Test Drive: 2022 Chevrolet Silverado Trail Boss

2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew LT Trail Boss

Class: Large Pickup

Miles pushed: 261

Fuel used: 11.3 gallons

Real-world gasoline economic system: 23.1 mpg

Driving combine: 50% metropolis, 50% freeway

EPA-estimated gasoline economic system: 20/23/21 (mpg metropolis/freeway/mixed)

Fuel sort: Diesel

Base worth: $52,000 (not together with $1695 vacation spot cost)

Options on check car: LT Trail Boss Premium Package ($4000), Duramax 3.0-liter 6-cylinder turbodiesel ($2590), energy sunroof ($995), entrance bucket seats with heart console ($620), adaptive cruise management ($500), Multiflex tailgate ($445), bed-view digital camera ($250), credit score–not outfitted with heated steering wheel–contains later retrofit (-$25), LT Trail Boss Premium Package low cost (-$500)

Price as examined: $62,570

Quick Hits

The nice: Spacious cabin; much-improved inside supplies; comparatively quiet, economical Duramax turbodiesel 6-cylinder engine

The good: Long listing of accessible consolation, security, and know-how options

The not so good: Ride high quality is a step behind class rivals; off-road tires are noisier on the freeway; choices drive up bottom-line worth

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John Biel

The Chevrolet Silverado LT Trail Boss simply may need gotten a bit bossier. For 2022 it sports activities touched-up frontal styling and a revamped inside with massive, new gauge and infotainment shows that put it the league with its main rivals from Ford and Ram.

That’s not all of what’s new with the ’22 Silverado, however these issues had been the foremost model-year updates for the Silverado 1500 that Consumer Guide examined, a Red Hot-painted LT Trail Boss “short-bed” crew cab. The truck had a beginning worth of $53,695 with supply, however an possibility load that included $4000 for an in depth LT Trail Boss Premium Package and $2590 for a Duramax 3.0-liter turbodiesel 6-cylinder engine contributed to a closing worth that reached $62,570.

Chevrolet’s full-size half-ton pickup receives an intensive refresh for 2022 that features an exterior styling facelift and–although our check car wasn’t so outfitted–availability of GM’s Super Cruise hands-free driver-assist system.

Across the lineup there are new grilles incorporating redesigned headlamps and adjusted entrance bumpers, from the utilitarian WT up by way of the deluxe High Country. (Note that Chevy remains to be promoting a parallel lower-cost Silverado Limited line that successfully is a continuation of the 2019-21 fashions.) A simplified engine lineup—the 4.3-liter V6 is dropped—features a 310-horsepower turbocharged 2.7-liter 4-cylinder, the turbodiesel inline six with 277 horsepower, and V8s of 5.3 liters/355 horsepower and 6.2 liters/420 horsepower. All can be found within the LT Trail Boss.

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LT fashions and above obtain a properly revamped inside–highlighted by a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and a 13.4-inch infotainment touchscreen–as a part of the Silverado’s refresh for 2022. The obtainable “Electronic Precision” shifter is a pleasant different to a column-mount shift lever, although not all of our testers appreciated its “push-pull” structure.

All however the WT- and Custom-trim Silverados get the new-look instrument panel with the 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and 13.4-inch infotainment display. The vibrant, configurable gauge array is sort of a departure from the earlier unit with its quartet of small, ancillary dials throughout the highest. (The latter design stays within the WT and Custom.) The massive, horizontal Chevrolet Infotainment 3 touchscreen allowed straightforward and intuitive audio inputs—and there’s a useful bodily energy/quantity knob. Map views are massive and brilliant. From the LT degree on up Google-powered map, app, and voice-assistant compatibility is inbuilt. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration is wi-fi. Revamped controls for the dual-zone local weather system proceed with useful rotary temperature dials, however a giant cluster of buttons—together with repetitive-pushers for fan pace—governs different capabilities.

The non-obligatory turbodiesel six is pleasantly quiet and immune to vibration for its form. It is, nonetheless, not swift with its modest herd of 277 ponies. A saving grace is pull: Its 460 lb-ft of torque matches that of the 6.2-liter V8, and it reaches that degree at simply 1500 rpm—manner prior to the gasoline engine does. The turbodiesel and each V8s are paired with a clean and efficient 10-speed automated transmission activated by both a steering-column lever or, in console-equipped fashions just like the check truck, the “Electronic Precision” shifter that considerably counterintuitively is moved ahead to activate Reverse and again to summon Drive. A button on the grip enlists Park.

