fiat vs Cummings diesel

FishOnOne wrote:

IdaD wrote:


I believe Ram sells a much higher percentage of heavy duty trucks versus half ton trucks than GM or Ford, and 85% of heavy duty Rams are sold with the Cummins engine. So they'd probably sell a lot fewer trucks.

The Cummins is the single biggest reason I'm driving a Ram today. Swap it with either competitor and I'd most likely own that truck instead.

I disagree with ram selling a higher percentage of the HD trucks. The reason why I say that is because cummins just recently hit the 2 million mark ('12) for engines built for dodge since 1988.

I believe he stated that Ram sales a higher percentage of HD trucks versus their half tons in comparison, not a higher percentage of HD trucks in general. I would be willing to wager the same. Judging from midyear sales data and carrying it over for the rest of the year, the Super Duties probably only made up 30-35% of the total 780k F-series trucks sold last year. The Ram HD looks like it made up closer to 40-45% of the total 451k trucks sold by Ram last year. So what he is saying seems to be true going by the midyear data.