The Chevy Silverado 2500HD Keeps Getting More Expensive

Another day, another automotive price increase to talk about. This time it’s Chevrolet with its Silverado 2500HD – again. For the fourth time since the truck’s introduction, the automaker is raising prices, though it’s a more modest amount this time. The increases make the Silverado more expensive than its main rival, the Ford F-250 Super Duty.

Rather than complicate matters, Chevy gave the Silverado 2500 a flat $1,000 price increase across the board. That brings the base pricing for a 2500HD regular cab long bed with a 6.6-liter V8 to $41,195 and pushes the top-end High Country trim with a diesel engine to $81,245. This move marks Chevy’s fourth price increase for the 2022 model year since it hit dealers in the summer of 2021, making the 2022 Silverado HD more than $4,000 more expensive than it was when it debuted.

Despite the increase, the 2500HD is only a little more expensive than the Ford F-250, which starts at around $39,700 after destination. To be even fairer to the Chevy, the range-topping F-250 easily crests $90,000 and can extend well past that with options and other configurations.

The Silverado 2500HD is the entry point to Chevrolet’s heavy-duty truck lineup. It’s available with either a 6.6-liter gas engine with 401 horsepower and 464 pound-feet of torque or a 6.6-liter turbodiesel V8 making 445 horsepower and 910 pound-feet of torque. Maximum conventional trailering is 14,500 pounds, and the truck can carry a maximum payload of 3,817 pounds when equipped with the gas engine, and towing climbs to a max of 18,510 pounds with the diesel.

It’s easy to roll on Chevy and GM for consistently increasing prices, but they’re far from the only ones doing it. Tesla has increased the prices of its entire lineup multiple times, including twice in two weeks earlier this year. Prices of raw materials have increased as war and inflation grip the world, and there’s still the looming issue of the microchip shortage that has slowed automotive production almost universally over the last year or so.

That said, trucks of all types have become more expensive in recent years as they become more popular as everyday vehicles. Most pickups, full-size or otherwise, can be optioned with luxury features, high-end finishes, and the latest technologies. Some, like Ford trucks, are available with massaging seats and plush leather upholsteries that rival some luxury brands.