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The 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 is a full-size pickup truck with variants that go from no-frills to high class, with some off-road ability in between. Prices start at $35,600. Half-ton pickups like the Chevy Silverado 1500 are invariably the best-selling vehicles in the United States. They can’t all be sold for work purposes, though. After all, why use a truck capable of off-road thrills to carry plumbing equipment? Or why mess up a luxurious leather-and-wood truck cabin with muddy boots? The point of a truck like the 2023 Silverado 1500 is that it can be many things to many people. And it doesn’t drive like the old-school stuff. The Silverado 1500 is no lumbering lump with the dynamics of a mobile home. An all-electric Silverado arrives for the 2024 model year. The harder-working 2023 Silverado HD truck range gets reviewed separately. 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 PricingThe initial manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 truck lineup is $35,600, plus a destination charge. That’s for a Work Truck with a regular cab, standard-length bed, and rear-wheel drive. Four-wheel drive is another $4,600. From this point, Chevy offers double cabs, crew cabs, short beds, and various trim levels of increasing plushness, making up a smorgasbord of choices. They all culminate with the 4-wheel-drive ZR2 crew cab/short bed version at $69,800 before options, which could push the final amount past $75K. For some full-size, half-ton truck context, the Ford F-150 starts at around $30K. The GMC Sierra comes in at $33K or thereabouts. The Ram 1500 and Toyota Tundra are priced similarly to the Silverado, with the Nissan Titan closer to $37K. Before buying a new Silverado 1500 full-size pickup truck, a few moments with the KBB.com Fair Purchase Price will show what others in your area paid for theirs. It’s an indication of how good all these trucks are that their resale values differ little from make to make, and each one fares pretty well. Driving the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500Don’t write off the base engine just because it has four cylinders. Thanks to a turbocharger, it makes more torque than the 5.3-liter V8 and almost as much as the top two engines. And torque is arguably more important than horsepower — it’s what gets things moving. Then again, a full-size pickup like the Chevy Silverado 1500 is such an American vehicle that a V8 seems like an obvious choice. Luckily, there are two available, providing a choice of 355 or 420 horsepower. The larger of the two opens the door to the Silverado 1500’s maximum towing figure of 13,300 pounds. However, this can also be achieved with the optional turbodiesel engine — while returning better fuel economy. On the other side of the work coin is payload. Depending on the variant, these figures go from 1,440 to 2,300 pounds. That lowest number belongs to the ZR2 — in fairness, not meant to be the ultimate work truck. Instead, the ZR2 comes with a specialized off-road suspension and tires, plus extra underbody protection and a standard 4-wheel-drive system. It’s not a direct rival to something like the more extreme Ford F-150 Raptor, though. Wherever there’s a 4-wheel-drive system in a new Silverado 1500 truck, it comes with a transfer case and low-range gearing, which can really help in sticky and/or tricky situations. In general, the Silverado 1500 rides comfortably, yet with the right amount of body control. And with things like steering and brakes requiring just the right amount of effort for driver input. This full-size truck feels smaller than it actually is. The most luxurious High Country trim can also come with optional adaptive suspension for an even finer degree of cushioning. Interior ComfortVersions of the 2023 Chevy Silverado 1500 truck with the regular cab have seating for three, with a 40/20/40 bench. The double and crew cabs can accommodate five or six occupants. The crew cab has the best rear legroom of the lineup — a generous 43.4 inches. In keeping with its utilitarian vibe, the Work Truck comes with vinyl on its seats. Mid-range trims have cloth upholstery, and there are leather seating surfaces in the higher trims. No doubt buyers of the Work Truck and the Custom trims aren’t too concerned with the basic and somewhat dated nature of their interiors. They also have a 7-inch infotainment touchscreen, for example. It’s at the LT level where things perk up considerably. This is when a 13.4-inch touchscreen comes in, along with a 12.3-inch digital driver information display. Exterior StylingCab formats for the 2023 Silverado 1500 are — in ascending order of spaciousness — regular, double, and crew. Only the regular cab offers the long bed, measuring 98 inches. The other two have the choice of the short (70 inches) or standard (80 inches). Bed volumes range from 62.9 to 89.1 cubic feet. And there are 12 tie-down points. LED lighting for the cargo area is standard in all but the base Work Truck model, which offers it as an option. The top High Country trim has the option of retractable steps for bed access, but even the lowly