With 433 hp on deck, it's also the most powerful Tahoe ever.
We love a good sports truck, and Chevy knows it. That’s probably why it just introduced a new Performance Edition trim for its full-size Tahoe RST, complete with police-spec chassis tuning, bigger brakes, and more power.
The Performance Edition, unveiled Wednesday, is an $8525 package that can be tacked on to the normal Tahoe RST, getting you a slew of upgrades that turn the giant full-size SUV into a slightly sportier full-size SUV. Unique intake and exhaust systems net a 13-hp and 7 lb-ft gain from the 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V-8 under the hood, for new totals of 433 hp and 467 lb-ft of torque.
That’s only half the story, though. The RST Performance Edition gets the suspension and chassis upgrades usually reserved for the pursuit-rated police-spec Tahoe. That means specific springs and dampers along with larger sway bars. Ride height drops 0.4 inches up front and 0.8 inches in the rear for a sleeker, sportier stance. There’s also Brembo brakes that are 25 percent larger than the standard RST’s brakes, paired with a retuned pedal.
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Chevy claims a 0-60 time of 5.78 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 14.2 seconds at 97 mph for the RST Performance Edition. Top speed is 124 mph, 12 more mph than before. More importantly, 60-0 mph braking happens in 133 feet thanks to those Brembos, almost seven feet shorter than before. Towing performance is unchanged at 7600 pounds.
The RST Performance Edition will enter production at GM’s Arlington, Texas assembly plant in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Brian Silvestro Road & Track staff writer with a taste for high-mileage, rusted-out projects and amateur endurance racing.
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