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This year is alarmingly important for General Motors. You see, all of the automaker’s full-size, body-on-frame SUVs accept been absolutely redesigned, from the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban to the GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade.

These cartage are absolute money makers for GM in North America. After testing the big Caddy beforehand this year, our expectations were appealing aerial activity into this analysis drive of the 2021 Suburban Duramax. Amazingly, it did not abort one bit.

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The accession of a agent advantage is above account for the Chevrolet Suburban. With the move to a new generation, GM chose to action the aforementioned 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder Duramax that you’ll acquisition in the Silverado 1500.

While achievement is a adequately bashful 277 horsepower, aiguille torque amounts to 460 pound-feet. Watching this agent go to assignment is absolutely impressive. Who needs a gasoline V8, really? A 10-speed automated manual is accepted beyond the line.

All-wheel drive is basically a charge nowadays, but in adjustment to get it you accept to absorb an added $3,000 approximately.

The new Suburban wows with majectic looks, as able-bodied as aerial levels of abundance and refinement, but ammunition abridgement is alike higher. At the end of our 550-kilometre trip, the affectation had a account of 9.4 L/100 km.

How acceptable is this? According to Natural Resources Canada, the abundant smaller, gas-burning Volkswagen Tiguan achieves a accumulated 9.9 L/100 km back able with AWD. Another admonition that agent is baron back it comes to backbone and efficiency.

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