Just last week, GM Authority reported that General Motors was planning to expand the availability of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) on its 2021 Silverado pickup truck. But as we just learned, AEB isn’t the only feature that will see expanded availability.
GM Authority sources familiar with GM product plans tell us that three active safety features, including Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking and Forward Collision Alert, will become available across the entire 2021 Silverado 1500 model range, including the entry-level Work Truck and Custom models. That represents a notable departure from prior model years, when these accident avoidance features were limited to being an option on the high-end LTZ and High Country trim levels.
Trim Level: | Work Truck | Custom | Custom Trail Boss | LT | RST | LT Trail Boss | LTZ | High Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | A |
2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | A |
2021 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
- Availability of Active Safety features represented in the table include:
- Automatic Emergency Braking (previously called Low Speed Forward Automatic Braking)
- Front Pedestrian Braking
- Forward Collision Alert
The features will be offered as part of a package. For instance, the Safety Essentials Package will offer the features on WT, Custom and Custom Trail Boss models, and another package will bundle them on the LT, LT Trail Boss and RST models. The Safety Package 2 on LTZ and High Country models will continue to offer the aforementioned trio of active safety features, plus several other features to boot. Pricing information is currently not available for the packages.
Meanwhile, the 2021 Silverado HD will offer Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision on the base Work Truck model, but Front Pedestrian Braking will remain absent from the options list, at least for the time being.
Expanded availability of the most basic accident prevention features for the 2021 Silverado comes after Consumer Reports highlighted the fact that customers were forced to shell out nearly $17,000 extra on top of the price of a base 2020 Silverado in order to get them. That wasn’t the first time GM had been criticized for the ways in which it offers active safety features. In 2019, GM CEO Mary Barra was asked why the automaker does not offer more standard active safety technology, to which she said the automaker is now working on both adding more standard safety features and offering optional equipment in lower-end trim levels. It appears that the expanded availability of active safety features in the 2021 Silverado delivers on that promise.
In other Silverado news, GM Authority recently detailed that the 2021 model will also get the center console from the 2021 Tahoe and 2021 Suburban. These updates will be joined by several other changes, including the 2021 Silverado 1500 Realtree Edition, new exterior colors, and more – which we will detail shortly. In the meantime, be sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevrolet Silverado news, Chevrolet news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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Is the 21 Silverado and GMC getting the new Tahoe dash?
The Trailblazer doesn’t have the honor of being the first GM vehicle with standard active safety features, though. The Cadillac XT6 will actually be the first to include standard automatic emergency braking. Cadillac will also offer an advanced system locked away in an options package.
For the kind of money these automakers want these days,they better do better by their customers,we cant buy a truck for no less than 35 to 40 thousand dollars
Cost of a new truck doesn’t bother me. Never really think of safety when buying a vehicle. Do you really care about EPA of a truck? Until they fix the ugly!! I’m out!!
ok when can I get fog lights on a non z71 lt
For Silverados that don’t come standard with fog lights, you can get them as GM accessories, and can be installed on any trim level.
sounds costly ,new headlight switch,lights,wiring is probably there and body control flash. remember was interested in adding heated seats and they said GM does not allow adding them to the body control module
How about a 4.3 liter V6 that offers competitive fuel economy to both the F-150 and Ram’s 3.3/3.6 liter V6 engines?
Current 2020 F-150 3.3 V6 mileage ratings are 19/25/22 for 2WD models and 18/23/20 for 4WD. The Ram V6 is rated for 20/25/22 for 2WD and 19/24/21 for 4WD.
Meanwhile the lower less feature laden and lighter Silverado in base WT and Custom trims with the 4.3 is rated for a very poor 16/21/17 in 2WD and 15/20/17 for 4WD. This is a very embarrassing and poor showing for a relatively new engine design with both stop/start and cylinder shutdown in a lower end, lighter truck body with smaller tires etc!
The 4.3 does not have stop/start technology. That’s only in the 2.7, L84 5.3, 6.2, and diesel.
Joe – you’re looking at on paper vs. real world. GM trucks fuel economy is actually very comparable and sometimes better in the real world than Ford and Ram. EcoBoost outperforms the GM trucks on paper, but falls flat in actual tests.
Also, if you are looking for true performance + fuel economy, the 2.7L turbo L3B is the way to go. the 4.3L is a base level engine… it gets the job done, but it’s not tops in anything – power or fuel economy.
4.3 is probably on it’s way out. 2.7 is new, not sure if it is reliable or expensive repairs are on the horizon if your going to dump it before the warranty or pay for an extended warranty,maybe you may also lose out on a trade because some dealers will not stock 2.7s.you pretty much know what your getting with a V8.
I was very sorry to read that I will NOT be able to order “Cloth” Buckets Seats on my 2021 GMC Crew Cab Dually. I like the SLE Package for “Lack” of Chrome and I don’t care for leather seats. Maybe GMC will come to their senses by September when I can place my order.
Barry
GM does their homework on these kinds of things. The problem is that you’re the exception. Most people actually want leather seats over cloth seats. Not saying that there aren’t those who don’t want cloth… but they are few and far between compared to the mainstream.
not going to happen it is all about getting the price up. I was in the position of picking between my preferred color and buckets and I went with the color, the seats are the same and I do not miss the convenience of the center console as much as I thought I would but the wife does miss her power seat the first thing she said was I like the old truck better
The info was posted for the 2500hd and did NOT mention the 3500HD which I am ordering but I suspect they will be the same. First they say you can now get the pro tailgate as standard on SLE then they delete the bucket seats on you!!! Hard to believe I will be paying close to $100.000 for the new truck with tax and they pull a stunt like that. Also deleting the CD player was bad news for us older people who have them. Oh Well. I should have ordered a 2020!
Your 100% right Chuck and I agree with you. The thing is that all Police vehicles come with “Cloth” Bucket Seats. That is the Standard package so they are going to be available. I should know having just retired after 34 years. I was looking around at Base prices of the two trims SLT and SLE and in Canada there is about $10,000 between them, granted the higher ends comes with options you would have to order separately on SLE which would drive the price up anyway. I guess when you are going to pay so much for a vehicle and take the time to “Order” it “your Way” GMC should be more Flexible and Accommodating. Such is life! Regards.
GM is absolutely love. Definitely going to buy one GM one day.
What a gorgeous beast. Loved it.