On Thursday, the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD High Country made its debut after the brand pulled the wraps off of the standard truck earlier this week. And, might we say, it sports a much more cohesive face than the standard pickup.
The internet quickly lit a fire over the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD’s looks, but the Silverado HD High Country trades some of the upright, appliance-like design for thin chrome lines in the grille and a Chevrolet bowtie, rather than “Chevrolet” spelled out across the front. The massive-looking truck wears its tall and somewhat akward proportions far better. Perhaps its only perception, but the High Country grille makes the truck look far less top-heavy.
Like the standard Silverado HD, it will pack anew Duramax Turbo-Diesel V8, delivering 910 pound-feet of torque through an all-new, Allison 10-speed transmission. Additional powertrain details are still unknown, as are towing and payload ratings. A second engine will likely be an all-new gasoline engine with direct injection mated to a six-speed transmission. We expect that V8 engine to displace 6.6-liters and share some work with Navistar as the two work to launch the Class 4,5, and 6 commercial duty 2019 Silverado 4500, 5500 and 6500HD trucks.
Expect added comforts in the range-topping High Country trim, though Chevrolet didn’t name what exactly the posh heavy-duty pickup will include. We’d expect content lifted from the Silverado 1500 High Country to find a home in the Silverado HD High Country.
Chevrolet said the Silverado HD High Country follows in the 2019 Silverado 1500‘s footsteps by offering multiple truck personas, and not a one-size-fits-all persona. The 2020 Silverado HD will arrive in Work Truck, Custom, LT, LTZ and High Country trims when it launches in mid-2019. The brand added it will reveal more about the truck as we approach the launch and images of the Work Truck, Custom, and LTZ, are still to come.
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Aaaannnnnd…… GO!….with how Ram is so much better.
And yes, everyone was concerned that all the Chev HD’s would look the same!
but but but the touchsceen……..again, nevermind that these are the same posters that crap their pants over CUE being “hard to use”(it is….if you’re a moron) and electronic shifters boggle their little minds, all of sudden now if every GM truck doesn’t have a dash full of holograms and touchscreens then its an automatic failure right out of the gate.
I would really like to survey real truck buyers and find out how high screen size is on their list of priorities………
The current 8″ is perfect. I do NOT want a freaking tablet for a center stack.
Lets not confuse screen size with interior quality and appointments. I don’t want a tablet in my truck either but that is the least of the current interiors obstacles.
I like the 8″ in my 2018 a lot. Looking at the design of the 19s though, they should have gone bigger. 9″ would have looked great and cost them probably $8 more. Sure $8 is a lot over a million trucks, but I gaurentee they could discount them less if they spent more in the interior. Penny wise, dollar foolish.
$70,000
vs
$70,008
That’s a tough pill to swallow!
OK MrR, Hear you go,
Real truck buyer.
I do not want:
Touch screen to control everything.
XM radio
Onstar
One trip to a dealer
Subscription service of any kind.
I DO like the large screen to look at for information however.
I dislike the NEW gm dash. Not the interior in general, just the dash. And just the look, NOT THE FUNCTION. The buttons are in better locations than before ( Door locks by the handle, Cargo light on the side not the center, Brake controller ETC.)
Now we will switch gears to CUE. YOU STEPPED IN SHIT THERE.
I LOVE the CUE in our ATS. WHEN IT WORKS. Its NOT using it. It is unresponsive, FREEZES, doesn’t link, and DELAMINATES every time it gets hot outside, JUNK, JUNK, JUNK. FAULTY DESIGN.
The screen even between our 2017 Denali and the 19 Denali is UNBELIEVABLE. The 2019 makes our 2017 seem ARCHAIC $70,000.00 ARCHAIC.
The 19 is more responsive to TOUCH. Our CUE screen won’t even pick up my TOUCH do to the calluses on my fingers.
And the SPEED of the screen. The speed of operation is UNBELIEVABLE on the 19 over the 17.
