General Motors knows a thing or two about building great eight-cylinder motors. It's not often we get a pair of new ones at once. While the Ford F-150 is the undisputed darling of the American truck market, it's General Motors that truly dominates the sales charts with the combination of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra models.
Now, after eight years on sale in its current form, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 is finally embarking on a new era, with updated styling, fresh tech features, and two next-generation V-8 engines slated to join the lineup. Here’s everything that Chevy is willing to tell us so far about the new Silverado.
View Price on AmazonChevrolet has reworked the offer sheet for the Silverado, bringing seven trim levels for customers to choose from: Silverado, Work Truck, Custom, Custom Trail Boss, Trail Boss, ZR2, and High Country. A ZR2 Bison with further enhancements from AEV will also be on offer. The carryover trims are largely similar to their predecessors, with "Silverado" arriving to replace the LT.
The High Country trims forgoes its western inspiration for model year 2027, adopting a much cleaner and modern take on American luxury. We’re particularly interested in the Custom Trail Boss, which offers an affordable entry point to GM’s off-road portfolio; this model pairs a two-inch lift with 34-inch tires to make for a rather bare-bones but handsome wheeler.
The automaker will offer four different powertrains across those trim levels, with the 2.7-liter TurboMax turbocharged inline-four and the Duramax 3.0-liter turbodiesel inline-six returning as carryovers. That said, customers will have two next-generation V-8 engines to choose from, which are related to the 6.7-liter unit that made its debut in the Corvette Grand Sport earlier this year.
The “smaller” of the V-8s is a 5.7-liter unit, which serves to replace the now ancient 5.3-liter; the outgoing 6.2-liter is now replaced by a 6.6-liter unit, which Chevrolet claims is the most powerful naturally aspirated V-8 in its segment. The engines are slated to be built at GM’s Flint, Tonawanda, and St. Catharines production facilities.
The exterior refresh of the new Silverado is far from a radical departure, but it's a design that enhances many of the older truck’s best features. The new LED lighting front and rear is a nice progression of the corporate signature, and gives the truck a more athletic and almost expensive presence.
Source: roadandtrack.com
