2018 Toyota Tacoma vs. 2018 Chevy Colorado

Size Comparison

On each of these trucks, you have several choices to make when it comes to the size of truck you will get. On the 2018 Tacoma, your standard option is the Access Cab which seats four people, you can also upgrade to the Double Cab which seats five people. Then you have to make a choice about what bed size you would like to have. The 2018 Tacoma comes with a short bed or a long bed option. The short bed is 60.5 inches long, and the long bed has a length of 73.7 inches.

On the Chevy Colorado, you have to make some similar decisions. The base model of the Colorado seats just two people, but if you jump up to an Extended Cab you can seat four people, and a Crew Cab can seat five people. The 2018 Colorado also gives you two bed options. You can get a short bed that is 61.7 inches long or a long bed that is 74 inches.

As for interior size, the base Tacoma has a larger interior and seats more people than the base Chevy Colorado, so if you are looking for seating, the Tacoma is a better choice. Both of these vehicles have two options for bed size, and they are both pretty similar.

Interior Differences

Now, let?s take a look at the interior features offered in each of these vehicles. Standard features in the 2018 Tacoma include Bluetooth, a USB port, Siri Eyes Free, the Entune infotainment system with a 6.1-inch touchscreen. The Chevy Colorado gives you standard features include a rearview camera, a USB port, Bluetooth, and a 4.2-inch touchscreen.

As for safety features, the 2018 Tacoma gives you the Toyota Safety Sense suite standard on every model. The Safety Sense suite includes features like adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning, automatic high beams, pedestrian detection, and lane departure warning. For the 2018 Chevy Colorado, safety features like forward collision alert and lane departure warning do not come standard, so you have to pay extra to get those safety features.

Overall, these vehicles to have some interior differences. For features, these vehicles offer some similar interior features like Bluetooth and a USB port, but the Tacoma gives you a larger standard touchscreen. Also, the 2018 Toyota Tacoma offers you a whole suite of safety features standard, but on the Chevy Colorado, you have to pay extra to upgrade for those safety features. As far as the interior goes, the Toyota Tacoma seems to be the better option here.

Performance

Next, let?s take a look at what is under the hood. That way we can be sure you are getting the performance you need from your truck. The 2018 Toyota Tacoma gives you a standard 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine. This standard engine gives you 159-horsepower ad 180 pound-feet of torque. If you want to kick up the power, you can choose to upgrade to the available 3.5-liter V6 engine that gives you 278-horsepower and 265 pound-feet of torque.

As for the Chevy Colorado, the base engine is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that gives you 200-horsepower and 191 pound-feet of torque. You also have the option to upgrade to a 3.6-liter V6 engine that gives you 308-horsepower and 275 pound-feet of torque. The 2018 Chevy Colorado also offers you a third engine option, and this option is for those that will be towing quite frequently. This third engine option is a Duramax 2.8-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder that gives you 181-horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque.

As you can see from this comparison, the Chevy Colorado has two engines that give you slightly more horsepower than the Toyota Tacoma engines. The third Chevy Colorado engine gives you significantly more torque than the Tacoma engine options. As for engine performance, the Chevy Colorado seems to win this battle.

Pricing

Finally, let?s take a look at the price of these two trucks. The base price of the 2018 Toyota Tacoma starts off at around $25,000. The base price of the 2018 Chevy Colorado is around $20,000. This initially makes the Colorado seem like a better deal than the Tacoma; however, you have to take into consideration all the features that come with the price of each vehicle. For example, the base trim of the Colorado only seats two people. You will have to jump up in price to get the seating for four that comes standard on the Toyota. Also, the Tacoma has a bunch of safety features standard in the its base model.

As for the higher trim level options, the 2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro is the highest trim level and it starts off at a price of around $41,000. The 2018 Chevy Colorado ZR2 costs the most of all the Colorado trims and that is around a price of $40,000. Both of these high-end trims give you some off-road features as well as some luxury features, and they come in at a similar price point.

Which is Right for You?

Only you can decide which vehicle is the best one for you, but if you take a look at the comparison above, hopefully it can help with your decision-making process. Overall, it looks like the 2018 Toyota Tacoma offers you more for your money. You get more seating and more standard features on the base model in the Tacoma than you do in the Colorado. The Colorado does offer you some slightly stronger engines, but the reliability and the standard safety features put the Toyota Tacoma over the top in this comparison.