Truck

Chevrolet Silverado 1500

The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 is a truck with a starting purchase price of $48,000 and an EPA combined rating of 19 MPG. Below is our 0–200,000 mile lifecycle TCO analysis displaying marginal depreciation, maintenance trajectories, and the optimal buy/sell ownership window.

Optimal Buy/Sell Analysis
Marginal cost of each additional 10k miles: shrinking depreciation plus rising maintenance traces the U-curve. The shaded Optimal Ownership Window marks the statistically optimal buy/sell mileage window, net of transaction friction.

If you buy at 50k mi and sell at 200k mi, your true cost is $8,348.32 per 10k mi, transaction friction included.

Results
Details: Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Sticker Price: $48,000

Total Net Cost per 10k mi

$8,348.32

Asset Costs

$3,835.25

Depreciation
$1,404.53
Maintenance
$2,320.73
Exit friction
$109.98

Running Costs

$4,513.07

Financing
$424.17
Opportunity Cost
$273.11
Fuel
$2,315.79
Insurance
$1,500.00
Monthly payment$1,090.89
Total interest paid$6,362.62
Amount financed$46,000