Forget those pumpkin spice lattes, now is the season for tasty options and useful updates on the 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. First, the newly optional trick Multi-Flex Tailgate arrives to turn your hard-working Chevy truck into everything from a mobile workspace to a handy seat and step, and useful extension of the cargo bed. Also coming to the 2021 Silverado are features to make towing a little bit easier and safer. After all, Chevy knows rivals like the Ford F-150 and Ram 1500 aren’t standing still while truck sales are red hot and about the only things selling faster than, well, all those pumpkin spice lattes.
Swiss Army Knife Tailgate
Let’s start with the new Multi-Flex Tailgate, a feature that should be familiar to truck shoppers, particularly GMC Sierra 1500 owners. Multi-Flex is the Chevy-badged version of the GMC MultiPro Tailgate, which was introduced on the 2019 Sierra 1500. If you’re a fan of MultiPro, you’ll cheer for the Multi-Flex, too.
That’s because it has the same split-folding design that helps turn it into an extension of the cargo bed, a handy step and an impromptu worktable to lay out laptops or blueprints. It’s also a useful seat for tailgate parties and combined with 12 tie-down points, LED lighting and a 120-volt outlet, it turns the Silverado into a Swiss Army knife of trucks. Unlike MultiPro, which was initially reserved for higher trim levels in the GMC Sierra, the Multi-Flex tailgate will be available across the Silverado 1500 range in early 2021.