I understand prices of vehicles are up right now but why are 10+ year old avalanches/ridgelines with 150k+ miles being listed at $20k+? Most are being listed at much higher prices than their SUV and truck counterparts. The EXT prices are even crazier right now.
I'm pretty sure the Avalanche isn't a unibody, it's a Silverado truck frame with a weird half truck, half SUV body on top. The Ridgeline is a unibody, probably because that's Honda's only truck-like product. Silverado and Ford F-Series trucks underpin SUVs and trucks on the same platforms, though that has changed recently.
I'm guessing they are charging so much because they're basically smaller versions of what's popular in the "truck" market. Four full doors and a 5 foot bed. Avalanche has a slightly shorter bed. I don't know why anybody would want that, personally. Trucks were meant to move stuff, not be luxury vehicles. The Ridgeline will last beyond the 150k miles you mentioned, most of the old Avalanches are probably on their last legs in that mileage range.
I know why people would want a short bed. PARALLEL PARKING. In cities the parking spots are not made for longer vehicles. And the Avalanche has a full 8 foot bed if you remove the handy divider between the bed and the back seat. It's the best of both worlds. I have a 2008 and I'm a big fan.
A short bed quad cab truck is not shorter than an extended cab six foot bed. The size of the vehicle doesn't really matter for parallel parking if you know how to do it. I parallel park my 19.5 foot Pontiac sedan in downtown with no problem and it's almost the footprint of a truck.
it sure seems so.
and i don't like it.
what was a relatively minor rear impact in a vehicle with a frame now can be a major problem as unibodies are, in my experience, prone to bending in the middle.
Passenger car unibodies are not a recent development. The 1941 Nash "600" was unibody. By 1948 all Hudson production was unibody, by 1949 all Nash. All Chrysler cars except Imperial became unibody in 1960. By that time Ford and GM had unibody models as well. I believe the very first unibody car was the 1921 Lancia.
but why are 10+ year old avalanches/ridgelines with 150k+ miles being listed at $20k+?
Because that’s the current state of the market and sellers (esp. dealers) are trying to squeeze as much money as they can. Hopefully, consumers walk away from this craziness. As long as folks continue to bite and pay up, these prices will persist.
