The 2019 Chevy Silverado has the biggest pickup bed of all trucks everywhere.
Everyone is impressed with the new Silverado, from the amazing 6 engines to choose from to the bewildering 8 different trims (although, still not quite Dodge Challenger levels of trims). Now, Chevrolet has decided to toot the Silverado’s horn even louder thanks to a bed with best in class cargo volume.
They call it the Durabed.
Dura is quite understandable--it stands for durable, which denotes the Silverado’s use of high-strength steel in their bed’s construction. Ford switched to aluminum to save on weight, but Chevy is sticking with steel rated to a tensile strength of 500 MPa. That’s up from 250 MPa on last year’s Silverado.
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Durabed is also quite spacious. The 2018 Silverado had 53 cubic feet in the short box compared to 63 cubic feet in the 2019 model--a 20% increase. It’s the same story for the regular box and long box as well: from 62 to 72 cubic feet and from 75 to 89 cubic feet, respectively. That’s more volume than either the Ford F-150 or the Ram 1500.
Most of this massive gain in space comes from widening the floor of the bed by 10% compared to the previous year. That’s about seven inches in width, meaning the bed will hang over the wheels a little more.
Size and strength isn’t the only thing the Silverado has going for it. There’s also a class-leading 12 tie-down locations with 9 more moveable tie-downs available. There’s also the power up/down tailgate to get into and out of the bed with the press of a button, as well as in-bed LED lighting to make it easier to see what you’re doing.
Perhaps best of all, there’s a 110/120-volt power outlet for powering your tools or your tailgate party. Either way works just fine.
The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado hits dealers this fall.