Tahoe and Suburban Shortage and What That Means

Where are the Tahoe/Suburbans with the Fancy Technology Features?

One of the popular packages to add to a Tahoe/Suburban is the Luxury Package* (see at the bottom of the page the options included). This can be added to the RST, LT, and Z71 trims. This is a technology-oriented package with lots of features that, unfortunately, given today’s supply chain environment, use a lot of microchips. Because of a massive microchip shortage, the ability to build and order Tahoe/Suburbans with this package has been severely curtailed for the past several months. Additionally, the Premier and High Country come standard with most of the features of the Luxury Package, so the ability to build those likewise has been curtailed. To make matters worse, the vast majority of buyers like the second row to have bucket seats, or captain’s chairs, as opposed to a bench seat. In the RST trim, the second row could not be bucket seats without also have the Luxury Package. As a result, if you have searched our website for new Tahoe/Suburbans over the last few months, you have noticed lots of LT and Z71 trims without Luxury Package but with second-row bucket seats. The good news is that some level of Luxury Package and Premier or High Country ordering has opened up with an improvement in the supply of microchips, but not a lot. That means fewer Tahoe/Suburbans with these tech features. I know our hope is that we will see improvement in the ability to order the tech stuff in the 2022 model year.

So with no luxury package, are these vehicles selling?

They are selling, and that is why you find so little out there to buy. Most are pre-sold before they land at dealerships. These are great vehicles even without the Luxury Package. In a 2020 model year, the luxury package was required to get a push-button start – now it is standard on all models. The ride quality is greatly improved, and some of the special new trim levels have been separated as trims as opposed to option packages in the 2020 model year. The RST trim has great-looking wheels and red stitching on the interior seats. The Z71 has a fantastic-looking front end. This is early August 2021, and over the past few months, we have seen 21 Tahoe prices for used ones with thousands of miles bring significant amounts over MSRP at the auctions. Will 21 Tahoe values continue to hold strong over the next few years as you own them? Can’t say for sure. But in the current environment, our discount of $250 from MSRP delivers good value compared to market values in the wholesale market.

How is availability looking?

You can look at our orders outstanding by clicking this link, and it will provide some details on options available on vehicles we have on order. We do have some Premier, High Country, and Luxury Package RST trim vehicles available if you want those tech options. You can reach out to us to reserve the vehicle for you with a deposit. At the end of the list will be our Suburban and Tahoe vehicles that are built and either on the ground or on the way. While our supply on the ground and in transit is limited, we have tremendous supply to get built at the factory, so be sure to look at those for your needs as well.

We were the 14^th largest retail seller of Tahoe in the United States for Chevy in 2019. Because of our large volume of sales, we get plentiful ordering opportunities. Reach out to us about getting your desired build specifically ordered for you.

*Luxury Package options include: Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning; Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert; Rear Cross Traffic Alert; Front and Rear Park Assist; HD Surround Vision; Rear Pedestrian Alert; Memory settings for the power driver seat, outside mirrors and power tilt and telescoping steering column; Outside heated power-adjustable, power-folding and driver-side auto-dimming mirrors with integrated turn signal indicators; Power tilt and telescopic steering column; Automatic heated steering wheel; Second-row outboard heated seats; Second-row power-release 60/40 split-folding bench seats; Third-row power 60/40 split-folding bench seats

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