Chevy Silverado: Workhorse or Status Symbol?

It’s time to test drive and review the 2024 Chevy Silverado High Country!

This High Country is a short-bed, 4-wheel-drive crew cab truck with Chevy’s 6.2-liter V8. It makes 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. All of that goes through a 10-speed automatic transmission to all four wheels.

Chevrolet trucks have been around since 1918, but the Silverado didn’t arrive until the 1999 model year. This year belongs to the fourth generation, and we’ll go through the Silverado 1500’s full history and generations in this video (including the new electric one!).

When you spec a Silverado, you first choose whether it’s a regular cab, double cab, or crew cab. Then you choose whether you want a regular bed, extended bed, or short bed. After that, you pick 2WD or 4WD.

Even in our selections for this loaner truck (4WD, short bed, crew cab), there are NINE different trim levels. Some models focus on off-road capabilities, some on luxury, and some on work.

The High Country edition is one of the more luxurious Silverados for sale, and you can buy it new with a 5.3-liter V8, a 6.2-liter V8, or a 3.0-liter Duramax turbodiesel. The base model starts at $48,000, while the High Country starts at $68,000.

My High Country had a few optional features: the $2,300 engine upgrade to the 6.2-liter; a $900 suspension package with adaptive ride control; a $400 active exhaust; and a $7,100 High Country Premium II package that includes General Motors’ Super Cruise hands-free driving technology, a power sunroof, all-weather floor liners, 22-inch wheels with chrome inserts, all-season tires, a rear camera mirror, and a bunch of other things. 

Living in Texas my entire life, the Silverado, for me, has been a staple of my daily existence. I see them everywhere, and they communicate about who’s driving them: the blue-collar employee vs. the status-symbol driver vs. the big boss out in the country. It’s fascinating.

Driving one for the first time was so cool. I felt like I belonged in Texas in a whole new way, and it was so cool. That in itself is one of the big reasons to own one down here.

The Silverado is a good truck, and Super Cruise makes it an amazing vehicle to road trip. Hopefully this video shows you why (and what compromises you’ll make to get it).

Thanks for watching my YouTube channel. Enjoy the drive (and the video)!

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