ROUSH Silverado sketch leaked!
by Alex Nunez on Sep 4th 2007 at 12:02AM 
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We have no information on this other than the image you see here, but pictures say a lot, and this one says that ROUSH is about to spread some of its performance pickup love over to General Motors in the form of the ROUSH Silverado. A poster at the CamaroZ28.com forum snuck a cameraphone shot of an official sketch and published it on the website. As you can see when you enlarge the photo, there's a pretty concise legal disclaimer at the bottom, and if we had to guess, someone is definitely going to get fired for this rather significant security breach. Either that, or ROUSH has deftly embraced viral marketing. Here's hoping for a blown 6.2L under that domed hood.
UPDATE: We have spoken to ROUSH, and they can only confirm that the Silverado depicted above is "a project that we are evaluating."
Thanks for the heads-up, Josh.
[Source: CamaroZ28.com via TheGMSource]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Phillip 12:09AM (9/04/2007)
I smell legal action, like when the guy got pics of the Corvette SS..
But, totally worth it. Thats badass
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ToMiTa 12:34AM (9/04/2007)
Very nice!! I wish GM would turn Roush loose on the new Pontiac G8. It could be a killer sedan!!
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Holy St. Ides 12:44AM (9/04/2007)
LOL hope joshie doesn t cause this pinball to cause ANOTHER person to lose his LOSE their JOB over this lol can u hear me now??
anyway roush does GREAT work and did up a SUPER DUPER Stage III F-150 thats in my drive way. LOVE THE POWA but cant wait to see their expertise
on a CHEBBY!
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John 6:06AM (9/04/2007)
I smell a hoax.
Jack Roush is the ultimate Ford guy. How would it look for the the big Ford name in NASCAR to be building hot Chevys?
Jack hates GM and Chev. Why would he do this?
And the piece of Roush confidential info at the bottom of the picture is just too hokey.
I for one don't buy it.
Viv 9:09AM (9/04/2007)
Roush works on other GM products as well. Roush hates Toyota not chevy.
howard 2:18AM (9/04/2007)
Good looking for a Chebby but i like the new Dodge Dakota better and Dodge doesnt have to have SOMEBODY else do the Engine work! They have everything they need thank you! just check out the new NASCAR engines that are Dodge engineering by-products!
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Preston M 2:53AM (9/04/2007)
I would love to be in your simple world.
JP 3:02AM (9/04/2007)
Two-time loser. Roush failed when they tried to pick up the SVT slack with the Gen 3 Lightning (Nitemare = not even close to an L or H-D edition), and the Silverado can't compete with the big dogs to begin with. At the very least this will make for some excellent competition and Ford smackdowns at track events world-wide.
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Preston M 3:32AM (9/04/2007)
The silverado doesn't compare to the Ram or F-150.... Give me a break.
Chris 3:02AM (9/04/2007)
Wow, a blown truck to compete with the Saleen. Neat! Maybe they will even make it a couple thousand dollars less!
I like to have choices when shopping for my ~$60k sport truck...which is why I bought a brand new Ford Lightning in 2003 for $30k. So what did they add to get that extra $30k...
Further, someone should lose their career over this. You don't leak confidential information...period! Its neat that the consumer gets to plan out their purchase decisions further ahead of time but business impacts of leaks are huge enough to kill companies.
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deebee53 8:24AM (9/04/2007)
I guess I can add it to the list with SRT10s as vehicles whose owners think are fast but are slower than my Lightning.
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eliot mcd 2:04PM (9/04/2007)
a ram srt-10 is faster than lightnings, whether or not u have mods is a different story, but a supercharged ram srt-10 can take on almost any lightning
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SRTWHAT 4:28PM (9/04/2007)
SRT-10's are a pile of shit. thats why my buddy's 02 HD truck could go 12.80's on the stock block, yet his SRT-10 fully modded short of adding a power adder and couldnt break 13.8's. Add a blower and those tinfoil pistons are gonna go bye-bye real soon!
Why do you think dodge stopped making the SRT-10's mid year 06? everybody realized they weren't worth the money for the big ol POS you were gettin!
and back on topic, chevy roush, i hope it comes out, gettin tired of eating SRT's at the track! need a little variety! lol
eliot mcd 5:00PM (9/04/2007)
lol, and why did ford stop making the lightning.....btw, a stock ram srt-10 regular cab will run 13.2 all day long, at least mine will, now it is in the 11's with a blower
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Rob 10:45PM (9/04/2007)
My lightning has been running 11.9s in street trim for the better part of 3 years. Its a real beast when the Mickeys T's go on it.
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SPG 2:41AM (9/05/2007)
The Roush F-150 is blingy and gaudy but this looks like it might be clean and awesome.
A better try on a clean slate.
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LightningJim 4:19PM (9/06/2007)
"a ram srt-10 is faster than lightnings, whether or not u have mods is a different story, but a supercharged ram srt-10 can take on almost any lightning"
With equivalent drivers, a stock Gen. 2 Lightning will take a stock SRT-10 RAM at the dragstrip. A supercharged SRT-10 Ram is not stock. The best top speed recorded for a stock SRT is about 5-7 MPH higher than for a Lightning, but how often are you going to go 150 or more in either of them?
"and why did ford stop making the lightning"
Simply because that generation of F-150 platform was discontinued after 2004. The current generation weighs about 500 lbs. more (dumb move on Ford's part!), and Ford decided that it would be too expensive to make a Gen. 3 Lightning that could keep up with the Gen. 2.
Ask and ye shall receive. ;)
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deebee53 11:42PM (9/06/2007)
Eliot, based on your comments it seems you have both a stock and non-stock vehicle currently. That is impressive. I was not aware that buying a Dodge came with the added benefit of allowing one to manipulate the English language in such a way.
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