3 of America’s 10 Longest-Lasting Trucks Are Built in Michigan

3 of America’s 10 Longest-Lasting Trucks Are Built in Michigan

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Michigan has spent generations putting America on wheels, so it feels appropriate that three of the country's ten longest-lasting trucks roll out of Flint with Michigan fingerprints all over them.

Three Michigan-Built Trucks Make the Top 10

According to USA Today's report on an iSeeCars longevity study, the GMC Sierra 2500HD ranks fifth among pickups most likely to reach 250,000 miles, with a 22% chance. The Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD sits eighth at 17.4%, while the Silverado 2500HD ranks tenth at 16%.

Flint Workers Put Michigan Into Every Truck

Bill Pugliano, Getty Images
Bill Pugliano, Getty Images

Flint Assembly recently celebrated building its 16 millionth vehicle, fittingly a Silverado 2500HD. Employees handle thousands of operations across body, paint, trim, chassis, and final assembly.

In other words, these trucks have been touched by so many Michigan hands; chances are there are faint notes of Vernors lingering in them when they roll into dealership lots.

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They are stamped, welded, painted, tested, and sent down the road by Michiganders whose work may still be hauling trailers, plowing snow, or irritating compact-car drivers a quarter-million miles later.

Bill Pugliano, Getty Images
Bill Pugliano, Getty Images

Every truck leaving Flint carries a little piece of the Mitten State: skilled labor, automotive history, and the stubborn refusal to quit just because the odometer has developed a sixth digit.

America’s 10 Longest-Lasting Trucks and Where They’re Built

Michigan didn't merely place three trucks in the Top 10. Michigan built them. Here's a look at the iSeeCars top 10 longest-lasting trucks and where they're built:

  1. Ram 3500
  2. Toyota Tundra
  3. Ford F-450 Super Duty
  4. Toyota Tacoma
  5. GMC Sierra 2500HD
    • General Motors Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan
  6. Ford F-250 Super Duty
  7. Ford F-350 Super Duty
  8. Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD
    • Flint Assembly Plant in Flint, Michigan
    • Oshawa Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada
  9. Ram 2500
  10. Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD
    • General Motors Flint Assembly Plant in Flint, Michigan
    • Oshawa Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada

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