By Christian Seabaugh | Photos By Jessica Walker | November 20, 2014
Aluminum. Diesel. Coil springs. Air suspension. Turbochargers. These are all things that both the 2015 Ford F-150 and 2015 Ram 1500 have but the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado lacks. Truck buyers are a traditional bunch, though, so the question is, does any of that really matter? With the Silverado and its Sierra cousin the last truly traditional half-ton pickups on the market, we thought we'd find out if all that whiz-bang, attention-grabbing tech that its rivals have is worth the hype, so we rounded up a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ and hit the test track.
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Our Silverado tester's Ecotec3 5.3-liter V-8 is Chevy's answer to the turbocharged power of Ford's EcoBoost and Ram's EcoDiesel engines. The Silverado's 5.3-liter V-8, which makes 355 hp and 383 lb-ft of torque, is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission and a two-speed, four-wheel-drive transfer case. 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Ltz Z71 Front Three Quarter Although more powerful than Ford's new 325-hp 2.7-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6, the Silverado certainly doesn't feel it. While the 2015 F-150 SuperCab we recently tested with the little EcoBoost mill scooted from 0-60 mph in 6.5 seconds, our Silverado tester needed 6.9 seconds to hit the same speed. Our recent F-150 Platinum SuperCrew, which was equipped with the larger 365-hp 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6, was also quicker to 60 mph than the Chevy, hitting the mark in 6.4 seconds. The Ram 1500 bookends the Silverado's numbers: The 240-hp 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 EcoDiesel model needs 8.8 seconds to hit 60 mph, and models equipped with the 395-hp 5.7-liter V-8 Hemi need 6.8 seconds. When it comes to dragstrip performance, the Silverado turned a 15.4-second time with an 89.8 mph trap speed. The Silverado's 60-0 stop took 127 feet. When it comes to handling performance, our 2015 Silverado 1500 tester lapped the figure eight in 28.0 seconds at 0.75g average and pulled 0.77g average on the skidpad.
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests...tz_z71_4wd_crew_cab_first_test/#ixzz3JfXGZSq2
Aluminum. Diesel. Coil springs. Air suspension. Turbochargers. These are all things that both the 2015 Ford F-150 and 2015 Ram 1500 have but the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado lacks. Truck buyers are a traditional bunch, though, so the question is, does any of that really matter? With the Silverado and its Sierra cousin the last truly traditional half-ton pickups on the market, we thought we'd find out if all that whiz-bang, attention-grabbing tech that its rivals have is worth the hype, so we rounded up a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ and hit the test track.
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Our Silverado tester's Ecotec3 5.3-liter V-8 is Chevy's answer to the turbocharged power of Ford's EcoBoost and Ram's EcoDiesel engines. The Silverado's 5.3-liter V-8, which makes 355 hp and 383 lb-ft of torque, is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission and a two-speed, four-wheel-drive transfer case. 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Ltz Z71 Front Three Quarter Although more powerful than Ford's new 325-hp 2.7-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6, the Silverado certainly doesn't feel it. While the 2015 F-150 SuperCab we recently tested with the little EcoBoost mill scooted from 0-60 mph in 6.5 seconds, our Silverado tester needed 6.9 seconds to hit the same speed. Our recent F-150 Platinum SuperCrew, which was equipped with the larger 365-hp 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6, was also quicker to 60 mph than the Chevy, hitting the mark in 6.4 seconds. The Ram 1500 bookends the Silverado's numbers: The 240-hp 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 EcoDiesel model needs 8.8 seconds to hit 60 mph, and models equipped with the 395-hp 5.7-liter V-8 Hemi need 6.8 seconds. When it comes to dragstrip performance, the Silverado turned a 15.4-second time with an 89.8 mph trap speed. The Silverado's 60-0 stop took 127 feet. When it comes to handling performance, our 2015 Silverado 1500 tester lapped the figure eight in 28.0 seconds at 0.75g average and pulled 0.77g average on the skidpad.
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests...tz_z71_4wd_crew_cab_first_test/#ixzz3JfXGZSq2