Although it wears the most recognizable nameplate of all of General Motors’ full-size SUVs, the Chevrolet Suburban was feeling a bit left out, being the only one of the company’s big trucks not currently offered with the full-bore 6.2-liter V-8 engine. Chevy is now righting that wrong by adding an RST Performance package to the Suburban lineup for 2019. It mirrors the package available for the smaller Tahoe in replacing the standard 5.3-liter small-block V-8 with the 6.2-liter unit, while also including some chassis tweaks.

The RST’s 6.2-liter V-8 makes 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque here, and it mates with a 10-speed automatic transmission. It’ll be available with rear- or all-wheel drive, just as it is on the Tahoe, and an available Borla exhaust makes for a bit of extra rumble. The package also adds magnetorheological dampers and 22-inch wheels with 285-series Bridgestone tires, while there’s an option to upgrade the front brakes to larger rotors gripped by six-piston calipers.

As on the Tahoe RST, the Performance upgrades will be offered only for Suburban models already equipped with the appearance-only RST package that was introduced last year, which adds the 22-inch wheels, black bowtie emblems, black mirror caps, and a different gloss black grille without the mechanical upgrades. Chevrolet hasn’t released pricing for the Suburban RST 6.2L yet, but we presume it’ll follow the Tahoe’s lead; to get the bigger motor on the 2018 model, you must step up to the top Premier trim, add the $2630 RST package, and then the $2720-2820 RST Performance package (the package is more expensive on 4WD models). The Suburban RST 6.2L goes on sale this summer.



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