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Chevrolet Silverado – Perfect Choice, New or Used
The Silverado is a full sized pickup truck for General Motors sold under the marque of Chevrolet. First Silverado was debuted in 1998 and is still running successfully.
To keep in competition the Chevrolet Silverado is offered in many body styles and trim levels. In the US Silverado is mostly used as a weekender pickup truck but Chevy offers different trims and body styles to meet particular need.
Silverado since its introduction has being admired for reliability in business, but also criticized for lots of plastic used for interior.
The latest version of Silverado has improved interior and lot many features that makes it the most particle full sized pickup truck. Yet reviewers feel of rough interior feel. No matter what critics the truck receives it’s always talked for its reliability and [...]
November 10th, 2010 | Chevrolet
Chevrolet Truck with Raw Power
Chevrolet K3500 is a pickup truck that was a very popular pull truck in 1990’s. This Chevrolet truck in 1999 was powered by a 5.7 liter V8 that produced 255 horsepower and crunched out 330 lb ft of torque. The features included multi point injection system, heavy duty battery, two valves for every cylinder and the 129 liter fuel tank.
The braking on Chevrolet K3500 came equipped with ABS with two dick brakes. The truck was equipped with torsion beam for the front suspension with a stabilizer bar that moved independent to torsion springs, on rear was a beam suspension with stabilizer bar attached to leaf springs.
Features on 3500 included daytime running lights, door mirrors on both the sides which were externally adjustable, mechanical foldable mirrors, opening rear windows, halogen bulb [...]
November 1st, 2010 | Chevrolet
Chevrolet Trucks at a Glance: Chevrolet C65 and Chevrolet Astro
Chevrolet Astro
Chevrolet Astro was a rear wheel drive van by Chevrolet debuted in 1985 and production remained till 2005. Chevrolet felt the need to introduce such type of mid sized vehicle when competition arrived from Dodge and Toyota. The Astro was also called GMC Safari. Most of these were used as standard vans but were available as cargo vans and conversion vans. These Chevrolet trucks came with amazing pull capacity of 5,500 lb; this was due to truck based powertrain.
The engine came with 145 hp to 190 hp that was dependent on the make and the model. Through out its life the truck was offered with different capacity engines that started form 2.2 liter inline four that generated 98 horsepower, then was the 4.3 liter V6 generated 165 horsepower and an upgraded version generated 200 hp. [...]
October 20th, 2010 | Chevrolet
Chevrolet Trucks Has All the Answers
Chevrolet C10
Chevrolet C10 was a truck manufactured by Chevrolet. The C/K was a series of full size pickup truck first debuted in 1960 and was into production till 1999 in the United States. The lineup of trucks from Chevrolet was popularly known as Chevrolet C/K because C denoted two wheel drive and K denoted 4WD. The Chevrolet C/K was replaced with GMC Sierra in 1999.
Today Chevrolet C10 trucks are part of truck history and owning one of these rare machines is true glory. For the year 1967 Chevrolet C10 came with new styling that was sleeker and more durable body. The pickup bed was now made with double walled steel for durability.
These new models were lowered to the ground and had larger windshields. Now the C6 was more powerful came with an option of V8 and also was available with all [...]
October 15th, 2010 | Chevrolet