2022 Chevy Silverado Trail Boss Review: Diesel Brown meets Google Mind

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The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado Trail Boss is as brushing as its name appears, with its diesel engine, with suspension and sweet mud tires. However, this abnormal brutal is also packed with brain tech, including the restoration of a massive infection driven by Google Assistant and Android.

Google Assistant -driven cabin tech

Last year’s 8 -inch display and physical gaugees have been widely replaced by a 13.4 -inch chevyat infotainment 3 systems and 12.3 -inch completely by the digital device cluster. The entire dashboard around these large screens has been renovated, but the Slavrado manages to maintain all of its physical control almost all its physical control to maintain climate, volume and various other functions.

The Chevrolet Infinity is based on 3 Android Automotive OS and connects various Google Services like Google Play App Store and Google Assistant Voice Commands. Android Automotive OS is different from more common Android Auto. The latter runs on your phone and is offered for a dashboard display. Android automotive OS is cooked in hardware and uses on -board on -star services connection on the car’s ship for data, so it works even if you leave your phone at home. Of course, wired and wireless Android Auto and Apple Carplay Contacts are still endorsed, which is great for multiple users who share a car, prefer Apple’s software, or just don’t want to make up a different user accounts.

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Talking about user accounts, the system works best when you log in to Google, which you can do directly on the touch display. The login process is equivalent to establishing an Android account for the first time and even a notification sent to SMS, authentic app, an Android phone, or surprisingly, even supports the hardware security keys through Silvardo’s USB ports. Once you are logged in, users can choose to give Google access to your location and data so that destination tips, personal reminders and other functions. You can also set up a pin to protect this private information from other drivers.

Login into the system also provides access to Google Maps, a navigation app on the main ship for Silvarado. It is more synchronized by recent and secured locations, contacts and automatically. The map and traffic data are pulled out of the cloud, but the familiar phone app can be carried offline. The system will automatically download and update map data for areas where you often drive, such as near your home or office, or you can manually download street data for grid areas where you plan to driving.

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One of the main benefits of baking Android in the dashboard is installing applications from the Play Store. This is a manufactured version of the store showing proper media apps, such as music, news and podcast players. Apps can be downloaded and stored, easily accessible to Set Settolite Radio, Pratis radio, Bluetooth and USB media as well as audio sources.

Similarly, as Google Maps acts as a primary navigation software, Google Assistant Silvarado handles all voice command functions. The software works with or without data connection – though it is able to handle a very complicated, natural sound orders when connecting to the cloud – either with the steering wheel button tap, Google Assistant icon, which is permanent on the left edge of the touch screen, or “hey, Google”. Google Assistant can be used to launch phone calls, send text messages, send destinations for navigation, access Google Home Smart devices and control many of the creatures of Silvarado. Just say, “Hey, Google, set the temperature to 69 degrees” or “Listen to 88.5 FM.”

Google Assistant integration is so cleverly thought that, if cabin fans are flying at full speed, “hey, Google” will temporarily silence them so that the microphone can understand your order more clearly, when you are talking, will resume the previous speed. Neat

Relief and Driver Assistance Tech to creature

In Silvarado’s cabin, you will find both USB Type-C and Type-A ports on a standard wireless phone charger and dashboard on the center console. In bed, there is a 120 volt AC inverter that can provide electricity to tools and small equipment. Remote starters allow drivers especially to bet the warm or cold morning cabin in advance.

Upgrading to the Trail Boss Premium Package (, 000 4,000) includes leather trim, spray on bed liner, parameter lighting, a power lift and releases teligate and more. However, my example is 5 445 multi -flax teligate, which requires eliminating the power option. Hot seats are standard and in my example the hot steering wheel should have been displayed, but the shortage of supply chain means that it was shipped without it. Chiyi includes $ 25 credit for anxiety with a retrieved supply supply, once the stock of parts returns to the normal level.

Chiwi Safety Assistant Driver Aid Sweet is also standard for 2022. This gives you an automatic emergency brake with pedestrian detection, lane capping, an automatic high beam and the following distance indicators. However, the selection of the aforementioned premium package pushes the game with a nearby visual camera system, with auto -breaking and pedestrian warnings, Rear Cross traffic alerts, and helpful trailering features, including hutch visceral camera, a dedicated trailer camera and a hook -up for the trailer.

