GM prices the Avalanche
A cool $32.5K will get you the new Chevrolet Avalanche, according to numbers recently revealed by General Motors. The sport utility truck, famous for its rugged (if controversial) looks and utilitarian disposition (is it a truck, or an SUV?), starts off at $32,490 in LS trim, with mid-grade LT spec commanding $33,170 and the full-boat LTZ going for a heady $39,905. Need four-wheel drive? Then figure on the following: the Avalanche LS will run $35,490, the LT will net $36,170, and the top-shelf LTZ rings up at $42,905.
[Sources: TradingMarkets.com and Chevrolet]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Joel A 1:08PM (4/06/2006)
The Avalanche competes against the Sport Trac and Ridgeline, right?
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Paul 1:21PM (4/06/2006)
You guys know I don't usually like GM products, but this SUV will be in my driveway, you can count on that.
I LOVE IT
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Paul 1:23PM (4/06/2006)
a cheaply made large sized copy of the Honda Ridgeline at twice the price. did gm bring its engineers in from the old soviet union.
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Michael Karesh 1:30PM (4/06/2006)
These are very handy vehicles, though the same concept in a midsize truck would also be nice. Somehow Honda, king of innovation, failed to include a midgate in the Ridgeline.
I looked at one back when rebates where high--price without much equipment was in the mid-20s. Lot of truck at that price. Only time will tell where rebates on this one will end up. Rebates are currently low across the entire Chevrolet line, so GM might finally be kicking that habit.
Pricing looks about a grand lower than for the Tahoe. I'll have more precise numbers after I input Avalanche data at http://www.truedelta.com.
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Michael Karesh 1:39PM (4/06/2006)
One Paul, or two?
Since the Avalanche was out a few years earlier, if anyone is copying it's Honda.
I don't have pricing info on the 2007 Avalanche yet, but comparing the Tahoe with the Ridgeline at my site finds a $6,500 difference. If the Avalanche is $1,000 less, then the difference will be about $5,500. Hardly twice as expensive.
For the extra money you get:
1. A larger truck
2. A midgate to expand the bed to twice the size of the Honda's
3. A 320HP V8 instead of a 255HP V6
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west 1:41PM (4/06/2006)
"copy of the Honda Ridgeline" ... The first Avalanche came out several years before the Ridgeline!
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dumb as dirt 1:47PM (4/06/2006)
REALITY CHECK!
$32.5K ain't "cool" for any truck, it's stupid!
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Emperor Hirohito 1:48PM (4/06/2006)
Good to see you again Paul!! I missed you at the Toyota recall thread.
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E. Honda 1:52PM (4/06/2006)
" a cheaply made large sized copy of the Honda Ridgeline at twice the price."
Paul you're a fucking retard.
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phil 2:07PM (4/06/2006)
Emperor Hirohito haha. Plus everyone and their grandmother knows that the Avalanche came out years before the ridgeline.
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ccvt 2:14PM (4/06/2006)
Hey genius, the ridgeline was the copy, a knee jerk reaction by honda to compete in the truck market by converting their minivan-based honda pilot into the ridgeline. Please bring the ridgeline to my job site so everyone can gather around and laugh at its v6 and independent front suspension on a truck. That truck would get torn to peices in one day on the job.
This ownage brought to you by CCVT
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Raj 2:40PM (4/06/2006)
Usually I find Ford and GM design very appealing for old and boring crowd. This one not. It looks attractive. There is actually an improvement when compared to its previous version. Looks are much more clean and polished, tough and sexy. Thumbs up as far as looks go!
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Nate Wesley 2:45PM (4/06/2006)
The Avalanche is a sexy beast, but it'd be sexier (in my eyes) if it approached 20 mpg. I'd love if GM would build a similar vehicle based on the Colorado/Canyon.
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Howard Kerr 3:13PM (4/06/2006)
I can't remember whether I read it here or on TheCarConnection.com just this morning but the Ridgeline was designed/copied? by former GM engineers. That stupid wing on the newest Honda Civic Si was also added by ex-GM engineers.
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caffee 4:43PM (4/06/2006)
A hell-of-a-lot-more truck than a Honda Ridgeback. I would love to have one.
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Richard Warren 5:46PM (4/06/2006)
Well Paul, I think it was the other way around, Chevy first Honda second.
Yep, missed you at the Toyota recall posting.
How are things at the drive-up window today?
Saw you trying to explain that the new burgers from Japan are great, they've been Asian engineer approved. I just wanted my coffee, but couldn't help hearing you trying to tell the customer that the combo of fish and beef was much better than beef alone.
Her comment, I like what I like.
Hey straighten that hat the next car might be your new Asian boss, he thinks that you might have a future cleaning fish at his Sushi bar.
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Tool 6:16PM (4/06/2006)
Maybe Chevy should do a contest online where consumers can create their own commercials on the Avalanche!!??!!
Naw, that would be a stupid idea because 90% of people would create derogatory remarks
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Beanspants1 7:11PM (4/06/2006)
whoever made it first, be it ford, chevrolet, cadillac, lincoln, or honda, that triangular bit on the bed/end of cab throws off the proportions, and makes it odd (ugly) looking.
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mikesright 7:59PM (4/06/2006)
#9, LOL! #13, the Avalanche does get 20 mpg, pretty impressive when the less-powered POS Carline, I mean Ridgeline gets only 21 with a V6, and you get a big Vortec V8 under the hood. The Avalanche is a better Truck than its competitors, offering better refinement in the interior and the ride quality than its competitors, and has the innovative midgate system, and is very comparible in price, too.
EVERYONE FORGETS THE AVALANCHE WAS FIRST, AND EVEN THE OLD AVALANCHE IS BETTER THAN THAT F#CKING RIDGELINE! WTF!
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Hammer time 11:18PM (4/06/2006)
BOOOORING. Honda Ridgeline wana be.
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