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Like all full-size crew-cab pickups, the Silverado presents very beneficiant passenger area entrance and rear. Among the upgrades included within the $4000 LT Trail Boss Premium Package are leather-based upholstery and rear under-seat storage.

In pursuit of most gasoline economic system, the turbodiesel powerplant is provided with an automated cease/begin and Active Fuel Management that deactivates as much as half of the engine’s cylinders beneath lowered load. The EPA estimates for this engine in Silverados with 4-wheel drive and mud-terrain tires (the one manner the Trail Boss comes) are 20 mpg within the metropolis, 23 mpg on the freeway, and 21 mixed. Our editors truly bested the EPA estimates, averaging 23.1 in a good mixture of metropolis/freeway driving, in testing that was run in 2-wheel drive and unladen with by no means greater than two folks aboard.

In sure methods, the ’22 Silverado 1500 isn’t far faraway from 2019-21 fashions, together with the ’19 LT Trail Boss that CG examined. What separates the off-road-oriented Trail Boss from different LTs is the Z71 off-road bundle with Rancho-brand monotube shock absorbers, a 2-inch suspension carry for further floor clearance and heightened method and departure angles, and 275/65R18C Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac tires on glossy-black 18-inch alloy wheels. Additional options are a 2-speed switch case, robotically locking rear differential, hill-descent management, heavy-duty air cleaner, undercarriage skid plates, and a pair of purple tow hooks that mission from the entrance bumper.

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Steps constructed into the rear bumper make mattress entry a bit simpler. The Silverado gained its obtainable “Multiflex” configurable tailgate (which originated as GMC’s MultiProfessional tailgate) final yr; it’s a $445 possibility on LT fashions.

Other issues to count on from LTs are a power-locking and power-releasing tailgate, cargo-bed lighting and tie-downs, twin exhaust retailers with brilliant ideas, nook steps constructed into the rear bumper, heated energy mirrors, and LED lighting throughout. The inside accommodates heated entrance seats, a 10-way energy driver’s seat, 60/40 folding rear seat cushion, leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, keyless entry and beginning, satellite tv for pc radio, Bluetooth audio streaming, and a Wi-Fi hotspot. Driver assists are forward-collision alert and entrance pedestrian braking, lane-keep help with late-departure warning, surround-view digital camera, and Teen Driver mode to set consumer limits.

The check truck was made a bit cozier and extra helpful through the Trail Boss Premium Package with leather-upholstered entrance seats and rear seats with storage bins included into the backrests, energy sliding rear window, spray-in mattress liner, and Bose sound system. The bundle’s driver aids included a number of gadgets useful for protected trailering. (The check truck was rated to tow 9000 kilos.) An influence sunroof, adaptive cruise management, and 6-position “Multi-Flex” tailgate had been amongst particular person choices.

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The 3.0-liter Duramax inline-six turbodiesel engine tacks on a cool $2590, however provides respectable energy and good gasoline economic system. Eighteen-inch high-gloss-black-painted aluminum wheels on all-terrain tires are customary gear.

Passenger area stays as considerable as ever in both row, with straightforward 3-abreast seating for adults in again. Drivers will discover some appreciable roof-pillar obstructions, nonetheless. Also, with out non-obligatory aspect steps, entries and exits are usually not the simplest within the high-riding Trail Boss. The change to the instrument panel has not value the higher-end Silverados the twin glove containers discovered within the outdated sprint. However, the console field in vehicles with the Electronic Precision shifter isn’t as roomy as earlier than. Large map pockets with cup holders reside in all doorways and pairs of uncovered cup holders seem within the console, pull-down rear armrest, and again of the middle console. The rear seat cushion flips as much as allow broad space for storing.

The Trail Boss and its off-road ilk cede some quiet whereas on pavement—blame the tires. Steering and dealing with aren’t dangerous, although, and a meaty pedal really feel accompanies good braking. Chevy’s leaf-spring rear suspension, whereas not class-leading, nonetheless carried out decently even when the pavement wasn’t cutting-edge.

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The higher-line Chevrolet Silverado 1500 fashions achieve some much-needed inside enhancements for 2022, together with a number of welcome newly obtainable options, that make them extra compelling towards their class rivals.

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