Way back when I was talking the LACK of tech at GM this is what I meant. Tech is good for about 2 years. ever since 1997 I have bought a new computer ever 2 years. I keep phones longer, sometimes to long but whatever. Here is where I thought auto manufactures should just bow out of the screen part altogether. Just offer I-O for the computer manufactures to work with. You know like “Alexa turn my heat to 73 please”. Just encrypt the control to prevent hacking and away you go. People could always upgrade to the newest, fastest if they want.
Now we have a 2 year old truck with the tail end of tech that is horrible and can do nothing to make it better, same with our CUE.
This is why I AGREE with GM in that they need to hire REAL TECH, or GET OUT OF TECH and let real tech do it.
Like the truck at the hockey game. If it is true what GM said happened. GM just can’t figure out tech, REAL TECH.
It’s mind blowing and that’s pretty much all you hear when comparing the Silverado to the RAM and let’s remind ourselves that some Trim Levels of the RAM are not equipped with 12″ Touch Screens, yes we can agree that the interior is nice, but for me…”Pretty Boy” looks don’t quite woo me into spending my money on a new truck, and that will be the same story when I get either the LT Silverado HD or SLE Sierra HD, I can place aftermarket accessories on it later and not do it as to where it overpowers the true appearance of the truck either.
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I own a new ram and an older Silverado …..the Ram is a major disappointment!! I will never buy another. But I do like the screen!
Huge difference, I prefer the bow tie over the scripted grille. The headlights also look to complete the front end. Much better
Thank God you can get different Headlights. Looks much, much better in this trim.
I’m going to throw a jab in here and say, Yeah its probably a $2,000.00 added option and you will have to get a sunroof included. But the BASE standard starts at only $50,000.00 but if you don’t want an ugly truck why you can get this grill and headlights for the low price of $100,000.00. Yepeeee!!!!
Current gen hd starts at 34k, a high country in deiseo goes for 80k, and an ltz loaded with gas for 50k. Given the 2019 half ton saw little to no price increase I imagine that the new HD will see only a slight price increase. For 50k, the LTZ and new gas motor will be a great option for luxury and power, and it will go loaded for 60k, and 50k after incentives. I’m looking forward to a custom trailboss hd, sticker price around 50k, and see if I can rock the incentives and negotiating to around high 30’s
It looks better but still not handsome. It’s too busy and the headlights need to swap places with the turn signals.
This is still too “WagonQueen Family Truckster”!!
The profile and “CHEVROLET” across the tailgate is sharp! Hood looks good too! Come Chevy! Fix that grille and headlight stack!
Oh, and re-name the new Blazer.
Why in the F would they not show this. Now all people will remember is the other fug-mo truck. Who in marketing/advertising thought that was the right play. It’s stuns me to think designers thought it was ok, and then marketing did too.
That was it, that one picture that circulated the web 2 days ago…………..that was the entire marketing campaign for the Silverado HD.
And of course, you hated it, so there is no other way an other human could have a different opinion…….
I’m actually totally in disagreement here. The incredibly bold look of the Z71 is exactly the right tone Chevrolet needs to make. It is great looking. It’s just outside of our embedded image of standard. The High Country will give everybody the meat and potatoes they desire, but the Z71 is phenomenal.
I agree, for too many decades, most of us have been too comfortable with the “Play-It-Safe” Evolutionary Approach to the redesign of the Silverado, Ford has been known to never play it safe with the introduction of each new F-150 that hits the market and it wins every time, Chevy will have to start at some point and that’s now.
No way. Great looking means great looking for everyone, or almost everyone. It’s a major issue if the HIGH COUNTRY turns out to be the only one with this grill style. Nobody wants to have to buy the 70k trim to get a truck that doesn’t look like a cheese grater. Call it bold, most call it ugly. I’m ready to see GMC’s version, for the past 15 years they’ve gotten it right where Chevy has gotten it wrong on HD front ends.
You are onto something. One of GM’s advantages of their twins is Chevy can make a lot of noise with fleet sales to draw attention while GMC charms with soft classic details.
