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2017 Chevrolet Tahoe

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The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV whose roots run deeper than any SUV on the planet. We're talking like 60 years. It can do all the things an SUV should, including seating up to nine people while towing a boat over a muddy road, and has been doing them since before the others even thought of it.

Tahoe was totally redesigned for 2015 to be more refined, with a quieter car-like cabin, and it hasn't changed in the two years since. For 2017, the top model gets its name changed from LTZ to Premier.

Tahoe is built on the Silverado half-ton pickup track platform, and its close sibling is the GMC Yukon that's built on the identical platform under the GMC Sierra truck. An uptown relative is the Cadillac Escalade, although the Tahoe Premier rivals the Escalade in fanciness, and when its chassis is stretched it becomes the Suburban.

GM's 5.3-liter V8 with direct injection makes 355 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque and comes mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Using a mechanical and electronic process GM invented, it invisibly cuts out four cylinders when the engine is coasting or lightly cruising, to save fuel, although it still burns through gas. It's rated to tow 8600 pounds with the right equipment.

The 2018 Tahoe RST Edition will bring the 6.2-liter V8 that's in other high-performance GM cars, here making 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. It will use a ten-speed automatic transmission, the Magnetic Ride active suspension calibrated for handling, Brembo brakes and a Borla exhaust. Until now, a buyer who wanted the ultimate SUV like this had to spend tens of thousands of dollars with an aftermarket tuner/builder. Although it was Chrysler who built the factory SUV hotrod first, with the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and its hemi engine. The RST is apparently intended to counter that.

Because the Tahoe weighs nearly 5500 pounds, its fuel mileage is low, at an EPA-estimated 16 City, 23 Highway and 18 miles per gallon Combined with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.

The Tahoe doesn't fare well in NHTSA crash tests. A lowly three stars in the rollover test bring its overall score to four stars, despite five stars in frontal offset and side impact.
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The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV whose roots run deeper than any SUV on the planet. We're talking like 60 years. It can do all the things an SUV should, including seating up to nine people while towing a boat over a muddy road, and has been doing them since before the others even thought of it.

Tahoe was totally redesigned for 2015 to be more refined, with a quieter car-like cabin, and it hasn't changed in the two years since. For 2017, the top model gets its name changed from LTZ to Premier.

Tahoe is built on the Silverado half-ton pickup track platform, and its close sibling is the GMC Yukon that's built on the identical platform under the GMC Sierra truck. An uptown relative is the Cadillac Escalade, although the Tahoe Premier rivals the Escalade in fanciness, and when its chassis is stretched it becomes the Suburban.

GM's 5.3-liter V8 with direct injection makes 355 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque and comes mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Using a mechanical and electronic process GM invented, it invisibly cuts out four cylinders when the engine is coasting or lightly cruising, to save fuel, although it still burns through gas. It's rated to tow 8600 pounds with the right equipment.

The 2018 Tahoe RST Edition will bring the 6.2-liter V8 that's in other high-performance GM cars, here making 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. It will use a ten-speed automatic transmission, the Magnetic Ride active suspension calibrated for handling, Brembo brakes and a Borla exhaust. Until now, a buyer who wanted the ultimate SUV like this had to spend tens of thousands of dollars with an aftermarket tuner/builder. Although it was Chrysler who built the factory SUV hotrod first, with the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and its hemi engine. The RST is apparently intended to counter that.

Because the Tahoe weighs nearly 5500 pounds, its fuel mileage is low, at an EPA-estimated 16 City, 23 Highway and 18 miles per gallon Combined with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.

The Tahoe doesn't fare well in NHTSA crash tests. A lowly three stars in the rollover test bring its overall score to four stars, despite five stars in frontal offset and side impact.
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Retail Price

$62,140 MSRP / Window Sticker Price
Engine 5.3L V-8
MPG 16 City / 23 Hwy
Seating 7 Passengers
Transmission 6-spd auto w/OD
Power 355 @ 5600 rpm
Drivetrain rear-wheel
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