fiat vs Cummings diesel

ShinerBock wrote:

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.

This is exactly what I was trying to say. Ram truck sales are more heavily biased towards heavy duty models versus light duty models compared to Ford or GM. I'd be curious to know what percentage of of Super Duty trucks have the Powerstroke versus the gas motor. As I mentioned, in the Ram HD trucks it's 85% diesel.