2023 Chevy Silverado PPV Featured In New Video
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Late last March, GM launched the 2023 Chevy Silverado Police Pursuit Vehicle, or PPV, showing off the first-ever pursuit-rated iteration of the Chevy Silverado pickup truck. Now, we’re getting a closer look at the new Chevy Silverado PPV with the following video.
Coming to us from the General Motors Fleet YouTube channel, the video is about eight-and-a-half minutes long, and goes over the many features on offer with the 2023 Chevy Silverado PPV. To note, GM previously offered the 2022 Chevy Silverado SSV (Special Service Vehicle), but that vehicle is not considered “pursuit-rated.”
By comparison, the Chevy Silverado PPV was designed for high speeds and dynamic capability, without sacrificing the comfort and storage required for an everyday patrol vehicle. The truck is based on a Crew Cab / Short Bed body configuration, with the naturally aspirated 5.3L V8 L84 gasoline engine under the hood. Peak output is rated at 355 horsepower, which is directed to the four-wheel drive system through the GM 10-speed automatic transmission.
Standard spec includes the Z71 package, which adds in a set of Rancho shocks, locking rear differential, and underbody skid plate protection. There’s also a two-inch suspension lift available as an optional extra for added agility off paved surfaces. In the corners, you’ll find 20-inch black steel wheels, the same wheels equipped by the Chevy Tahoe PPV, with 20-inch Goodyear all-terrain speed-rated tires used for the rubber. Under the rollers are plus-sized six-piston Brembo front brakes and 16-inch brake rotors, adding additional stopping power to the package.
The 2023 Chevy Silverado PPV is equipped with a number of features to help law enforcement on the job, such as Protected Idle, which allows officers to leave the vehicle unlocked and idling without the ability for the vehicle to be driven without the presence of a remote key, thus allowing the officer to quickly access onboard equipment without cycling through a restart after returning to the cabin.
Check out this feature and more in the full video below:
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The truck, that is, the Silverado PPV is a tour de force! This is the best law enforcement truck that I have seen in my lifetime. Thank you GM!
I guess the brake upgrade for the PPV is what you can get optional on the GMC.
Would be a nice option for the Silverado (non-PPV) as well.
IT is and always has been….
I suppose there’s a small market for these for off-road pursuits and Border Patrol. But it sounds like it’s all standard/optional equipment?
Can’t wait to get a cheap one at the fleet auction in a few years…
I haven’t watched the video yet but I hope it has the cat!😂
Has Walter learned how to use a taser yet? 🤣
As someone who currently has a 2020 Ram as their assigned Police patrol vehicle I must say trucks beat cars for police work even in an urban environment. I have had just about every passenger car and SUV offering for police vehicles from Detroit over the past 20 years and I can say the Ram truck is the best so far…but even that truck can’t touch this Silverado in terms of utility for police work. Good job Chevy!!