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2003 Chevrolet S-10 Compact Pickup Truck

The complete assortment of Chevrolet's compact-class S-10 trucks for 2003 includes a two-door Regular Cab and Extended Cab with third rear-hinged door plus Crew Cab with four full-size doors. As for powertrains, the series begins with a 2.2-liter in-line-four base engine that musters 120 hp. Price leader in the S-10 lineup mates the four-cylinder plant and manual five-speed transmission with a Regular Cab and short bed. The optional Vortec 4300 V6 rises to 180 hp, but in 4WD mode moves up ten points for a power boost. You can put either engine in the Regular or Extended Cab, but the four-door Crew Cab reserves the V6 exclusively. S-10 Crew Cab also has a cropped bed of 55.2 inches to hold the wheelbase to an easy-to-drive length. Packages customize S-10 by function or style, such as the Xtreme that makes a factory-built street 'rod truck with low stance and special ground effects, or the ZR2 Wide Stance Sports Performance Package for 4WD off-roading. A ZR5 Sport Appearance Package for Crew Cab is new and by mid-year a Flame decal package will appear, along with a new paint shade -- vivid Yellow.