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This Is The All-New 2021 Chevrolet Suburban

General Motors just pulled the sheets on the all-new 2021 Chevrolet Suburban, revealing the fresh utility in Detroit alongside the equally all-new 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe. Celebrating its 85th anniversary next year, the Chevrolet Suburban is the longest-running nameplate in automotive history, and now enters its 12th generation.

“We’ve taken what people love about these pioneering SUVs and made them even better – adding more room for people and cargo, more advanced technology and an unrivaled driving experience,” said the executive vice president, and president, General Motors North America, Barry Engle.

The changes start from the ground up, and include an all-new architecture that increases the wheelbase by 4.1 inches. However, overall length was increased by just 1.3 inches.

Making the 2021 Chevrolet Suburban more nimble is a new independent rear suspension with optional Magnetic Ride Control. Chevy is also offering a first-in-class Air Ride Adaptive Suspension setup with load leveling and up to four inches of ride-height adjustment.

Behind the first row, the 2021 Chevrolet Suburban offers more room and a lower cargo floor as well. Max cargo capacity is up to 144.7 cubic feet, an increase of 24 cubic feet compared to the 2020 model year. There’s also more legroom for second- and third-row passengers.

The trim level cadence now breaks down as follows: LS, LT, Z71, RST, Premier, and for the first time on Suburban, High Country. There’s an all-new interior design with a standard 10-inch infotainment screen, plus up to five display screens scattered around the cabin to keep occupants entertained.

Speaking of tech, the 2021 Chevrolet Suburban also offers upwards of 30 safety and driver convenience features, such as HD Surround Vision, Rear Pedestrian Alert, and Automatic Emergency Braking.

Under the hood, the new ‘Burban now offers the 3.0L LM2 inline-six turbo-diesel Duramax engine, plus a pair of gas-fueled V8s that includes an optional 6.2L L87 and standard 5.3L L84. Power ranges up to 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque for the optional 6.2L unit. All engines mate to the standard GM 10-speed automatic transmission with push-button electronic shift.

Sales kick off mid-2020 here in North America.

We’ll have a ton more to say about the 2021 Chevrolet Suburban in the very near future, so stay tuned. In the meantime, make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevrolet Suburban news, Chevrolet news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.

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  1. Where are the interior shots? This is where GM needed to step up its game!

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    1. Just uploaded. Hit refresh and check them out in the gallery!

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    2. I think they missed the mark on interiors again. I’m really disappointed.

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      1. Missed the mark? Andrew, there’s two images, one from the rear cargo area, and one of the second row from the outside lol. What judgement can you possibly make from those two pictures?

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    3. And they sure did! I don’t want a copy and paste of this style on the Silverado, but some sharing would knock the socks off the ram limited.

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  2. When will the Yukon be revealed?

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    1. Any day now. I’ll bet before Christmas, which will prove that Santa is real. The big deal is that the small 6 cylinder inline 3.0 liter diesel is an option that has more torque below 3,000 RPM than the optional largest 6.2 liter gas V8. Both engines have a max of 460 pounds feet of torque but in the baby inline Duramax, the diesel torque hits it’s high mark at just 1600 RPM but it’s well over 3000 RPM in the 6.2 gasser to reach the same 460 torque.

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      1. Given that GMC gave everyone a taste of what their version will look like in the spy shots, it would be around that timeframe or after New Years 2020, since Cadillac will be the last one as they already has theirs scheduled during the Oscars in February 2020.

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  3. The interior actually looks pretty good, IMO. It might not blow anyone’s socks off, but it appears to be a step up from the interior of the new trucks. I also think the Tahoe and Suburban wear their front end a little better than the trucks. What I don’t really care for is the rear, namely the taillights. They look on the cheap side. If a $25K Honda CR-V comes with full LED turn signals and brake lights, I’d like to see it on a $85K Suburban.

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    1. Press release says standard LED taillights.

