off-roader that appears able to sort out each boulder in Moab. Lots of the modifications made instantly stand out; this is not a stealth construct. The truck sits significantly increased than a inventory mannequin thanks partly to a Baja-style suspension system with Fox coilovers and large triple bypass shocks that poke by means of the hood. McDonald additionally chopped the fenders for extra clearance and changed the cargo field with custom-made panels bolted to a {custom} tubular body. 

What’s below the physique — or what’s left of the physique — is simply as spectacular. Energy for this Colorado comes from a twin-turbocharged diesel engine mounted instantly behind the cab, which explains why the entrance shocks go proper by means of the hood. Chevrolet did not supply this technology of the Colorado with turbodiesel energy in america, and it has actually by no means made a street-legal truck with a mid-mounted engine.

There is a four-wheel steering system to assist the truck maneuver its method out of tight conditions, beefier axles, and rails added to guard the underbody elements from costly (and doubtlessly crippling) encounters with rocks. Sizzling Wheels hasn’t launched inside images but.

McDonald’s Colorado received the Legends Tour’s Charlotte cease, however its hardest battle nonetheless lurks on the horizon. It’ll transfer on to one of many two semifinal rounds going down in late 2023, the place it’ll compete towards different finalists (together with the aforementioned Cabriolet) for the prospect to affix the Sizzling Wheels catalog as a 1/64-scale mannequin. This yr, the Legends Tour is visiting eight American cities and 17 nations.

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