Consumer reports Sucks!
CR is biased to foreign vehicles, no doubt.....Whoever posted that maintenace per individual owner is the key. These are all hi - tech machines now a days. ... Granted, Toyota is known for quality, and you pay for that stereotype, whether you get it or not... Chevy HD truck was 2001 motor trend truck of year, not that it means alot, I'm sure someone will flame this by saying they were paid to do this, but it was a pretty plush field, and these are only opinions... Chevy and Ford have been the kings of Full size trucks, and Dodge makes a pretty decent one out there in the RAM.... I had a jeep grand cherokee and put 200,000 miles, and only had to do minor things like a water pump, struts, etc, ... these are maintenance items, besides that, pretty good truck, that consumer reports bashed....
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the Avalanche is pretty decent, but I am holding out another year, I like the CHevy Silverado/ Fox racing concept truck... go to foxracing.com or chevy.com under trucks.. this truck is all that if they build it... Since GM bought out Hummer, expect to see more aggressive look from the trucks, and that is what the FOX concept chevy has.. but it probably wont come out tho.. I will wait, check out the Avalanche reports and silverados...I must say that the Tundra has come a long way since first intro, it was scoffed for having a wimpy v6 then... From what I have heard, Chevy and Toyota chewed the fat in designing the Tundra V8.... You wont go wrong with either one of the trucks, as long as you do the proper maintenance and can afford either one, the silverado can come in over 30 different variations...