2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Specs Hot Springs AR

The 2026 Silverado 1500 spans nine trims, four powertrains, three cab styles, and three bed lengths, so the figures here cover a wide spread. Drivers around Saline County and the Ouachita Mountains use this truck for everything from a tight downtown lot to gravel runs toward the lakes, and the figures below explain what each configuration can and cannot do.

Engine Specifications

Four engines are offered across the lineup. The 2.7L TurboMax is standard on the volume trims; the two V8s and the turbo-diesel are the step-up choices for heavier work.

2.7L TurboMax Turbocharged Four-Cylinder

Output is 310 hp and 430 lb-ft through an eight-speed automatic. Standard on the WT, Custom, Custom Trail Boss, LT, RST, and LT Trail Boss.

5.3L EcoTec3 V8

Output is 355 hp and 383 lb-ft through a ten-speed automatic. Standard on the LTZ and High Country, and available on the WT, Custom Trail Boss, LT, RST, and LT Trail Boss.

6.2L EcoTec3 V8

Output is 420 hp and 460 lb-ft through a ten-speed automatic. Available on the RST, LT Trail Boss, LTZ, ZR2, and High Country; on the LTZ and High Country it requires four-wheel drive.

3.0L Duramax Turbo-Diesel Inline-Six

Output is 305 hp and 495 lb-ft through a ten-speed automatic, the top torque figure in the lineup. Standard on the ZR2 and available on the Custom Trail Boss, LT, RST, LT Trail Boss, LTZ, and High Country.

Exterior Dimensions

Overall length runs from 211.0 inches on the shortest Regular Cab to 242.0 inches on a Crew Cab with the eight-foot bed. Width is 81.2 inches with the mirrors folded and 97.5 inches with them extended, which matters in older single-car garages.

The standard truck sits lower for easier loading and a quieter ride on Highway 70, while the off-road ZR2 adds a 33.5-degree approach angle from its cut-away front bumper.

Interior Dimensions

Front-row space is consistent across the cab styles. Rear-seat room grows with the cab: the Double Cab adds usable bench space behind the front row, and the Crew Cab opens it up further for three adults or child seats.

Seating capacity ranges from two on a stripped Work Truck to six on the bench-seat Custom, LT, LTZ, and Custom Trail Boss; the RST, LT Trail Boss, High Country, and ZR2 seat five with the center console.

Capacity and Capability

Maximum towing depends entirely on engine and configuration. Each rating below reflects one properly equipped powertrain in its best cab and bed layout for a conventional bumper-pull hitch, not a number that carries across the lineup.

Maximum payload is 2,260 lbs on a Regular Cab Long Bed 2WD with the 2.7L TurboMax, the lightest configuration in the range. The Durabed comes in three lengths: a 5-foot-8 short bed, a 6-foot-7 standard bed, and an 8-foot long bed, with cargo volume from 62.9 cubic feet to 89.1 cubic feet. A 50.6 inches wheel-well width clears flat sheet material, and twelve fixed tie-downs are each rated at 500 lbs.

Wheels, Tires and Brakes

Wheel diameters climb with the trim, from seventeen-inch steel wheels on the Work Truck to twenty-inch alloys on the Custom, LTZ, and LT Trail Boss. The Trail Boss and ZR2 swap in taller off-road tires that raise ride height, as shown in the clearance table above. Four-wheel disc brakes with an electronic parking brake are fitted on every trim, and the ZR2 adds front and rear locking differentials with Multimatic spool-valve dampers for the loose surfaces and grades common in the Ouachita Mountains.

Fuel Economy and Range

The 2.7L TurboMax is EPA-rated at 18 MPG city and 21 MPG highway in two-wheel-drive Custom and RST form, or 19 combined. The 3.0L Duramax turbo-diesel is rated up to 28 MPG highway and around 25 MPG combined, ahead of the gas engines on the highway. With the 24.0-gallon tank, the diesel covers serious distance between fills on a run through the Ouachita Mountains.

Safety and Compliance

Chevy Safety Assist is standard across every trim and bundles six driver aids: automatic emergency braking, forward collision alert, front pedestrian braking, lane keep assist with lane departure warning, a following distance indicator, and IntelliBeam automatic high beams.

Higher trims layer on more hardware. A 13.4-inch center touchscreen and a 12.3-inch driver display arrive on the LT and above, an eight-camera system delivers up to fourteen views for hitching and tight parking, and a head-up display is available on the High Country. Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance is offered on the High Country, and the ZR2 includes the head-up display as standard.

What These 2026 Silverado 1500 Numbers Mean in Practice

These specs reward matching the configuration to the job rather than matching the truck to the job. Here is how the figures sort out by use case for a buyer near Hot Springs National Park:

Local geography shapes the trade-off. A tight downtown lot or an older single-car garage makes the 97.5-inch mirror width and the shorter cab-and-bed combinations worth a look, while gravel roads toward Pearcy, Royal, Jessieville, and Mountain Pine, plus the climbs in the Ouachita Mountains, favor the extra clearance and torque. Buyers in Saline County who tow on flat highway can stay with the efficient 2.7L and still pull a mid-size trailer.

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