6 Trucks Owners Keep Longer Than the Chevy Silverado
If you’re considering buying a Silverado 1500, you’ll be happy to find out that there’s a higher chance you’ll still be driving it after 15 years than the average Ram, GMC Sierra, or even Ford F-150. In fact, Chevy is one of just three brands with such good odds of seeing high mileage. That said, there are six trucks that owners keep for more years than even a Silverado.
6. Nissan Titan
Vehicle registration data shows that of the Chevy Silverados still on the road after 15 years, 6% are still with their original buyer. That’s a smidge under the light-duty (midsize and half-ton) pickup truck average of 6.3%. The Nissan Titan, however, comes in above the average: 6.7%.
Registration data also shows that the Nissan Titan has a 9.9% chance of making it past 250,000 miles. That falls a bit short of the Silverado 1500’s odds: 12.9%. Heavy-duty Chevrolets (2500 and larger), have an even better shot at hitting ultra high-mileage.
5. Chevrolet Colorado
Midsize truck owners often keep their vehicles longer than half-ton owners. Perhaps this is because the trucks don’t get used and abused as heavily. Or perhaps it’s because the buyers had less money to begin with, and are hesitant to upgrade to a newer model year. But whatever the reason, midsize pickups swept the list of trucks drivers keep the longest.
Chevrolet’s midsize Colorado has a 7% chance of hitting 250,000 miles. Yet of the Colorados still on the road after 15 years, 7.6% are still with driver number one.
4. GMC Canyon
The Colorado’s mechanically identical GMC brother boasts similar statistics. According to registration data, the Canyon has an 8.4% chance of hitting 250,000 miles. Of the Canyons still on the road after 15 years, 7.8% are still with their original buyer.
3. Nissan Frontier
Trucks engineered by Japanese automakers also did well on our list. Some pickup fans are lukewarm on the Mississippi-built Nissan Frontier. But the drivers who take the plunge stick with this midsize.
Of the Nissan Frontiers still around at 15 years old, 8.5% are still with driver one. Registration data also shows the Frontier has a 5% chance of making it to 250,000 miles.
2. Toyota Tundra
Toyota actually swept the list of vehicles that drivers keep for 15 years or more. The overall winners were the Toyota Prius (13.7%), Highlander (12.4%), Tacoma (11.6%), and Sienna (11.5%). The Tundra came in fifth, so it’s not shocking to see it near the top of the trucks list.
The half-ton Toyota Tundra hails from San Antonio, Texas. It has an incredible 30% chance of making it past 250,000 miles. The only truck of any kind that beat that is the Ram 3500 (39.7%). Of the Tundras still on the road after 15 years, 11.3% are still with their original buyer.
1. Toyota Tacoma
The Toyota Tacoma is as much a cult as a truck. So it’s not a shock that owners keep them for a very long time. The Tacoma doesn’t have quite the same chances of hitting ultra high-mileage as the Tundra (25.3% make it to 250,000). But it’s still head-and-shoulders above almost every other vehicle on the planet. In fact, only the Ram 3500, Tundra, and Ford F-450 Super Duty (28.5% chance of seeing 250,000) beat it for longevity.
Of the Tacomas 15 years old or older, 11.6% are still with their first buyer. That’s not a truck, that’s a member of the family.
This analysis of registration data comes courtesy of iSeeCars.
