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Grille insert and slimmer headlamps immediately reminded me of the early 2000's Silverados, which I thought were quite handsome, better than the current/outgoing Silverado in my opinion.
Looks like the porky Silverado is losing 450 lbs by using aluminum hood, doors and tailgate, but not the bed - something they made quite a successful series of commercials about compared to Ford. So that brings the new model's curb weight to around 4800 lbs for a 4x4 crew cab if the previous vehicle is anything to go by.
Aside from the esoteric discussions about looks, approach/departure angles (yes about the Trail Boss), it's an improvement for GM.
Another development is that the Silverado is getting a 3.0 Duramax diesel and the 10 speed automatic transmission. Despite some fuel economy improvements, these full size pickups are still gas hogs as far as I'm concerned. A lot of these are still being used as family battle wagons, so this is a positive development.
Looks like the porky Silverado is losing 450 lbs by using aluminum hood, doors and tailgate, but not the bed - something they made quite a successful series of commercials about compared to Ford.
Those commercials, IMO, were quite effective....and they appeared to be honest, not staged or photo-shopped. They pretty much verified what I was initially concerned about with the F-150 and that lightweight aluminum bed. Ford ran some counter-commercials that claimed to "debunk" that.......but I'm not convinced.
I fully understand the reasoning behind the F-150's general shift to aluminum for weight/MPG/handling and some other advantages (I used to fly small planes with aircraft-grade aluminum structures)......I'm just not so sure it was the right thing to do in the beds, with heavy loads in them. And a lot of standard body-shops can't handle aluminum repairs.
Those commercials, IMO, were quite effective....and they appeared to be honest, not staged or photo-shopped. They pretty much verified what I was initially concerned about with the F-150 and that lightweight aluminum bed. Ford ran some counter-commercials that claimed to "debunk" that.......but I'm not convinced.
Fake. All fake. These are everyday people who are paid and scripted to say only positive things about what they see on a staged site. The rest is all cut out and edited. Do not believe what you see on TV or in magazines for GM ads. They are all pre-planned, paid people for their words and time, and not real. Same goes for Honda and Subaru, who pay "every-day people" to read a script and clip and paste only certain comments caught on film. This is not real life or how real life works. People are truly not dumbfounded or shocked at what they see. These commercials make the "actors" look like weak dumb-*sses who have never seen four wheels and a windshield before.
Fake. All fake. These are everyday people who are paid and scripted to say only positive things about what they see on a staged site. The rest is all cut out and edited. Do not believe what you see on TV or in magazines for GM ads. They are all pre-planned, paid people for their words and time, and not real. Same goes for Honda and Subaru, who pay "every-day people" to read a script and clip and paste only certain comments caught on film. This is not real life or how real life works. People are truly not dumbfounded or shocked at what they see. These commercials make the "actors" look like weak dumb-*sses who have never seen four wheels and a windshield before.
I agree you can fake the way actors act, but it's pretty difficult to fake the difference between aluminum and steel when heavy concrete blocks are dumped on it.
I wonder if they are using the correct paint process now. If you recall, when they started using aluminum body panels on the newer Mustangs, there are thousands of complaints of the paint just falling off the panels due to corrosion/incorrect prep process at the factory. And Ford is too stubborn to recall those vehicles and take care of customers. I've seen several cars pass through our shop with this issue which is a shame because Ford usually has some of the best/hardest/most resistant paints in the industry, although admittedly one of the worst looking paint jobs due to the amount of orange peel that usually comes with spraying hard clearcoat.
I'm impressed. Never have I liked the Silverado or Sierra exterior until now.
The addition of the diesel engine is no surprise since arch rival F-150 gets it this year, and the Ram 1500 has paved the way for a 1/2 ton diesel truck.
I like the front clip, though it could stand slightly bigger headlights. And everything from the A pillar back looks really good. But the front fenders are just a trainwreck. I know they're trying to carry the character lines from the rear quarter to the front, but it just doesn't work.
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