These Are the Longest-Lasting Pickup Trucks in America

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These Are the Longest-Lasting Pickup Trucks in America

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In general, cars and light trucks sold in the United States are better built and last longer. The period when cars built by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors were considered inferior to those made in Japan and Germany has passed. Widely followed car owner surveys from researchers J.D. Power and Consumer Reports support this.

One reason this change in public perception of cars and pickups is so important is that the three top-selling vehicles sold in America are the Ford F-150, the Chevy Silverado and the Ram brand, which is sold by Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler). Each is a considerable part of the revenue of the three companies. The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for over four decades.

Durability and quality seem to have extended the life of cars and light trucks. The average number of years an American car has been on the road is nearly 12, and that regularly rises. Some vehicles might be labeled super-durable. These are ones that have been driven over 200,000 miles. Based on research from iSeeCars, only 1.9% of pickups have made it that far.

To create its list of the longest-lasting cars, iSeeCars looked at 11.8 million preowned vehicles sold in 2020. They checked the odometers when they were listed for sale. One notable fact about pickups is their durability. iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer remarked about the results: “On average, pickup trucks are almost twice as likely to reach 200,000 miles with a 1.9 percent average for the segment, which is nearly double the average for all vehicles.”
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The top three manufactured and marketed pickups did not make the top of the list. In fact, the figure of the Ram was below average. The top four spots on the list were pickups from Japanese companies. None of these have annual sales figures close to those of the F-150, Silverado or Ram.

In first place, the Toyota Tundra, 3.7% of which have driven over 200,000 miles. It competes directly with the American sales leaders. It has a base price of $33,825. The Toyota Tacoma, in third place, with 2.8% having driven over 200,000 miles, is slightly smaller, with a base price of $26,250. In second place with 3.4% having reached 200,000 miles is the Honda Ridgeway, the Japanese company’s only pickup model. Its base price is $36,490.

These are the longest-lasting light-duty pickup trucks:

Pickup Cars Over 200k Miles
Toyota Tundra 3.7%
Honda Ridgeline 3.4%
Toyota Tacoma 2.8%
Nissan Titan 2.3%
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2.1%
Ford F-150 2.0%
GMC Sierra 1500 1.8%
Ram Pickup 1500 1.2%
Nissan Frontier 1.1%
Chevrolet Colorado 0.8%
GMC Canyon 0.7%

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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