Review: 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD

SOURCE: CHEVROLET

Chevrolet [has] introduced the new 2022 Silverado, a significantly updated version of the brand's best-selling truck and one that offers customers with more choices, more technology and more premium touches. New for 2022 is the first-ever Silverado ZR2, Chevy's new flagship off-road truck and the latest addition to a successful lineup of off-road and factory-installed lifted trims. The 2022 enhanced Silverado also features an elevated exterior design, and, a new, expressive interior with enhanced technology. Changes include a 13.4-inch-diagonal touchscreen standard on LT, RST, LT Trail Boss, ZR2, LTZ and High Country, available Super Cruise¹ hands-free driver assistance technology with trailering on High Country. Also new for 2022 is an enhanced, stronger version of the 2.7L Turbo High-Output engine that offers more torque than any base engine in it's class.

Additional highlights to the new 2022 Chevrolet Silverado include:

• A fully redesigned interior for LT, RST, LT Trail Boss, LTZ and High Country trims featuring a redesigned, sweeping horizontal instrument panel that makes the cabin seem more spacious, along with a new, more functional centre console (with available electronic shift control on ZR2, LTZ and High Country).


• A 13.4-inch-diagonal colour touchscreen and new 12.3-inch-diagonal configurable digital instrument cluster standard on all models with the new interior


• Standard on trims with the new interior, Google built-in offers access to Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play right on your infotainment screen. This new experience works with Android Auto^TM3 and Apple CarPlay⁴ and offers new levels of customization and flexibility for customers.


• Every trim features a new front fascia, which emphasizes the truck's stability and strength with a wide, planted stance, while with animated walk-up and walk-away functions in addition to swiping turn signal functions on select trims.

Elevated Exterior Design

Starting with an already bold design, the Silverado's designers enhanced the 2022 model with elements that reinforce the truck's wide, stable and confidence-inspiring stance, while also incorporating refined cues that reflect how many customers use their trucks today often as a family's primary vehicle. On the exterior, every trim receives a new front fascia and grille design that lowers the headlamps to emphasize the Silverado's strength and stability. On LT models and above, the wing-shaped daytime running lamps that were introduced in 2019 are revised and feature animated lighting sequences when approaching, starting or walking away from the vehicle. What hasn't changed with the new 2022 Silverado's exterior design is the durability and versatility. The sturdy, roll-formed high-strength-steel construction of the bed floor is the foundation for a class-leading 89.1 cubic feet of standard cargo bed volume. There are also 12 standard tie-downs and innovative features such as the available and industry-first power-up/down tailgate and the available six-position Multi-Flex tailgate. Three new exterior colours are offered with the refreshed 2022 Silverado: Dark Ash Metallic, Sand Dune and a vibrant blue, Glacier Blue Metallic.

All-New Interior Appointments

Silverado has a refreshed interior on the LT trim and above, incorporating new materials into a design that gives the cabin a spacious and more premium feel. The new interior is rooted in a driver-oriented instrument panel that incorporates a bold, 13.4-inch-diagonal horizontal touchscreen, along with a 12.3-inch-diagonal digital, configurable instrument cluster. Notably, the vertical elements of the 2021 model's instrument panel been replaced with horizontal lines and floating elements that enhance the feeling of spaciousness to the Silverado's cabin.

It's a more contemporary, refined design that elevates the premium nature of the interior. It's also a more driver-oriented space that's connected to our performance heritage, with a hint of Corvette influence in the design DNA.

Alexandre Scartezini, Chevrolet Truck Lead Interior Designer

Additionally, the new centre console incorporates an available electronic shift controller in models with bucket seats. The look and feel of the interior are elevated with new available colours, seat designs and more premium materials throughout. That's especially true for the top-level High Country model, which features new and unique elements including:

• Authentic open-pore wood trim on the console, upper glove box and doors
• Standard leather seating surfaces with an exclusive custom perforation and stitching pattern.
• Stainless steel speaker grilles with the Bose premium audio system, standard on High Country and LTZ
• Two interior colour choices, Jet Black or Nightshift Blue

Dynamic Integrated Technologies

Silverado's new infotainment screen is the centrepiece of the more intuitive technology and is paired with a new digital, configurable instrument cluster. Together, they provide customers with a bold, panoramic and at-a-glance view of the important vehicle feature readouts and infotainment settings. The configurable cluster and infotainment display are designed to engage customers with new levels of personalization and intuitive interaction. It starts the moment the driver slides behind the wheel and the driver information centre comes to life. The available Rear Camera Mirror and Head-Up Display take the total to four technologically advanced screens, each helping provide an engaging and comprehensive driving experience. The standard four user-selectable cluster layouts enable flexibility for a display that meets individual needs: the simplest layout for long, flat highways or more information for technical trails or heavy traffic. And if a driver is preparing for snow, ice or off-roading ahead, engaging visuals can represent the terrain mode selected. Additionally, all Silverado trims LT and above are equipped with available Google built-in². With it, customers can control certain vehicle functions by saying 'Hey Google' or pressing the 'push to talk' button on the steering wheel. Use your voice to call or text friends, listen to music, set reminders, or even change the temperature in the car. Google built-in complements technologies Silverado customers have already come to enjoy, including wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as available Alexa Built-in

