Silverado gets new facelift for 2016

RollingsFarms · Jul 14, 2015

My 2014 is already "dated". Geez. Only two years with the current style?

2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Gets a Face-Lift - PickupTrucks.com News

Diamondpilot · Jul 14, 2015

They need to do something with the square wheel wells. Never cared for them.

Chris

RollingsFarms · Jul 14, 2015

Diamondpilot said:
They need to do something with the square wheel wells. Never cared for them. Chris

They look even sillier with this new front end.

k0ua · Jul 14, 2015

I like it.

s219 · Jul 14, 2015

Can't say I liked the old design (too much chrome on some models) or this new design much, but I prefer the old design overall, especially in the trim levels where it was toned down. Be interesting to see if they change the GMC Sierra too -- I hope not, as the front end is one of my favorite things about the truck. It just looks mean and clean.

With the new Chevy front end, they are going to a single projector headlight for high/low beams, like the Sierra has had since 2014. The previous Chevy arrangement with separate beams put out superior light to the GMC setup, so I suspect the new Chevy lights will be a downgrade.

wawajake · Jul 15, 2015

I love the new look , as for square wheel wells.............I guess everyone could design a cookie cutter truck the same as everyone else, or steal their design cues from Toyota , ...........GM and Ram have at least done their own thing................its a truck not a sedan !
As for lighting: GMC upgraded the lamps and did a computer flash to modify the voltage going to them so that the low beams on the projector lamps do not have such an abrupt horizontal line where the shutter cuts off the lamp to make it "low beam"..this is available free on 2014 models and I assume fixed now on 2015 and 2016.

Gary Fowler · Jul 15, 2015

I like it, but am not likely going to abandon my 2007 Classic edition anytime soon when it has less than 50K miles on it.

houstonscott · Jul 15, 2015

I've got my eye on the 3500HD suburban coming. Mine has 110k on it and a 3500 suburban has been a long wait. Had a 1999 2500 4x4, loved it, the current 2009 Z71 is nice and a better ride day to day. HS

ovrszd · Jul 15, 2015

I think the manufactured tire size on the GM trucks makes their fender well design look out of place. My buddies 2011 HD looked very silly, like donut spares, until he finally replaced the original tires with a couple sizes larger. Now the fender wells aren't nearly as noticeable. He's now shopping for his first Ford ever. :confused3:

Haoleguy · Jul 15, 2015

Diamondpilot said:
They need to do something with the square wheel wells. Never cared for them.

Chris

Agreed. The change a couple years back was not a great styling idea.

crashz · Jul 15, 2015

I've always liked the look of the square wheel wells. Gives the trucks some of the classic GM styling from the past.

But to say the new frontend is a radical change, I don't see it. I honestly wouldn't notice the difference going down the road. Lets see the new GMC grills too. That's the frontend I like the most.

clemsonfor · Jul 15, 2015

Dont like that air dam thing. looks really low hope thats not a 4wd!!! Those things are so stupid, the one on my work 4x4 colorado didnt last 2 years and that was a long time before being ripped off. I liked the 14 better with the headlights and i too dont like the wheel wells there to big for the sucked in tires.

bigtiller · Jul 15, 2015

I hope they fix it so I can see the corners. In close quarters with my 2007 gmc, I have a hard time determining how far away my bumper is from the thing i don't want to hit.

With my '88 and '97 chevy's i new exactly where the corners were.

clemsonfor · Jul 15, 2015

you just need to know how big your truck is. You cant see your bumper even on a car so you need to just have a feel for it

Sodo · Jul 15, 2015

Fords look wicked. Chevys look like a refrigerator. That's about all there is to it.

bigtiller · Jul 15, 2015

clemsonfor said:
you just need to know how big your truck is. You cant see your bumper even on a car so you need to just have a feel for it

You just don't understand.

timswi · Jul 15, 2015

bigtiller said:
You just don't understand.

I certainly do, starting with my '11 I couldn't judge where the ends of the truck were...probably due to the zero hood slope (no POR) and the tucked in rear bumpers + the rake of the truck...My 14 Denali ha a camera, problem solved for the rear anyway. I have the front pretty well down pat now...This is actually a common comment on the newer vintages.

RollingsFarms · Jul 15, 2015

2016 GMC Sierra 1500 Reveals New Styling - PickupTrucks.com News

s219 · Jul 15, 2015

RollingsFarms said:
2016 GMC Sierra 1500 Reveals New Styling - PickupTrucks.com News

I like the SLT front end, it's a nice clean modernization of the current look. Not a fan of the tail lights at all. I see they are getting CarPlay (Apple) which would be a nice upgrade. The touchscreen interface on my 2014 model looks like something BlackBerry designed in 2007, it's just hideous.

wawajake · Jul 16, 2015

Sodo said:
Fords look wicked. Chevys look like a refrigerator. That's about all there is to it.

actually quite the opposite....................Ford continues with its slab side refrigerator box side fenders and ridiculous looking headlights with an eye brow line below the lamp that ends abruptly and on a weird angle......I guess they needed something to not look the same as front end of Toyota , so they threw in the lower eyebrow......