When an inventory shortage related to the COVID-19 pandemic first showed up, it reared its head among pickup trucks, the most popular class of new vehicles sold in the country. But what about now? To help inform you what’s out there, we dug through Cars.com’s national inventory, which consists of 18,000-plus dealers and millions of new and used listings, to see which trucks are still available, at what price they’re being listed and how quickly they’re moving from dealer lots.
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The Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Ram 1500 are the most popular half-ton trucks in Cars.com’s new inventory, making up over 80% of listed trucks as of August. (Note: Numbers exclude the Ram 1500 Classic and Silverado 1500 Limited, two prior-generation trucks still built and sold new, as well as the high-performance F-150 Raptor and Ram 1500 TRX.) Between new F-150s, Silverado 1500s and Ram 1500s, each nameplate accounted for 31,000 to 37,000 units in August inventory; as you might expect, that’s down compared to 2020. A year ago, Cars.com dealers had nearly double the number of F-150s compared with the Silverado 1500 or Ram 1500, but Ford has been hit especially hard, giving more parity to the amount of trucks across all three nameplates.
F-150 inventory on Cars.com is down 64% compared to August 2020, while the Silverado 1500 is down 48% and Ram 1500 is down 37% over the same time period. Still, there are more F-150s than other half tons — and within each truck is an interesting story around what trims are, and aren’t, available.
