Title: 2008 Chevrolet Suburban (Chevy) Review, Ratings, Specs, Prices, and Photos - The Car Connection
Headings: 2008 Chevrolet Suburban
2008 Chevrolet Suburban
2021
2021
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The 2008 Chevrolet Suburban stands out as being a highly capable and usable full-size sport utility vehicle that drives well.
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Styling
The 2008 Chevrolet Suburban looks big but carries its weight well—and sports two interior looks that will please a wide range of buyers.
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Performance
The 2008 Chevrolet Suburban offers a broad range of V-8 engines with fuel-saving measures, and large, powerful versions can haul nearly 5 tons.
Comfort & Quality
The 2008 Chevrolet Suburban will get you where you need to go in comfort that approaches luxury--unless you're an adult in the back row or the middle front.
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Safety
The 2008 Chevrolet Suburban earns good crash-test scores, though rollover protection is midgrade.
Features
The 2008 Chevrolet Suburban has lots of standard equipment and some luxurious, untrucklike options.
We still enjoy this vehicle after 7 years and 125,000 miles.

Content: base LS, more luxurious LT and the sporty LTZ." As Kelley Blue Book puts it, no matter what the trim, with it body-on-frame construction the 2008 Chevy Suburban is "clearly a truck -- though fancier in appearance than many cargo haulers." Another thing it clearly is: immense. The Suburban has always been large as such utility vehicles go, but this one, at 18.5 feet is a behemoth. However, according to Car and Driver, in 2007 the Suburban "underwent a major redesign...and emerged as a more modern, refined, handsome, and user-friendly truck." Changes to the Suburban noted by Cars.com include single-frame headlamps in place of the old stacked ones, and "wraparound lower pieces with integrated fog lights [to] minimize body gaps." Kelley Blue Book also mentions "tighter body-gap tolerances" and credits those and "a more sleekly-angled windshield" for the Suburban's "improved aerodynamics...while a bulging power-dome hood adds to visceral appeal." This source also mentions the 2008 Chevrolet Suburban's "prominent fenders" and says "the lower fascia displays a skid-plate look to enhance the rugged aura." Regarding the 2008 Chevy Suburban's interior, Car and Driver reports a "handsome design inside";