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New Chevy Silverado ZRX Off-Road Truck May Rival Ford F-150 Raptor With S/C V8

August 15th, 2019 is when General Motors filed the ZRX trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Originally expected to be utilized for a street-oriented trim of the GMC Canyon, the trademark was then rumored to be featured on the Chevrolet Silverado.
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A report from September 2019 citing no sources whatsoever suggests that Chevy “aims to take the fight to both the full-size Ford F-150 Raptor and the Ram 1500 Rebel” even though the more appropriate Ram rival would be the Rebel TRX with the Hellcat V8 engine. Expected to roll out for the 2022 model year, the Silverado ZRX is also rumored to get Multimatic DSSV dampers like the Camaro Z/28 as well as the ZL1 1LE.

Applying this technology to a pickup truck isn’t a strange concept if you look deeper down the rabbit hole. Remember the Colorado ZR2? It’s the only U.S. workhorse that features DSSV dampers right off the bat for off-road capability as well as on-road comfort.

As the headline implies, the rumor mill is back at it with yet another breadcrumb of information that has yet to be confirmed by General Motors. The Fast Lane Truck cites “an anonymous tip from a sourced with claimed inside knowledge of powertrain development” for the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 engine that would lurk under the hood of the ZRX.

“The source specified that the engine may be slated for a high-performance Chevy Tahoe,” expected to be called the Tahoe SS because the golden bowtie has a legacy with the Super Sport nameplate. Three other SS models featured supercharged motors, namely the Cobalt, Impala, and Monte Carlo. Two more Chevys with this designation featured the turbo LNF 2.0-liter engine.

Be it the LT4 from the Camaro ZL1 and the previous-generation Corvette Z06 or the LT5 from the ‘Vette ZR1, there’s no denying that supercharging is more than adequate for the small-block V8. Not only would it trump the EcoBoost V6 of the Ford F-150 Raptor but it would also put up a good fight against the Hellcat V8 of the Ram 1500 Rebel TRX.

Stepping out of the rumor mill into the real world, what we know for certain about the Silverado half-ton pickup truck is that a redesign of the interior is in the pipeline. A few minor updates to the exterior are also expected though it remains to be seen if we’re dealing with a mid-cycle refresh or just a plethora of updates for the 2022 model year.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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