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    2. What makes you think they are full LED? I seen a picture with the brake light on and that is LED. Not sure about the signal but I’d suggest it is.

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      1. Everything other than the reverse lights appears to be LED.

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  4. Where’s the Escalade

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  5. Love the fact a diesel is available :). Will it still have magnetic ride control as an option ?

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  6. The interior already looks dated. It’s alright nothing special and nowhere near as luxurious or nice looking compared to say a Hyundai Palisades.

    I still hate that grill! The rear is ok and looks better than the current Hoe and Burban. Side profile is sharp, and I believe this will probably be the new Lincoln Town Car of riding vehicles because of its rear independent suspension and an optional air ride system.

    Those seats look mighty uncomfortable. Park bench flat with very little padding. It’s like the seats were an afterthought. Overall it’s just “ok” GM really needed to go all out, but time and time again GM continues to build “ good enough” vehicles, nothing groundbreaking or game changing.

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    1. >Hyundai Palisade

      lmao

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    2. @Mr Cadillac (what a terrible name!) the Hyundai Palisade is a cheap and poor copy of a great U.S brand vehicle. I have seen Hyundai and Kia vehicles up close (they sell more than Toyotas here where I live), and they may look nice but had terrible engineering. I know that everyone wants a good looking interior since that is where they spend all their time while driving, but it will fail and fall apart sooner than U.S. brand models. Personally I prefer a simple bland interior with superb engineering than what the imports are selling to all the foolish buyers who still believe imports are better. And please, don’t dirty the Cadillac brand with that fake name. Man up and post with your real name as I did!

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      1. So good on you for posting under your real name. Really, good for you, man.

        What do you want, a trophy? Lol, what’s it to you what name he uses? “Dirty the Cadillac brand with that fake name?” What does that even mean?

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    3. Compared to a Hyundai Palisade???? You do realize that every Hyundai and Kia is a really just a Nissan in disquise right? Their entire business model is give lots of pretty looking stuff that holds together just long enough to make it through 36k miles, at which point it disintegrates rapidly. That’s only if the engine somehow manages to hold together that long. Hyundai is legendary for their horrible engines. Even the Theta II is still garbage after all these years.

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  7. When will the Escalade be revealed

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  8. Very Evolutionary and not Revolutionary at all.
    Looks good but they Played it extremely safe.
    Glad the Column shifter is gone.
    Hopefully the High Country will be Extremely High End and Leather Wrapped everything like the Ram.
    The interior is nicer than the Expedition but Tech wise they are still lagging Ram which is insane.
    I only have a few gripes. I still hate that steering wheel from the Silverado. I was Hopeful GM would have offered an all new one. The Ram Steering wheel looks so much better.
    No Rear console vents.
    GM still makes arguably the worst and and most boring looking Instrument Clusters in the Business.
    The Side Profile almost looks identical to the Current ones.
    The engines do not make any real significant extra Power from neither the 5.3 or 6.2

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    1. Could be wrong but I’m pretty sure Tahoe/Suburban’s rear A/C vents are in the roof.

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      1. Yes they are but I would have liked to have them on the console as well. Makes a huge difference. Like I said, minor Gripes.

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    2. Wow you are still as clueless as ever.

      Ram is gaudy, tasteless trash when it comes to actual styling elements. The Ram steering wheel looks like some aftermarket part from a JC Whitney catalog.

      Boring looking instrument clusters? As opposed the overwrought, cheesy looking instrument cluster Ram is using? The one with the tasteless RAM lettering that lights up at night. Apparently there because the majority of people that buy the truck are just stupid enough to forget what they’re driving? Ram’s instrument cluster is tacky looking to everyone other than a rhinestone cowboy.

      The engines didn’t need any significant extra power. The 6.2 utterly embarrasses the 5.7 Hemi and the 5.3 matches it in every acceleration tests why using 20% less fuel.

