Chevrolet News:Chevrolet Reveals 2020 Silverado HD and Its Massive Grille

[William Maley]

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Chevrolet has revealed the first details and images of the upcoming 2020 Silverado HD that will be premiering in February - most likely at the Chicago Auto Show.

The most evident item that will determine whether or not you like the truck is the front end. Chevrolet wanted to make the heavy-duty Silverado slightly different than its light-duty brother. This is done via a larger grille with an industrial look. Other design changes include squared-off fenders and smoother surfacing on the sides. Chevrolet has introduced a set of integrated steps into the side of the bed that is said to help with access to the available fifth-wheel hitch. No pictures of the interior were provided, but we're expecting it to be similar to the Silverado 1500.

Like the current Silverado HD, the 2019 model will have two engines. There will be "an all-new gasoline engine with direct injection mated to a six-speed transmission" and a "Duramax Turbo-Diesel V-8, which delivers 910 lb-ft of torque through an all-new, Allison 10-speed transmission." Chevrolet is keeping quiet on various technical details for both engines.

Sales are expected to begin sometime in the middle of next year.

Gallery: 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD

Source: Chevrolet

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MOST CAPABLE, MOST ADVANCED SILVERADO HEAVY DUTY EVER TO DEBUT IN FEBRUARY 2019

• 2020 Silverado HD is the third all-new Silverado in 18 months

DETROIT — When the 2020 Silverado HD debuts in February 2019 it will be the most capable and most advanced Silverado HD ever. It will also be the third all-new Silverado model from Chevrolet in just 18 months — each designed for different customers.

“We know the needs and priorities of heavy-duty customers are different than those of either light-duty or medium-duty customers,” said Jaclyn McQuaid, chief engineer, Silverado HD. “As such, we built a heavy-duty truck tailor-made for them that has more differentiation than ever before from light-duty models, offers advanced towing technologies to improve towing confidence and includes new features such as the integrated Bedstep, which makes it easier to access the bed while pulling a fifth-wheel trailer.”

Built at the Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Mich., the new Silverado HD’s design has a bold, sculpted form that follows its enhanced heavy-duty function, differentiating it from the light-duty Silverado. In fact, the 2020 Silverado HD exterior shares only the roof with its Silverado 1500 stablemate — every other piece of sheet metal is exclusive to Silverado HD.

“We set out to make a statement with the 2020 Silverado HD and wanted to visually capture the power and capability of the truck,” said Brian Izard, lead exterior designer for Silverado HD. “The result is a truck that looks like a piece of heavy machinery with modern, chiseled finishes and customer-focused details.”

The interior benefits from similar architectural changes made to the all-new Silverado 1500, including an additional 3 inches of legroom on crew cab models and a taller, more comfortable seating position.

Under the 2020 Silverado HD’s hood is a choice of two new powertrains: an all-new gasoline engine with direct injection mated to a six-speed transmission, or the Duramax Turbo-Diesel V-8, which delivers 910 lb-ft of torque through an all-new, Allison 10-speed transmission.

The 2020 Silverado HD also will offer all-new customer-focused trailering technology, significant increases in towing and payload capabilities and a host of technologies and features designed specifically for heavy-duty truck customers.

GM’s focus on understanding truck customers has helped build the most successful truck franchise in the industry over the last four years. Since introducing the industry’s first three-truck strategy with midsize, full-size light-duty and full-size heavy-duty trucks in 2014, GM has been the best-selling truck manufacturer for four consecutive years. The company has sold more than 600,000 pickups than the closest manufacturer from 2014 through the first three quarters of 2018.

That momentum is expected to continue with the launches of the new Colorado ZR2 Bison, all-new Silverado 1500, the all-new Silverado Medium-Duty trucks and now the all-new Silverado HD models.

The 2020 Silverado HD goes on sale in mid-2019, stay tuned for more details about the all-new 2020 Silverado HD.

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[ccap41]

...They actually made it uglier than the 1500... ??‍♂️

[ccap41]

I mean what the heck... 

[Robert Hall]

I imagine there will be an even uglier work truck trim in white w/ the front all black... 

With that full width spar w/ tabs on top of it, maybe they were inspired by the late 50s Chevy Viking truck grilles. 

Edited December 4, 2018 by Robert Hall

[G. David Felt]

@ccap41 @Robert Hall This wins the Ugly Incest of the year award. WTF GM, you just had to inbred your truck with something from a bad concept? 

