The biggest change to Chevy’s recently-announced 2022 Silverado 1500 is a major update to the interior, which includes the introduction of a console-mounted gear selector – a first for the Silverado nameplate. But for those who still want the column-mounted shifter, there are several ways to still get it on the updated 2022 Silverado.
Refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 High Country, new ZR2, and LT (left to right)
The first option is to opt for the 2022 Silverado 1500 in one of the following three trim levels: Work Truck, Custom, or Custom Trail Boss. These retain the interior and cockpit of the 2019-2021 models, and as such will continue offering the column shifter.
Those who wish to have more content and features than the aforementioned bare-bones models can opt for the 40-20-40 front seating configuration on LT and RST models. Doing so will replace the center console, along with the new console gear selector, with the traditional column shifter.
Refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 LT with 40-20-40 front seating configuration and traditional column shifter
All remaining 2022 Silverado 1500 models, meaning LT Trail Boss, LTZ, High Country, and ZR2 do not offer the 40-20-40 front seating option, and will therefore not be available to order with the column shifter.
Other changes to the revamped interior included a new dash, center stack, and center console, a larger infotainment screen, and an all-digital gauge cluster/driver information center, along with improved materials throughout.
Refreshed 2022 Silverado 1500 High Country is only available with the new console gear selector/shifter
While the refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 debuted on September 9th, the 2022 model year truck won’t arrive for a little while longer. As GM Authority reported previously, the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 Limited – a continuation of the 2021 model year Silverado with the same trim levels, options, and exterior and interior colors – will be the first 2022 model year version of the Silverado to launch.
Production of the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 Limited is set to begin at the GM Silao plant in Mexico on September 20th, 2021, and at the GM Fort Wayne Assembly plant in Indiana on September 27th, 2021. Order banks for the 2022 Chevy Silverado Limited opened July 15th.
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well thats a shame , been a gm truck man all my life , hate the centre console ,knee hits it
guess time for something else
I’ve been driving 56 years, and really appreciate the REAL advances made in my lifetime. FAR superior tires, brakes, fuel handling, and drive train life.
The console started off as a “sporty looking” accessory to bucket seats and had what amounted to a second glove compartment. Then, they grew, and all we heard about was “storage!!!” And, as you say, they steal knee room, and crowd you in.
Speaking OF storage: what, really, can you put in those molded-compartments that are all over everything? Most are of an odd size that won’t really hold anything. This is as opposed to the door pockets common, especially in imports” back in the 50s and 60s. It was a soft pocket with an elastic on top. They held quite a bit, and stuff didn’t rattle around in them.
Did you read the article? The bench seat is still available.
Wish they would just go with a dash mounted Hockey Puck!
Well I’m glad that the LT and hopefully the RST will be able to be had in the bucket seat/Center console option. I for one could not care less on whether I have a column shifter or a console shifter, doesn’t matter. But I do love having a function Center console. I have a 2018 LT and use the centre console a fair bit.
I love the refresh with one glaring issue that I don’t know if I can overlook….. why, why, why did the interior engineer/designer opt for faux wood grain trim….🤮. This isn’t the 1970s!! Faux wood grain looks extremely tacky in anything other than maybe a very high end exotic sports car. Bleh!!! 🤢
My 2018 LT Z71 also has the console and it was a must have. Love the storage and the 120v plug, usb and wireless charger. It is a source of creaks though, especially in the winter.
The new truck console looks really shallow and not very usable. Even with the update. The dash actually looks good with the bench though, which was not the case in our k2xx or the 19-21s. I’ll probably go bench and save the $1000.
Thank God I can still get a column shifter! A silly little knob would have been a deal breaker.
Now …… CAN I PLEASE GET A SHORT WHEELBASE SILVERADO (about 120″)?
I have to have one for maneuverability, and space restrictions.
will the refresh be ready before the end of the year of 2021, we like the LTZ silverado in the pearl or white. we need a price also.
hate center console shifters, those are for cars
I don’t mind a console shifter if it doesn’t eat up too much of the console storage space… hard to tell how much space it eats up from the pics though
Is plastic wood real? Where does it grow? Is it sustainable?
Plastic wood is a rare exotic species…. Think it’s endangered and everything…grows deep in the Rain Forests of Detroit. Hahahaha
Personally after seeing the new dash, I’m glad I bought a ’21 Denali, instead of waiting for the ’22 “refresh”.
I really don’t care for the new dash. While the old dash wasn’t perfect, and didn’t deviate enough from the dash in the previous generation trucks, I still prefer it over the new one. I don’t think the new dash is an improvement visually, and may not be functionally better either. That big chunk of “wood” on the passenger side of the higher trim trucks, looks like an afterthought, and is completely out of place.
