The automobile sector has a large and quite competitive competition between the giants like The General Motors, the Nissan, Ford, Dodge and the Toyota. The truck market is already facing a down turn because of the depressive recession and also because of the heavy price hike of the fuel economy. The competition is still better to the economy as the companies are always eager to introduce something newer and better than the current market availability and also they offer the prices with the lowest margins to match the market price and create a customer class.

In the tuck section, there is an annual Truck of the year award is organized to find out the best performance based truck of the year. There are various norms to select the best truck of the year. The General Motors were the undisputed leader of the truck manufacturing, but the arrival of some giant names like Nissan, Ford and also the Dodge, they found some good competition around. But, even in this competition, the step of introducing the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado proved as the trump card for the General Motors and they retained the Best Truck award for the Chevrolet Silverado.

The plus point of the General Motors being that despite of introducing the new trucks and models like the Nissan and Ford, they are just making improvements in the Chevrolet Silverado. There are many changes made in the 2009 model of the Chevrolet. 

The updated and upgraded 2009 Silverado is enriched with a six speed transmission and also the master strike is fitted by introducing the manual shifting capabilities which has stroked heavily the Silverado Hybrid. The road trip to confirm the efficiency of driving over the Silverado Hybrid proved the 2009 Silverado more competitive and sound riding.

The 2009 Silverado LT Crew Cab is offered in some dynamic and dashing colors like Imperial Blue Metallic and also the Metallic Black and grey. The outlook and the exterior are undoubtedly awesome and one would never realize it as a truck as the beauty of the model is tremendous one. The specialties of the 2009 Silverado are that the model is replete with the Z71 off-road package, 18-in. wheels wrapped in Bridgestone Dueler A/T tires, 5.3L E85-capable V-8 with 315 hp and 338 lb-ft of torque. The most effective and innovative group of the General Motors which is started to meet the fuel efficiency demand of the recent situation, The Active Fuel Management, have made it easier to grab the optional six-speed automatic transmission. Not only the speed, even the tires of the trucks are used so stronger and tougher that even in the long runs in the mountains or the desert areas or let it be the snow driving or windy canyon roads, the Silverado Lt proved as the most elegant companion leaving no complains behind. 

The Silverado has its roots years back but still while seeing the model; one would never realize the outdated feature anywhere. Even seeing space wise, the truck is quite larger and specious than the half ton trucks. The brawny, squared-off sheet metal and wide stance can be very much useful in the city traffic also because the exclusive sightlines have made the adaptation quite easy. Also, a corrective measure is taken in the steering to fill the gap left in the older version of Silverado, by offering quick and accurate steering to the driver to give confidence and a smooth ride. The ride comfort is quite pleasant and full of pride in the case of Silverado making it a perfect commuter.

The interior is also designed b keeping the main factor of comfort in the mind. The distance between the seats and also the XM Satellite Radio and auxiliary input jack on the face of the radio makes it easier to have the full and uninterrupted entertainment throughout the journey. In the case of luggage pulling and load barring capacity, the Silverado proved the best. The magical feature of 60/40 split-folding rear seats which could be raised easily with one hand was the real upper hand facility than the other trucks. The storing capacity is being boosted by the facility of folding the larger portion of seats.

The Driving features as said earlier are fantastic. The driving seat and also the steering is being made quite deliberately darling one to the driver, which gives immense pleasure of driving throughout. The rides are very smooth for a truck and bumps and pavement imperfections are eliminated nicely. The steering is made of a balanced weighted and the manual shifting buttons on the shift column are also proving handy on the long hills or in passing. The Climbing comfort is also nice because of comfortable size.

In the snowy conditions, the Silverado reacts strongly by remaining totally unfazed. The automatic four wheel drive is also a nice support on the slippery roads. Even the dipper snow is unaffected to the truck. The automatic transfer case and the lack of manually locking wheel hubs keeps the four wheel drive functions warm in the cockpit.

The mileage of the truck is also quite competitive one as the average according to the company is around 14 mpg in the city and around 19mpg on the highway. Also the bringing out of engine out of the four cylinder mode and back to full V-8 power is too easy and moderate. The cruise control is also much better at keeping four cylinders shut down. 

The overall results of the Silverado are almost perfect and also quite responsive to the initial users. Te truck is real worth of being the Truck of the year.