      Also, “techwise” this vehicle blows the Ram out of the water. Aside from Ram shoehorning a big touchscreen onto the center console, there is NOTHING high tech about the Ram. Their 12″ touchscreen has been plagued with bugs since day 1 and it still has tons of complaints for glitches to this day. Where are the Ram’s big 2nd row displays? There are none. Just cheap semi-reclining seats.

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      1. You nailed it on the head. The played out cowboy theme is such a joke. It might pull in some wanna-be ranchers, but it just looks cheesy to everyone else. Instead of wasting their money on poorly made leather accoutrements, they should have spent that money on a modern V8 for their truck. That 5.7 Hemi is a real gas guzzler and it can’t even keep up with the entry level engines from GM and Ford. The 5.3 ties it in acceleration tests and it gets 5 to 6 mpg better on the highway. Ram has nothing to even answer the 6.2 or Ford 5.0 or 3.5!

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  9. Typical b*chfest with the haters hating at their best……

    Its a winner that will continue to DOMINATE the segment.

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  10. Evolution of the current design. IRS is a huge improvement over the current generation. Improves the ride and space for the 3rd row and cargo. Has a very similar exterior profile to the current gen which is a good thing. Definitely carries the front end better than the new Silverado. Not sure about the rear. I think it would look cleaner without the chrome strip running across the back. I like the interior of the current gen, and the interior of the new gen looks good. Better than the Expedition, but not up the new RAM yet. So much better than the new trucks. Lets hope this will influence any update to the trucks.
    Couple of notes:
    – Looking over the pictures I see three different gauge clusters. 1. Basic cluster with 4″ display and analog top gauges. 2. Different versions with full color center. One with round tach/speedo. One with octagonal tach/speedo. Not sure if this is just a preproduction thing or there are two different version. Personally I hate the octagonal version. Its the same in the Sierra and I think it looks dated.
    – Should be two sets of front USB/c connections. The rear has them. Plus these look cheap just like on the trucks.
    – Not sure if there is any ambient lighting on the dash on doors. As a current GM owner, this is one area where GM is very weak.

    Overall, a thumbs up.

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    1. @Ray A
      I totally agree. They made a nice Tahoe and Suburban. The interior dimensions are much better.
      But I will stick to my Guns and say the Interior is unfortunately not up to par with Ram. I agree.

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    2. The Ram interior is tacky, like a bad LA actor dressed up in the cheesiest cowboy outfit they could find, trying to act like a wild west cowboy. It ain’t working pal! Right up to the instrument panel that looks like some kind of aftermarket piece bought off Ebay. If I bought a Ram, I don’t need to be reminded that I’m driving at Ram by putting a big glow RAM in the middle of the gauges. Terrible. Just like the glitchy 12″ touchscreen. I know a guy that dropped 60k on a 2019 Ram and he lemon lawed it because the 12″ touchscreen would go black randomly and the only way to get it back was to pull over, shut the truck off, get out, get back in, and start driving again. Four dealer visits and several recalls later, it was still glitching out. Yeah amazing tech alright. Half-baked FCA tech.

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  11. Why no Super Cruise?

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    1. Still a Cadillac exclusive afaik

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    1. Dodge trucks don’t deserve to be on the same page as Ford and Chevy trucks, since Chrysler is no loner a U.S. brand. It belongs to Fiat, and Italian company!

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      1. Dodge actually moved it’s full size Ram pickup truck production from Mexico to the USA a couple of years ago for those to be sold within the U.S. borders. So give me a break with your China made iPads and iPhones. Apple is an American company in name only as even India makes the Apple products there. Only the most expensive Apple computers are made in the USA. Dodge is planning to offer a large full size SUV within 2 years. With Trump in power for the next 5 years, there is no way that the next Dodge SUV will be made at the Mexico plant. Chrysler will probably offer the same large SUV under that brand but it will probably be made in Windsor, Ontario, to help pay back Canada for writing off a couple of billion in money still owing for the 2008 financial bailout.

