The Chevy Express continues its run as a cornerstone of General Motors’ commercial vehicle lineup, entering an amazing 30th model year for 2025. Despite its age and minimal changes over the decades, the Express remains a fleet favorite thanks to its versatility and simple, proven design. That said, those in the market for a new Chevy Express Passenger Van may find their options sharply limited.
As of this writing, only 135 new Express Passenger Vans are available across GM dealerships in the U.S., per information available via Chevrolet’s official inventory search tool. That figure stands in stark contrast to the roughly 4,900 Express Cargo Van units currently available on dealer lots.
A list of the current passenger van inventory breaks down as follows:
- 2024-model-year 2500 Series: 27 units
- 2025-model-year 2500 Series: 19 units
- 2024-model-year 3500 Series: 42 units
- 2025-model-year 3500 Series: 47 units
Summit White (paint code GAZ) is the most common paint option currently available in inventory. Meanwhile, of the four no-cost paint options offered for the 2025 model year (Black paint code GBA; Red Hot, paint code G7C; Silver Ice Metallic, paint code GAN; and Summit White), there are currently zero Passenger Van units available in Red Hot. A small handful (about 12 units) features SEO (Special Equipment Order) paint options, which are only available to fleet customers.
The Chevy Express is sold in three broad configurations: Cargo Van, Passenger Van, and Cutaway. Notably, the Chevy Express has seen zero dealer incentives as of late, as GM Authority has covered in the past.
Under the hood, the 2025 Chevy Express offers two gasoline engine options. The standard spec is the naturally aspirated 4.3L V6 LV1 gasoline engine, which is rated at 276 horsepower and 298 pound-feet of torque. There’s also the optional 6.6L V8 L8T, which delivers 401 horsepower and 464 pound-feet of torque. Both engines connect to the GM eight-speed automatic transmission.
Production of the 2025 Express van takes place at the GM Wentzville Assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, with the Cutaway variant built by Navistar at the Springfield Assembly Plant in Ohio. Production of the 2025 model year began on October 17th.
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This is a money printing machine for GM. I don’t understand why they don’t build more of them. It makes no sense that folks are waiting a year or more to get one when GM probably makes $20k or more per copy. They sell less than 300 Brightdrops per quarter or about 3 per day and they’ve flooded dealers with those but the product contractors actually need and the dealers could quickly sell, GM apparently doesn’t want to build.
They’ve only been producing this thing for 30 years. You think they would know how to up the volume by now.
If GM would build these instead of Bright Drops, everyone would be happy. GM would make money instead of loosing $25K+ per vehicle trying to sell an overpriced EV no one wants. And customers could get the vans they want.
Nothing new, I don’t understand why GM basically refuses to build these vans. They have been almost unavailable for a few years. They have always been in high demand but GM won’t build them. Many customers have moved to other manufacturers. Sad and stupid.
Why doesn’t GM build more? There’s a real story here which is not being reported.
I think you all answered your own question. They aren’t building more of these ICE vans to force you into the EV van you don’t want so they can move those pieces of junk off the lots.
Ms. Barra had it in her head that GMs old tried and true cash cow would be gone by now so she could go on with her electrified utopian world. Thank goodness she had no control over the B52 or we would all be speaking Russian by now.
Pipe Fitter,
I think you have it figured out. GM, and Barra specifically, thinks if they only offer EVs then the public will be forced to buy them. News flash to Mary though: This isn’t 1965. The US doesn’t just buy anything GM comes up with. We’ve long ago moved away from that posture. That’s why the GM that once commanded 60 percent of the US market is now down to around 15.
General Motors needs to build what consumers want, not what Barra in, as you said, her utopian dreams thinks they should want. Last year Ford sold 131,142 Mavericks and GM sold less than 7,500 of their latest truck, the Silverado EV. Is that an apples to oranges comparison? Perhaps but the point is GM has no intention of building a Maverick competitor or more ICE vans that people want to buy and instead thinks if they hype their EVs more and restrict ICE vehicles, the public will eventually accept that they are going to have to go electric.
Could gm lack of interest in building also have to do with corporate fuel economy standards . They rather sell large pickups and suv with larger profit margin ? And future sales vs end of the line vans
None of you have any idea what goes on behind closed doors. Business isn’t just throwing something together. There are logistics that you have no clue of. As for the ev mess, that’s something you can thank tree huggers for and the push by higher powers to make it happen.
President Trump wants these vans in production as of yesterday.
These Vans are an integral part of the American economy and falling short of production is unacceptable.