The first driving impressions of the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado equipped with the industry's first four-cylinder turbo engine in a full-size pickup are out. The early buzz on the street is that the 2.7-liter engine, rated at a V-8-like 310 hp and 348 pound-feet of torque, is tough enough for the job. Here are some snippets from reviews.

"Passing maneuvers on the highway, and accelerations from stop signs were quick. Chevy claims the truck can do zero to 60 mph in 6.8 seconds, and that sounds plausible.

"The tach shows red at 5,500 rpm, but mash the gas, and the motor will rev even higher, hastily propelling the truck forward with a slight turbo whine and a pretty prominent high-pitched reminder that there's definitely not a V8 under the hood."

— Jalopnik

"With a week's worth of seat time in a 5.3-liter V8-powered Silverado RST still fresh in my head, driving a four-cylinder version through Arizona is both familiar and different. At no time will you mistake the four for an eight, but it still gets my roughly 4,700-pound RST double cab tester up to speed with respectable hustle. Off the line, it pulls nicely, but thrust does taper off as you approach the 6,100-rpm redline."

— CNET

"That mountain of instantly available torque means that there's power everywhere. We've grown accustomed to responsive turbocharged engines, but this is something new, the instant rush of a small-displacement diesel in a gasoline powerplant."

— Automobile

"In truth, the Silverado's 2.7-liter engine doesn't make the case for itself on paper. It makes it behind the wheel. Knowing full well it still has 4,700 pounds of truck to move despite the weight lost during the redesign, Chevy engineers tuned this thing for torque, torque, and more torque."

— Motor Trend