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I want to buy a new small truck. I want a 4 door. Bed size does not matter (no step sides). I test drove a colarado with an in line 5 cylinder and was happy with the power. I am sceptical of a 4 cylinder. I am also curious as to the durability of a aluminum engine. Please give me some feedback and advice on this and your experiences with small trucks. -Thanks  

first of all please buy one made in the USA it will help u and us all  /test drive them all  and have fun doing it and dont but caz of just one person tells u to  and get one loaded caz u r only going around once and please please get one with REMOTE START  u will thank ur self for as long as u keep it / i wouldnt spend the time with this to help u but if u but one made in the USA we r all going to in joy this//PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE FORUMS IN HERE AND U WILL SEE THAT ALL THE CARS IN HERE R FOREIGN   YOU CAN SEE FOR UR SELF ALL THE CARS IN HERE R MADE INA NOTHER COUNTRY  PLEASE READ ALL HERE PLEASE  WE MAKE GOOD RIDES HERE ..AND PLEASE FET IT LOADED WITH REMOTE START MAN U R GOING TO LOVE IT .. REMOTE START WORKS ON AUTO TRANS .. i hope u will get back to me and let me kno how u did ok and i hope i put all the stuff in here to help u  

Colarado and Canyon are nice trucks for the money, The 5 cyl. runs nice, decent fuel economy and good power. Check out  www.carsdirect.com
, you can find a few 1 or 2 year old ones with low miles, get an extended warranty and still save a grand or two!  

IMHO the I5 does not give you any real savings in mpg's. It's actually an I6 with one less cylinder. It's too bad GM could not have found room to use the I6. Nice engine and was rated as one of the Top Ten Best Engines by Wards.
I'm not bias against GM or or American products because I have own both American and ***
My present truck is a '95 GMC Sonoma 4x4 with 110K miles. It's been bullit proof. My plans were to replace the '95 with a Canyon/Colorado but GM's choice of using a 5cylinder quickly changed my mind against that choice.
The Ford Ranger is outdated. Their 4.0 V6 is old school and lacking in hp's.  Toyota Tacoma is nice but the frame is mostly 'C' channel. The composite bed that Toyota boast about in theory is nice but the rearend of a pickup is light enought without making it even lighter. Toyota's 4.0 'recommends' using premium but it will run on regular gas. The hp's are quite a bit less on the Toyota(238 versus 265)than the Nissan Frontier. The Frontier just happens to fit my expectations in a midsize pickup. But if somebody wants to make the payments for me on a GMC Colorado/Canyon I'll buy it.....lol  

Stick to a truck made in the USA. The Toyota's, Honda's, Nissan's, etc. are WAY too over priced. You have lots to choose from if you stick to the Fords, Chevys, Dodges and GMCs. And you will save a lot of money.