GM unveiled the all-new 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 Bison last month, offering up a fresh off-roader pickup truck built in collaboration with American Expedition Vehicles (AEV). Now, we’re getting our first look at the 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 Bison out in the real world with the following GM Authority photos.
This particular 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 Bison is covered in Summit White paint (paint code GAZ), and looks crisp and clean rolling on the blacktop. Similar to the Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison, the 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 Bison offers a wealth of off-road-ready equipment and upgrades that make it well-suited to a stint on the trails, including custom AEV stamped steel bumpers front and back with integrated recovery points and step pads, as well as compatibility up front for the available winch accessory. The front end also features a black grille design and Chevy flow-tie badge.
Underneath the body, the 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 Bison is equipped with skid plates made from hot-stamped boron steel, which are mounted to protect the front, rear differential, transfer case, and fuel tank. In the corners, we find exclusive gloss black 18-inch AEV wheels wrapped in 33-inch Goodyear Wrangler Territory MT tires. This particular example, however, does not include the standard steel rocker panel protection.
In back, there’s a matte black finish for the standard Multi-Flex tailgate. Also check the requisite Bison decals.
Keeping it shiny side up is factory-tuned off-road suspension with 40mm DSSV spool-valve dampers and 11.2 inches of ground clearance. Under the hood, the new Silverado ZR2 Bison is equipped with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine as standard, rated at 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. Output is directed through the GM 10-speed automatic transmission, plus front and rear e-lockers.
Notably, the 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 Bison does not offer the new 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax engine, which replaces the turbocharged 3.0L I6 LM2 diesel offered by the Silverado previously. The new LZ0 produces greater output than the LM2, rated at 305 horsepower and 495 pound-feet of torque.
Production of the 2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 will begin early next year. Pricing starts at $78,490, including destination freight charge (DFC).
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The ZR2 and Bison are my least favorite trucks in the lineup. I’m not going to the woods and mud with a $70,000 truck. If GM wants to really do something offer an RST with cooled seats.
Yeah exactly. The only reason I’d be looking at an LTZ or High Country instead of an RST or LT Trail Boss is for the ventilated seats and memory settings. Otherwise I don’t really need all the other bells and whistles.
I want to see an RST RCSB 6.2.
They should put 35 spline axles up front and in the rear to make the truck more bulletproof the bison edition and lift that just one more inch at least 3 in would be a perfect lift for that truck and it would go down in history a lot better. My cousin in 1980 bought a five lug Dodge power wagon macho black and white no badging it was all paint striped had a roll bar in the bed had two bumper that went up and over the grill just in the middle and then the double bar on the bottom and then it had a flat one in the back and it came with a 5.9 and it was all time four-wheel drive with a four-speed manual I bet you that truck is worth a ton and it was had more dents in it but no rust from four wheeling and hunting but it had a odd color white with black Dodge power wagon it’s the coolest one I’ve ever seen but it’s gone so trucks like these they build now will never be as cool as that Dodge and I’m a Chevy guy but it even had 15 in steel chrome rims and small five bolt lug pattern cuz that truck was light as a feather and it would go anywhere or a half ton short bed four-wheel drive thanks
$78,000. That truck better have some seriously awesome interior to go with that chassis for that price.
I prefere a WT edition without all the extra trim. Only GM brute force! The pricetag needs to come down!
Like a Custom TB with the AEV bits?
Why not just throw an LT4 in a 2WD RST and slap a $75k price tag on it as well…
This truck looks awesome and has the hardware to back it up, but $~80,000? I’ll pass.
For me, the Bison package ruined the aesthetics of the ZR2 front end. But my opinion doesn’t really matter as I won’t be buying a ZR2 Bison.
Damn – Nobody likes this offering from the read of the comments! Especially at that price. Glad nobody is a fool. Maybe GM will wake up. These car prices are so outrageous. I bought a 3 bedroom rental property for $60k. Why is a car that much?
The 2023 ZR2 Bison does NOT come with the option of the 3.0L Turbo Diesel as you claim in this article. I wish it did but it doesn’t.
Thank you for calling out that error. The post has been updated.
Looks cheap….. I think I would go with a dodge TRX over this pile.