2024 Chevy Express Gets New Transmissions
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The upcoming 2024 Chevy Express commercial and passenger van will get two new transmissions replacing two of its current transmissions, GM Authority has learned.
The 2024 Chevy Express is the latest model year of a nameplate that has been produced annually since 1996 with almost no changes. The two new transmissions are the only changes to the 2024 Express from the 2023 model year.
Previously, the 8-speed automatic transmission tagged with RPO code M5U was paired with the naturally aspirated 4.3L V6 LV1 gasoline engine rated at 276 horsepower at 5,200 rpm and 298 pound-feet of torque at 3,900 rpm.
The LV1 engine is standard in all Express Passenger and Cargo configurations as well as in the Express 3500 Cutaway with the 139-inch wheelbase. For the 2024 model year, the M5U transmission for this engine will be replaced with the 8-speed automatic transmission tagged with RPO code MTH in the 2024 Chevy Express.
Meanwhile, the 6-speed heavy-duty automatic transmission tagged with RPO code MYD was formerly paired with the naturally aspirated 6.6L V8 L8T gasoline engine, which develops 401 horsepower at 5,200 rpm and 464 pound-feet of torque at 4,000 rpm.
The L8T engine is optional for all Express Passenger and Cargo configurations as well as for the Express 3500 Cutaway with the 139-inch wheelbase. The L8T is standard in the Express 3500 Cutaway and Express 4500 Cutaway configurations, both available with 159-inch and 177-inch wheelbases.
In all cases, the L8T engine will be paired with the 8-speed heavy-duty automatic transmission (RPO code N8X) for the 2024 model year, which replaces the 6-speed MYD transmission.
As a reminder, the 2024 Chevy Express – and other model years of the van – is offered in several configurations, including the Chevy Express Cargo, the Chevy Express Passenger and the Chevy Express Cutaway, all of which are designed to serve a specific role.
Before the replacement of the two transmissions available for the 2023 model year by two new transmissions for the 2024 Chevy Express, several changes were made to the 2023 Chevy Express.
These included a $5,200 price increase for all trim levels and variants of the van, boosting the price of the Work Van trim level in the Cargo 2500 Regular Wheelbase to $39,895 and the LT trim in the Passenger 3500 Extended Wheelbase configuration to $49,490.
The 2.8L I4 LWN turbodiesel Duramax engine offered previously was also dropped for the 2023 model year, as GM Authority covered previously, reducing available powerplants to two.
Under the body panels, the 2023 Express rides on the GMT 610 platform, while production takes place at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri. Notably, the Chevy Express Cutaway is produced by Navistar at a separate facility in Ohio.
Start of regular production (SORP) for the 2024 Chevy Express is scheduled for September 5th, 2023.
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Glad they’re not messing too much with these successful vans. But offering left-side doors could be a popular option.
A taller roof option would also be ideal
This is the only vehicle that still uses the 4.3. This is the only vehicle where a 4.3 and the 6.6 have had 8 speeds. I believe they are doing this to streamline production at the Missouri plant because the Colorado/Canyon are also made there and also utilize 8 speed transmissions. People are going to hate me saying this, but they could replace both the 4.3 and 6.6 with the 2.7 at this point, considering what these vans are used for. Really the 2.7 and 3.0 would be great for this van, but they only want 8 speeds at Missouri and 3.0 uses a 10 speed only. People also aren’t going to believe me but I feel the current 3.0 is the last 3.0 as all other baby diesels have died out. The 3.0 will probably end when the new Silverado/Sierra debuts.
How about the other way around, and replace the 2.7 with the 4.3???? The 4.3 was never given a good chance. Pairing it with the 8 really would have woken it up
Why isnt the 8 with the 6.6 on the HD’s? Be cheaper, lighter and more responsive for that matter than the allison 10.
Maybe just a little? Raise it 6″ might be cool.
An optional factory sealed bulkhead (like the cutaways) for the cargo vans would the nice.
How many cargo vans have kinda-works bulkheads with cobbled up insulation? All of them? Why not fix this from the factory?
I can’t help but think these units would sell much better if they underwent a cosmetic refresh – definitely an ugly duckling! They are also in need of some significant front GAWR improvements in order to be more competitive with the E-series in many vocations.
