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john&bet wrote:
Here is my .02$ on reliability. I have owned or driven 5 vehicles that were classified as trucks since '76. I put over 100k on all of them over the years I drove them. Two of said vehicles I did not own, but drove them in the course of my work as an electrician for the company I worked for. One was a Ford and replaced by a Chevy. Drove both for over 10 years and 100k each. Of the other three, one was a foreign model, over 200k, with the others being Dodges. One was traded at 12 years old with 140+k and the other is my current '04.5 truck with 177k+. With this 39 years and 600k+ of experience I would rate their reliability in this order, 1) Dodges, 2) foreign, 3) Ford, 4) Chevy. This is my experience, others may be different.
I would agree, our company has owed many of the trucks you mention and I would say the same although the Ferd's were the early 6.0 versions. The GM's seemed to rust parts annually which was the same for Toyota, although they were the cheapest to run locally with not much of a load.
Rams were the least expensive although some also had some rust damage over the years. A few also had some 48RE tranny problems but they were run pretty hard and heavy most of their lives.
Never had a F series last long enough to rust, but I'm sure they have changed for the better since 2003.- Ford Add 1550 Jobs For F-150 Production
Looks like Ford can't build enough of those 'hotcakes'....... goducks10 wrote:
Here is my .02$ on reliability. I have owned or driven 5 vehicles that were classified as trucks since '76. I put over 100k on all of them over the years I drove them. Two of said vehicles I did not own, but drove them in the course of my work as an electrician for the company I worked for. One was a Ford and replaced by a Chevy. Drove both for over 10 years and 100k each. Of the other three, one was a foreign model, over 200k, with the others being Dodges. One was traded at 12 years old with 140+k and the other is my current '04.5 truck with 177k+. With this 39 years and 600k+ of experience I would rate their reliability in this order, 1) Dodges, 2) foreign, 3) Ford, 4) Chevy. This is my experience, others may be different.john&bet wrote:
I, for one do not care which one is the best selling. JMHO.
x2. I want the most reliable.Dadoffourgirls wrote:
mich800 wrote:
Dadoffourgirls wrote:
The last Model Year for the Colorado was 2012, with the new vehicle being 2015. The sales reported in January 2014 were of this old model, that had stopped production in 2012.
If that is the case I sure hope the 2015 sells better. Doesn't sound to promising if it took that long to sell out a model that people thought would not be made again. If there was demand in this niche I would think that those interested would have snapped them up.
I know that you love to bash GM. Yes, there was still 14 vehicles last January that were delivered. I guess when you have 3000 dealers, some of them are just going to hide them to the very end.
It is amazing how many web MBA's know so much more that these Automotive companies.
I don't know where you feel I love to bash gm. I was the one that stated gm was poised to take over this niche. But if these were all 2012 model year trucks I don't know how you can consider this an acceptable turnover rate.
And my point was maybe this small truck market is not what some seem to think it will be.
Edit. I miss read your post. I thought you said the 2015 sales were all 2012 model trucks. So in light of this I stand by my original statement that the Colorado has a good chance of taking over this segment.mich800 wrote:
Dadoffourgirls wrote:
The last Model Year for the Colorado was 2012, with the new vehicle being 2015. The sales reported in January 2014 were of this old model, that had stopped production in 2012.
If that is the case I sure hope the 2015 sells better. Doesn't sound to promising if it took that long to sell out a model that people thought would not be made again. If there was demand in this niche I would think that those interested would have snapped them up.
I know that you love to bash GM. Yes, there was still 14 vehicles last January that were delivered. I guess when you have 3000 dealers, some of them are just going to hide them to the very end.
It is amazing how many web MBA's know so much more that these Automotive companies.- It was not a very good pickup.
Dadoffourgirls wrote:
The last Model Year for the Colorado was 2012, with the new vehicle being 2015. The sales reported in January 2014 were of this old model, that had stopped production in 2012.
If that is the case I sure hope the 2015 sells better. Doesn't sound to promising if it took that long to sell out a model that people thought would not be made again. If there was demand in this niche I would think that those interested would have snapped them up.- The last Model Year for the Colorado was 2012, with the new vehicle being 2015. The sales reported in January 2014 were of this old model, that had stopped production in 2012.
shum02 wrote:
Ford has the Ranger available and IMHO is light enough on it's feet to introduce the Ranger with very little lead time.
Time will tell. Lots of people including myself loved their Rangers ;). I'd love to see it re-introduced.
My understanding is that the global Ranger is a Unibody. I don't know if that is true, but if it is, it would not really go head to head with the Canyon but actually fill a niche for those that don't even need as much pickup as the Canyon. I also think it would be a good idea for Ford to bring a refreshed Ranger to the market. Gas prices will go up and probably with a vengeance, the market will expand for the smaller pickup in my view.
