Where each one leads

Chevrolet Colorado

• On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Chevrolet Colorado uses 11.1 l/100 km, the 1999 Ford F-250 16.4.

Ford F-250

• Against cars of the same year, the Ford F-250 comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 51% less often than average) than the Chevrolet Colorado (fails 19% less often than average).

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

	Chevrolet Colorado	Ford F-250
Model years in the US safety record	2004–2026	1989–2014

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

	Chevrolet Colorado	Ford F-250
New York safety inspections failed	1.1%	0.8%
… against cars of the same year	−19%	−51%
US owner complaints	3,638	4,267
Most complaints about	Steering	Steering
Model year with most complaints	2016 (713)	1999 (581)
US recall campaigns	29	54
Manufacturer service bulletins	18,979	1,892
NHTSA defect investigations	10	65

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

	Chevrolet Colorado	Ford F-250
NHTSA overall rating	4★ (2026)	—

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

	Chevrolet Colorado	Ford F-250
Official combined fuel use, Canada	11.1 l/100 km (2026)	16.4 l/100 km (1999)

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).