A few little engineering problems for the Army (courtesy of GM) too...

[Ace-Garageguy]

https://laptrinhx.com/news/the-army-says-it-s-made-significant-improvements-to-its-troubled-new-infantry-squad-vehicle-B6J98ND/

 

"The second, even more scathing assessment of the ISV from the Pentagon’s DOT&E office was published in 2022 and detailed “major failures” including a loss of steering control, cracked and bent seat frames, engine cracks, and overheating that occurred during operations in cross-country and wooded terrain."

[OldNYJim]

Interesting that it's Chevy-based...because the nose sure looks like a late-model Mustang to me

[Dave Van]

Based on a Chevy Colorado should have been a red flag. All of them around me rust asap

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

15 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

Based on a Chevy Colorado should have been a red flag. All of them around me rust asap

But hey...it looks like it came out of a video game, and has LED lights and lightening holes everywhere. Plus the design team most certainly tics all the DEI boxes.

So who cares if it's junk? Old fogey stuff again.

EDIT: Dig that no-protection for the radiator core, too. This thing is supposed to go through the woods?

I once had a little branch from a downed tree limb punch right through the rad core on a '69 Ford pickup. 

Just sayin', as they say.  

Edited June 26, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[MrMiles]

2 hours ago, Dave Van said:

Based on a Chevy Colorado should have been a red flag. All of them around me rust asap

 

Is this true? I had my heart set on one but I couldn't find one in my area so I settled on a new ranger. I regretted getting it and wished I waited until I could get a Colorado. There is nothing wrong with the ranger, just I have wanted the Colorado since it was re-released

Edited June 26, 2023 by MrMiles

[Mark]

I remember test driving the first-generation Colorado when it first appeared in 2004.  Cheap, cheap, cheap.  The inner door panels flexed when the power window went up or down.  I tested four trucks; the Colorado was the first one knocked out of consideration. 

Chevy dealers clearing out the last of the S-10s before bringing in the Colorados should have been a sign.  I'd probably have tried an S-10 had any been on the lot other than crew cab 4 X 4s.

Later I found I had dodged a bullet.  The straight five cylinder engine struck a balance: the performance of a four with the economy of a six.  No GM for me, thank you.

[MrMiles]

24 minutes ago, Mark said:

I remember test driving the first-generation Colorado when it first appeared in 2004.  Cheap, cheap, cheap.  The inner door panels flexed when the power window went up or down.  I tested four trucks; the Colorado was the first one knocked out of consideration. 

Chevy dealers clearing out the last of the S-10s before bringing in the Colorados should have been a sign.  I'd probably have tried an S-10 had any been on the lot other than crew cab 4 X 4s.

Later I found I had dodged a bullet.  The straight five cylinder engine struck a balance: the performance of a four with the economy of a six.  No GM for me, thank you.

 

these are the old ones. not the new bodystyled midsized. are the new ones bad?

Edited June 26, 2023 by MrMiles

[Ace-Garageguy]

45 minutes ago, MrMiles said:

...are the new ones bad?

According to the reviews they're perfectly fine for normal people driving around with the windows up, the AC on, and a couple bags of grass seed in the back.

But according to the Army's evaluation of the military vehicle based on it, it's just not tough enough.

[Mark]

54 minutes ago, MrMiles said:

 

these are the old ones. not the new bodystyled midsized. are the new ones bad?

Going by the first one, and much of everything they have produced since, I would guess not.  If anything, they seem to have doubled down on corner-cutting.

[OldNYJim]

My brother in law, who is in the military, always laughs when people describe something as ‘military grade’.  

He says if consumer objects were REALLY military grade…no one would want them ?

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

My brother in law, who is in the military, always laughs when people describe something as ‘military grade’.  

There's a thing called a "Flip Lok" that rabbits on about being made from "aircraft aluminum", whatever alloy and heat treat that is, but it's still held to the door frame with nothing but 4" long wood screws...and of course is shown "securing" doors with glass in them. I always have to chuckle.

[StevenGuthmiller]

23 hours ago, Mark said:

Going by the first one, and much of everything they have produced since, I would guess not.  If anything, they seem to have doubled down on corner-cutting.

Gotta save a little cash until the next government bailout comes around. ?

 

 

Steve

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Gotta save a little cash until the next government bailout comes around. ?

Well, they could save over $20 million a year just by getting rid of Mary Barra, who as far as I can tell has no qualifications for the job of CEO of GM other than being the token woman. Yeah, MBA bla bla bla cost cutting bla bla bla dumping unprofitable lines bla bla bla. Big whoop. Pay me $2 million a year, I could have done the same thing, and taken some of the insane, unnecessary complication out of all the vehicles as well...and greatly enhanced repairability.

Far as I can see, her single major accomplishment was to turn GM's classic logo into something that looks like it belongs on a tampon package, seeming almost as if it's embarrassed to be the logo of a car company.

Edited June 27, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mark]

The "elephant standing on the bathroom scale" logo.

As an anti-theft measure, they can just make the emblems bigger...