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With the end of production of the Plymouth Fury Suburban station wagon in 1978, only General Motors continued to manufacture a vehicle branded as a "Suburban," and GM was awarded an exclusive trademark on the name in 1988. The Chevrolet Suburban is one of the largest SUVs on the market today.
Feb 26, 2018 · Chevrolet didn’t trademark the name “Suburban” when it introduced the industry’s first steel-bodied, eight-passenger truck-based wagon back in 1935. Other marques subsequently used the term,...
- The Chevrolet Suburban – Practical Becomes Popular
- The Chevrolet Suburban Pioneers
- The Advance Design Chevrolet Suburban
- The Fourth and Fifth Generation Suburban
- The Sixth Generation
- The Long Lived Seventh Generation
- The Eighth Generation
- The Ninth Generation
- The Tenth Generation
- The Eleventh Generation 2015-2020
In thinking about the Chevrolet Suburban it might be best to start with the things we aspire to when we are young, and how that changes when we are old. You’ve possibly heard of a song from the 1960’s called “When I was Young” by The Animals in which they sing about the newness and vividness of being young and the experiences of life. Remembering b...
The story of the Chevrolet Suburban began in 1933 in an America that was emerging from the rigors of the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression. It was released to a car buying public, many of whom had experienced the battlefields of the First World War, and the joint experiences of the War and the Depression had shaped people’s thinking about ...
For 1947 Chevrolet based the Suburban on their new “Advance Design” series of light trucks which included half ton, three quarter ton and one ton versions, the Suburban being based on the half ton model. The styling of this Third Generation Chevrolet Suburban was notably different and it looked much more like a station wagon based on a light truck ...
The fourth generation of the Chevrolet Suburban was introduced on March 25, 1955 and its styling was markedly different: this was the 1950’s and American passenger cars were moving to the avant-garde styling with fins, lots of chrome, wrap-around windscreens, and a dashboard reminiscent of a Wurlitzer juke box. The choices for the rear doors remain...
The next generation Chevrolet Suburban went from being a three door station wagon to having an additional door on the passenger side to make entry to and exit from the rear seats much easier. The body styling was refined and simplified by comparison with the fussiness of the Fourth Generation model so it looked very 1960’s modern. For the Brazilian...
The Seventh Generation series of Chevrolet Suburbans would turn out to have the longest production run. As the old saying goes “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”: and the Chevrolet Suburban was a refined and practical motor vehicle with about the only big downside to owning one being the fuel consumption: these were a vehicle that liked gasoline in l...
The next generation of the Suburban continued the five door body pattern with new modernized body styling by Chuck Jordan. This model continued the 2WD and 4WD options and also featured a leaf spring rear suspension with a live axle. The front suspension differed between the 2WD and 4WD versions with the 2WD having coil springs and the 4WD being fi...
Based on the GMT800 platform series the Ninth Generation Chevrolet Suburban was built on the GMT830 platform. It was made in half-ton 1500 and three-quarter ton 2500 versions and was a major step away from the legacy technology of its predecessors although the push button selector for 2WD/4WD high and low range remained. The engines were new: the s...
For 2007 and for the next seven years the Chevrolet Suburban was based on the GMT900 platform, specifically the GMT931. The Vortec 5300 and 6000 engines continued in use in the Suburban 1500 and 2500 respectively as had been the case with the Ninth Generation vehicles and this model featured disc brakes on all wheels. The suspension was equipped wi...
The Eleventh Generation Chevrolet Suburban entered the Internet Age with great enthusiasm with customers being able to order their custom configured vehicle on-line. This new model was designed by Chip Thole and his team and it was based on the GMT K2XX platform. This means it continued to be a body on chassis frame vehicle in true truck tradition,...
Oct 5, 2022 · So let’s take a look at the storied past of the Chevy Suburban and see how the vehicle behind the name has evolved over the years. 1935: Birth of a Nameplate. The original Chevy Suburban was basically a cross between a truck and a station wagon called the Suburban Carryall.
Oct 7, 2024 · Nor was the name exclusive to the Chevy division; GMC used the Suburban name for more than 60 years, officially changing to Yukon XL in 2000. Chevrolet’s truck-wagon evolved over the decades.
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Oct 29, 2021 · Chevy’s first Suburban was actually named the “Suburban Carryall,” and it wouldn’t be until 1988 that GM would be awarded an exclusive trademark for the Suburban name.
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Dec 6, 2019 · Chevrolet's first Suburban rolled off of the assembly line in 1935, during a time when its arrival was easily the least-interesting thing to happen that year.
