BEND, Oregon – It’s been over a year since the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 made its first surprise appearance – lowered by Sikorsky helicopter into the middle of the Texas motor speedway as if delivered by a giant, rotary-powered stork. There were five powertrains promised at the truck’s official debut, with the promise of a new diesel

The timing couldn’t have been better. My riding buddies and I had been invited to attend an equitation clinic about an hour away, and as luck would have it, my test drive of the Chevrolet Silverado had been rescheduled for that very week. Hauling 3,000 lb of restless, shuffling horseflesh would be as thorough an evaluation of the truck’s towing pro

Chevrolet is giving the Silverado some updates for 2020, just a year after the all-new truck was launched. There's more availability for the 10-speed auto, more trims that can get the 6.2 L V8, and more features to make driving (and towing) easier. The Silverado offered four powertrains for 2019, ranging from a turbo four-cylinder to a 6.2 L V8.

Fresh off the announcement that Ford will be expanding the F-150 trims that get the diesel engine, Chevrolet has announced that the 2020 version of their Silverado full-size truck is getting some diesel tech of its own, in the form of a 277 hp, 460 lb-ft 3.0 L inline-six cylinder turbo diesel. The diesel is the latest addition to the Silverado’s si

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming – Our ascent up the Teton Mountains has been gradual. A gentle climb meandering back and forth across the Wyoming–Idaho border. From this height, the valley floor is a patchwork quilt, its hayfields dotted with tiny, golden spools. The 6.2L V8 is monstrously strong, responding instantly when the accelerator’s pressed, ye

From the changeroom of my gym, the remote starter fired up my 2019 Chevrolet Silverado High Country tester (which I later named “Beastor”) from, oh, 100 feet away, every time I asked it to. And that’s through three cinder-block walls, a plate-glass window, and no shortage of morning gym-bros with sleeveless hoodies and work-boots, and traps that ha

GM used this month's NASCAR Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway to showcase a pair of special edition Silverado pickups. The first, and the one released at the race, is the 2016 Silverado 1500 Rally Edition. This model has a monochromatic paint job with black hood stripes and hockey sticks on the side. Most of the chrome trim has been r

Chevrolet has just revealed fuel economy figures for the new 3.0L Duramax diesel in the 2020 Silverado 1500 . The new engine is rated to get sedan-like fuel economy that is the best in its class. For now, at least. Figures of 7.2 L/100 km on the highway and 10.2 in the city are listed for rear-drive trucks equipped with the new diesel. It's an

Head Lake, ON – Huddling around the warmth of a crackling steel drum, I can't help but think, that in our down vests, red check flannels and ball caps, we look more inclined to wreak havoc upon the local deer population than to evaluate trucks. But together, we make up the judging panel for the 2016 Canadian Truck King Challenge. Although this e

Review by Stephen Elmer, Jeff Wilson, and Dustin Woods. Photography by Michael Bettencourt and Stephen Elmer. Pickups have come a long way over the years. Twenty-five years ago, your typical truck buyer would have laughed at the idea of a heated steering wheel, ventilated seats, or worse yet – an option that handled back-up duties for them whil

After a busy spring, June marks a quieter month for new-vehicle arrivals in Canada. In fact, General Motors is the only manufacturer adding models to its showrooms: Two of them are pickup trucks and the third is the latest Cadillac SUV. We’re also saying goodbye in June to one of the automotive industry’s most iconic cars, the Volkswagen Beetle.

With plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles becoming more popular and gas prices remaining quite high in most provinces – recent COVID-19-related blip notwithstanding – fewer and fewer car shoppers are looking to get themselves into a vehicle with a V8 engine. That doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of V8 cars or trucks available today, though. If y

Few surprises in 2015 Canadian vehicle searches… except for one region. Ever wonder what other people are looking for on autoTRADER.ca? Looking back at our post for 2014 , you'll find a list of bread-and-butter commuters and hardworking pickups. Sensible Canadian sensibilities at play here, clearly. And it's the same story in 2015 – the Overal

Have I ever mentioned I hate camping? Perhaps not in an article I have written, probably because it would have never come up. I never go camping, so why would I mention I hate it, right? Well the unthinkable has happened – I, Mr. “Hate camping and would rather poke my eyes out with needles while bathing in a bath of acid”, went camping. My dr

Thanks to revisions and improvements for model-year 2018, drivers of the latest Ford F-150 can bask smugly in the top-dog status of their machines at the jobsite or boat launch – thanks to the achievement of the segment’s highest towing capacity, payload capacity, and the most torque available in any competitive gas- or diesel-burning pickup.