General Motors offers a wide variety of Chevy Silverado models and trim levels, but one of the most obvious holes left open in the latest fourth-generation Silverado HD lineup (introduced for the 2020 model year) is the lack of an off-road-ready Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss model. Now, however, GM Authority has learned that such a model is currently under consideration.
According to sources familiar with the matter, General Motors is now considering bringing a new Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss model to market. If the model gets the green light, it could arrive with the debut of the refreshed Chevy Silverado HD, set for a launch with the 2023 model year, one year after the model refresh of the light-duty Chevy Silverado 1500 for the 2022 model year.
As for equipment specs for the proposed Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss, we simply need to look to the GMC Sierra HD AT4 for an idea as to what it could offer. Like the proposed Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss, the GMC Sierra HD AT4 is equipped for dirty duty, featuring off-road suspension and Rancho shocks, skid plates, all-terrain tires, red front recovery hooks, and an electronic two-speed AutoTrac transfer case.
Chevrolet Silverado HD LTZ pictured here
That said, a Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss would likely be offered at a lower price point than the GMC Sierra HD AT4, per Chevrolet’s positioning as a value brand. As a reminder, the GMC Sierra 2500HD AT4 starts at $59,295, while the GMC Sierra 3500HD AT4 starts at $60,495.
According to a GM Authority poll conducted in 2019, a Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss is definitely desirable among fans, with a whopping 87.5 percent of poll respondents answering in the affirmative when asked if GM should offer a Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss model.
If such a model were to come to market, it would compete with the Ford Tremor, an off-roader package for the F-250 and F-350 heavy-duty pickup that includes new suspension, a two-inch lift, new running boards, skid plates, and 35-inch tires.
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So just put a 2in lift on your z71 an buy some off road tires an you have a trail boss no need for them to act like its something great.
A 2500 is more of an off-roader than a trailboss out of the box. i would bet most trailboss owners just want people to think they are off-roaders.
The only thing I could ask for an HD trail boss is different bumpers front and rear. It really doesn’t need a lift. Besides that, the standard Z71 package is a good off road package.
Just got my 2021 2500hd 6.6 gas after 3 months of waiting its tall enough for me without lift kit, things a beast.
More versions of Moosemobiles for slack-jaw farmers while the car line sucks with no performance or leading sedans for Chevy and Buick..
Just get it done! It’s been proven time and again that off-road drives sales. I have to disagree with those saying it doesn’t need the mild 2″ lift. If you don’t want a lift then simply choose from the multitude of options that already sit at factory height. Certainly one model out of the entire HD lineup deserves to be different. If they are going to do it then do it right. It needs to be competitive with the Ford Tremor and Ram Rebel HD’s in every way! It would most likely top out at the LT trim level, personally I think that’s too limiting . I would like to see a Trail Boss package made optional for all trim levels as Ford does with the Tremor. I think many would agree that trying to option out a GM truck can be frustrating at times due to how limiting their packages can be. I think a proper Trail Boss HD based on the refreshed ’23 would be a serious hit!
Pleaseeeee get rid of that fugly grille/front end. Hire the RAM grille designer!
You know… until they figure out how to make a truck for a REASONABLE price. I do t give one damn about their new models. I got a quote on a truck the other day just to quell my interest. I have a $300,000 house and the payment on a 2021 LTZ Duramax Dually was only $300 less than my mortgage payment. But include insurance and and you’re less than $100 difference. And that even include the $8,500 worth plow that I would put on it…
They wonder why sales are dropping…? Maybe because they keep raising prices to absolutely insane numbers that gives you a mortgage payment on a car…it’s just ridiculous.
That’s because people like you “need” leather, heated and cooled seats, and all the extra amenities that “should be standard” on an LTZ because you’re spending $75k + on a typical depreciating asset. Save up your money and put more down so you don’t have a such an expensive payment, Brandon.
The “proposed Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss, the GMC Sierra HD AT4″ has what my ’15 2500 HD LTZ already has. What I desire is the ability to mount BIG 40” tires without cutting the fender or wheel well. Give me that as an option and you’ll get my attention.