The Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickups ran on a tight sub-20 day supply throughout the month of May as lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic and the semiconductor chip shortage continued to take a bite out of General Motors’ production output.
According to data from Cox Automotive, both the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra had less than 20 days’ supply in May. GM has been grappling with production setbacks at its various truck plants in recent months as the semiconductor chip shortage and COVID-19 pandemic hampers output at its pickup plants, which include the Flint Assembly plant in Michigan, Fort Wayne Assembly plant in Indiana and Silao Assembly plant in Mexico. High demand for its full-size trucks has compounded with lower-than-usual production output, as well, further contributing to the tight inventories.
Low vehicle inventories weren’t exclusive to GM last month, with these same factors reducing production output across the industry. According to Cox Automotive, the national average vehicle inventory for all automakers sat 35 days’ supply in April. Chevrolet and GMC had an average supply of 25 days for all models, while Cadillac and Buick ran on slightly higher inventories of 43 days and 58 days, respectively.
“The auto industry entered June with historically low inventories of unsold new vehicles due to continued strong sales and further production disruptions caused mostly by the global computer chip shortage,” Cox Automotive concluded.
GM sold a combined 189,508 units of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra during the first three months of 2021. This placed the two GM trucks second overall on the hotly contested full-size pickup sales race. The Ford F-Series range reported deliveries of 203,797 units to lead the segment, while the Ram pickup range was third at 148,836 deliveries.
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20 is almost 0 day unless you want a T4 engine.
I know people are tired of hearing about all this but is there really any reason not to show the ’22 already?
Agreed. I saw GMC post on Twitter that the 2022’s were supposed to start production in July. I kinda figured we’d have seen a pic of it by now……especially with production supposedly being within the next month. At this point IF that’s true they might as well wait and let us see them at the dealerships.
Read on the other blog post about 22 starting production that one commenter said MY22 training will be 6/17 at one particular dealership. I think later this month now that the Hummer EV press coverage is died down.
Model change is indeed, during the first two weeks of July.
Source?
Per another GM Authority article my2022 production begins July 12th.
HD model change is July, 22 LD doesn’t start production until September
WHEN WILL WE SEE MORE UNITS ARRIVING TO DEALERSHIPS???!!!
Trucks are arriving every day, but most are PRE-sold so they never hit the lot. If you want a GM truck stop in to your local dealer and start the process of a special order or tagging an in-bound unit. It will be a long time before you see a selection of GM trucks sitting on the lot.
Dealers don’t want a big supply anymore. They are making way more money with low inventory.
Yah, it’s time to get rid of that cheap, Crappy interi!or!
For HD models, 1500 models begin w/o 9/20. Question is when will order banks open
If start of regular production is the week of 9/20 my guess would be orders open in August. I’m not sure on that one.
Ordered my extended cab 2500 HD Sierra on September 3, 2020….. getting sick of waiting!
I ordered my 2021 GMC Sierra Elevation on April 1, 2021 and it was delivered at the dealership on May 20, 2021. I did order several different packages for it and different accessories so it was just the way I wanted it. The dealership ordered the truck so that certain things were done at their dealership when the truck arrived (for example they installed the running boards and splash guards) to cut down the delay time it would take to have the factory install them. They told me sometimes a little thing like the running boards could add a month to it.
This was the first time I’ve ever ordered and it’s worth it to get what you want….especially when you have to pay as much as do for a new vehicle.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that those that are still waiting for their trucks get them soon!