2025 Chevrolet Suburban Is As Big As America And Every Bit As Essential

There are cars, there are trucks, there are SUVs, and then there’s the 2025 Chevrolet Suburban. Calling it an SUV is like calling the Grand Canyon a ditch. The 2025 Chevrolet Suburban is not so much a sport-utility vehicle as its own zip code. It doesn’t fit in a parking space. It colonizes it. It’s been around since 1935, back when the Dust Bowl was still a fresh hell. What people needed was a Chevrolet truck large enough to carry a bushel of turnips, three generations of Baptists, and maybe a goat. Fast forward 90 years, and the goat has been replaced by a labradoodle, the Baptists by a lacrosse team, and the bushel of turnips by a pallet of LaCroix from Costco. 

For those looking to experience this massive SUV firsthand, visiting a Chevrolet dealership in Raynham, MA is the perfect way to see the Suburban up close and explore all its latest features.

It survives with its best qualities intact and sporting a new grille large enough to roast a cow on and an LED light signature that could double as runway beacons. And that’s fitting, since piloting a Suburban requires about the same spatial awareness as flying a Boeing 747.

THE INSIDE STORY

Slide inside and you’re greeted by enough screens to make Las Vegas look dim. There’s a new standard 17.7-inch infotainment touchscreen and an 11-inch instrument cluster. Yet the sheer volume of space is astounding. You don’t sit in the 2025 Chevrolet Suburban so much as inhabit acreage. The second row has captain’s chairs. The third row has more legroom than coach on Delta. You can seat your in-laws, their luggage, and their emotional baggage with enough space remaining for a cage match between two alpacas. And that’s really not an exaggeration. There’s 180 cubic feet of passenger space and 42 cubic feet of cargo space. That’s enough room to comfortably hold a midsize dictatorship. And there are cupholders, one for nearly every citizen of Des Moines.

WHAT’S COOKING UNDER THE HOOD

A 355-horsepower 5.3-liter V8 remains standard on the LS, LT, RST, Z71 and Premier trims. The 420-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 is standard on the High Country and available on RST, Z71 and Premier. You can also choose the updated 305-horsepower 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder turbo Duramax diesel engine option, with a healthy 495 pound-feet of torque. A 10-speed automatic transmission is standard with rear-wheel or four-wheel drive. Towing maxes out at 8,300 pounds. 

DRIVING IS BELIEVING

The 2025 Chevrolet Suburban doesn’t drive so much as it occurs. Put your foot on the throttle and the Chevrolet Suburban responds with the aerodynamic grace of a brick fired from a catapult. For 2025, Chevrolet has tweaked the independent rear suspension to enhance responsiveness. Cornering? Perhaps continental drift is more appropriate. But who cares? You don’t take a Suburban through corners. You declare eminent domain and move the curve out of the way. Nonetheless, its natural milieu remains the interstate, where it’s very much a leather-trimmed cruise ship, particularly with the optional adaptive air suspension and Magnetic Ride Control, which transform the ride into something ethereal. 

LEAVE THE DRIVING TO CHEVY

The Suburban RST test vehicle’s heart is a 6.2-liter V8 aided and abetted by Super Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous driving system. It allows you to take your hands off the wheel and your feet off the pedals. But a rear-facing camera tracks your eyes, insisting that you watch the road. That’s like paying for a prostitute and then not being allowed to touch. But Super Cruise works wonderfully. It steers, it brakes, it accelerates, it automatically changes lanes. It chauffeured me south for 85 miles on I-95 as I contemplated what I should do with my hands and feet as the Chevrolet played the part of Jeeves, the microchip chauffeur, and I assumed the role as its microchip-free emergency substitute driver. 

Fuel economy? If you need to ask, you should be shopping for something else. Like a Toyota Prius, or perhaps a scooter. But be forewarned: it’s a 28-gallon tank.

WHY YOU NEED TO BUY ONE

And that’s the point. The 2025 Chevrolet Suburban isn’t here to apologize. It’s here because there are families with six kids, two dogs, a boat, and an unhealthy obsession with Costco who need it. Besides, the 2025 Chevrolet Suburban isn’t just transportation. It’s extreme. It’s excessive. It’s everything the makes the rest of the world enviously roll their eyes at Americans. You buy one because it’s possible, because only in America would someone look at an SUV and say, “Make it bigger. No, bigger than that.”