Work Truck has a corner step in the rear bumper. The Work Truck runs on 17-inch steel wheels, and the rest have alloy wheels. The largest wheel available on the options list is 22 inches in diameter. And the ZR2 off-road specialist deploys Goodyear Wrangler Territory Mud Terrain tires. Fresh colors for this year are Radiant Red Tintcoat, Sterling Gray Metallic, and Harvest Bronze Metallic. A protective film is now offered for the front end. Six Cool FeaturesMULTI-FLEX TAILGATE SUPER CRUISE WIRELESS APPLE CARPLAY/ANDROID AUTO WI-FI TRAILERING CAMERA SYSTEM MAX TRAILERING PACKAGE Engine & TransmissionThe basic engine for a 2023 Silverado 1500 half-ton pickup is a turbocharged 2.7-liter 4-cylinder unit developing 310 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque. Despite the use of a turbocharger, regular fuel is still okay. This connects to an 8-speed automatic transmission, with rear-wheel drive (RWD) as the standard setup, or 4-wheel drive (4WD, with a low-speed transfer case) available as an option. The first V8 offered is a 5.3-liter version making 355 horsepower and 383 lb-ft of torque. A 10-speed automatic transmission is deployed here, with the same rear-drive/4-wheel drive arrangement. This V8 is standard in the LTZ and High Country trims, optional in the Work Truck, LT, RST, and Trail Boss versions. You get a maximum towing capacity of 13,300 pounds with the 6.2-liter V8 generating 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. It’s another job for the 10-speed automatic transmission here, and this engine connects exclusively to a 4-wheel-drive system. It’s standard in the ZR2, optional in the RST, LT Trail Boss, LTZ, and High Country trims. Premium gasoline is recommended for this engine. Both V8s offer a Dynamic Fuel Management system that can deactivate up to six cylinders when demands are particularly light. Chevy also provides the option of a turbocharged 3.0-liter 6-cylinder engine running on diesel for maximum towing and optimum fuel economy. Rear-wheel drive is standard, 4-wheel drive is optional, and a 10-speed automatic carries out the transmission duties. This turbodiesel is available with the Custom Trail Boss, LT, LT Trail Boss, RST, LTZ, and High Country trims. 2.7-liter turbocharged inline-4 5.3-liter V8 6.2-liter V8 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel inline-6 KBB Vehicle Review and Rating MethodologyOur Expert Ratings come from hours of both driving and number crunching to make sure that you choose the best car for you. We comprehensively experience and analyze every new SUV, car, truck, or minivan for sale in the U.S. and compare it to its competitors. When all that dust settles, we have our ratings. We require new ratings every time an all-new vehicle or a new generation of an existing vehicle comes out. Additionally, we reassess those ratings when a new-generation vehicle receives a mid-cycle refresh — basically, sprucing up a car in the middle of its product cycle (typically, around the 2-3 years mark) with a minor facelift, often with updates to features and technology. Rather than pulling random numbers out of the air or off some meaningless checklist, KBB’s editors rank a vehicle to where it belongs in its class. Before any car earns its KBB rating, it must prove itself to be better (or worse) than the other cars it’s competing against as it tries to get you to spend your money buying or leasing. Our editors drive and live with a given vehicle. We ask all the right questions about the interior, the exterior, the engine and powertrain, the ride and handling, the features, the comfort, and of course, about the price. Does it serve the purpose for which it was built? (Whether that purpose is commuting efficiently to and from work in the city, keeping your family safe, making you feel like you’ve made it to the top — or that you’re on your way — or making you feel like you’ve finally found just the right partner for your lifestyle.) We take each vehicle we test through the mundane — parking, lane-changing, backing up, cargo space and loading — as well as the essential — acceleration, braking, handling, interior quiet and comfort, build quality, materials quality, reliability. More About How We Rate Vehicles Can I order a 2023 Silverado now?2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - ORDER TODAY!
We are currently accepting orders for the 2023 Silverado 1500 and we have several models of the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTD available to choose from as well.
When can I order 2023 Silverado HD?Order books for the 2023 Silverado HD will open as of May 5th, 2022. Production of the Chevy Silverado HD takes place at the GM Flint plant in Flint, Michigan, and, more recently, at the GM Oshawa plant in Canada as well.
When can you buy a 2023 Chevy?Preproduction model shown. Actual production model my vary. Available Spring 2022.
How much will the 2023 Silverado cost?The 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 is a full-size pickup truck with variants that go from no-frills to high class, with some off-road ability in between. Prices start at $35,600.
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