??? Thinking on this, is there a new Transformer movie I have not heard about that requires ugly incest kids that arrive on our planet and are really decepticons? ?‍♂️

[frogger]

LOL Wow that really is more pathetic than the 1500.

 

 

[Robert Hall]

They did a better job w/ the 4500 HD front end.  It looks like a regular Chevy truck front, scaled up without the new weirdness..

 

Edited December 4, 2018 by Robert Hall

[balthazar]

That (the HD) is NOT attractive.
I don't even know WHAT it is.

However, that side bed step is genius!

Edited December 4, 2018 by balthazar

[ccap41]

3 minutes ago, balthazar said:

However, that side bed step is genius!

I absolutely agree! That's about the only thing that I love about this truck as of now.  The gasoline V8 and 10spd for the Duramax are both intriguing though. 

[balthazar]

I probably can't even see over the bedrail on that HD; I already know I can barely touch the bedfloor on the 1500 4WD.

[Robert Hall]

1 hour ago, balthazar said:

 

However, that side bed step is genius!

That's one of the features that once you think about it, you wonder why it isn't on full sizers all ready...

I do wonder what the 'all-new gasoline engine with direct injection' will be..

Edited December 4, 2018 by Robert Hall

[Robert Hall]

[ocnblu]

So bold, so "in-your-face"... I love this thing!

[ocnblu]

I see what they're doing here... and it makes me happy.

4 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

They did a better job w/ the 4500 HD front end.  It looks like a regular Chevy truck front, scaled up without the new weirdness..

 

Looks WAY weak now after seeing the stupendous new 2020 2500HD.

[Robert Hall]

So Motor Trend is saying the gasoline engine may be a Navistar 6.6 V8 from MD Trucks.

[Cmicasa the Great]

Split grille.. what's not to love.. YES!!! Finally.. someone came out with a truck, that actually looks like its ready to do some fukking work. I've been saying it for a while.. what the deal with these pick-ups looking like they are trying to be something other than trucks. Is is BOLD??? BOLD is an understatement. 

[smk4565]

That's really ugly, and why is the hood so tall?  

[G. David Felt]

2020 Chevy Silverado HD is 910 Pound-feet of UGLY!

Road/Show has an awesome title for the story about this truck!

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2020-chevy-silverado-hd-truck/ 

So 3 inches of legroom in the rear of the crew cab models tell me they are wanting to go after the buyers of the RAM Mega Cab truck. Gonna have to see what the leg room is as I just saw elsewhere that Ford was also adding legroom to the rear seat area of the crew cabs. 

Seems we might have a legroom war brewing!  

[smk4565]

Tesla needs to get into the pickup truck game and put these people in their place.  I feel like the full size truck market, which is rather large, is just ignored by a lot of other companies. 

[G. David Felt]

8 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

Tesla needs to get into the pickup truck game and put these people in their place.  I feel like the full size truck market, which is rather large, is just ignored by a lot of other companies. 

I know the front of the truck is polarizing, but https://www.rivian.com has placed a shot across their bow.

The Rivian Electric Adventure Truck clearly has the chops to go places most of the other trucks cannot especially in the water.

[balthazar]

Not so sure the 'anime frog' look is going to peel off many loyalists, but let's see if it even gets into production yet.

[Robert Hall]

I can only imagine how huge the grille is going to be on the GMC version...

[ccap41]

13 hours ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

what's not to love..

A LOT. All of it is the front end. Everything else looks good and I love the bed step. 

[smk4565]

If Rivian can get off the ground they will steal a lot of pick up truck sales for sure.  It is hard for a start up in the auto industry though.   Really Toyota should just buy Rivian out and use that truck design with their manufacturing capability.

[G. David Felt]

22 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

If Rivian can get off the ground they will steal a lot of pick up truck sales for sure.  It is hard for a start up in the auto industry though.   Really Toyota should just buy Rivian out and use that truck design with their manufacturing capability.

I expect RJ who is a very sharp individual and has the education chops to survive to get their auto's to market. To quote their web site:

Rivian acquired a manufacturing plant near Normal, Illinois in the former Mitsubishi Motors plant in January 2017. As of 2017, the company planned for this plant to be the primary North American location for its manufacturing. The plant has a floor area of 2.4 million square feet. They also have a fully functional paint shop and receiving site.

[riviera74]

Why is the gas engine mated to a six-speed transmission rather than an eight-speed or that Allison ten-speed transmission mated to the new diesel engine?

