Chevy unveils replacement for displacement

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

1 min read

Chevy's Silverado pick-up truck is has been as American as apple pie, with a lineage dating back to the 1950s all powered by thumping great pushrod V8s.

But now the 2019 model can come with a 2.7-litre turbo four-cylinder that makes more power than the V8 model from 2013! Packing 310hp (231kW) and 471Nm of torque it out-grunts the old Vortec 4.8-litre V8 by 5hp and 58Nm, but will it win over the US heartland who love their simple bent-eight motors?

The new 4-cyl turbo outperforms the 2013 Vortec V8 comfortably.
The new 4-cyl turbo outperforms the 2013 Vortec V8 comfortably.

Chevrolet will still offer a 4.3L V6, turbo six-pot diesel, and V8s in some models, but it claims the 4-cylinder offers better performance and efficiency over the old V8.

Be honest - would you still prefer a V8 in this day and age? Tell us what you think in the comments. 

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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