PICKUP THROWDOWN II: Chevy Silverado impresses on track and road in our V8 ... - Equipment World Magazine
The number-crunching involved track testing with data gathered via Racelogic data loggers, highway fuel economy and acceleration testing on the 6-percent grade of highway climbing out of Davis Dam (AZ), and votes cast by five automotive writers,... RELATED >> PICKUP THROWDOWN: 2015 Ford F-150 dominates our track testing of 6 new V6 half-tons Scoring was simple: The winner of each of the 11 test categories received 100 points, with the remaining competitors receiving their calculated percentage. Those empirical categories included: acceleration (loaded/unloaded). braking (loaded/unloaded): fuel economy (empty/towing). The remainder of the point totals (about 35 percent) consisted of five pickup experts scoring the trucks in six different areas related to ride, handling, ergonomics and other driving factors. The total scores were tallied after five days of evaluations that included each judge driving hundreds of miles of driving each truck (with and without Logan horse trailers loaded to 6,700 pounds in-tow), making multiple passes with each truck... When the tire smoke cleared a winner appeared by the closest of margins: Chevrolet’s 2015 Silverado 1500 Crew Cab 4×4 LTZ 6. 2L. You can see the comparison graphs below. Source: www.equipmentworld.com
