Video: 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban Up Close: Smoother Supersize SUVs

Now, what have they changed for '25? Well, come with me. Let's take you through some of the changes. (upbeat music) For '25, they've gotten a little bit of a styling update, mostly just to the front and rear ends. You've got new grills that are commensurate with each different Trim Level. And on this High Country, the top Trim Level for the Suburban, you've also got a new light signature with walk-up animations. Down the side, you've got 24 inch wheels as an option on the RST and High Country Trim Levels. Those are the biggest we've ever seen as standard on a Suburban, but they fill out the wheel wells really quite nicely. Mechanically, the name of the game for 2025 is refinement. They have updated and refined a number of systems throughout the vehicle, mostly to do with ride quality and suspension. You've still got Magnetic Ride Control. You've still got an air suspension on top models, but they've been recalibrated for better control, less head bobbing, a little bit better feel and comfort for passengers. Now on the Z71 model, you still have an off-road model, and this is the one Trim Level, along with the base LT, that is not going to get Super Cruise. Super Cruise is now going to be available on all of the other Trim Levels. That's General Motors' semi-autonomous driving system that lets you go down the highway with taking your hands off of the steering wheel. In terms of powertrains, only one of the three engines is getting an update. The 5.3-liter V8 and optional 6.2 liter V8s are still carrying over, unchanged, with the same horsepower that they had before. The changes come for the three-liter turbo-diesel six-cylinder engine. It now makes 305 horsepower and 395 pounds feet of torque. A 10 speed automatic transmission is also now standard across all Trim Levels and powertrains. So that's good news too. It's inside where the changes to the 2025 Tahoe and Suburban are really more obvious, and they're all right up front here. There's an entirely new dashboard, and it's an inch lower than the outgoing one, which kind of addresses one of the complaints that we had about the old Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban in that you were sitting in front of what felt like a dashboard cliff face, very big, very imposing. Not anymore. It's lower. It's easier to see out of. It's much less imposing and intimidating than it was before. But the best part about is that you've got new screens. This is an 11-inch digital display that's replacing the gauge cluster right behind the steering wheel. And this is a new 17.7-inch diagonal touch-screen multimedia display. But the good thing about it is that not all of the controls have gone touch-sensitive, like we've seen in so many other vehicles. You still have hard buttons for things like the climate control. There's still buttons on the left side as well for things like changing drive modes and four-wheel driving systems. So overall, this is a grand improvement over the previous Tahoe and Suburban, which were already really quite nice. This one is the High Country, the top luxurious Trim Level for the Tahoe and Suburban, and you get things in here like actual, real, genuine wood trim on the back, real perforated leather in the seats, and given how expensive this thing's probably gonna be, I would expect to see these real materials in here. As nice as the new '25 Tahoe and Suburban are, they haven't changed the things that are the reasons you're buying them. The Tahoe could still tow 8,400 pounds. The Suburban can tow 8,200 pounds. You could still carry up to eight people, and they still have a ton of cargo room in the back, and they still do this. (door clicks) The glass opens independently of the hatch. That's a feature that's disappearing on a lot of competitors, but not on the Tahoe and Suburban. The new 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe, and Suburban won't be coming to showrooms anytime soon. The production starts at the end of 2024, so you've got some time before you're gonna see these things showing up in your Chevrolet showroom. We also don't have pricing yet either. That's going to be coming closer to the on-sale date, so we're gonna have to wait for that as well. But when we do get that pricing and when we get a chance to get behind the wheel of these two monster trucks, well, you're gonna see that and more at cars.com. (upbeat music)