H3 is not a Colorado

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GrimReaper:
I keep seeing posts where people are saying that the H3 is just a Colorado. When I went to test drive the H3 the dealer gave some info about this. He said 9% of the H3 parts are shared with the Colorado, and most of the 9% is the engine. The frame, while starting life as a Colorado, has been changed substantially. Apparently the Colorado frame has a "C" shaped cross section, but on the H3 the frame is fully boxed, and it has additional crossmembers added. I can't vouch for the accruacy of this info - perhaps someone else here can - but this in my mind makes any statements about the H3 being "a Colorado with different sheet metal", very inaccurate. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Best comparison I have done is to put a Colorado (Z71) on one hoist, with a H3 on the next hoist and walk back-and-forth for about ten minutes. That will show anyone, there is a hell of a lot of differences between the two frames. The H3 is a fully boxed, ladder type frame, and it appears to be wider than the Colorado (didn't measure so can't say for sure).
The I5 engine everyone screams about is built from the ground up as a truck engine, and over its brief life of approximately 3-years, it has proved itself to be reliable and strong for its size and HP.