GM trucks close gap on ford, almost double ram !!

45Ricochet wrote:

ib516 wrote:

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With Chevy at 197,000 and RAM at 170,000, and Chevy falling 1% and RAM gaining 21% YTD, it's only a matter of time before Chevy falls to #3 in YTD sales.

Don't mix in facts on this forum, I believe it's not allowed :B
Dream weaver comes to mind here Mark, ahhh the seventies had some great music. Was it a Gary Weaver song or GM Ad?

Yes, all the above!

Will the V-8 cummins on a foreign truck hurt ram sales? Everybody knows a V-8 diesel can't do the job but a V-6 diesel can. Just being silly so don't get any feelings hurt.

chevman

Lessmore wrote:

parkersdad wrote:
Doesn't matter to me. I drove them all and in my opinion (the only one that counts) Ram has the best fit and finish and is the nicest inside and out. Plus the fact that the Chevy's are just horribly ugly in my opinion.

I agree with you regarding the Dodge. Think it's the best looking. But GM to me is second in looks.

The current Ford looks like it was designed by Tonka. I'm not joking. To my eye it looks 'toy' like. Which is a shame, given that this is the same company that designed the stunningly beautiful, Ford GT 40.

I felt that the Ford truck design....just before the '97 'smooth' style was a great looking truck.

Ford compared to Tonka? Great. Tonka is the best, toughest, longest lasting toy truck ever made. Does that mean Ford is the best lonest lasting toughest truck ever made as well?? I recon so.

ib516 wrote:

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With Chevy at 197,000 and RAM at 170,000, and Chevy falling 1% and RAM gaining 21% YTD, it's only a matter of time before Chevy falls to #3 in YTD sales.

Don't mix in facts on this forum, I believe it's not allowed :B
Dream weaver comes to mind here Mark, ahhh the seventies had some great music. Was it a Gary Weaver song or GM Ad?

BB_TX wrote:
Actually if you check the numbers you will find that GM (Chevy/GMC) have a combined year to date sales gain of 1.68%
Ford has a year to date gain of 1.9%.
Ram has a year to date gain of 21.4%.

Year to date
Ford - 305,265
GM twins - 274,945
Ram - 170,711

May sales
Ford - 68,520
GM twins - 64,074
Ram - 37,131

Ford has still outgained the GM twins slightly for the year. Chevy has a net loss of sales for the year to date and is only boosted by the GMC. Ram is soaring and gaining rapidly on both.

For the month of May the GM numbers look good. But not yet the "top seller".

RAM is getting "conquest sales" with growth numbers like that. At the expense of mostly GM.

parkersdad wrote:
Doesn't matter to me. I drove them all and in my opinion (the only one that counts) Ram has the best fit and finish and is the nicest inside and out. Plus the fact that the Chevy's are just horribly ugly in my opinion.

I agree with you regarding the Dodge. Think it's the best looking. But GM to me is second in looks.

The current Ford looks like it was designed by Tonka. I'm not joking. To my eye it looks 'toy' like. Which is a shame, given that this is the same company that designed the stunningly beautiful, Ford GT 40.

I felt that the Ford truck design....just before the '97 'smooth' style was a great looking truck.

buddy at work just bought 14 Silverado yesterday, and had it at work today. Nice truck !! its huge !!

I read an article recently about Ford doing less in the fleet market to improve profits. Fleet sales do not generate much revenue just numbers. Ram is offering bigger incentives to drive sales as is Chevy in the last month or so. Fords F 150 redesign will figure in over the next few months also

Another thing to consider. When you sell half again more trucks that anyone else. You have to really up your sales to gain a percentage point. However. When you sell less than half of what the leader sells. You only have to sell a few more than last year to gain percentage points.

In other words. The less your volume is. The easier it is to gain.

Lets look at the fact, generally speaking, ALL the truck manufactures are selling more rigs than in late 08 to into the early 2010 time frame. Employment is up etc etc.

At the end of the day, drive the rig that fits you ASSet the best, beyond that, ALL of them are better trucks than my first NEW truck back in 81. A 2500 GMC with a whopping 105hp 292 I6, and maybe 275 lb ft of torque. Now the 4.3 V6 from GM, puts out numbers BETTER, yes BETTER than the 4bbl 454 in 81, 195/330 specs or there abouts.

Marty