2017 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD get 910 lb-ft of torque
Share PinterestEmailStumps beware, the new Duramax is comingGeneral Motors showed off the next generation of its heavy-duty diesel power during the State Fair of Texas.The new-for-2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD and GMC Sierra 2500HD will use the fifth generation of GMs Duramax, a 6.6-liter V8 diesel producing 445 hp and 910 lb-ft of torque!Compared to the fourth-generation oil burners in the current model-year pickups, its an increase of 48 hp and 145 lb-ft of stump-pulling and traction-breaking twist.
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2017 Chevrolet Silverado HD Duramax Diesel Drive â€" Review â€" Car and Driver
While many C/D staffers were slurping up snails and cold soup at the Paris auto show, I was in the Lone Star State scarfing down barbecue with fried Jell-O chasers and driving heavy-duty pickups, on the occasion of the Texas state fair.Its truck countryâ€"approximately one out of every six full-size pickups currently sold in the U.S. calls Texas home.And it was our first opportunity for a stintâ€"albeit a short oneâ€"behind the wheel of the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado heavy-duty pickup equipped with a significantly revised and more powerful Duramax 6.6-liter turbocharged diesel V-8.
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2017 Chevrolet Silverad o HD Duramax Video Review
Posted by Mark Williams | October 2, 2016In a blatant attempt at keep up with the escalating torque wars shaping up in the heavy-duty pickup segment, GM showed us the latest version of its Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 turbo-diesel inside a Silverado 2500 4x4 on an autocross course and in several 3500 duallies pulling a box trailer filled with 10,000 pounds of cement.The engine is impressive and will serve Chevrolet and GMC HD pickups and their customers well.The engine is new in just about every detail and now delivers 910 pounds-feet of torque.