In my opinion, a console mounted shifter in a truck is stupid, and a waist of usable work/storage space. I have and still do own cars (Corvettes, a Firebird, and others) that have floor/console mounted shifters, and should, but it’s silly to have one in a truck. No one’s going to mistake a 20 foot long, 6000 pound truck for a sports car.
I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I believe a truck, especially one used for work, doesn’t need a console mounted shifter, unless of course it’s attached to a true manual transmission.
That bowtie just keeps getting higher. Next generation it will be sticking out of the hood like cars in the 80’s. It looks like a clown nose.
I’ll take the updated 2.7 Turbo instead of the 4.6 V6 and the old interior any day if that’s what it takes to keep the price in check.
The one thing I really appreciate about GM is that their mid level trucks (LT, RST, SLE, Elevation) pack in a lot of value compared to the competition in terms of standard features such as LED lighting, and now the 13.4 inch screen. You can get those feature on Ram Big Horns and F150 XLT’s but they’re optional and are bundled into pretty pricey packages. Now it looks like the higher trim levels will now also be at the top of their class. One thing is that I do wish they would offer a larger fuel capacity on their half tons, as 24 gallons just isn’t enough, especially when you’re towing.
I just don’t get why GM keeps sticking with these small fuel tanks. I love my 32 gallon one on my 2017 Ram. Those old twin tanks with the switch on the 73-87 trucks were great! As I recall they were either dual 16 or dual 20 gallon tanks.
Long live column shifters and manual transmissions. Thankfully, there will always be a used car market once they’re gone and absolutely everything time proven, reliable and intuitive has fallen to glitchy, glitzy, non-standardized, and inferior “tech solutions” to problems that never existed to begin with. A bolt action column shifter and three across seating will always be the best combination in a pickup.
Just look at the comically ridiculous, giant consoles in these trucks. The current crop are the most massive full sized trucks that ever roamed the earth, yet you see two claustrophobia inducing comparatively tiny bucket seats separated by a console as big as Rhode Island. The poor packaging is just mind boggling, but then again isn’t practically everything in the world nowadays? Maybe they can fit an even bigger console if they switch to bicycle seats up front. Keep your ludicrous, overstyled, oversized, ugly new trucks – all of them.
Ok boomer 😀
Nope
But you can add that totally lame saying to the list of things that suck
Why are you even here complaining about technology, little seats, and useless gadgets. You need to find yourself a 1977 K Series truck and stay off the internet if it’s going to trigger you so much. Although the 77 K Series truck did get power windows and door locks as an option so maybe you are going to need to go back to the 60s as that’s probably too “techy” for your tastes 🙄
Change for the sake of change does not equal progress and the argument for a reduction in automotive complexity, size and cost in favor of more rational considerations is not unreasonable. For the limited time free speech is still permitted, you’ll make way for viewpoints that challenge the lunacy you sheep clearly do not have the mental bandwidth to comprehend. Here’s to equity 😘 🍺
Or, to put it in terms even you could understand:
Get off my d!ck, dweeb. You ain’t running the Internet 🤫
Yep. You’re definitely a whiney ass Boomer. Time to log off old man. Take a break.
That is SO TRUE! Try reaching in the engine compartment of any new truck to check the oil? You have to be 6’12”. Why can’t they be the size of the 88-98 C/Ks? They might get to good of fuelm economy if they were that size?
That’d be too logical
Best huge console ever was on those 1970’s and early 80’s Dodge Ramchargers. Man they even showed them filled with ice and beer in ads!
I am confused, I read: “Those who wish to have more content and features than the aforementioned bare-bones models can opt for the 40-20-40 front seating configuration on LT and RST models. Doing so will replace the center console, along with the new console gear selector, with the traditional column shifter.: but in picture there is a center console…😳
Both configurations are available on LT and RST
The caption say:Refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 LT with 40-20-40 front seating configuration and traditional column shifter” but picture show a console.
They just put the pictures out of order. If you get the 40-20-40 bench seat, it comes with the flip down console. The column shifter comes with this.. if you get at least the LT trim, you also get the revised dash with the big screen and digital gauges…
If you choose any trim level less than the LT, you get the old interior.. and if you choose any of the higher trim levels, you get the new interior with bucket seats, the big center console, and the center console shifter..
Thank you, it is a bit confusing…
I want to know when silverado lt trim is going to offer interior colors beside Black or Dark Gray<
Not everyone wants Dark Colors. Is it a money thing to only offer 2 colors or is it a customer data that dictates these choices or is it General Motors in general making these choices?
I completely agree. The color choices Chevy and Sierra have been offering for the last 8 years or so, are a joke. A few more colour shades could have done wonders for the overall appearance of the much maligned interior. How much would it have actually cost, to just offer a simple color option. Get with it GM, Ram and Ford have certainly got your number in this regard.
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