CHEVROLET Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab 2008-2013 Photos, engines & full specs

Chevrolet built the Silverado HD 3500 Crew-Cab mostly for hard-working families and tried to offer a decent comfort level without spoiling its Heavy-duty's towing and carrying capabilities.

GM launched the Silverado with all the goodies it had in the storage, starting with a tough ladder-chassis and ending with a ton of comfort features for the passengers inside. The HD 3500 could have been anything from a working truck to a motorhome carrier for the entire family (and a couple of friends in the trailer).

Like its predecessor, the Silverado was available in a few body versions, starting with a chassis-cab and going up to the big crew-cab version. The front fascia was the same for all of them, with a wide chromed horizontal slat in the middle of the grille for the LT trim levels, supporting the bow-tie badge. For the LTZ trim level, that bar and the bumper were in body color. The Crew Cab featured four regular doors and only one 5.75' (1752 mm) bed in the back. For versions fitted with double wheels in the back, Chevrolet installed widened quarter panels.

Inside, Chevrolet Silverado offered up to five seating positions, enough room for both rows. Like most of the pickup-trucks on the market, it offered a big dashboard, with a steering-column mounted gear-selector for the automatic transmission. Chevrolet offered a long list of options, including a sunroof or a sat-nav system.

GM claimed that the most demanded version was the diesel, even if it was about 10% more expensive than the gasoline sticker price vehicle. The 6.6-liter Duramax unit came with enough torque to pull a house and, thanks to the engine braking system, it saved the brake pads. The other choice was a 6.0-liter gasoline unit.