[G. David Felt]

3 minutes ago, riviera74 said:

Why is the gas engine mated to a six-speed transmission rather than an eight-speed or that Allison ten-speed transmission mated to the new diesel engine?

Totally agree, I just do not get the 6 sp to gas versus diesel with the 10 sp. You would think they would have the gas mated to at least the 8sp that you find all over other GM auto's or use the 10 sp from the diesel. That I would think would be great.

[balthazar]

55 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

If Rivian can get off the ground they will steal a lot of pick up truck sales for sure.

How do you figure?

[Cmicasa the Great]

2 hours ago, ccap41 said:

A LOT. All of it is the front end. Everything else looks good and I love the bed step. 

Sorry, but I'm of the opinion that it's time for purpose built work pickups to go back to being rugged. Ford started this bullish!t back in '97 making trucks soft looking like cars. In the 1500.. Cool.. make it buttoned down looking as that market is using them sometimes for family stuff... But the HD versions are 90% work, not to mention the people who are not seeing it fit is use are same ones who would be need a hand gettin down from one... Likes maiden from a carriage 

Edited December 5, 2018 by Cmicasa the Great

[Robert Hall]

1 hour ago, riviera74 said:

Why is the gas engine mated to a six-speed transmission rather than an eight-speed or that Allison ten-speed transmission mated to the new diesel engine?

I assume they are using an existing transmission to save money. 

[ccap41]

Luckily, how hard a truck can do work can also be met without a hideous front fascia. 

Edited December 5, 2018 by ccap41

[Suaviloquent]

You don't need design to imply intended function. By that token, why would someone look at a competing heavy duties and decide that they're not up to their intended function based on their looks?

 

Any HD can totally handle the max capability of the full size trucks...

 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

Sorry, but I'm of the opinion that it's time for purpose built work pickups to go back to being rugged. Ford started this bullish!t back in '97 making trucks soft looking like cars. In the 1500.. Cool.. make it buttoned down looking as that market is using them sometimes for family stuff... But the HD versions are 90% work, not to mention the people who are not seeing it fit is use are same ones who would be need a hand gettin down from one... Likes maiden from a carriage 

Has it occurred to you that Klingons look rugged also?

18 hours ago, ocnblu said:

So bold, so "in-your-face"... I love this thing!

I thought that it kind of had the look of that series of Truck also.

2 hours ago, balthazar said:

How do you figure?

In twenty years, yes.

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, ccap41 said:

Luckily, how hard a truck can do work can also be met without a hideous front fascia. 

Ford on the other hand, builds IMHO a fantastic fantastic looking Super Duty series of truck. Not a fan per se of the Taurus.... I have consistently said I like the Ford Super Duty series of truck.

(Enter sarcasm mode)

On the plus side though, I think I would buy the Chevy over the Ford as no one would want to borrow the Chevy and everyone would want to borrow a Ford Super Duty.

(Exit sarcasm mode)

Dodge builds a fine looking truck, liking the new dodges more and more all of the time.

12 hours ago, balthazar said:

Not so sure the 'anime frog' look is going to peel off many loyalists, but let's see if it even gets into production yet.

People who do Cosplay and LARP will probably buy it if it does make it into production.

That Frodo Baggins would actually drive this thing does give it a tiny bit of street cred.

17 hours ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

Split grille.. what's not to love.. YES!!! Finally.. someone came out with a truck, that actually looks like its ready to do some fukking work. I've been saying it for a while.. what the deal with these pick-ups looking like they are trying to be something other than trucks. Is is BOLD??? BOLD is an understatement. 

There are parts of the design I actually like, but they do not work together in a pleasing way to say the least.

[G. David Felt]

@A Horse With No Name Who you calling Frodo Baggins? 

[Robert Hall]

Maybe they could improve the Chevy HD front by attaching giant chrome fangs from the cross bar and at the bottom of the grille, like a shark mouth.

[smk4565]

4 hours ago, balthazar said:

How do you figure?

Same way Tesla has stolen a ton of business away from the luxury sedan market.  If Rivian can build that truck and not have a 1 year back log of orders and the production problems Tesla had, then I think they would do well.

[A Horse With No Name]

3 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

Same way Tesla has stolen a ton of business away from the luxury sedan market.  If Rivian can build that truck and not have a 1 year back log of orders and the production problems Tesla had, then I think they would do well.

Except that you would need to break into the traditional truck market, which would not be easy.

