Tag: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado

Pickups

Shell, Tommy Pike team up on lifted Chevy 3500 dually, Ram Rebel builds to boast multi-vehicle T6 oil capabilities

Custom car and truck builders get all kinds of unusual requests. When Shell Lubricants came to Tommy Pike Customs for some ideas to promote its new Rotella T6 Multi-Vehicle lube oil, the answer was clear. Since the T6 oil was formulated to work in gasoline engines as well as diesel engines, the choice was to […]

November 16, 2017

Pickups

Chevy attacks F-Series aluminum with new bed test, other videos; Ford rolls eyes

Chevy is taking on Ford again in five recently released videos (watch them below), including a new truck bed challenge that once again left the aluminum bed of a Ford pickup punctured despite the automaker’s efforts to make it stronger over an earlier design. Though not as dramatic and popular as last year’s truck bed […]

July 21, 2017

Construction Equipment

Hood scoop key piece in Chevy’s creation of its most powerful HD pickups yet

Chevy’s 2017 Silverado 2500 and 3500 pickups aren’t just special to the automaker because they’re new. Thanks to the 6.6-liter Duramax diesel at the heart of these heavy duty pickups, Chevy says these are the most powerful vehicles it has ever produced. Introduced last October, the 6.6L Duramax V8 got a complete redesign intended to […]

July 19, 2017

Pickups

Test Drive: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4×4 is a pickup built to tow—and keep you connected

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part review of the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 High Country 4×4 with the newly redesigned 6.6-liter Duramax turbo diesel. Click here for Part 1. Information and Entertainment Overall, the information and entertainment systems on the 2017 Chevy Silverado 2500 High Country are very impressive. First up is the […]

April 20, 2017

Pickups

Test Drive: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4×4’s new Duramax engine brings big punch

Chevrolet’s 2017 Silverado 2500 is such a major upgrade from the last generation of the Bowtie’s heavy duty trucks that we decided to break this Test Drive up into two parts. Part 1 takes a look at street performance, the interior and four-wheel-drive. Part 2 next week will examine towing, information & entertainment systems, 4G LTE […]

April 12, 2017

Pickups

Chevy unveils Carhartt Silverado 2500HD, a sharp work truck literally covered in duck brown fabric

Both brands come from Detroit. Both brands speak to hard working, blue collar Americans. So it only makes sense that Chevrolet would team up with Carhartt to create a themed truck. On the mechanical side, the Silverado 2500 HD Carhartt sports GM’s 6.6-liter Duramax turbo diesel that pounds out 445 horsepower and 910 lb.-ft. of torque. New […]

November 4, 2016

Pickups

GM reveals most powerful Duramax diesel yet by having 2017 Silverado HD tow giant American flag, break world record

After teasing an engine update with the June unveiling of a new front end design for both the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD featuring a functional hood scoop, General Motors has revealed all the details on a new, more powerful 6.6-liter Duramax V8 diesel. This new Duramax boasts 445 horsepower at 2,850 rpm and 910 […]

October 5, 2016

Pickups

2015-2017 Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra pickups recalled due to sweeping airbag, seatbelt defect

General Motors is recalling 4.3 million vehicles around the globe, including 2015-2017 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, over concerns of possible air bag deployment failure. GM reports that certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing and diagnostic module software to activate a diagnostic test during which the front air bags and seat belt […]

September 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

Chevrolet unveils 2017 Silverado High Desert with deluxe cargo system

Calling the truck a pickup that combines the form of a Silverado with some of the features and functionality of the Suburban SUV, Chevrolet has unveiled the 2017 Silverado High Desert. Based on a concept vehicle revealed at the 2014 SEMA show, this new Silverado package will be available starting this fall for the LT, LTZ and High […]

May 16, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado sports possible Colorado-like facelift in spy shots

[imagebrowser id=236] Unveiled with the 2014 models, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 went seven years before its latest redesign. Possibly inspired by the positive response the truck maker has seen with its midsize 2015 Colorado, it looks like Chevy won’t be waiting quite as long on the next Silverado facelift. According to a report from Truck Trend, […]

April 20, 2015