When General Motors first announced the refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500, it only shared photos of the light-duty pickup in the ZR2, High Country and LT trim levels. However, GM Authority recently captured photos of the sporty RST trim level, and we’re happy to show you the 2022 Silverado Trail Boss Custom, giving us our first look at the rugged pickup that hasn’t been seen previously.
The model seen here is the Crew Cab, Short Box configuration in the Custom Trail Boss trim level, which serves as the entry-level Trail Boss model. Meanwhile, the LT Trail Boss (which we have yet to see) being the more feature-rich model.
The updated 2022 Silverado Custom Trail Boss incorporates a restyled front fascia with a fresh new take on the ‘CHEVROLET’ script-style black grille. Instead of being embedded in the thick crossbar of the front grille, like on the current WT, Custom and Custom Trail Boss, the ‘CHEVROLET’ lettering is now more neatly integrated into the overall grille design and resides higher-up on the front fascia, matching the higher-up placement of the Chevy bow tie on the restyled upper-level trims like LT, LTZ and High Country. The crossbar itself has also been toned-down and now takes on a thinner and more nuanced shape. Also note the new Silverado ZR2-style hood with a black insert, which was not featured on the pre-updated models.
The reworked front renders do away with the controversial “sideburn” aesthetic by reconfiguring the fender and front fascia, along with the front air curtain treatment.
The small, gold Chevy Bow Tie continues to reside within the lower corner of the front grille, as are a set of body-color tow hooks. The halogen headlights are present and accounted for, much like they were on the Custom Trail Boss for the 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 (Limited) model years.
This 2022 Silverado Trail Boss Custom also has a new lower-profile front bumper with integrated red tow hooks. Interestingly, the lower front air deflector seen on other 2022 Silverado models is missing, perhaps to deliver better approach angle and front ground clearance. However, we think that this pre-production vehicle is simply missing this part and that it will be present on models that are dealership bound.
Also note the hard Z71 hard badge on the front fenders (Trail Boss models include the contents of the Z71 package), black door handles, and black mirrors, along with the 18-inch high gloss black painted aluminum wheels (RPO code RD1) wrapped in Goodyear Duratrac off-road tires.
The base engine in the 2022 Silverado Trail Boss Custom will be GM’s turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine, which has received numerous updates for 2022 and now produces 20 percent more torque than before for a total output of 310 horsepower and 420 pound-feet. The four-cylinder will come paired with a revised version of the GM eight-speed automatic.
Left to right: 2022 Silverado High Country 1500, 2022 Silverado ZR2 1500, Silverado LT 1500
The refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado family will enter production during the first quarter of the 2022 calendar year, with order books set to open in December. As we reported previously, the truck will be available in the WT (Work Truck), Custom, Custom Trail Boss, LT, LT Trail Boss, ZR2, LTZ and High Country trim levels.
2022 Silverado LT interior
LT and above models will feature a completely redesigned cockpit, highlighted by a new 13.4-inch center screen and a digital gauge cluster. Meanwhile, WT, Custom and Custom Trail Boss models will continue with the interior seen on the pre-refresh models.
2019 Silverado Custom Trail Boss interior shown here
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Comments
This must be the Custom Trail Boss, not the LT Trail Boss.
Yep, I agree. Black plastic door handles, base level lights, no fogs.
Headlights just look weird. Like they were too small for the truck and they needed to put extra black plastic around them to make them fit.
All they had to do was fix that screwed up “gill” look by blending the fender into the bumper.
The grilles and headlights were just fine! Why does GM over compensate just to avoid saying they were wrong about some thing? These new grilles look as awkward as that flow tie in the bumper on the Camaro a few years back.
A face only a mother can love!!
This curve line connecting the headlights and the grill is terrible. It looks like the front end is melting.
CHEVY, you must make the front end of your trucks less busy, not more.
The grill is nice, however. Nice truck for the money.
Front of the truck looks like a Goomba from Super Mario. Look it up and you’ll never be able to unsee it.
looks really f-150ish to me
I noticed that in the headlamps.
It looks like Chevy found the 2012 parts bin and slapped on the old headlights😂😂😂 you have to be an idiot to get this
Probably because Chevy will offer deeper discounted than Ford-aluminum… and you will get this trail boss brand new for 35k, same price you got a Silverado back in 2012. Don’t like it, fork over the cash for a higher trim. At least there’s an option for us blue collars.
If you’re a dumb blue collar one sure, but the smart blue collar ones buy the LT and then buy a lift kit that has better shocks, still going below the price of this Custom TrailBlazer
WTH? A smart blue collar realizes that the trail boss is way cheaper still, as you don’t have to throw 600$ into shocks that that are just as good, or in excess of 1000 for a premium set, plus a lift kit on that, plus the labor, unless you plan on hacking it yourself, plus the off road tires which with duratracks are another grand. It’s way cheaper from the factory, and factory tuned.
Just ignore that guy. He just whines and talks down to people on every article..
