Chevy Claims Its New Silverado 3500 Accelerates Quicker Than the Ram 3500—and Ram Fires Back

Chevy may be down 90 lb-ft of torque from the 1000 lb-ft Ram 3500, but they still claim they can outrun the Ram, trailering or not, so the truck wars go on.

Tim Herrick, the 2020 Chevy Silverado’s executive chief engineer, told a group of journalists at the new truck’s introduction earlier this week that the new Silverado 3500 dually accelerates quicker than Ram’s 3500 dual-rear-wheel pickup in Chevy’s testing. Both trucks were crew-cab four-by-four models, and the Ram was equipped with the optional high-output, 1000-lb-ft Cummins inline-six (a $2695 upgrade above the 850-lb-ft base version), according to information Herrick provided. Chevy provided the following chart showing the results of its testing:

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