Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · Engine family · 9 offered

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.8L V8

The LR4 is the most common engine code the VIN decodes to on the 4.8L V8 configurations below; hybrid variants of the same displacement carry their own code. We decode it on 100,861 VINs across 150 factory builds, and 803 listings are reported active. The configuration price reference is $9,995.

Cylinders
8
Induction
Naturally aspirated
Fuel
Gasoline · Flex-fuel
Fitted
1999–2013

◷ Updated October 4, 2026 ▤ National asking prices, refreshed nightly

$9,995
Configuration price reference
803
On sale today with the 4.8L 8-cyl
1999–2013
Model years it was fitted
150
Factory configurations
100,861
Silverado 1500 VINs decoded with it

The price reference is the median of configuration medians, not the median of all active cars. Each configuration has equal weight. Configurations with at least 3 priced listings are used when available; otherwise the reference uses the configurations with a recorded price. Model years, mileage and condition vary. Open a model-year report below for its asking prices across all engines.

Where the 4.8L 8-cyl sits in the Silverado 1500 engine lineup

Every engine family this model was sold with, ordered by size. The bar spans the model years recorded for it; the price is a reference across priced configurations, with each configuration weighted equally. Older engines look cheaper because the cars are older — overlapping years alone do not match the vehicles by age, trim, mileage or condition.

Electric
2024–2026
$67,791
605 on sale
2.2L 4-cyl
2006–2007
$20,800
134 on sale
2.7L 4-cyl turbo
2019–2026
$32,475
37,256 on sale
3.0L 6-cyl turbo
2020–2026
$40,357
15,375 on sale
4.3L 6-cyl
1999–2021
$17,495
2,919 on sale
4.8L 8-cyl this page
1999–2013
$9,995
803 on sale
5.3L 8-cyl
1999–2026
$24,725
67,035 on sale
6.0L 8-cyl
1999–2018
$16,990
364 hp · 2,850 on sale
6.2L 8-cyl
2009–2026
$35,202
16,173 on sale

9 engine families, one nameplate. Open the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 price hub to compare them side by side, or to jump into any of the others.

Which Silverado 1500 years got a 4.8L 8-cyl engine

Every model year this engine was fitted to, newest first. The bar is how much of the family's VIN volume sits in that year — long bars are the years this engine was everywhere.

Year Share of VINs VINs On sale Builds
2013 5,842 81 10 2012 5,206 59 10 2011 10,609 135 15 2010 7,048 78 16 2009 6,694 67 19 2008 8,567 78 10 2007 15,324 118 20 2006 7,646 41 10 2005 4,427 24 6 2004 6,371 31 6 2003 8,075 29 6 2002 5,896 26 6
2001 3,621 12 4
2000 3,612 20 6 1999 1,923 4 6

VIN counts come from our decode of the model's build patterns, not from live listings. A year link opens the full Silverado 1500 report for that year — every engine of the model, not just this one.

150 factory configurations with this engine

Each one is a distinct build as the VIN decodes it — trim, body, gearbox and equipment. Open a build sheet for its full spec and the VINs recorded on it.

2013

3 builds

2012

2 builds

2011

1 build

2010

4 builds

2009

1 build

2008

1 build

2007

3 builds

2006

1 build

2005

2 builds

2003

1 build

2002

2 builds

2001

1 build

2000

1 build

1999

1 build

Showing the 24 most-built configurations of 150. Every 2013 Silverado 1500 build →

The 4.8L 8-cyl Silverado 1500: common questions

Which Silverado 1500 years have the 4.8L 8-cyl?

1999–2013, without a break — 15 model years in our VIN decode, across 150 factory configurations and 100,861 VINs.

What does a 4.8L 8-cyl Silverado 1500 cost?

$9,995 is a configuration price reference: the median of configuration medians, with each priced configuration weighted equally. It is not a listing-level median or a valuation of an individual car. The year-by-year ladder shows VIN and inventory counts; its links open model-year price reports covering all engines.

What is the engine code, and does it matter?

LR4 — the code the VIN decodes to on the configurations on this page. It matters when you order parts or read a service history: the same displacement badge on another model can be a different code with different outputs.

4.8L 8-cyl Silverado 1500 on the market

Individual vehicles carrying this engine, each with its own listing-history page. The sample is pinned to fixed VIN buckets, so it does not reshuffle day to day.