Ram 2500 CTD in Africa

RobertRyan wrote:

Shiner Brock wrote:
keep saying, the US truck market is so big that truck makes do not have to sell outside of this market to leverage costs. When half of the worlds trucks are sold in one market, you can make vehicles specific to that market.

Which is rubbish, when the OEM is not making money that cannot keep losing money. Remember GM was too big to fail...but it collapsed

Shiner Brock wrote:
said over 5 million because it has been a while since I looked at the numbers and have not seen updated ones, but I knew it was over 5 million. I did not say exactly 5 million.

Here is the most updated link of the 2018 truck sales.

Worlds best selling pickup 2018

It also has best selling models at the bottom.

Here is the one for 2019, but it is only mid year.

Worlds best selling pickup 2019 1/2 year

Here are the 88 million vehicles for 2019 projected based on the 73 million sold for the first 10 months of 2019. They even state that the 100 million vehicles sold was optimistic and will not be achieved.

Global vehicle sales 2019

Some how your 10million magically disappeared. Cannot see how you get 5 million out of those figures and the 3 million is even more fairy dust. Global Sales were on track for 100 million far cry from 80 million

Shiner Brock wrote:
Emissions devices actually have a lot to do with how long and engines lasts and are the major causes of dealer repairs with many new diesels. The fact that it did not have any where it was located is actually saying something. Also, 350k miles is it B50 life, no

No they do not effect the vehicle, they regulate the emissions. Cummins is still poor, 350,000 miles is pretty ordinary for a 6.7 almost 7 litre Dieel