The Silverado offers an abundance of comfort and convenience niceties, infotainment tech, driver assistance features, and towing equipment, as well as a good predicted reliability rating
The redesigned 2019 Chevrolet Silverado finishes in top half of our full-size truck rankings. It has a good predicted reliability rating and blends excellent performance with a quality interior, making it an appealing option no matter what you want from your next truck.
Chevy claims short-bed variants of the V-8 Silverado lose 450 pounds compared with the last generation, largely due to a new manufacturing strategy that allows GM to construct the body and frame from several different grades of steel and the doors, hood, and tailgate from aluminum. Varying the thickness of steel over different parts of the frame makes the Silverado lighter without relying on an expensive aluminum-intensive construction, as Ford does.
The Silverado’s transmission lineup is now nearly as diverse as its engine roster. The standard 4.3-liter V-6 and the 5.3-liter V-8 with AFM still pair with a six-speed automatic, while the 5.3 equipped with the new DFM technology uses an eight-speed auto, as will the four-cylinder when it becomes available.
The 6.2-liter and forthcoming 3.0-liter turbo-diesel come with a 10-speed automatic that GM shares with Ford. A single-speed transfer case is the new standard for all-wheel-drive models, though the truck’s available Z71 Off-Road package—standard on Trail Boss models—adds back a low range. Every all-wheel-drive Silverado now has push-button electronic controls to manage the system (some base and near-base models used to have floor-mounted shifters for this purpose).
