PacerX

These have to be advertised prices from dealerships.

Here's the most eye-opening one I have seen so far:

Chevrolet K2500 Silverado, crew cab Diesel w/ Allison - $30,000
Honda Ridgerunt, CD, leather, etc... - $29,500

Both at Art Moehn Chevrolet/Honda in Jackson.

The other one that blew my mind was a C1500 Silverado (most likely a stripped work truck) advertised NEW at $12,999.

WHOA! A Full-size pickup advertised at $12,999???? Darn, that's a bargain!

SNEAKY NEIL

Yeah, that's pretty crazy.

I have only seen one Rigeline so far and that was about 2 months ago. I don't know who the hell is going to buy that thing. It will be interesting to see how it does after a number of months of being on sale.

91_z28_4me

Come on guys lets link the two together with an anchor chain and see who is a real truck!

Chevy=

Honda=

Caps94ZODG

but its a Honda above all else...











and its far superior to anything other trucks have, and it has NAWWWSSS

poSSum

I hate to break it to you guys ...

Ridgeline production increase

Caps94ZODG

are people that braindead??

I hope the big 2.5 put this little "toy" truck in its place..
namely the Avalanche..put a side by side comparison..and see who wins..or like you said just a regular silverado..

what about the H3's? think that will compete in the 29K range?heck I will do the marketing..

" Take your pick..the 2005 Chevy [anytruck] that is built in a truck platform..(and have it pulling a trailer full of horses. concrete or whatever)

2005 Ridgeline..a truck built on a minivan platform..( and show soccermoms getting there kids in the minivan and passing is the Ridgeline in a supermarket parking lot.. )

you want a truck. get a truck, you want to think your getting a truck, go where the missus does her shopping.

BigBlueCruiser

For similar prices, I'd take a Ridgeline over a Colorado/Canyon, but that's about it.

falchulk

That's strange. The 1500's I looked at were all well above 30k sticker and the lowest I could get one optioned the way I wanted was 31k. I dont know where in this area you could touch a diesel for 30k.

Z28x

Ridgeline is more inline with the Silverado when it comes to real world actual sale prices. I could have bought an '05 Silverado Crew last fall for $26,500, but I went with the Colorado because I wanted a smaller more city friendly truck.

routesixtysixer

He's not talking sticker, he's talking advertised price. I purchased a brand-new 2004 Silverado last July for $19,000 after all the discounts/rebates. This truck stickered for just under $29,000. Plus I got a $500 Lowe's Gift Card to boot.

BigBlueCruiser

Yup. Down here in Htown, you can basically take $14K off the sticker of any Chevy truck.

There's NO REASON to buy an inferior foreign truck in this market.

PacerX

That's really the point of the exercise bro.

It's time to start comparing transaction prices. Call it our little contribution to GM's future.

Full-on K2500 diesel crew-cab with an Allison is a dead heat with a Japanese pseudo-truck.

Now, methinks I saw a well-equipped Impala advertised at $17,999 and an Accord V6 with leather at $25,000 - but don't quote me, I'm going off of memory. I don't think the Impala had leather, but still, $7,000 difference in what are basically direct competitors is just shocking.

If someone out there thinks they can justify a $7,000 price difference in the Accord, more power to them.

Z284ever

I've always been intrigued by the fact that you can get a 2wd, short bed, Silverado 1500, with 4.8 V8 and 5 speed for under $20K MSRP
For another $95 you can add a suspension package. And for another $100 a 3.73 axle ratio.

RWD, V8 and stick for the price of an econobox.

centric

Now, just make the transaction price the sticker price, and GM has some real ammo for comparison ads on TV and in magazines.

Until then, the BDM (brain-dead masses) will continue to sniff and walk away when they see their first sticker in the dealer.

Chuck!

I agree. By the time someone starts to haggle they've basically decided they're serious about the car, but why not get them to that stage when they first look at the sticker?