At the Detroit auto show, carmakers like to drive fatter: once again, freshly renovated pickup models and SUVs are in the limelight. Mercedes skillfully plays the fat-baking game, VW relies on a sedan new edition. In electric cars, a US-traditional manufacturer is listening – with an announcement.
Chevrolet Silverado: 4 inches longer, up to 200 kilograms lighter: General Motors drove in Detroit before the new edition of at least 5.2 -meter-long pickup bestseller. Backbenches get eight inches more legroom, the pickup can be ordered with six different engines – in addition to fat eight-cylinder with three-liter diesel engine. To up to 21 percent less fuel to swallow the new Silverado promises GM.
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