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2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Vs. 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro

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CARS.COM — Though our compatriots at sister site PickupTrucks.com have previously compared the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 and 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro based on their factory numbers, the preferred way to determine which does mid-size off-roading best undoubtedly is by driving them. That’s why we spent a few days in the mountains and deserts of Southern California pitting these two pickups against one another.

Related: Head-to-Head Photo Gallery: 2017 Colorado ZR2 Vs. Tacoma TRD Pro

We put each truck through the ringer in a series of intensive tests that included rock crawling, hill climbing and high-speed dirt runs through dry riverbeds. Which truck emerged victorious? Read the results here and find out.

Shop the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado near you

Used
2017 Chevrolet Colorado Z71
98,176 mi.
$20,948
Used
2017 Chevrolet Colorado Z71
193,971 mi.
$13,265

Shop the 2017 Toyota Tacoma near you

Used
2017 Toyota Tacoma SR
83,865 mi.
$25,987 $710 price drop
Used
2017 Toyota Tacoma Base
72,341 mi.
$29,995

 

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Patrick Masterson is Chief Copy Editor at Cars.com. He joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and has achieved the rare feat of applying his journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor his entire professional career. He lives by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and knows where semicolons can go.

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