GM Admits Fudging Payload Ratings

ib516 wrote:
You're not breaking anything to me, I am aware of drivetrain loss. The difference there is no one is lying to make that happen - its physics.

So is weight... every pound you add to a vehicle is one less pound it can carry. If you are smart enough to know about drivetrain loss, you should be smart enough to know that a truck with 1000 lbs worth of upgrades (leather, subwoofer, fancy grill, heavier wheels, bigger tires) will reduce the available payload by the same.

I'm not saying I agree with what they are doing and should continue... I'm saying that the people that are stupid enough to believe commercials as the only research they do before dropping $50K hold the blame. If those commercials and marginally truthful statements didn't work, they wouldn't do it.

Its just like the idiots on here that get rock hard when they find out that Ram just upped its power levels for 2015 and are now the STRONGEST ENGINE!!! Who gives a darn? These stupid power wars and maximum payload wars are just marketing stunts that do very little for the buyers.

As lone as people keep buying based on emotion ("I'll only buy Chevy"... "I'll only buy the truck with the most HP"... etc) then we will see these questionable tactics.