Ugly duckling?
Still the best looking van on the planet!
European style vans are the poster child for UGLY.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH………………….JUST FILL THE ALREADY ORDERED VEHICLES FOR US SINGLE CARGO VAN BUYERS AND STOP THE TINKERING BS YOUR GIVING US!!!! WAITING ON MINE SINCE A
April 2021 !!!!!!!!!!!!
Tim
You are a patient man. I waited 3 months for my 2016 Savanah and was then told it would be another 4-5 months! I canceled and found a certified with 8,300 miles. That saved me $10K. It was exactly like the one I ordered but blue. I wanted white because I haul my hunting dogs around. For $250 I had the roof wrapped in white vinyl and it cooled the van down 15 degrees. It was barely noticeable. It had the 6.0 V8 and tow package. Great Van. Zero problem other than a door latch. The six speed auto was bullet proof. 6L80 I believe? 21 mpg on the highway and 11-12 mpg towing our 6,000 RV trailer. Had 5 years trouble free. Wish I had kept it. Traded in for a 2019 Yukon XL 5.3 V8 with the tow package. I wanted 4wd for our snowy winters. That was certified too. The only way I’ll buy anymore.
Good luck on your order.
Such a relic compared to the Ford Transit vans.
A “relic” that fleet managers and mechanics know like the back of their hand; are reliable, offer what the fleet buyer in question wants. So, it continues to sell.
Anyone know what the MTH and N8X 8 speed transmissions are like? The previous M5U 8L90 was a total POS.
4401 HP?! Sign me up!
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Ugly duckling?
Still the best looking van on this planet!
Looking forward to the next generation Chevy Express.
GM, we need you to build these vans and BUILD THEM WITH V8s, much more than we need you to shuffle up the transmissions.
A V8 is available and has been for decades. Derp.
Wrong, only the V6 was available a few months back. Now only the V8 is available.
It’s a joke!
Did you even read the article?!
Available and actually being able to buy are two different things. Before the 6.6L was offered, the 6.0L was there, before that various offerings between 4.7L to 5.7L — all V8s.
Literally has had V8 options since its inception.
“Available” (as a rumored option) and “actually building them” (as in reality) are two very different things.
Yes the V8 was readily available until Covid, and has been a mess ever since. Our workplace fleet would take a dozen V8 Express 3500s, today, if we could get them.
Nearby article says GM is pushing for profits… then why not sell the customer what they want, in a vehicle that’ll cost GM $0 in R&D??
when can we expect to see 2500/3500 regular wheelbase cargo vans with 6.6 built again so i can get on with my plumbing life ?
Yes, I would like to see the V8 get hooked to the new Allison 10 speed. They say the 8 speed is a HD transmission and has a different option code than the older 8 speed. Hopefully it will be a suitable transmission for the L8T.
I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I do think the GMC/ Chevy van is much more attraction than the other full size vans.
The best looking low-roof van up there. The high roof ones cannot go in underground garages of which there is plenty and when it’s windy it’s spooky to drive. This standard low roof is the only one I’m considering since the other two look so freak’n ughly and one looks like a tinker toy from the back.
That van is a cash cow for GM. I live in Wentzville and worked in the plant doing construction work many different times. That’s the same van basically that they were building in the 90s. Everything’s paid for and that van makes them a lot of money. They’ll ride that horse till the end. The Colorado and Canyon are what gets priority in that plant. The GM plant has been good to this state and good to this town and hopefully they keep building vehicles there.
UNBELIEVABLE WORK HORSE!!! So awesome that GM left a great thing ALONE!!! If they were to offer a 3500 with AWD I’d order 100 units tomorrow morning and I guarantee they’d be a MONSTER sales success. – getting increasingly more difficult to find clean 04-’12 1500 AWDs.
Love the V8 power in GMs vans. The cab interior are horrible. 2 tiny little cubbies for bank receipts, angled so slightly that when I step on the gas everything winds up on the floor! There’s plenty of places to add storage in the dash board. The fabric seats on these vans are horrible, mine ripped at 18000 miles, not to mention impossible to get the dirt and dust out of them. I’ll buy again because of big V8 power. J.R.
Good luck getting one as they’re all reserved for big fleet company’s. Gm does not care about any of us.