Model year 2021 · 2nd gen (2015–2022)

2021 Chevrolet Colorado specs

The 2021 Chevrolet Colorado tows up to 7,700 lb, carries 1,367–1,550 lb of payload, weighs 3,935–4,815 lb at the curb and measures 212.7–224.9 in long, by configuration, per Chevrolet’s own documents.

We hold 35 configurations of the 2021 Colorado; Chevrolet gives figures for 34 of them.

Retail configurations: 35
Documents: 3

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 Colorado configuration

35 retail configurations sold in 2021, each with the figures Chevrolet publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Chevrolet gives figures for weights, dimensions and towing.

202135 configurations

2021 Chevrolet Colorado 2nd gen: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
WT Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 2.5L I-4	up to 3,500 lb	1,400 lb	3,968 lb	P255/65R17
WT Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,530 lb	4,138 lb	P255/65R17
WT Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 2.5L I-4	up to 3,500 lb	1,380 lb	4,188 lb	P255/65R17
WT Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,700 lb	1,430 lb	4,635 lb	P255/65R17
WT Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,500 lb	4,368 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 2.5L I-4	up to 3,500 lb	1,400 lb	4,050 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,540 lb	4,222 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Short Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,600 lb	1,490 lb	4,671 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Short Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,550 lb	4,419 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Long Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,480 lb	4,282 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Long Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,550 lb	1,400 lb	4,760 lb	P255/65R17
WT Crew Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,460 lb	4,507 lb	P255/65R17
LT Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 2.5L I-4	up to 3,500 lb	1,435 lb	3,935 lb	P255/65R17
LT Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,543 lb	4,107 lb	P255/65R17
LT Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 2.5L I-4	up to 3,500 lb	1,380 lb	4,173 lb	P255/65R17
LT Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,700 lb	1,430 lb	4,633 lb	P255/65R17
LT Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,504 lb	4,345 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 2.5L I-4	up to 3,500 lb	1,430 lb	4,029 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,700 lb	1,480 lb	4,481 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,548 lb	4,200 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Short Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,600 lb	1,471 lb	4,690 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Short Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,536 lb	4,410 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Long Box 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,700 lb	1,410 lb	4,550 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Long Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,494 lb	4,266 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Long Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,550 lb	1,375 lb	4,785 lb	P255/65R17
LT Crew Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,458 lb	4,502 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,700 lb	1,415 lb	4,655 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,474 lb	4,380 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,518 lb	4,252 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Crew Cab Short Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,600 lb	1,422 lb	4,748 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Crew Cab Short Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,481 lb	4,488 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Crew Cab Long Box 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	up to 7,550 lb	1,367 lb	4,815 lb	P255/65R17
Z71 Crew Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	up to 7,000 lb	1,444 lb	4,535 lb	P255/65R17
ZR2 Extended Cab Long Box 4WD 3.6L V-6	—	—	—	—
ZR2 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel	—	—	—	—

MakerSource: 2021 Chevrolet Colorado Specifications (pressroom product guide, specifications tab)

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2021

The 2021 Colorado against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what Chevrolet’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

Added: 1 configuration (ZR2 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel).
Dropped: 15 configurations (WT Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel, WT Crew Cab Short Box 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel, WT Crew Cab Long Box 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel, LT Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel, Z71 Extended Cab Long Box 2WD 2.5L I-4 and 10 more).
Payload: 1,367–1,550 lb (2020: 930–1,578 lb).
Curb weight: 3,935–4,815 lb (2020: 3,936–5,012 lb).
Length: 212.7–224.9 in (2020: 212.4–224.9 in).
Same range as the 2020: towing.
Towing rating differs on 3 of 33 configurations sold in both years: −50 lb.
Payload differs on 28 of 33 configurations sold in both years: −44 to +17 lb.
Curb weight differs on 32 of 33 configurations sold in both years: −27 to +32 lb.

03 / Tires

2021 Colorado stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Chevrolet fits at the factory in 2021, the standard ones first.

2021 Chevrolet Colorado stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
P255/65R17Standard: WT; LT, Z71	17 in	30.1 in

Colorado tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2021 documents

3 documents behind the 2021 Colorado’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked Oct 9, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

These are Chevrolet’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.