Super Cruise Driver Assistance Features

The enhanced 2022 Silverado will be the first Chevy pickup offered with available Super Cruise, the industry's first true hands-free driver assistance technology for divided and compatible roads. It is available on Silverado High Country and can be used on more than 320,000 km (200,000 miles) of compatible roads in Canada and the U.S. Super Cruise employs many advanced technology features, including a Driver Attention System and precision LiDAR map data. The Driver Attention System uses a small camera located on the top of the steering column and works with infrared lights to determine where the driver is looking whenever Super Cruise is in operation. If the Driver Attention System detects the driver's gaze has turned away from the road ahead for too long, the steering wheel light bar will prompt the driver to return their attention to the road. If the system determines continued inattentiveness, it will use visible and audible alerts to notify the driver to take back control of the wheel.

Super Cruise can be used when trailering with the Silverado, with specific calibrations designed to account for the additional drag and increased braking distance that comes with trailering. When not trailering, Lane Change on Demand and Automatic Lane Change are also available with Super Cruise. The 2022 Silverado's capability to tow hands-free on divided and compatible roads adds to the Silverado's trailering technology leadership that includes up to eight available cameras, and no competitor offers more camera views¹⁰. The available Advanced Trailering System with an in-vehicle trailering app¹¹ helps make trailering easier from departure to arrival.

In addition to Super Cruise, the 2022 Silverado also offers other safety features with trailering in mind, including Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert which accounts for the length of the trailer when changing lanes and enhancements to Adaptive Cruise Control to enable use while trailering. For the new 2022 Silverado, Chevrolet Safety Assist, a suite of six standard active safety features, is standard on every trim, and includes Forward Collision Alert, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking, Following Distance Indicator, and IntelliBeam auto high beams. Additional active safety features such as HD rear vision camera and Buckle to Drive are standard across the lineup for the new 2022 Silverado models.

Silverado Propulsion and Capability

The Silverado's propulsion lineup is strengthened and streamlined for the new 2022 models, starting with significant enhancements to the 2.7L Turbo engine. It leads with more torque than any base engine in its class and has a maximum trailering rating of 9,600 pounds in a two-wheel drive configuration. A new, more rigid cylinder block casting is the foundation for the refined 2.7L Turbo High-Output engine and it's complemented with a 30-percent-stiffer crankshaft.  The engine maintains its fully forged bottom end as well as technology used in diesel engines to deliver on truck durability. These enhancements enabled engineers to reduce noise and tune the engine for greater torque production, particularly in the usable low-mid rpm range. Maximum torque is GM-estimated at 420 lb.-ft. (569 Nm), over a 20-percent increase compared to the current engine.

There also have been shift scheduling revisions of the 2.7L Turbo High-Output engine's complementing eight-speed automatic transmission to offer smoother shifting along with quicker downshifts, for a greater feeling of refinement and power on demand. The other engine that sees improvements is the popular 3.0L Duramax Turbo-Diesel. Chassis changes that now allow inclusion of the max tow package, so the 3.0L Duramax now has a max tow rating of 13,300 pounds in a two-wheel drive configuration. This is a 4,000-pound improvement over the 2022 Silverado LTD models and brings new capability to an engine praised for its smooth ride and impressive efficiency. Both engines are part of a propulsion lineup that also includes the proven 5.3L V-8 with Dynamic Fuel Management, the 6.2L V-8 the most powerful naturally aspirated V-8 engine in the segment. All V-8 engines and the 3.0L Duramax Turbo-Diesel are paired exclusively with a 10-speed automatic transmission for retail customers.

The Silverado is legendary and continues to excite both new and loyal customers. For the new 2022 model, we've enhanced the Silverado lineup to build on its success, giving customers more choice, a refined design and new technology options.

Kelly MacDonald, Director, Chevrolet Truck Marketing

Specifications

Engine: 420 horsepower 6.2L EcoTec3 V8
Torque: 460 pound-feet
Transmission: 9-Speed Automatic
Wheels: 20" Machined Aluminum
Sound: Bose Premium Sound System
Color: Black
Fuel: 15/20/17 (mpg city/highway/combined)
MSRP (starts): $60,300
MSRP (shown): $68,850

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