Chevrolet Avalanche Cars For Sale

Show search form The Chevrolet Avalanche was first shown to the public at the 2000 Detroit Auto Show as a concept car, and series production began a few months later.

With its appearance, "Avalanche" (as the name of the car is translated from English) made a splash. Chevrolet has revolutionized the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) class. Avalanche can be considered as a pickup truck as well as an off-road one, since the body, usual for a pickup truck, is covered with an elegant plastic cover, and is comfortableThis pickup SUV can rival expensive sedans.

The uniqueness of the Avalanche is that it is designed and built on the basis of an SUV. The basis for this model was the Chevrolet Tahoe / Suburban. With the exception of the cargo compartment and exterior trim elements, the car repeats its ancestor in almost everything, except perhaps except for the image. After all, even the most courageous Chevrolet Suburban does not carry in its appearance that cowboy courage that is present in the simplest pickup truck. Actually, this is one of the reasons for the appearance of pickups based on full-sizex and luxury SUVs. However, the Chevrolet Avalanche stood out even more - such a futuristic appearance of pickups has never been seen before.

Aggressive appearance, pronounced body lines, a powerful plastic body kit in the lower part, as well as a front end with a chrome strip across the entire width, made in the corporate style of Chevrolet. Serial samples of the car, which is very unusual, almost completely repeat the concept.

Two basic lifting capacities are offered: "standard" 1500 and "extra strong" 2500, each of which is availableboth with front and all-wheel drive.

Chevrolet Avalanche 2002 model year, has undergone some changes relative to the first version. They touched on the design of the front end, the contours and the location of the lighting devices, in particular the fog lamps, which are now multi-reflective.

The heart of the Avalanche is a 5.3-liter V8 petrol engine producing 290 hp. and a maximum torque of 441 Nm. In addition to this engine, a 4.8-liter V8 and a grandiose 8.1-liter V8 with 340 hp are installed on the car. with crazy twistingm with a torque of 617 Nm.

At the heart of the Chevrolet Avalanche are the strongest hydroformed ladder frame, independent torsion bar front suspension on double wishbones with stabilizer, rear spring five-link with Panhard rod.

On pickups, only an automatic 4-speed transmission and an Autotrack Active 4WD drive are installed, which is controlled by buttons on the front panel, where the main one is Auto 4WD, which uses the Torque On Demand system. The rest of the drive modes correspond to the classic 2H, 4H and 4L. Conversion to all-wheel drive can be done on the goat any speed, but to activate the lower one, you need to stop and turn on the "neutral". In the low gear mode in the transfer case, the on-board computer "stretches" the accelerator pedal travel, as a result of which the drive can be much smoother than without this option.

The dimensions of the Chevrolet Avalanche are close to the Chevrolet Suburban. The same wheelbase is 3300 mm, the length of the car is 5570 mm and the width is 2020 mm. However, thanks to the convex arch extensions, huge embossed overlays on the sidewalls, the pickup looks more energetic and lean. The Avalanche's cross-country ability is on par with Chevrolet's full-size SUVs. This is a heavy machine with bgreat inertia, not the best in the world geometric cross-country ability and a high-torque engine, when piloting which over rough terrain, one must remember about two potentially vulnerable places - the sills and the towbar. The latter is included in the additional equipment, and if you do not need to carry something, then it is better not to put it at all - it clings to any noticeable break in the terrain on the road. The runners, by the way, can also be removed, they are installed on almost decorative, albeit quite durable, brackets.

The bottom of the pickup is generally well protected. Steelshields cover the front radiator and engine compartment as well as the transfer case.

During its short history, Avalanche managed to win many different awards and titles: the car of 2002 in America according to the rating of Popular Mechanics magazine, the silver "medalist" among SUVs at the Detroit Auto Show-2002, the best truck in 2003 tests. And what is quite remarkable, in 2002, Avalanche won the Best Interior of the Year award, beating more than 30 competitors, among which were executive cars. Keeping glorious traditionskeeping up with modern trends, the Chevrolet Avalanche became the founder of a new direction in the pick-up industry. The first generation sold 379.5 thousand copies - this figure was not achieved by any of the competitors of Avalanche.

In 2006, at the Chicago Auto Show, General Motors announced a new generation of the Chevrolet Avalanche.

The 2007 model year is based on the all-new GMT900 platform, which will be used in all of the company's off-road models in the future. The exterior of the car, interior design, as well assecurity systems. The new Avalanche uses the same 5.3-liter and 6-liter V8 engines with half-cylinder shutdown, including the E85 ethanol-fueled versions, which have exploded in recent years. The power unit is paired with an automatic transmission. The drive can be full or only on the rear axle.

The car inherited from its predecessor a practical partition that separates the 6-seater cab from the cargo platform and allows, when the rear seat is folded down, to increase the length of the transported grubles from 1.5 to 2.5 meters. Avalanche also received the latest generation OnStar service navigation system, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in Chicago.

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