Buyers can also specify adaptive cruise control as a lactation option on $ 500. It works significantly with the lane capping system, which is surprised at a large car with a large suspension. Inclusive Cruise works in stop and go traffic and does a great job to maintain a permanent distance at low and moderate pace. Even it can easily handle drivers without brakes. Sadly, the Trail Boss General Motors’s new super -cruise hands -free highway is not available with the Highway Assisting System. That top -spack tech can just continue Trim the high country.

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Duramax 3.0-Lateter Turbodesal

The trail boss comes standard with the wheel wheel drive but can be given the option with any engine available for 2022 Silvarado-which includes 5.3 liters or 6.2 liters of V8s, and even 2.7-liter Turbo Cylinder. My example is the 3.0-litter duramax tribodiesel I6 under the hood in conjunction with 10 speed automatic transmission. It makes six cylinders 277 horsepower and 460 pounds of torque. It is the lowest horsepower of the engines available, but it is highly connected to the 6.2L V8 for the torque. That said, Turbudesel provides a lot of letters, which contains only 1,500 RPM peak compared to 4,100 RPMs of the petrol engine.

The mounting curb weight of the befir block reduces the technically maximum trailer rating than 100 pounds than 100 pounds, but it is still a total of 9,000 pounds. On the other hand, the load load is up to 200 pounds up to 2,385. Cracking Max Tark so close to useless, diesel is still a preferred engine for more comfortable and efficient trailer on heavy loads. Its performance should also benefit diesel and the benefit of reducing the low proportional rock and the trail.

The Diesel fuel economy in the EPA is estimated at 21 MPG, of which 20 MPG City and 23 MPG highway have begun. I made an average of 21.3 MPG during my easy highway testing about 250 miles away. This RAM is a touch short shot of 24 MPGs of Acodesal, but it is better than just 18 MPG joint data of the Ford F -150 earthquake of petrol only.

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The trail boss has a multiple increase compared to the slaverado LT, which includes chassis, suspension and rolling stock upgrade, which aims to make it more off -road. It starts where the rubber is found on the road with 18 -inch standard wheels, which contain Terine tires of LT275/65r18 Good Air Rangerkar Dorroter. Optional 20 -inch wheels are available, but it feels like a trail middle manager compared to the boss.

The Z71 off -road monotube shock has been promoted with a 2 -inch elevator with ground clearance, while encryption is protected in the form of standard skid plates. The 4×4 system upgrades the auto -locking discrimination and electronically two -speed transfer case. Hill Dysnt Control helps maintain the shiny aspect when it comes down to a big climb. The trail boss also features a heavy duty air filter that should stay longer in dusty conditions and, of course, red recovery hooks.

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The rear suspension of the solid axis of Silvarado is very truck and buncy on uneven levels, but beautiful decent steering feelings and surprisingly street -friendly lift dampers make the same and comfortable ride on the city and on the highway. The noise of the road by Nobe Rubber is quite worth noting that I probably will not choose this speculation as a dedicated passenger, but not much that it will be going to break the contract for the types of warfare at the weekend. Overall, Trail Boss’s off -road upgrades do not compromise on daily life.

Pricing and competition

The 2022 Chevrolet Silvirado starts the 1500 LT Trail Boss 4WD, 53.695, including $ 1,695 destination. With diesel engine, premium package and a handful of upgrades, the tested price goes to 63,070. This cheapest $ 36,395 is slightly higher than the regular-Cab WT base model, but also too cheap 72,870 high country we had experienced earlier this year.

More importantly is Silvarado is less expensive than relatively lace RAM 1500 rebels With its diesel engine (with options, about 66,030). It is more expensive than the earthquake that it has about $ 70,005 transited equipped, and is not available with diesel. That said, Ford’s 3.5 liters of Eco -Boost V6 is a peach of a petrol power plant and, for about $ 1,995, can also be mixed with the earthquake Blue CruiseFord-free response for super cruise-one feature, even the trail owners should stay without living.

Even the Die Hard fans of the Bo Tie Seed would also like to test Ford at least-but do not dismiss Chei soon. Cabin updates and even more importantly, Google -powered dashboard tech 2022 Chevrolet Silvarado picked up more competitive than the 1500 trail boss for light off -road and daily driving duties.