Potential customers hoping to purchase the 2021 Chevy Silverado HD can only do so if they wish to buy a Crew Cab. GM Authority has learned from sources familiar with go-to-market plans that Chevrolet dealers are not be able to place sold retail orders (SROs) for the pickup truck in the Regular Cab or Double Cab body styles. The situation is expected to continue for the remainder of the 2021 model year.
Prioritizing the 2021 Chevy Silverado HD Crew Cab makes sense given that GM lost two months of production during the United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike in Q3 and Q4 of 2019. Production was affected for another two months earlier this year during the shut down caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. That means that GM lost four months of cumulative production over the last 12, or one-third of the year.
For the entire Silverado range, demand is highest for Crew Cab models, so it is simply good business practice for GM to focus on that cab style now that production is back up to full strength, at the expense of the less popular versions.
The 2021 Chevy Silverado HD Crew Cab has a base MSRP of $40,495 for the 2500 Work Truck (WT) with the standard bed, 6.6L L8T V8 gasoline engine rated at 401 horsepower and 464 pound-feet of torque mated to GM’s heavy duty six-speed automatic transmission with rear-wheel drive. The other available engine is the turbodiesel 6.6L Duramax L5P V8, which is rated at 445 horsepower and 910 pound-feet of torque. It’s mated to a ten-speed “Allison” automatic gearbox.
2021 Chevy Silverado HD Regular Cab
2021 Chevy Silverado HD Double Cab
Trim levels further up the range are, in ascending order of price, Custom, LT, LTZ and High Country. Four-wheel drive is standard on High Country models and an option on all the others. Dual-rear-wheel (DRW / dually) is optional on the 3500HD model. The Crew Cab is also available in Long Bed form, which increases the box length from 82 to 98 inches.
It’s also worth noting that the Silverado HD’s corporate cousin, the Sierra HD, is also facing a similar order and production constraint for the 2021 model year.
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Wow, no regular cabs for the last 18 months of K2XX, regular cabs briefly this year for T1XX, no regular cabs for 2021? Not making commercial fleets happy. I understand the reasoning, but GM shouldn’t cut off commercial customers completely. They probably should drop the extended cab models and just build crew and regular cabs.
Extended (double) cab HDs are Fort wayne builds. Crew and Reg cab HDs are Flint builds. My understanding is no more double cab HD builds at all for rest of 2021, meaning no HDs from Fort Wayne, and Flint will still build Regular Cab Chevy HDs for orders made thru GM fleet and commercial under existing fleet account numbers for 2021MY. I have no info on future availability of GMC reg cab HDs ordered thru dealers, only speculation. Prior to 2020, fluctuating 15 to 20 percent of HD volume was regular cab. There are some new regular cab HD pickup and cab chassis at dealers now, so it may be good for the sole proprietor contractor to get one now or potentially have to wait till winter 2022 for one.
When will we see the 2021 Silverado 2500HD in High Country trim. I ordered one with a $2500 deposit from Bravo Chevrolet back in mid September. As of today all I am being told is that it’s in the order bank. I am smelling BS or a bait and switch by the dealership.
Frank – if it’s a Crew Cab, then the dealer should have been able to have ordered it already. If they haven’t, I would press them and ask for the reason and any further details.
I have the same situation. Order change in September from a 2020 to a 2021 SilveradoHD in High Country Trim. Now January 12, 2021 and no indication from the Dealer when I will receive my 70K truck..???
Hopefully Oshawa coming on line will eventually help the situation. No doubt fleet orders are down and will continue to be for some time.
Again, GM tells us what we HAVE to buy! The poor guy who wants a 3500 Reg Cab 4×4 is screwed, AGAIN. They wonder why Ram and Ford are picking up market share. AND, they have solid front axles. GM has to wake up. If they keep going this way, pretty soon, there won’t be any GM HD on the road. Ram and Ford, will just take over. Sad!!!!
Actually, Ram and Ford are not “picking up market share.” GM has been eating into both of those with the 2020+ HDs. The move to priotize Crew Cabs for 2021 MY is to satisfy the growing retail demand.
I don’t know, Ford radius arm SFA on the Super Duty seems to be constant trouble. ‘Death Wobble’ even on new unmodified trucks, worn components at less than 50,000 miles. Not to mention poor handling, at least in all the examples I have ever driven. Wouldn’t be surprised if Ford goes IFS on the next Super Duty redesign. Wonder what they are spending on warranty.
I do tend to agree about the radius arm problem on the Ford HD. They should never have gone that route. Leaf spring front ends, served them well for ever. Ram also has radius arm style. Both should return to leafs. NOW, if we could just get GM to offer a solid axle front axle. Oh, I can dream!
Leaf spring front ends… what a joke. I still drive one occasionally. 1/4 mile turn radius. Definitely not something consumers want.
That’s because most people today, are late comers to the game. GM and others have done a great job, again, of telling the customer what they want and need. Most guys who have used trucks as trucks, know that IFS is JUNK! You are just one, of the brainwashed millions, who have fallen under, “I need car/truck”. “Nuff said!
