GM’s turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine is becoming an increasingly important part of the Chevy Silverado 1500 pickup truck range.
As GM Authority exclusively reported in March of this year, the L3B has recently become the only engine available to order on the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500 Custom, following the discontinuation of the naturally aspirated 4.3L V6 LV3 and 5.3L V8 L82 engines for that trim. It is also the only engine offered in the new LT 2FL trim level. Furthermore, the L3B can normally be specified for the Chevy Silverado in the Work Truck, LT and RST trim levels.
But GM Authority has now learned that, at the moment, the L3B is available only on the Custom and LT 2FL trims, and not available in the Work Truck, LT or RST. It’s unclear what’s behind this restriction, but we believe it to be a temporary measure associated with prioritizing build configurations.
Regular L3B Availability
- Work Truck
- Custom
- LT 2FL
- LT
- RST
Current L3B Availability
- Custom
- LT 2FL
2021 Chevy Silverado 1500 Trim Levels:
- Work Truck (WT)
- Custom
- Custom Trail Boss
- LT
- LT 2FL
- LT Trail Boss
- RST
- LTZ
- High Country
In the near future, the L3B will become the standard engine for the 2022 Chevy Silverado Limited. As previously reported, the 2022 Silverado 1500 Limited truck will be a stop-gap vehicle based on the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500. It will enter production at the GM Silao plant in Mexico on September 20th and the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana on September 27th.
The actual 2022 Silverado refresh (aka mid-cycle enhancement or MCE) has been delayed and will now go into production late in the 2022 model year.
Chevrolet Silverado Sales Detail - Q2 2021 - USA
| Model | Q2 2021 / Q2 2020 | Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | YTD 2021 / YTD 2020 | YTD 2021 | YTD 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | +34.5% | 164,731 | 122,432 | +9% | 291,322 | 267,166 |
| Silverado LD | +31.1% | 117,275 | 89,465 | +2.8% | 207,980 | 202,390 |
| Silverado HD | +42% | 44,431 | 31,279 | +26.4% | 78,430 | 62,052 |
| Silverado MD | +79.2% | 3,025 | 1,688 | +80.3% | 4,912 | 2,724 |
The Chevy Silverado is The General’s most popular vehicle in the United States, accounting for 34 percent of Chevrolet sales and 22 percent of all GM sales in the first half of 2021. Those statistics are based on sales of all three versions – light duty, heavy duty and medium duty. But even when the 1500 is considered on its own, it is still the top-selling GM model in the country. At 207,890 units, it is well ahead of cumulative GMC Sierra sales, of which 138,412 units were sold in the same period.
GMC Sierra Sales Detail - Q2 2021 - USA
| Model | Q2 2021 / Q2 2020 | Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | YTD 2021 / YTD 2020 | YTD 2021 | YTD 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | +40.3% | 75,495 | 53,824 | +29.6% | 138,412 | 106,833 |
| Sierra LD | +38.2% | 53,640 | 38,825 | +25.7% | 98,897 | 78,666 |
| Sierra HD | +45.7% | 21,855 | 14,999 | +40.3% | 39,515 | 28,167 |
The 2021 Silverado 1500 represents the third model year of the fourth-generation Silverado 1500. It rides on the GM T1 body-on-frame platform, which is also used for the 2021 GMC Sierra pickup truck and the 2021 Chevy Tahoe, 2021 Chevy Suburban, 2021 GMC Yukon and 2021 Cadillac Escalade SUVs.
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Comments
That 2.7L motor is selling like hot cakes gm can’t make enough of them I’m hearing
This light grey text on this site sucks, change it to black.
Is there anything cosmetic you don’t complain about? Interior isn’t pretty enough, color of the site isn’t right. What happened to these gen Z kids and their man buns, skinny jeans and sense of entitlement that has to cater to them and their feelings?
The 2.7T is a strong base engine now that the 4.3 is gone.
1000 upticks for you! This gray on white thing is a trend all over the web. It’s hard to read.
Keep the 4.3 as a choice.
4.3, with revised heads and cams with VVL. That would be a boss. Course the real reason the 2.7 is look at the price to make a 4 banger. It’s nothing to a V6 small block. Now add a turbo, a little more, but not much. Despite the tech of this engine, it’s still dirt cheap. Compare this to the DOHC V6 2.7 Ecoboost, this engine really is a great budget engine.
That’s great news. I prefer selling the 5.3L and leasing the 3.0L Diesel to my customers and I was happy to see we didn’t have a lot of 2.7L’s. The most important customer base is recurring and they need the V8 or the diesel since they work with them.
since when is having less options a good thing
This will probably get hate, but I’ve put 10k miles on my 2.7 RST and it’s been great. Good acceleration and torque. Average is 22.5 mpg with peaks of 26-28 mpg. I do think GM needs to work on the 0-25 mph programming though – it seems like the transmission doesn’t know where it wants to be.
Any idea how many 2.7L turbos on the road now? Silverado and CT4