General Motors continues to successfully sell down aged inventory of the Chevy Silverado Medium Duty truck.
As of the end of July, 2020 Chevy Silverado Medium Duty inventory across U.S. Chevy dealers was around 1,000 units while 2021 Chevy Silverado Medium Duty was around 2,500 units, GM Authority has learned.
GM Authority last reported on this situation in July of this year, when approximately 1,300 of the 2020 Chevy Silverado MD units were still available while none remained from the 2019 model year.
That was an improvement over June, when approximately 2,000 prior model-year Chevy Silverado MD units were still available, 1,500 of them from the 2020 model year and the remaining 500 from the 2019 model year.
| 2020 Silverado MD | 2021 Silverado MD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| End of July 2021 | 1,000 | 2,500 |
The Silverado MD has been performing spectacularly well in recent months. In Q2 of 2021, sales were up by 79 percent compared with the same period the year prior. And during the first six months of 2020, sales increased 80 percent to 4,912 units.
Chevrolet Silverado Sales Detail - Q2 2021 - USA
| Model | Q2 2021 / Q2 2020 | Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | YTD 2021 / YTD 2020 | YTD 2021 | YTD 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | +34.5% | 164,731 | 122,432 | +9% | 291,322 | 267,166 |
| Silverado LD | +31.1% | 117,275 | 89,465 | +2.8% | 207,980 | 202,390 |
| Silverado HD | +42% | 44,431 | 31,279 | +26.4% | 78,430 | 62,052 |
| Silverado MD | +79.2% | 3,025 | 1,688 | +80.3% | 4,912 | 2,724 |
This has made a small contribution to cumulative Silverado sales, which have improved by nine percent during the first six months of 2021. However, it should be noted that the Chevy Silverado 1500 Light Duty pickup truck on its own is the most popular Chevrolet (and GM) model in the United States, without the help of its Medium Duty and Heavy Duty relatives.
In fact, the Silverado MD family – made up of the 4500HD, 5500HD and 6500HDE – is not a very close relative to the Silverado LD (1500) or Silverado HD (2500HD and 3500HD). Despite its nameplate and the fact that it uses the same cab as the previous-generation, K2-based Silverado HD, it rides on a very different platform that was developed jointly by GM and Navistar.
However, the Silverado Medium Duty’s connection with the other Chevy Silverado models is more evident when considering that it’s powered by the 6.6L V8 L5D turbodiesel Duramax engine. Currently the only engine available for the Silverado MD, the eight-cylinder turbodiesel is closely related to the 6.6L V8 L5P used in the Silverado HD.
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They should be sold out. Looks as if Chevy is not even trying. Local and state governments and contractors who need something a little more durable
I find it simultaneously entertaining and annoying that these companies’ marketing machines insist on calling light trucks “Heavy Duty” when they have a 25 or 35 in their names while sticking with the industry’s tradition of their Medium Duty naming convention for their next larger class of trucks. How silly is it for a Silverado 2500 HD to be a smaller, lighter, less capable truck than a Silverado MD?!
And THAT is the very reason WHY they should NOT have EVER had ALL of their Models named “Silverado”, PERIOD. At one very dark period of time for them, GM actually manufactured up to 4 completely different and NOT EVEN similar “flavors” of the Silverado “Light/Heavy LD – HD” Duty Trucks SOMEWHERE in the world during the exact same Model Year(s) ! What a literal NIGHTMARE for the Service / Parts Departments THAT actually was ! In 2007, there was the GMT400, GMT800, GMT800 MCE3, and the GMT900. ALL distinctly different models with most parts NOT EVEN INTERCHANGEABLE ! However, trying to explain why that is a problem to an alleged Marketing Genius / Guru was / is obviously an impossible task, and hence ere we are today still faced with this dilemna entirely caused by the Advertising / Marketing department !
Because it looks better than fugly newer model, duh
Now that I am building these into pickup trucks with a smooth ride. Sales for me has picked up. The comment about curability is funny. They clearly don’t know the Chevy MD.
Durability not curability. Text auto correct sucks.
“Curability”, yeah that’s Funny Alright !
Call it what it is. A Kodiak.
Or, even better yet – call it by its “Medium” Duty GM “Program” code – GMT560. No mistaking THAT for a “Light Duty LD / Heavy Duty HD GMT900 ! “Sticks & Stones” will actually always Break Our Bones & “Names” will actually always Hurt Us !
I have one of these with an 8 pallet body hauling seafood –so far 100K miles with 0 issues –I mean nothing ( knock on wood)
They need to be available at more dealerships and available with a gasoline engine . It would definitely help sales with some advertising also
It doesn’t look anything different than a 1998 model with different badging, hopefully a little more dependable, and let’s hope they don’t sit around in an airport parking lot for three months waiting for chips before they’re delivered to dealers so that the rotors brake lines and other components start to rust and rot before someone takes delivery and tries to get warranty work!
I tried to buy one of these for my company but ultimately we decided the massive size was a negative compared to the Ford’s “normal truck” size for the GVWR. This is for a plowing application so the maneuverability and visibility is important.
add to these 800-1200 2019 Silverado 4500-6500 still on the ground, brand new, at dealerships. They just no longer count them in the dealer inventory. I guess it makes things look good for the investors. Just between two dealerships I regularly trade with and work with there are over 100 Silverado MD chassis cabs on the ground.
So the 2nd quarter sales are actually over stated by 1,200-1,500 units.
I bought same one 5 months ago, have alot of problems since day one. Unfortunately most of the dealerships in Michigan have no idea how to maintenance that model. I lot of headaches and problems. Not recommended at all.
You poor soul! Lol Ford might have specs better than the Chevy’s/GM but they have far more problems! We had 6 Ford F350s, 2 F550s, and a F250. ALL OF THEM have issues! Wiring issues, heat and a/c issues, oil and trans pans rotting out within 15,000 miles! We’ve decided to do a clean sweap and trade all of our newer Fords in for GM models! Shyt, they gave us $90k just for the two F550s! Can’t wait for the newer GM trucks to arrive this week lol
I kind of wish that the government what about you guys out or help you out I don’t care if your ass goes bankrupt tomorrow I’ll never own another cheap-ass Chevrolet as long as I live again you don’t appreciate the work that you do to him he don’t appreciate your product you don’t stand behind your product and little stupid shut the stuff that goes wrong with them that s*** go wrong with me but you got me stand behind them when everybody buys and then you’ll all get your money then it’s the person’s baby who stuck with it