As soon as I seen this I was going to say this is the Custom TrailBoss. I don’t like plastic grills very much. Why do they got to make this so cheap? Putting a real grill on isn’t gonna set you back that much GM. Chevrolet grill in plastic molding? Nah.. I’ll pass
Love the cheap plastic grill.
Overall loving the refresh, but I agree… something about the Custom looks cheaper now.
Thank God for aftermarket grills/accessories.
Just my opinion here… But if you hate the grill some much just put an aftermarket grill on the truck… I did this on my 2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ V6 and the aftermarket grill looks 100% better then the stock grill. I have noticed a lot of car brands have busy front ends these days an example is the Mitsubishi outlander someone I work with had one it has way to many lights on the front of it it’s just over done there is no need for what these car companies are doing…. Why not make it like my wife’s 2019 Buick Enclave… Headlights, directional lights, and fog lights that’s it a nice clean simple design that actually looks good… That is one of the things I like about both of our cars the front ends are not over done for the sake of adding more lights and badges and weird shapes. But overall the new Chevy truck is nice.
Same thing with all those people wanting a high trim single cab. Just buy the WT, and with the savings you got nearly 10K of upgrades to make it exactly the way you like it, custom leather seats, custom wheels, those stupid high intensity headlights that burn out retinas.
Who is in these focus groups that gm is pulling from?! They haven’t made a good looking truck since 2015.
The LT – High Country Trim levels look good, gm was better off leaving the Trailboss and lower Trim levels Front-End look the way they we’re originally while making adjustments to the flares around the Air Curtains and completely doing away with the Chevrolet Bar on the grill, this new Headlight Set‐Up is not impressive at all.
I can’t believe they were able to make it look worse, I didn’t think it was possible. This underbite truck looks like it was in a front end collision
Underbite describes it perfectly, I have a Bullmastiff and I can’t unsee his face in that front end now!
Wow, this is bad, really bad
Fantastic looking Custom Trail Boss. Will look amazing in black.
Can’t wait to test drive one with the 2.7
The 2.7 should be standard on the Colorado. The 2.7 does not belong in a full size truck, a 5.3 or a 6.2 or diesel. The 2.7 will be under more strain when off-roading or hauling and offer no better fuel mileage than the 5.3/6.2 or the diesel, in short big truck needs big motor that’s been tried and proven.
I think that looks awful. The current Custom Trail Boss looks much better and more upscale as crazy as that sounds because the Custom Trim looks horrible and cheap currently and this somehow is even worse. I pray this is just an awful picture because that looks super duper Plasticky and has a 1990’s Vibe really bad. I really despise just how cheap Chevy makes the lower Trim Silverados look.
Like the aztek…they must’ve rehired the people that brought us that
I just hope the aftermarket will have other color bowtie badges, or a flowtie.
I want to like it but the Custom Trail Boss clearly got the short end of the budget. The front end looks confused with all the lines, shapes and angles that don’t flow together. The previous Custom (while still not my favorite) at least had a cleaner, more cohesive front end. Hopefully this looks better in person!
Still ugly after all these years. My 2008 Silverado ain’t no beauty- but it has only gotten worse.
As a Chevy Truck Legend, that brings tears to my eyes. Tears of pain.
GM needs a new design team. We miss you Ed Welburn
Under powered, over priced with a prissy little truck bed that’s useless as taa taas on a bull!
lol what? It makes more power than equal trim level competitors for the same price.. find something more original to cry about.
Is the Trail Boss production being taken away from the Fort Wayne, IN Assembly plant? Are there any known details?
I like it. No huge chrome teeth grill to stare at crowding out the headlights. Here the black makes it look smaller. As for saying small headlights suck, which I like the smaller headlights – better than huge bubble bug eye headlights. The black grill looks more of the rugged look than those chrome teeth grills. I like chrome grills but when they take from end to end and top to bottom, fugly…
I like it…
The current Custom TB grill is awesome. I actually like it more than the LT TB. But this? Incoherent disaster. Wtf GM.
i got a question, if i reserve a chevrolet silverado custom 2022 and the dealer just said to me that the truck arrives in the next month is it going to be a 2021 or the new one??
If you’re getting it in the next month, it will be the 2021 body style.. production hasn’t started and won’t start for a little while still on the refresh..
Order books for refreshed 2022 open in December. If you order one now it will be a 2022 ltd
Well that new dash board looks a hell of a lot better!
u have got to be kidding. All that over this? The grille is worse. Chev sales were good with the old model so why
change? sideburn issue? i thought GM had better designers. inside nice but to get it has to be over LT trim?
i agree, custom at 35k max when pandemic over. may buy 0ne but all about price…if not PASS
The truck would look a whole lot better with just 1 set of Headlights and the look would have been a whole lot cleaner, even if this trim didn’t come with LEDS.
After looking at this for the last 2 weeks, I’ve warmed up to it. I still think the current design is cleaner, but I can get behind the possibility of a real bumper. The big negative is that a Cutom Trailboss is almost the same money as a 2500 Custom.