The Best Half Ton Towing Truck - Ike Gauntlet

ksss wrote:
I get your point. I think your right that they want to send their big gun to the shootout. I don't think you could expect any less. Ford doesn't send their 2.7 EB. The fact that the 6.2 is only available in the two highest trim levels (Chevy) does suck and I very much disagree with that business model (should atleast come down to the RST if not the LT), it is still easily accessible.

But that is the thing though, the 3.5L EB and the 5.7L Hemi are the most common engine option in their respective brand, but the 6.2L is not with the Chevy. If you see a 1500 GM V8 on the street, I would wager that 9.5 out of 10 would be a 5.3L.

ksss wrote:
If the testing guys wanted to test a 5.3 they certainly could do that. GM couldn't say anything about it.

Not exactly, if you have ever seen their video on TFL car of how they receive press vehicles, they are limited to what the manufacturer sends them. Each brand basically sends the vehicles they want to each region or for each test.

ksss wrote:
I think everyone wants to see the most powerful options from each OEM go up against each other. Just for comparison I would like to see the 5.3 and the 6.2 run the Ike. It would be interesting to see how far off the 5.3 actually is from the 6.2.

I agree that most people want to see the biggest and baddest run the Ike, but GM can at least give the 5.3L to test more than they do. If you look at all of the reviews sites that do comparison like this, the 6.2L is by far the one GM sends on just about all of the reviews except for a few. Going by that, you would think the 6.2L was it's most popular powertrain. At hte very least they could send the 6.2L in the GMC and the 5.3L in the Silverado so people will know how they compare.