Duramax… you mean the Colorado engine?

YOU’VE probably heard the term Duramax thrown around recently with the updated Holden Colorado wearing the name tag. While the Duramax in Travis’s GU Patrol rolled off the production line in the USA (a 6.6L twin-turbo V8 packing 270kw and 881Nm), the Colorado’s donk is an Italian-made 2.8L four-cylinder turbo-diesel with a slightly less impressive 147kw and 500Nm. So what do the two have in common? Absolutely nothing.

The term is a catch-all General Motors uses for its diesel engines sold in the States. There’s no coincidence the nameplate popped up on the Colorado’s flanks right around the same time it went on sale stateside.