The Suburban Was Made For Road Trips

Whether you have a big family, enjoy big family activities, or both, you may need to carry plenty of people and cargo. If those activities involve floating, camping, motorsports, or the like, towing may be involved. You would be hard-pressed to find any vehicle better suited for any or all of this than a Chevrolet Suburban. If your first reaction to the vehicle name was “gas hog,” McFarland Chevrolet wants you to consider the Suburban’s available Duramax 3.0-liter turbo diesel engine with a potential estimated highway mileage of 27 mpg.

Ready for Plenty of People and All They Take With Them

Maysville may be nearly equidistantly east of Cincinnati and Lexington, but further east are a whole lot of wide open spaces, and nothing eats up miles like the diesel-powered Suburban. It will carry from seven to nine people and, even with a fully occupied cabin, will have  41.5 cubic feet of cargo space to accommodate your gear. Both 2nd- and 3rd-row seats have a 60/40 split, which means that you can maximize the cargo space with any number of people. With only two passengers, you get an industry-leading 144.7 cubic foot warehouse in the back. 

Bring your Toy

If you prefer your load in a trailer, the Suburban can tow up to 8,300 pounds and features several towing-specific technologies, including an available four-corner adaptive air ride suspension. The Duramax turbo-diesel is designed just for such a task, with 460 lb-ft of torque to confidently pull that weight up mountains. 

There’s a certain satisfaction in cruising down the highway in a Suburban loaded with people and things. Everyone has plenty of room, and It feels like a locomotive, steady and unphased by inclines and crosswinds. It feels unstoppable, and with an estimated range of over 640 miles, it practically is. Fortunately, the Suburban is quite stoppable with a robust braking system. A 2021 Car and Driver test of the current design Suburban High Country was able to come from 70 to full-stop in 166 feet, which is a shorter distance than many smaller vehicles. Even, as Car and Driver pointed out, a Mazda 3 compact hatchback.

There Is a Suburban for All Tastes

The Suburban has six trim levels to balance out your desires and budget. Things start with a RWD LS model that starts at $61,195 with the 5.3-liter V8 and reaches up to the quite luxurious High Country model with 4WD and the Duramax as standard, with a starting MSRP of $83,395. Along the way, you will encounter vast quantities of leather, a Bose® 10-speaker Surround with CenterPoint® audio system, 12-way power heated and ventilated front seats, head-up display, Super Cruise availability, and endless creature comforts. If the High Country price seems to enter Cadillac Escalade territory, McFarland has an entire blog post about that. 

If you like road trips with plenty of people and your favorite toy towing behind or don’t want to travel lightly, the Suburban is for you. Visit McFarland Chevrolet and experience a Suburban for yourself.