[G. David Felt]

11 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Except that you would need to break into the traditional truck market, which would not be easy.

Rivian could build the truck RWD/AWD only with a bare bones rubber interior for State, County, City and Fed Gov's that want EVs. I suspect a number of cities would love to have a low maintenance electric truck to use for their parks,maintenance, etc.

I honestly am surprised we have not seen one sooner out of the OEM's marketed to that group like the police Interceptor SUVs.

[A Horse With No Name]

Just now, dfelt said:

Rivian could build the truck RWD/AWD only with a bare bones rubber interior for State, County, City and Fed Gov's that want EVs. I suspect a number of cities would love to have a low maintenance electric truck to use for their parks,maintenance, etc.

I honestly am surprised we have not seen one sooner out of the OEM's marketed to that group like the police Interceptor SUVs.

It would make sense for the way we use our pickup at work, mostly for landscaping on a University Campus.  Wonder how a battery pack would hold up plowing snow?

[G. David Felt]

4 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

It would make sense for the way we use our pickup at work, mostly for landscaping on a University Campus.  Wonder how a battery pack would hold up plowing snow?

With the liquid temp management on the BOLT, they have done just fine in below zero weather and you have the added weight factor that would help with keeping the truck planted as it pushed the snow. LOW CENTER of Gravity helps with the snow plow job! 

[A Horse With No Name]

15 minutes ago, dfelt said:

With the liquid temp management on the BOLT, they have done just fine in below zero weather and you have the added weight factor that would help with keeping the truck planted as it pushed the snow. LOW CENTER of Gravity helps with the snow plow job! 

I was thinking more in terms of range, plowing snow takes a LOT of energy. Not like normal driving.

[G. David Felt]

8 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

I was thinking more in terms of range, plowing snow takes a LOT of energy. Not like normal driving.

I would think that in regards to the Rivian Pickup, the 400 mile battery pack would probably drop to 250 to 300 miles when in snow plowing mode. I think it would be not much different than ICE in that regards except that when the auto is not moving it is not using any juice, so maybe a bit longer on the battery power.

[Cmicasa the Great]

One thing's for sure.. my typing skills utilizing the 5 inch display on my Galaxy are horrible. That last post... I just went back and read over it.. Jesus the grammatical errors are overwhelming ?

[G. David Felt]

22 minutes ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

One thing's for sure.. my typing skills utilizing the 5 inch display on my Galaxy are horrible. That last post... I just went back and read over it.. Jesus the grammatical errors are overwhelming ?

Your all Thumbs! ? 

[smk4565]

5 hours ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

Sorry, but I'm of the opinion that it's time for purpose built work pickups to go back to being rugged. Ford started this bullish!t back in '97 making trucks soft looking like cars. In the 1500.. Cool.. make it buttoned down looking as that market is using them sometimes for family stuff... But the HD versions are 90% work, not to mention the people who are not seeing it fit is use are same ones who would be need a hand gettin down from one... Likes maiden from a carriage 

So Mercedes should sell the Unimog here?  It has 8 forward gears and 8 reverse gears, what's this HD truck have, 6 forward, 1 reverse?

[Cmicasa the Great]

29 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

So Mercedes should sell the Unimog here?  It has 8 forward gears and 8 reverse gears, what's this HD truck have, 6 forward, 1 reverse?

What the hell do I care what Mercedes sells anywhere? I will never buy one. 

[balthazar]

Well, at least having a unimog on the lots (among all the refrigerator sprinters & metris's), would make the 1 or 2 g-wagons look like they were designed in this century. Or... maybe not.

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

I would think that in regards to the Rivian Pickup, the 400 mile battery pack would probably drop to 250 to 300 miles when in snow plowing mode. I think it would be not much different than ICE in that regards except that when the auto is not moving it is not using any juice, so maybe a bit longer on the battery power.

Uhhh, I don't see how that's possible. Wipers, heat, lights, sensors, etc all use juice.

I plowed for a number of winters in V8 trucks- they don't use a lot of gas because the engine hardly develops any RPMs pushing snow. I use to pull 10 hour shifts and fuel the truck at the end of that shift. I know the capability of a V8 IC plow truck, but what an EV truck does, IDK. But no one is going to push snow in a $70K truck.

[ocnblu]

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

Your all Thumbs! ? 

*You're... jeez I gotta do this again for you?

[ocnblu]

Unimog is awesome, BTW