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        1. Ram NEVER moved truck production from Mexico. They pulled a con job, announcing to the world that they were moving truck production from Mexico to the US, then when attention shifted away from that announcement, they quietly canceled those plans. Ram trucks are still being built in Mexico to this day!

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        2. ..

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      2. Ram trucks are NOT on the same page as GM and Ford trucks because the Ram 1500 has the capability of a midsize truck with the size of a full-size truck. Its “best” engine, the 5.7 Hemi, is from 2008 and it can’t even compete with the 5.3 or 2.7 Ecoboost. The 5.3 moves a GM truck as fast the the 5.7 while using significantly less fuel doing it, while the 2.7 Ecoboost blows the doors off the 5.7 Ram. Unfortunately for the tubby, overweight Ram, both Ford and GM have even more powerful engines offered that all totally decimate the engines Ram offers. Ram advertises big tow ratings, but those tow ratings are usually way overrated given the fact that their payload ratings are horribly weak. I read a comparison in Car & Driver a year ago that compared the 2019 Chevy, Ford and Ram. The Ram had a 10,000 pound tow rating but only had a 990 pound payload rating. In other words, the truck is completely useless. Anytime you want to take your family along in your Ram, you don’t have enough payload to tow. Forget about taking your family camping. Can’t haul them and tow the camper. It’s a toy truck.

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  13. Jo says:
    December 11, 2019 at 11:21 am
    Wow! I think the New Tahoe and Suburban are a Grand Slam! I love the overall profile and anyone can find some styling que that reminds you of some other brand…just get over it to say they are copy cats…face it, Suburban is the pioneer of full size SUVs, and now, obviously it’s Legacy is going to live on stronger than ever, but while we are on the copycat thing, how many times have you heard some comment about the restyled expedition taking on the profile of the full size GMs, and what’s ironic with that is, supposedly for a time anyway, their sales increased. I think GM did what it took to stay ahead of the competition, I love the Styling, the added space and all the convenient features. Would I have tweeked some things here and there?, probably, but overall I think GM hit it out of the park! Can’t imagine what all the Escalade will add to all this!

    Read more: http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/12/first-photos-of-the-2021-chevrolet-suburban/#ixzz67pTJkGqv

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    1. GM wasn’t the one playing “copycat”. The 2018+ Expedition ripped off the look of the 2015 Suburban/Yukon. Go look at the side profile of a 2017 Expedition, then look at a 2015 Suburban or Yukon, then look at a 2018 Expedition. It’s beyond obvious that Ford had a crush on the 2015 GM fullsize suv’s and decided to copy the design.

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      1. Very true. Ford finally gave up on their tall out of proportion stage coaches and very obviously took GMs profile and ended up at least a bit of curb appeal…they kinda in a subtle way took chevys horizontal grill too, used to be able to from a distance distinguish between an f series or a Silverado Not any more

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  14. Efficiency has been one of the biggest problems with the Chevrolet Suburban as this is why smaller imports have been able to actually offer more interior space despite having a smaller vehicle and while this this new Suburban is more efficient, it still suffers from efficiency issues as imports from South Korea and Japan will most likely have the same capacity despite having a smaller footprint.

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    1. huh?? The Toyota Land Cruiser and Sequoia are massive gas guzzlers. Same deal with the Nissan. The Hyundai/Kia fullsize SUV’s are excrement with a heavy layer of glitter applied. People that bought the overpriced Kia Stinger found out just how awful the quality is just below the surface.

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    2. omegatalon: Thats a whole bunch of balogny right there…..I am on my third Suburban which currently has 258,000 miles…..you can have all the little wanna bes you want, for the satifaction you get with the True Full Size SUVs you won’t beat GM and Ford…..I know too many times when people with crossovers and smaller SUVs or even minivans will only get 24ish mpg when Suburbans will only be 1 or 2 mpg behind or in some cases even better. “Not worth it”. GM has a habit of under rating their vehicles on data sheets but real world usage they perform better.

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