OK I know from the get go this is opening a can of worms but I still have to ask... Since Ford has so many fleet customers, is this the reason they can claim to be number one in truck sales?
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spoon059 wrote:donn0128 wrote:
Guess I need to rephrase this... take out fleet sales and where would Ford sit in truck sales?
Take out the fact that the federal government was STRONGLY encouraged to buy GM products after we, the taxpayers, bought them out and owned a majority share in them for several years... where does GM sit in any vehicles sold?
This thread was obviously a trolling thread. It was only meant to stir the pot. We got the obligatory "McDonalds hamburger" theory too, the one that gets tossed around like its actually relevant.
Lemme explain about the McDonalds hamburger again...
McDonalds does NOT make the best hamburger. They do make the most popular hamburger for around $1. Therefore, amongst equally priced hamburgers, McDonalds is both the BEST and MOST POPULAR hamburger in the world.
Ford, Ram and GM all make comparable products. They are all comparably priced. None of them are a Mercedes, but none of them are a Yugo either. Based upon sales of comparably priced vehicles with comparable features, Ford makes the most popular product.
Definition of "best";
of the most excellent, effective, or desirable type or quality.
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synonyms: finest, greatest, top, foremost, leading, preeminent, premier, prime, first, chief, principal, supreme, of the highest quality, superlative, par excellence, unrivaled, second to none, without equal, nonpareil, unsurpassed, peerless, matchless, unparalleled, unbeaten, unbeatable, optimum, optimal, ultimate, incomparable, ideal, perfect;
Ford trucks are the TOP in sales... FOREMOST in sales... LEADING in sales... FIRST, OF THE HIGHEST, UNRIVALED, SECOND TO NONE...
Point made?
Now, if we are going with the McDonalds hamburger argument then ANY truck can be compared to Ford. I would argue that Volvo is probably better and Freightliner may be the best. Of course a Ford F350 starts around $35K and a Freightliner is closer to $200K.
Go back to bed kids...
Very well said Spoon, as usual.
Nothing more humorous than comparing a 1 dollar hamburger to a 50K purchase. If you make a bad decision on your hamburger, don't worry, you'll have another meal in 4 -8 hours. If you make a bad decision on your truck, it's a bit more difficult (and expensive) to remedy.