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The interior of the new Suburban (left)
2021 Chevrolet FIRST LOOK and Tahoe (below) adopts cues from
Chevrolet’s trucks, which is a step
forward but still not class leading.
Suburban and Tahoe

new Chevrolet is 15 inches longer. Like the the longer wheelbase, the new rear door to make it easier
Suburban is big. In pickups that have grown in suspension makes for a lower to get in and out. Third-row
A dimension. In invest- size, the Suburban is also cargo floor. passengers get an additional
ment. In importance. As officially massive. The 134.1- The Tahoe features 40 10 inches of legroom, and the
the sun sets on the current inch wheelbase is 4.1 inches percent more third-row second-row seat now slides 5.6
Suburban, which came out in longer than the outgoing legroom and a whopping 66 inches.
2014 as a 2015 model, a new model’s, and the overall length percent more cargo room The Suburban’s cargo room
and massive three-row SUV is up 1.3 inches to 225.7. This behind the third row, giving grows by 1.8 cubic feet behind
with vast improvements takes offers second-row Suburban it best-in-class dimensions, that third row. Push a button to
its place, extending the life of passengers an extra 2.3 inches, according to Chevy. By fold the second- and third-row
the longest-running nameplate and the third row gets an addi- comparison, the 2020 Ford seats flat, and the cargo room
in automotive history at 85 tional 2.2 inches of legroom. Expedition has 25 percent less reaches 144.7 cubic feet, 23.0
years and counting. For the first time, the cargo room behind the third more than the old model.
The 2021 Suburban will go Suburban and Tahoe also get row. The Tahoe’s longer wheel- GM knows a good thing when
on sale next spring, riding on a multilink independent rear base also allows for a larger it has it: It keeps Magnetic
the same new architecture that suspension. Combined with
underpins the Silverado 1500
and Silverado HD pickups, as
well as its full-size SUV sibling,
the 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe.
The Tahoe is the SUV for
those who tend to carry four
people regularly (instead of six
or eight) and use all the rear
space for cargo. The Tahoe’s
wheelbase grew by 4.9 inches
to 120.9, and overall length
increased 6.7 inches to 210.7.
Although it has grown for
the 2021 model year, the
Tahoe is still a tight vehicle
compared with the new 2021
Chevrolet Suburban, which

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