Australian Chevrolet Silverado buyers will receive a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty from October 1, 2025 – but they’ll also pay up to $4500 more for model-year 2025 (MY25) examples, first customer deliveries of which are now underway.
The Silverado – a full-size pick-up rival to the Ram 1500, Ford F-150 and Toyota Tundra – is now priced from $134,500 before on-road costs for the 1500 LTZ Premium, an increase of $4500 over the previous model year, with no equipment changes for 2025.
The same increase has been applied to the Silverado 1500 ZR2, which is now priced at $144,900 before on-roads, but at least brings some minor updates.
General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) has confirmed the MY25 1500 ZR2 gains front park assist as standard, while two new exterior paint colours, Riptide Grey and Cypress Grey, have also been introduced for the new model year.
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The MY25 Silverado 2500 HD is now priced from $168,000, which is $1500 more than before.
Customers who take delivery of a Silverado from October 1 will be given the upgraded five-year warranty, which applies to all model grades and including five years of roadside assistance.
The previous warranty was three years or 100,000km (once again whichever comes first) with three years of roadside assistance, which still applies for customers who took delivery of their Silverado before October 1, 2025.
The move sees the Silverado match the five-year warranty for the V6 hybrid-powered Tundra and V6-engined F-150.
A three-year/100,000km warranty with three years of roadside assist still applies to the Ram 1500 – the segment’s best-seller year-to-date in Australia – the V8 engine of which was dropped in favour of a new-generation ‘Hurricane’ twin-turbo inline petrol six as part of a MY25 facelift.
While some local stocks of Hemi V8-powered Ram 1500s remain available, Ram Trucks Australia is yet to confirm whether born-again V8 vehicles – reintroduced in the US after the government relaxed emissions laws – will make it here.
For now, that means the Silverado remains the only factory-backed, current-model full-size pickup powered by a V8 engine in Australia. The Silverado 1500 employs a 6.2-litre naturally aspirated V8 making 313kW of power and 624Nm of torque, paired as standard with a 10-speed automatic transmission.
The longer warranty period comes after a massive global recall of the ‘L87’ 6.2-litre V8 that powers the Silverado and other GM models, which impacted almost 10,000 vehicles in Australia and 721,000 vehicles globally earlier this year.
The bigger Silverado 2500 HD, meanwhile, is powered by a stonking 6.6-litre V8 turbo-diesel outputting no less than 350kW and 1322Nm.