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About Chevrolet

General Motors’ Chevrolet division has built and sold trucks, vans, and pickups for more than a century, becoming an indelible part of America’s love affair with the open highway and back roads.

Notable Models

Chevrolet’s current stable of commercial truck models includes the sprawling Silverado family which comprises the Silverado 1500/LTD, Silverado 2500/3500 HD, Silverado 3500 HD Chassis Cab, and Silverado 4500 HD/5500 HD/6500 HD models. (Speaking generally, higher model numbers indicate heavier-duty vehicles.) Many have available long and short bed options, single and dual rear wheel setups, diesel and gasoline engine options, power take-offs (PTOs), locking differentials, and regular, crew, and double cabs options, among others.

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Chevrolet Silverado 4500 HD

Silverados in their many variations can be used as utility trucks, dump trucks, flatbed or flat-frame trucks, stake bodies, and much, much more.

The Express 3500 Cutaway offers wheelbase options from 139 to 177 inches (3,530 to 4,495 millimeters) and has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of up to 12,300 pounds (5,579 kilograms). The Express 4500 Cutaway, with a GVWR of up to 14,200 lbs (6,441 kg), comes in 159- and 177-in (4,038- and 4,495-mm) wheelbases. They’re often built into cube and box trucks as well as utility/service trucks. The Express 2500 and 3500 Vans come in Cargo models with up to 4,280 lbs (1,941 kg) of payload and Passenger models with seating for 12 or 15 people.

Chevy’s Low Cab Forward, or LCF, is a cab-over-engine (COE) truck range with broad versatility. Although not as popular in the U.S. as in Europe, the cabover design offers the driver superior visibility, especially at intersections. The Low Cab Forward comes in 3500 and 4500 gasoline models and 4500 HD, 4500 XD, 5500 HD, 5500 XD, and 6500 XD models with diesel engines. The top dog 6500 XD’s eight wheelbase options provide GVWRs of up to 25,950 lbs (11,770 kg) and support boxes of 14 to 30 feet (4.3 to 9.1 meters) in length.

The Chevrolet Colorado pickup can tow up to 7,700 lbs (3,493 kg) and carry up to 1,550 lbs (703 kg) of payload. It’s offered with an extended or crew cab. In work trim, it comes with four-or six-cylinder gas motors or a four-cylinder Duramax turbo-diesel.

Other Chevrolet models often found on the used market include the Kodiak in variants such as the C4500, C7500, and C8500; City Express cargo vans; cabover models including the T7500, T8500, and W4500; older trucks such as the C60, C65, and C70; and passenger vehicles including the Equinox, Suburban, Tahoe, Traverse, and Trailblazer.

Chevrolet Features

Like trucks from other manufacturers, late-model Chevrolet commercial trucks may be equipped with a number of advanced systems for fleet management, productivity, and safety. An example of the first is OnStar Vehicle Insights, a telematics system that monitors vehicle health and status, driver performance, and more. Productivity features include mobile device connectivity, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and wireless device charging support.

Safety features available from Chevrolet include forward collision alert, lane departure warning, a side blind zone alert, Rear Park Assist, power folding and extending side mirrors, and a tire pressure monitoring system, among others. Chevy’s Advanced Trailering System lets a driver create custom profiles that help them to hitch up and tow various trailers. The driver can use the truck’s infotainment system or a mobile device app to access the Advanced Trailering System.

History

Racer and engineer Louis Chevrolet and General Motors founder William C. “Billy” Durant founded Chevrolet in Detroit in November 1911. The company’s relatively affordable vehicles became known for having features found in luxury cars, such as an electric starter and electric headlights in their initial passenger car.

The first Chevy to be built as a truck was the 36-HP (26.8 kW), four-cylinder One-Ton in 1918, the same year Chevrolet became a division of GM. In 1929, the International Series AC Light Delivery became the industry’s first truck powered by a six-cylinder engine. Horsepower improved substantially to 78 HP (58 kW) with the Chevy Half-Ton truck in 1938.

After World War II, Chevrolet introduced the 3100 Series truck in 1947. It featured a bigger cab, a heater/defroster, and even a radio. The 3124 Series Cameo Carrier (1955) with a wraparound windscreen introduced the Fleetside style of smooth rear fenders as opposed to the step-sides of the day. Chevy’s popular small-block V8 engine also made its debut in 1955.

The boxy C30 One-Ton Dually brought the Crew Cab option to Chevy trucks in 1973 with room for six travelers. In 1988, the C1500 and K1500 pickup trucks arrived with an independent front suspension. The latter’s four-wheel-drive could be engaged at any driving speed. The Vortec V8-powered Silverado went from being a trim level to a truck model in its own right in 1999.

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