HOLDEN'S COLORADO NOW ON GAS

Written by Mike Ryan, Senior Writer

February 18, 2011 2:07 PM AEDT

On sale across the country, the Colorado 4x2 Single Cab Chassis and Crew Cab pickup models (both LX and LT-R) are now available with Holden's Australian-built, dual-fuel LPG Alloytec V6 engine, designed to slash motorists' fuel bills.

The three models add to Holden's EcoLine range, which highlights the company's vehicles that use an alternative fuel or fuel saving technology. Colorado's dual-fuel system, which complies with the stringent Euro 4 emissions standards, delivers 155kW of peak power, 300Nm of peak torque and a 2.5 tonne towing capacity. It employs Sequential Vapour Gas Injection (SVGI) technology, which injects gas directly into the engine's intake manifold, mimicking the petrol injection sequence. The 4x2 Cab Chassis comes fitted with a 56-litre cylindrical LPG tank located between the chassis rails while the Crew Cab models use a 76-litre toroidal tank located in the spare wheel casing. On all variants, the existing petrol tanks are unchanged. When running on LPG the models achieve fuel economy of 16.7-litres per 100 kilometres (manual) and 17.2-litres per 100 kilometres (automatic).