Is the 2.7 liter silverado Actually Any Good?

I spent some time recently digging into the 2.7 liter silverado to see if a four-cylinder engine really belongs in a full-size truck. For a long time, the idea of anything less than a V8—or at least a beefy V6—powering a Chevy half-ton was enough to make a "truck person" roll their eyes. But things have changed a lot in the last few years, and the TurboMax engine (as Chevy calls it now) is a weirdly impressive piece of engineering that deserves a fair shake. ...

May 2, 2026 · 7 min · Reto Tetiana