And they continue to damage Chevrolet in the process with the 2 truck nonsense. In the not too distant future GM may literally just end up GM-C in North America and Buick in China. I suppose at it’s core that’s all GM started out to be anyway so it would be fitting for them to end that way too. Still, I’d assume they hurried up and sold Chevrolet (and Cadillac for that matter) so they could be their own independent companies again before irreparable damage is done. Chevrolet could be so much more apart from GM. So could Cadillac.
Since going to I “three” truck approach GM has sold more truck annually then anyone!
Its not the grill. Its the lower lights. First, it looks like the DRL strip is not there on the Z71. Second, and most noticeable to the naked eye is the larger vertical lines in the to large lower lights in conjunction to the thin horizontal upper lighting. If you simply replaced the Z71 lower lights with the High Country lights it would be SO SO much better, BUT YET AGAIN that GM MONEY GUY is loud and clear here.
Guys, this is just like the new 1500. The bottom 3 trims get the black grille with the script and halogen lights. The upper trims get chrome or body color grille, bow tie and projectors.
Personally, I’d like a body colored script grille with the projector lamps on a high country or LTZ.
Hell yeah! looks great!
The Grill is smiling
Hope the gas engine makes 400 horses or more.
It’s still an ugly truck! There is not enough chrome in the world to cover that. And yes, I have been buying Chevy trucks since 1972.
Still ugly The high belt line don’t work unlike the other vehicles in chevy’s lineup. The Ford following of flipping the headlights don’t work either. Especially if your in front of them because they will blind you…LED or Not.
How will they blind you any more than they would if they weren’t flipped? The headlight beam is shining from a lower point when they’re flipped so they should be less blinding…
Also, Chevy used flipped headlights before Ford did, first with the 2002 Avalanche and then with the 2004 Colorado.
Because of the angle they sit at. And they aint. Avalanche is dead and colorado are filled back
Still not crazy about it. Just hope it’s capabilitys far exceed its looks.
This kinda looks better but iam still DISAPPOINTED in GM an what’s crazy the really ugly one was an Lt that’s the bulk of there sales
People nowadays are such whiners…. Once GM releases this truck with the new Allison 10-Speed transmission people will be lining up out the door!
I wouldn’t line up for the LT they showed off if there was nobody in front of me. I haven’t seen it yet but it’s GMC for me again this generation.
So people can’t have an option? Especially for what they want for one. Don’t be to sure about that…its NOT a True Allison…its a GM Transmission with the Allison name
And I actually prefer the way the LT looks, go figure! Fine with me though, since the LT will cost about $20,000 less.
I Absolutely love the looks of this truck. The after market will have a fix for that ugly ass grill. Wish I had a use for a 3/4 ton truck, though. I think that they made the 1/2 tons as ugly as possible, so people would step up to the more expensive trucks…Brilliant marketing in my opinion.
Hmm…All these replies, and not one person whined about the square wheel arches…Yet.
Everyone (most) are screaming fowl about this trucks appearance without knowing the first detail about it’s powertrain or towing specs. Not to mention any above and beyond tech it might have over the light duty trucks
If this thing knocks the towing game out of the ballpark, it will be nothing but grins from every GM fan regardless of the looks.
GM fan, Ford fan or Dodge fan, If your brand comes out on top, you are fine with the way she looks!.
Let’s be real, gentelmen!
and who is going tobuy the new blazer From mexico ??? no thanks
I will bet that when the new HD is seen in reality, many of you who are shouting Ram are going to change your minds. The grill on the LS might be ugly from that screen shot, but the overall truck still looks good.
I like the High Country’s appearance because it looks better, and is far more interesting to look at than the Ram or the Ford HDs.
Now to GM. That Duramax should be coming out with 950 ib-ft not 910. Just start leading and stop trailing for once.
That means GM (& the beancounters) would have to stop cutting corners and Cheaping out
There are more differences on this than some are giving it credit for. Instead if the trim wrapping around the headlights it extends across to the other side on top of the bumper, making for a smaller grille.
As far as first impressions go, this looks a lot better.