10 Biggest News Stories of the Month: Ford Maverick, Ranger Shortchange Chevy Trax, Trailblazer
If you pay attention at all to end-of-year auto sales reports, you know that pickup trucks have taken up pretty much permanent residence in the top tier, followed immediately by compact SUVs. Car shoppers appear to need little encouragement to buy these body styles — but inflation being what it is these days, everyone can use a price break. That’s why we’ve taken the liberty of identifying the most modestly priced pickup trucks and SUVs available to help you find the vehicle you want at a price you can afford.
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In Cars.com’s most popular news article of the past month, we round up the 10 cheapest pickup trucks you can buy right now. To give you a better idea of what you can actually expect to pay upon tracking down your truck, our breakdown includes both the base price (ranging from just under $24,000 to just over $38,000) and the median sales price reflected in the inventory of Cars.com dealers (ranging from just under $28,000 to just over $53,000), with a destination charge figured into all prices.
The top 10 cheapest new pickups include specified models of the 2023 Ford Maverick, 2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz, 2022 Chevrolet Colorado, 2023 Toyota Tacoma, 2023 Ford Ranger, 2022 GMC Canyon, 2023 Nissan Frontier, 2022 Ram 1500 Classic, 2023 Ford F-150 and 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.
For the specifics on each of these bargain buys on pickup trucks, follow the link below to our No. 1 news story from the entire month December.
Likewise, we’ve also rounded up the most affordable new SUVs on the market. All of the vehicles making the cut are subcompacts offering (as a prerequisite to consideration) all-wheel drive and an automatic transmission. They range in price from around $23,000 to more than $25,000, including destination as well as any AWD upcharge. And as fuel economy also figures into economy, we’ve also listed each model’s respective EPA-estimated rating, ranging from 27 to 32 mpg combined.
The top 10 cheapest SUVs include specified models of the 2022 Chevrolet Trax, 2023 Hyundai Kona, 2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2022 Ford EcoSport, 2023 Kia Seltos, 2023 Mazda CX-30, 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross, 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, 2023 Honda HR-V and 2023 Volkswagen Taos.
For full details on these SUVs — including their respective destination charges and fuel economy ratings — follow the link below to the No. 3 news story on this month’s countdown.
Beyond all that, we’ve got headlines on the Hyundai Ioniq 5, GMC Sierra 1500, Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Kia EV6, Toyota Prius and much more — so don’t stop reading till the digits double. Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past month:
1. Here Are the 10 Cheapest Pickup Trucks You Can Buy Right Now
2. Used-Car Prices Are Finally Dropping; Here’s What to Expect in 2023
3. Here Are the 10 Cheapest New SUVs You Can Buy Right Now
4. 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Gets More Range, Equipment, $1,500 Price Increase
5. 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4X Review: Beautifully Built for Things It Will Never Do
6. Winter Is Coming: 7 Great Cars for Snow Driving
7. Tesla Offers $7,500 Discount On Model 3, Model Y (But There’s a Catch)
8. 2023 Kia EV6 GT Review: Affordable All-Electric Performance
9. 2023 Toyota Prius Review: Newly Sexy, Still Not Perfect
10. How Well Do Electric Cars Work in Cold Weather?
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