$180,000 Wasn’t Enough for This Extreme Chevy Silverado

High Bid Was Far Below The Like-New Truck's Retail Price

General Motors doesn't build a high-speed desert runner like the Ford F-150 Raptor R and Ram 1500 TRX, but with a supercharged V8 and beefy suspension, the Fox Factory Edition package for the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 might be the next best thing. But how much is an extreme off-road Chevrolet truck really worth?

In a recent Bring a Trailer auction, a dealer turned down a $180,000 bid for a Silverado Fox Factory Edition with just 18 miles on the odometer. The seller claimed this was the only one of the 70 trucks made so far in Orange Crush, and that it originally cost $238,106, with the Fox modifications representing $172,000 of that total. What exactly did that buy?

Extensive Modifications

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Fox's Performance Vehicle Development division—which created this truck and other Fox-branded turn-key builds—was certainly throughly. Starting with the powertrain, the 6.2-liter V8 benefits from a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger and Borla performance exhaust, bumping output from the stock 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque to 700 hp and 655 lb-ft of torque.

The 10-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel drive system are similar to the stock Silverado components, but Fox reinforced the front axle and fitted a custom driveshaft and full-width, semi-float Dana 60 rear axle with an ARB locker. Attached to those axles are 17-inch Method race wheels with 37-inch BFGoodrich K02 all-terrain tires.

Fox 3.2 LiveValve semi-active coilovers can be adjusted with the press of a button from inside the cab. They're paired with a Brenthel Industries long-travel Baja Kit that replaces the rear leaf springs with a multilink arrangement. When it unveiled the Factor Edition, Fox said it offered usable suspension travel (measured by the wheel's arc, not the damper's extension) of 14.5 inches on front and 15.5 inches in back—more than the longest-travel options for the Raptor and TRX.

Unsubtle Visuals

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The suspension changes and wheel-and-tire fitment widen the track by six inches compared to a stock Silverado, with carbon-fiber body panels ensuring the wheels stay within the fenders. There's a carbon-fiber hood as well, plus "pre-runner" bumpers, LED off-road lights, and a chase rack with two spare tires that eats up most of the bed space. Power running boards—a factory option on some Silverado models—provide access to the cab.

Inside, black-and-gray leather upholstery with orange accents set this truck apart from a stock Silverado, as does carbon-fiber trim. Most of the factory-installed creature comforts appear to have been preserved, though, including a 360-degree camera system and Bose stereo.

Even with all of these features, and factoring in rarity, the truck's claimed MSRP of $238,106 is about twice the base price of a V8-powered Ford F-150 Raptor R today, or the cost of the final-edition TRX in that truck's final model year (the TRX is expected to make a comeback). So it's hard to justify even at the lower $180,000 price rejected by the selling dealer.