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As we commencement learned back in May, Chevrolet is putting a four-cylinder turbocharged engine in the 2022 Silverado pickup to give buyers an economic option. Just now we know information technology won't practise better on fuel economy than six-cylinder pickups from Ford and Ram. That's a claiming given that for truckers — all things being equal — a V8 beats a V6, which beats an inline four.

The rear-drive Silverado with the 2.7-liter turbo 4 volition be rated at 21 mpg combined (20 mpg city, 23 mpg highway) when that combination ships spring 2022.  It will be available in the mid-level LT and RST trim lines as the entry engine.

Chevrolet's new 2.vii-liter-cylinder turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine is SAE-certified at 310 hp and 348 lb-ft of torque.

Non Much Better Than Bigger Engines

Compared with other GM engines and those of competitors, the first EPA rating, which covers 4×2 but not 4×iv drivetrains, isn't what GM perhaps had hoped for. The Chevy'southward 21 mpg combined (20 city, 23 highway) figure compares with these other motorcar/engine combinations as follows:

Ford F-150. The 2.half-dozen-liter, twin turbo V6 with rear-bulldoze gets 22 mpg combined (20 city, 26 highway).

Ram 1500. The new pickup'due south standard V6 with 3.six liters deportation and mild-hybrid configuration gets 22 mpg combined (xx urban center, 25 highway).

Silverado V6.The entry V6 engine on some other Silverado trim lines gets 19 mpg combined (17 metropolis, 23 highway).

Silverado V8. The optional 5.three-liter V8 gets 19 mpg combined (16 city, 23 highway).

The Silverado turbo-iv tin can tow 7,200 pounds, 200 pounds less than Ford and Ram. Its payload is 2,280 pounds, upward to 600 pounds meliorate. The 2022 GMC Sierra volition as well offer the turbo-iv engine. Its rating hasn't been announced even so.

A 2022 Chevrolet Silverado undergoing testing (past journalists).

Cipher Incorrect With the Applied science

From an applied science standpoint, Chevrolet did almost everything right in designing the engine for truck applications. Information technology boasts solid specifications: 310 hp and 348 pound-feet of torque, just 35 lb-ft less than Chevy's 5.3-liter V8 engine for pickups. The torque is available from 1500 to 4000 rpm. And the engine is paired with an eight-speed automatic to go along the Silverado in the peak power band.  Technology on the engine includes:

  • An aluminum engine block that helps the new engine counterbalance lxxx pounds less than Chevrolet's V6 still offered on the Work Truck, Custom, and Custom Trail Boss trims
  • Cylinder deactivation ("agile fuel management" that let'south the Silverado 4 run on 2 cylinders and sometimes on ane.
  • Dual-vane turbocharging to force more exhaust gas over the turbo to spin up the forced-air intake sooner
  • Electric water pump, on but when needed
  • A transmission with quick upshifts to proceed the engine in the most economical part of the ability band

When nosotros tested the Silverado recently and institute an beauteous competitor to the best-selling Ford F-150, the turbo-4 wasn't yet available. Auto and Driver had this to say near lapping GM'south Milford Proving Grounds in the Silverado/four-cylinder combo:

"During a brief bulldoze … the turbo four took off with the gusto of a naturally aspirated engine. The automatic transmission does the 4-cylinder no favors, however, equally it'southward eager to reach its tallest ratio and apathetic to downshift when the accelerator pedal is floored. Still, the piddling engine moved the big Silverado with plenty of pep off the line while emitting no noticeable vibration while on the go, at idle, or on restarting from a end past fashion of its automatic cease/start organization."

Customers can buy the Silverado four-cylinder by the stop of the year.

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