Chevy's I4 2.7 turbo engine

From Chevy Website

A lot of gee wizardry in this engine....

Since the mileage on the new 4 isn't that great...why buy it? And I'm a Chevy fan.

I've been looking at new 1/2 ton Chebbys recently as I may need to buy a new 1/2 ton.
Bottom line, they're not popular. Local Chevy dealer that has the "deals" on pickups, has, just checked, about 80 Silverado 1500s listed on their website and exactly 1 - 4 banger turbo.
Reports are the mileage isn't stellar and who want's a screaming Tyota Corolla engine in a full size pickup?

Unless the deal is literally too good to pass up, which is unlikely because there are 1000s of 2019 Silverados for $10-15k off sticker everywhere, it's not worth it.
JMO

Too soon to know much but modern 4 cylinders have proven very reliable. Mercedes even has 1 that puts out over 400 HP. I don't think they would do that if they didn't trust it.

Rubber Ducky1 wrote:
My son is looking at getting a 2019 Silverado 1500 truck. A lot of them on the lots have Chevy's new 2.7 turbo engine. This engine replaces the 4.3 V6. He won't be towing a camper with it. He is wondering about the reliability of this new engine. Right now he has a 2017 Silverado with the V6. Any info on this new engine will be greatly appreciated and I'll pass it on to him.

Other inquiries like this haven't netted much information and if that holds true for this post YouTube has a lot of professional reviews. I don't own anything Chevrolet but my impression of their 2.7 turbo is that it is a good engine, not a great engine. In side by side tests 5.3 V8 has often come out better, even on fuel economy. When Chevy compares it to Ford engines they always choose the base naturally aspirated V6 from Ford, not Ford's 2.7 turbo. Head to head Ford's 2.7 turbo beats the Chevy on horsepower, torque, fuel economy and towing capacity plus it has been on the market much longer and has a well proven track record.

To re-iterate, it seems to be good engine, just not a market leader. As long as he doesn't compare to other 2019 engines he will probably be happy with it.

Can't answer anything related to the reliability, but personally, I never buy the first year of any new major part of a vehicle or an all new vehicle. Inevitably, there bugs that have to be worked out and I don't like paying to be the tester.

That said, it seems to be getting good reviews and I haven't seen a lot of complaints.