2022 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 | Review & Road Test

For the latest Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 pricing and information: The Chevy Silverado got a major update recently and this massive thing behind me was part of that makeover. You see what it is? Okay, so then you know I’m pretty excited about it. The ZR2 is familiar because we all know about the Colorado ZR2, one of my favorite versions of the midsize Chevy offering. It’s the off-road specific trim and the ZR2 version of the Silverado is hoping to carry over some of that capability to the full-size guy. Under the hood of the Silverado ZR2 churns a 6.2-liter V8 that’s mated to a 10-speed automatic. It makes 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. OC: (driving) Wow, ok, that’s a V-8, but the Ford F-150 Raptor gets a turbo charged V6 that makes more power than that. I’m not complaining about this powertrain. It feels like more than enough to get the Silverado going, and I definitely appreciate how torquey it is in the lower part of the range. It pulls well and gets me where I want to go. I’d say the Toyota Tundra TRD Pro is a more equal adversary for the Silverado ZR2? Well, that can come with a hybrid variant that makes 437 horsepower and over 100 more pound feet of torque. The Silverado might not be the most powerful, but it’s got something that makes it pretty great when you wander off the pavement and that’s 40mm multimatic shocks. Multimatic shocks get small variable-rate spring valves inside them so they can be fine tuned. On the road they feel suitably...