2016 half ton IIHS crash testing small overlap
article and video Surprising difference across the different brands (and cab choice). Interesting material if you are in the market and safety is high on your list.
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patriotgrunt wrote:
FCA's financial issues does not mean their product is junk. Plenty of companies make a great product but operate on thin margins. Ford is currently pushing fleet sales because private sales dropped last month and their inventory is extremely high. If the market goes through another serious recession, all three automakers may be in serious financial risk considering how hard they're pushing SUVs and trucks right now.
Chrysler's products have always been junk. It's what made us bail them out TWICE. Find me one dependability survey that places them anywhere near the bottom. And with this ABYSMAL crash test (even the previous gen Fords and GM's didn't do that bad) and anyone that clues their family's safety would be best to steer well clear.
Ford is speculated to be doing fleet sales - based on 1 WSJ article that has no sources to back up it's claims. And I wonder where those "fleet sales" are - they sure are not renting tons of F150's and Transits at Hertz. GM did it too as did Chrysler.
Funny that Chrysler is the only one dropping their cars and focusing on Trucks and SUV's. GM, Ford, Toyota, Nissan, etc are still building and investing in cars. Only Chrysler is dropping models.
