2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 6.2L V-8 4x4 - Car and Driver
In a pickup market gone fancy, the Silverado sticks to its basic-truck recipe. The steering is accurate, and the Silverado handles more like a big car than a big truck. Instrumented Test – 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 6. 2L 4x4 8-Speed Automatic The 2015 Silverado’s (and the rest of GM’s 6. 2-equipped trucks’) new eight-speed Hydra-Matic 8L90 transmission has similar dimensions as the old six-speed but with a... Our 2015 Silverado High Country test truck was actually slightly lighter than the nearly identical 2014 model we drove, weighing 5658 pounds, making it one of the lightest of the species. 2-liter sounds nice and burly, but no longer are tons of revs needed to get the truck up to speed, the eight-speed’s many ratios leveraging the 6. 2’s abundance of torque with minimal commotion. As a result, our observed fuel economy improved from the previous High Country’s 15 mpg to 16 with the eight-speed—not bad for a vehicle this large and quick that is capable of towing up to 9200 pounds to boot. Still Familiar The rest of the newest Silverado changes little for 2015, which means it’s still on the sharp end of the light-duty-truck segment. Source: www.caranddriver.com
