The world of pickups, in North America at least, is dominated by scale. Big, giant, gargantuan, pedestrian-unfriendly, vehicles that always want to tow more carry more people. But in other parts of the world, they can be teeny and/or tiny. Such is the case in Brazil, where Chevrolet has teased the next generation of its small pickup, the Montana. The new truck is part of a R$ 10 billion (US$ 1.9 billion) investment from GM in the market.
Chevrolet promises that the new Montana will be a truck with better dynamics, efficiency, and content. The truck will be smaller than the Colorado, which is called the S10 locally. The outgoing Chevrolet Montana, a small, unibody pickup, was based on the same platform as the Opel Corsa small hatchback. GM sold Opel to the Peugeot group in 2017, which then joined with FCA to become Stellantis. The new Montana will join Chevy’s new global vehicle family alongside the Onix small sedan and the Tracker small crossover, Chevrolet says. Previous reports suggest, though, that the new Montana will be bigger and have more room for occupants.
The truck will be built at GM’s Sao Caetano do Sul plant, though the company has not revealed a clear timeline for when production will start.
