Chevy is working on a new Silverado that could be the first pickup to sell for $100,000

[jh]

Just my opinion but: it's a truck for Pete's sake!

Article here.

At a time when U.S. automotive sales have begun to decline for only the second time since the Great Recession, demand for pickups — and the prices some die-hard fans will pay for them — has defied gravity.

Manufacturers like General Motors are updating their lineups more frequently than ever, increasing the number of trim packages, powertrain options and creature features, like Apple CarPlay, projected displays and infotainment systems.

That’s kept pickup prices rising at a rapid rate, especially for full-size models like the Chevrolet Silverado. Prices for full-size pickups have increased from an industry average of $32,557 in 2010 to $44,181 in 2018, according to data compiled by research firm J.D. Power and Associates. That rose, again, to $45,260 for the first five months of 2019.

And they’re about to rise again, if Chevy has anything to do with it.

Chevy is just rolling out an all-new version of its heavy-duty Silverado with the new High Country trim package that could become the first U.S. pickup to top $100,000, Chevy truck marketing chief Sandor Piszar said in an interview.

[jdc]

pfft. we are nearly there now -- I added a few accesories to get here, but it starts at $86K. Nieghbor has a F-250 Platinum, starts at $65K, but they have a Limited starting at $80K.

[max]

Down here you start with King Ranch edition...

[Dennis S]

I see used pickups in the paper for $55,000. I would be scared to death to spend that much money on a used vehicle.

[vision63]

max wrote:
Down here you start with King Ranch edition...

The song has ruined me. Now I can't see one of those pickups without thinking about the guy cheating on his girl. Her rage playing out by causing superficial damage to his real girl. His truck.

Well I dug my key into the side of your pretty little souped up 4-wheel drive.
Carved my name into his leather seats.
I took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights.
Slashed a hole in all 4 tires.
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

[hal]

vision63 wrote:
[quote=max]
Down here you start with King Ranch edition...

The song has ruined me. Now I can't see one of those pickups without thinking about the guy cheating on his girl. Her rage playing out by causing superficial damage to his real girl. His truck.

Well I dug my key into the side of your pretty little souped up 4-wheel drive.
Carved my name into his leather seats.
I took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights.
Slashed a hole in all 4 tires.
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.
...now THAT'S country!

[mikebw]

And it will be called the GOLDerado. *bling* *bling*

[testcase]

Every day, OVER 10,000 people turn 65. Even if only 1% try RVing, that’s still a HUGE number, many who will buy a trailer (5th wheel, bumper pull or gooseneck) or a motorhome, based on a Ford E-450 or F-450 (or comparable models from GM or Dodge). A Class 4, MDT (Medium Duty Truck) is often the “entry point” needed to pull / power the BIG RVs that are now common. I was at an RV event this past weekend where an RV builder told us that for years now, Ford has wanted to “kill off” its’ E-450 cab chassis van. Said van is still very much a base platform for many RV builders so, Ford keeps making them (as well as its’ “F” line of pickups). I find it interesting that. Chevy is using the term “Heavy” Duty in that, Federal DOT refers to VERY SPECIFIC GVWRs to classify trucks (and a 450 does NOT make the grade). Ford stopped using “Heavy” Duty years ago and, now uses phrase “Super Duty” ( a Ford F-750 IS a TRUE Heavy Duty Truck by Federal DOT standards). “Standard” C-Class RVs May well make up the lion’s share of motorhomes.

[cbelt3]

Saw a guy at work last year who is a pipeline welder. His 'rig' is a HUGE truck with a 10KW diesel engine welder on the back along with a lot of other hardware. And the truck ?
F550 body with a sleeper cab modification, 4wd (well, 6wd actually), extended bed, custom everything he built up himself. Probably worth in excess of $250K.

A truck is a tool. Except for those wannabe tools who just drive them to look like a cowboy.

[RAMd®d]

...now THAT'S country!

POMTL!


Except for those wannabe tools who just drive them to look like a cowboy.

There's always at least one hater in the crowd, with too much time on their hands worrying about what other people wear, drive, whatever.

Now if you were complaining about guys who hang rubber testicles off the trailer hitch or bumper, you might have had sumpthin'.

I don't drive a truck, don't care for them.

A guy driving around in huge p/u with fancy tires or jacked up, or a 4x4 with huge mud tires, never having loaded plywood or sheet rock, or so much as been down a dirt driveway – just doesn't bother me. It's their preference and their money.

Why do people get so worked up about 'looks'.

Oh, forgot – soccer moms in SUVs. Another scourge that needs to be wiped from the face of the earth.