Chevrolet is adding its hottest trim level to its 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD. Chevy knows its customers love camping, vacations and always want the ability to haul their accessories! The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD ZR2 may be a gamechanger.
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Chevrolet is offering even more off-roading capability at the top of its popular 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD lineup. New for 2024, the Chevrolet Silverado HD will offer the powerful ZR2 upgraded trim. Plus, Chevrolet is offering an even more powerful version of the HD with the upgraded ZR2 Bison.
Chevrolet Silverado HD’s Off-Roading Pedigree
Chevrolet’s internal information shows that 96 percent of its Silverado HD customers use their trucks to tow. The same study shows that 87 percent of Chevy’s HD truck owners take their vehicles on vacation. Nearly half of all of the Chevy HD truck owners take them off-roading. Chevrolet is convinced that now is the time to give the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD the same performance that is so popular in the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ZR2 as well as the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2. Chevrolet says that ZR2 models are the fastest to sell and are conquest vehicles. That means that the ZR2 model is the best at winning over buyers who currently drive competitor’s vehicles.
“The Silverado HD ZR2 is for those who want it all: For when you need to haul equipment to the jobsite during the week, then the camper and family off the beaten path on the weekend,” said Sahar Nasif, program engineering manager, Silverado HD ZR2. “It’s for those who want their tow rig to be just as cool as the toys it’s hauling.”
2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD ZR2
Both the HD ZR2 and HD ZR2 Bison bring race-proven technologies and enhanced off-road capability to the refreshed 2024 Silverado HD lineup. The trucks will be offered exclusively in the 2500 Crew Cab configuration. The Silverado HDs will be available with the standard 6.6L gasoline engine or the 6.6L Duramax Turbo-Diesel. The HD Duramax Turbo-Diesel will have a max tow rating of 18,500 pounds. The gasoline HD ZR2 version will have a maximum payload of 3,397 pounds.
The specialized ZR2 Bison featuring unique equipment from premium off-road aftermarket manufacturer American Expedition Vehicles.
“The all-new Silverado HD ZR2 and HD ZR2 Bison provide the off-road performance our customers have come to expect from a ZR2, with the towing and payload capabilities our HD customers demand,” said Michael MacPhee, director of Chevrolet Trucks Marketing. “They also expand the Silverado HD lineup, offering more choices for customers to find the perfect truck for work and off-road adventure.”
2024 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Features:
- Factory installed lift of 1.5 inches
- ZR2 Badging
- Flow-tie emblem
- Unique wheel moldings and mud guards
- Specific front upper and lower control arms and specific steering knuckles
- Multimatic DSSV Dampers
- Larger steel transfer case skid plate and front aluminum skid plate
- Rear e-locker
- 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler Territory MT tires mounted on 18 x 9-inch aluminum wheels
HD ZR2 Bison AEV Features:
- Exclusive gloss black, 18-inch AEV wheels
- Distinctive cut high-approach, stamped-steel front bumper with integrated recovery points and winch provisions
- Unique stamped-steel cut rear bumper with recovery points
- Tough, stamped steel underbody skid plates for the front of the vehicle, steering rack, exhaust and transfer case
- Bison models also receive unique exterior and interior badging
Additionally, both the HD ZR2 and HD ZR2 Bison have other features shared across the Silverado HD range, including the DuraBed cargo box that optimizes cargo capability, the corner step rear bumper, BedSteps, power tailgate, a 120-volt power outlet, available six-position Multi-Flex tailgate and more.
Silverado HD’s upgraded interior includes the best-in-class 13.4-inch-diagonal infotainment screen and expansive 12.3-inch-diagonal configurable driver information center. There is also a redesigned wireless phone charger area. Off-road technology includes an available 15-inch Head-Up Display with an off-road inclinometer and HD Surround Vision for the Silverado HD ZR2 and HD ZR2 Bison.
When the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD ZR2 Will be Available
Production of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD ZR2 and ZR2 Bison will begin later this summer, at the General Motors’ Flint Assembly plant in Michigan. Chevrolet is not releasing pricing for either truck at this point.
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