View Photos of the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax Diesel
Smooth and silent, Chevy's 3.0-liter inline-six is the latest light-duty diesel.
Expect the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax to be what most diesels are—massively torquey. But it's also smooth and subdued. Chevy asks $2495 above the price of the 5.3-liter V-8 for the new diesel, the same fee it requires for the optional 6.2-liter V-8. Read the full story here.
The Silverado 1500's new turbocharged 3.0-liter diesel inline-six produces 277 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, the latter arriving at only 1500 rpm.
The only real burden that the Silverado 1500's diesel six creates is that of needing to find diesel fuel and add diesel exhaust fluid.
The Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax's maximum towing capacity is 9300 pounds.
As a thoroughly modern diesel engine, the new Duramax inline-six includes a variable-geometry turbo and a low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation system, which improves efficiency and response.
The Silverado's new diesel engine benefits from the inline-six’s smoothness and the efficiency of driving two camshafts as opposed to its competition's lumpier V-6/four-cam design.
An aluminum block with iron cylinder liners makes the Silverado's diesel engine lighter than it would be with a cast-iron block, as employed by the diesel engines in the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and the Ford F-150 Power Stroke.
The Duramax 3.0-liter is paired with General Motors' quick-shifting 10-speed automatic transmission.
Chevy offers the 3.0-liter diesel on the Silverado's LT, RST, LTZ, and High Country trim levels.
An exhaust brake can be activated in the Silverado diesel's Tow/Haul mode, but we've yet to put that to the test with a trailer.
Like the Silverado 1500's optional turbocharged 2.7-liter inline-four gas engine, the new 3.0-liter diesel comes with GM's Active Thermal Management, which strategically directs heated engine coolant to the places where it's most beneficial.
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax
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