10 Biggest News Stories of the Week: Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado Outpace Polestar 2
With the price of a new pickup truck, according to Cars.com data, cresting the $60,000 mark — a 6% year-over-year spike and some $10,000 more than the average price of a new car — most shoppers in the market for America’s most popular vehicle type are also shopping for a bargain. Well, it’s time to put your pickup probe to bed because we’ve rounded up the 10 most modestly priced trucks you can buy right now in Cars.com’s most popular article of the past week.
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You may be surprised to find that our list of cheap trucks isn’t just packed with pipsqueak pickups like the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz, but all the way up to top-selling Detroit Three half tons and everything in between; prices range from just under $25,000 and go up to a few hundred dollars over $38,000. For full model-by-model details on our list of the 10 cheapest pickup trucks you can buy right now — including specified trim levels, as well as fuel-economy figures that are important to consider in the total cost of ownership — follow the link below to the No. 1 news story on this week’s countdown of most read articles.
In other news, Volvo-owned luxury electric brand Polestar is addressing a type of trepidation that’s now coming to the fore as gas-free vehicles move into the mainstream. Now that “range anxiety” has essentially been vanquished as today’s electric vehicles can go as far as 400 miles on a full charge, next in line is ownership anxiety as more and more car shoppers stand at the precipice of taking the plug-in plunge. The new Flexible Lease program allows lessees to return their Polestar vehicle without early-termination penalty after entering into a 24-month lease provided they’ve made a few lease payments prior to breaking the lease. The catch? Only the Polestar 2 high-riding hatchback is currently available; those who want a Polestar 3 SUV or its Polestar 4 fastback variant will have to wait until around mid-2024 to take delivery. For further details on Polestar’s commitment-phobic-friendly Flexible Lease program, follow the link below to the No. 2 news story of the week.
Beyond that, we’ve got headlines on the Kia Seltos, Ford Mustang, Volvo 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 week:
1. Here Are the 10 Cheapest Pickup Trucks You Can Buy Right Now
2. Polestar Flexible Lease Program Minimizes Commitment
3. Here Are the 10 Cheapest New Cars You Can Buy Right Now
4. Here Are the 10 Cheapest New SUVs You Can Buy Right Now
5. Which Electric Cars Are Still Eligible for the $7,500 Federal Tax Credit?
6. What’s the Best Affordable SUV of 2023?
7. What Are Common Catalytic Converter Problems?
8. 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse Quick Spin: Impressive Capability, Surprising Civility
9. Volvo Announces Prices for Complete 2024 Lineup
10. Electric Cars With the Longest Range
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