Suspension modifications were part of the package as well. Keep in mind this was in the early 2000s, when a Ferrari 360 Modena put 395 horses under your right foot, so 345 was a seriously impressive number. It was bolted to a four-speed automatic transmission and it initially spun the four wheels, though rear-wheel drive was added later in the production run to lower the truck's price. Launched for the 2003 model year, the hot-rodded Silverado lived up to the revered SS nameplate with a 6.0-liter V8 that made 345 horsepower and 380 pound-feet of torque. One remarkably clean example is currently listed on Cars & Bids. It wasn't always that way: in the early 2000s, the muscle truck war was being fought on the pavement, and Chevrolet threw its hat in the ring with the Silverado SS. Chevrolet is sitting on the sidelines while Ford and Ram duke it out in the high-performance desert pickup arena.
