Australian customers looking to pick up a new pickup
may want to check out the Holden Colorado, which has just launched Down Under
with a new special edition. Called the LSX, the rough-and-tumble pickup
upgrades on the LS model with an array of blacked-out trim and accessories. But
it will only be made available in strictly limited quantities.
The 2018 Holden Colorado LSX features 18-inch
alloys, sports bar, grille, fender flares, soft tonneau cover, and the
requisite special badges and decals, all done up in matte black for that
increasingly popular murdered-out look.
Despite the common name and parent company, the
Holden model is entirely different from the mid-size truck sold in America as
the Chevy Colorado. It’s more closely
related to the Isuzu D-Max, and is built on the other side of the globe in
Thailand – Holden having recently ceased local production to import its lineup
from factories overseas.
Only 800 examples of the LSX 4×4 will be available
in Crew Cab pickup configuration, along with another 200 Crew Cab chassis
models, ready for upfitting and conversion. Both versions will hit Holden
showrooms Down Under in the middle of this month, priced from US$ 44,990 in
Australian dollars – or about US$ 35k at current exchange rates.
