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If you're most Americans, the only place you've ever seen an American bison is in a picture of the West or on a menu. These days, the vast majority are on private ranches and raised for food, but for most of the last 400,000 years prior to Manifest Destiny, bison could be found all over the U.S., Canada, and northern Mexico. It's a proud heritage, one perfectly suited to the 2019 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison.

ike most bovines, Bison spend a lot of time standing around or meandering about, but they can cover ground when they want to. They've been found at altitudes up to 10,000 feet and can run at up to 40 mph and jump 6 feet high when properly motivated. The ZR2 Bison can go anywhere it pleases and do sick jumps, too, though it's considerably more reliable than its notoriously temperamental namesake.

The Bison treatment requires a fresh ZR2 to make a trip over to American Expedition Vehicles for extra underbody armor, tubular steel bumpers, and cool new wheels (plus a snorkel, if you option it). Boron steel plating isn't light, adding 144 pounds compared with a 2018 Colorado ZR2, per our scales. Similarly equipped with the four-door Crew Cab and V-6 engine, the slightly heavier ZR2 Bison is predictably slightly slower than the standard ZR2.

The good news is, 144 pounds doesn't make much difference on a truck that weighs 4,904 pounds, so the change in performance is basically within the margin of error. For example, the ZR2 Bison needs 7.2 seconds to get to 60 mph, a tenth slower than the standard ZR2. Likewise, it's a tenth of a second and 2.1 mph behind in the quarter mile at 15.6 seconds at 87.9 mph.

Like a charging bison, it carries its weight well. So well, in fact, the ZR2 Bison pulled slightly higher average g on the skidpad at an average of 0.72 g compared with 0.70 g for the regular ZR2. Same on our figure-eight test: 28.2 seconds at 0.59 average g for the ZR2 Bison and 29.1 seconds at 0.58 average g for the ZR2. The ZR2 Bison even stopped 2 feet shorter from 60 mph in just 133.With both trucks wearing the same 265/65/R17 Goodyear Wrangler DuraTracs, our best guesses to explain these results include the ZR2 Bison's tires being a bit newer and its transmission programming being a bit fresher. Previously, we've found V-6 Colorados of all trims to be soggy on the bottom end and suffering from transmission programming that always seeks out the highest gear. The ZR2 Bison, though, has been cured of that gearbox ill. Now, the GM-built eight-speed does a much better job of keeping the engine in the meat of its powerband and the improvement in drivability, on-road and off, is palpable.