Full size pickups have gone insane. I always look at buying my pickup, but I can never make it past the lease price. In 2008, I leased a Silverado 2LT 4x4 with V8, 20's, cloth bench, and not much else for $259 per month. I could have bought that truck for $23k GMS after incentives. I still kick myself every day for not pulling the trigger and just buying it. Fast forward to 2017, my 2015 Silverado LTZ that I leased for $329 had an off lease buy of $33k. That is 2 years old and 22k miles on it, and still $10,000 more than a new truck in 2008.
I really think full size truck pricing is a house of cards right now. They give away the leases, but jack up the price so much that people are paying for 2-3 year old trucks more than what trucks used to cost new. Try buying a used truck, and that $33k might even have been a deal for my 2015 - that is the crazy part! As long as gas prices hold down, the bubble shouldn't pop. Good for the Big 3 at least, so I am not complaining. It is crazy though.
-Geoff