A prized beast of burden. The 2000 Chevy Suburban offers improved driver comfort and handling while retaining its ability to carry everything and everyone. Slide inside and you'll find that Suburban continues the Chevy tradition of rather plain and old-fashioned interiors. Suburban is no longer the biggest of the big-boy SUVs. Its competitor, the Ford Excursion, owns that title by more than a half foot stretch beyond Suburban's 18- foot length.
Excursion is also wider and taller.
At 5,600 pounds, the 2000 Suburban is hardly svelte, but Chevy's new power mills push that weight with ease. It replaces a larger 5.7-liter engine, but produces 30 more horses and almost as much torque. Both engines are mated to Chevy's smooth four-speed automatic transmission. New features include a larger sump to reduce heat build-up and a standard gauge for monitoring transmission fluid temperature. Chevy engineers also modernized Suburban under the skin.