They should call it the Chevrolet Suberban 2000 HD!

Cool, I always loved the Suburban 2500 and missed my chance to trade in and buy a Suburban with the 454. Then later missed again due to other family needs mostly kids going to college to get an HD. 

I hope they due a full 2500HD package and prep it for an upcoming Duramax Baby v8 Diesel. I still believe that this is a segment that many would jump on if they could buy a diesel Suburban stock from GM.

This also makes me wonder what the current GM Diesel Family looks like today and possibly into the Future. I know this was talked about in 2010.

Maybe it will just be called Suburban 2500 rather than 2500 HD if it's truly not on the HD platform?

Roger makes the distinction I would call most likely here. Assuming that the 8 lug prototype indicates production trim for this Suburban, and only the 5.3 as motivation, 2500 minus the HD suffix feels just about right. Not offering the 6.0 (or the Duramax for that matter), strikes me as typical GM hedging. Not very smart, but par for the course. With that said, this will plug a gaping hole in the lineup. People TOW with Suburbans, often that is why the purchase is made over other alternatives. So we really need to see the towing ratings for this new offering to know what we have here.

Cool, I always loved the Suburban 2500 and missed my chance to trade in and buy a Suburban with the 454. Then later missed again due to other family needs mostly kids going to college to get an HD. 

 

I hope they due a full 2500HD package and prep it for an upcoming Duramax Baby v8 Diesel. I still believe that this is a segment that many would jump on if they could buy a diesel Suburban stock from GM.

 

 

This also makes me wonder what the current GM Diesel Family looks like today and possibly into the Future. I know this was talked about in 2010.

 

That is an old old picture over there

Hope they bring back the suburban 2500 with a new improved 8.1 or a 8.2 I have a 2001 suburban 2500 with a 8.1 and love it I have 170000 miles on it and still going strong and looking for a new one

Wish they would bring back the 2500 4x4 suburban with a new and improved 8.1or 8.2 I have a 2001 with a 8.1 with 170000_miles on it and love it look for a new suburban 2500 to haul my 32 ft trailer and grandkids

I'm on my 2nd 2500 (01 and 11) and sure hope they reintroduce something similar soon. There is nothing else on the market with similar tow capacity and seating. It's my only option with 4 kids and a boat over 8k.

It seems that the 2017 Chevrolet Suburban 3500HD will be offered to police and fire service customers soon: http://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/articles/pt/2016/07/chevrolet-expands-suburban-3500hd-for-police-fire.html?cmpid=EnlApparatusJuly132016&eid=328758714&bid=1462337

As the captain of my station's Fire Police unit, this interests me as I will be tasked with selecting a replacement in 2018 or 2019 for our current traffic utility vehicle, a 2006 Ford F350 Super Duty XL Crew Cab SRW utility body truck.  My lieutenant and I have been talking about going back to a SUV for our next vehicle, though the fire chief has also mentioned he likes vans too.

I take this SUV over a van any day. Better handling and more versatile to me than a van.

I'd prefer to have a crew cab pickup, but costs will dictate what will replace our current truck.  While preparing the budget forecast for vehicle, gear, and other future replacements, the fire chief looked at current state-contract vehicles to get an idea of how much to budget.  Ultimately he determined $45k would be the target for teh budget proposal, and for that amount we could get a crew cab pickup (vs. chasis cab & utility body) or a full-size van, which would keep our equipement and gear covered and locked. I didn't argue too much... timeframe for replacement is 2018 or 2019... but I'd rather have the SUV over a van.