Wow, this is very disappointing. Good thing I’m not in need of a truck because if I was in the market now to get what I want I would have to buy a Ford, Ram, or nothing else really. I don’t want a 6.0 when the 6.6 and 7.3 Fords are out there and it’s a hell of a slap in the face to reg cab/ext cab fans like me when there were hardly any reg cabs of this gen built already. Hopefully they’ll have the Allison behind the 6.6 by the time they can build their own trucks. Who would have thought that GM would be incapable of making their best products?
Again, GM wants you to buy what “They” want you to buy. The days of GM leading the way, are over. Unless you think “E” cars, are the only way? GM was always the head of the class when it came to trucks. Not any more. They build what the engineers want them to build. Not what the people want or need. Maybe, if Ram and Ford, keep upping the anti, GM will come around again. WE can only hope!!!!!
Not sure what fort wayne builds It was my understanding 598 flint builds all the 2500 and 3500 trucks currently I may be wrong.
I do know we build all configurations currently single ,double and crew .
We build a ton of high country also not sure what the hold up is there?
As we speak, negotiating to buy an extended/long 2500 (not base model) GMC in MD, and I’m in Maine, as there is zero availability for Chev/GMC 3500 or 2500. Dealers say 90 days up to late spring, and now this article says all year. Got to do what I have to do.
Good Luck!!!!
We have two double cab long box 2500 4WD in SLE trim on the lot in Bangor. Varneybpgdotcom
Looking it up now.
The GM Oshawa plant is undergoing reno to make pickup trucks for the 2022 model year. This could mean July or August production of the 2022 single cab 2500 and 3500 pickups. With the amount of backorders that GM will have for the double cab and single cab HD models by next summer, the Oshawa plant could operate on overtime for at least the first year of production. Another way to operate with more production, is to manufacture for 7 days a week, with each worker getting a choice to work one Saturday or Sunday every month and one day off the same week Monday to Friday. This prevents going to a second shift, and it eliminates a shutdown of that second shift after 2 years if sales take a huge dive. More workers producing more trucks and some workers might even choose to work 3 or 4 days a week. This means lower costs for GM.
FWIW, GMC is not showing any ordering constraints on regular cab Sierra HD’s yet. I was half expecting GMC to drop the commercial versions of the Sierra, Sierra HD, and Savanna, but they seem to still be interested in offering those models. Dealer pressure?
Solid front axles, what a joke!
You are just another brainwashed customer who can’t or won’t buy a truck. A truck to use as a TRUCK. Buy a car next time. One can tell you NEVER used a real truck. GM just loves guys like you.
Pete, your logic has more holes than Swiss cheese.\
Allow me to summarize your argument: even though the thousands who do buy the GM HD trucks are perfectly satisfied with their purchases, you insist that GM is “brainwashing” folks into what kind of truck to buy. Meanwhile, you’re all over the place ranting and raving that people are not buying the kind of truck they should be buying, according to you.
So is it GM that’s doing the brainwashing… or you?
You yourself, are very wrong in your asumption. I’m nearly 75 years old. (That really makes no difference anyway). I’ve been driving 4×4 Chevy trucks, since high school. Almost ALL of them, solid front axles. I haven’t purchsed a new one since 1991. That’s the year GM dropped ALL solid front axle Silverados. My wife on the other hand, has had a few Tahoes. All, with IFS. I turn my own wrenches. I’ve hardly ever had to do any heavy front end work on any of my solid axle trucks. My wife’s Tahoes have, over the years, had numerous front end repairs needed. I still say, GM, is brainwashing the consumers that IFS, rides like car and therefore YOU need it. Take one of the newer GM trucks and put it on a lift. Notice how small the tie rods etc, really are. You would not want to use it as a truck should be meant to do. As far as ranting and raving all over the place. And my wanting people to buy what I want them to buy, is hogwash. I don’t care what ANYBODY else buys. I’m only stating what I have seen and lived. That’s what this forum is for. You are entitled to your opinion, just as I am. We are all aloud Free Speech, in this country. At least for now. Keep on truckin’!
Don’t worry Ford or Ram will be happy to sell you a regular cab since GM can’t figure out how to build trucks.
At a time of very finite production opportunities, GM seems to be strategically choosing to satisfy the more profitable demand. So it’s not about being able to figure it out how to build Regular Cab trucks, but rather sound business decisions, plain and simple.
I ordered a 2021 3500HD 4X4 long bed crew cab in September this year (2020) and would really like to get some kind of idea of when it will be delivered.
I just don’t get it. Had the double cab 2500hd ordered 2 1/2 months ago was told it was in the preliminary stage then got a call saying that the build was put on hold indefinitely. Why wouldn’t they finish orders placed and put future orders on hold. GM is telling me that my money is no good and only those buying crew cabs count. Took me 2 years to decide to buy my first new truck and Chevy was it. Now I am disappointed in GM and looking at my other options.