Does GM have it backwards?
2019 Silverado 1500 offers a 6.2 with 420 HP and 460 lbs-ft of torque and 10 spd trans. The 2020 Silverado 2500 rumored to offer a 6.6 with 400 HP and 450 lbs-ft of torque and 6 spd trans. Shouldn't ...
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Duty Cycle
If you don't know what is...look it up
Basically...normal usage will have most anything do...while a 'work' or a 'HD' usage will require much more stout everything (frame, suspension, tires, wheels, drive train, etc, etc, etc) and why so many won't buy next higher class over a 'half ton' because of their main concern: "ride quality", of which higher class trucks will NOT have as good a ride quality
A lower/lowest class pickup will NOT last long with it's lower Duty Cycle design. There is a fake half ton that is almost a 3/4 ton and is offered in very, very small numbers for those who really should have a higher class pickup, but insist on a 'half ton'...
If you don't know what is...look it up
Basically...normal usage will have most anything do...while a 'work' or a 'HD' usage will require much more stout everything (frame, suspension, tires, wheels, drive train, etc, etc, etc) and why so many won't buy next higher class over a 'half ton' because of their main concern: "ride quality", of which higher class trucks will NOT have as good a ride quality
A lower/lowest class pickup will NOT last long with it's lower Duty Cycle design. There is a fake half ton that is almost a 3/4 ton and is offered in very, very small numbers for those who really should have a higher class pickup, but insist on a 'half ton'...
