Tow Vehicles on "this" list?

Dadoffourgirls wrote:

catfishmontana wrote:
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Why is it misleading? It's then ten worst, not the ten worst compared to the others that aren't as bad. Bottom line is that those are the ten slowest selling automobiles according to their findings.

They tell you it is based on cars.com. How does cars.com know when a vehicle arrives and is sold? Does cars.com publish every new car dealer in North Americas inventory? Or is this based on vehicles at dealers that pay cars.com to list their vehicle? How do they know when it arrived? When the dealer listed? Maybe dealers are putting it online when order is scheduled at plant? Maybe they put it online weeks after arrival.

It is telling a story based on their (cars.com) data that they do not disclose the process for obtaining.

I could make up many things that are not statistically valid. Publish on web. Include Pictures, and tell a factual story.

Dude... give it a rest. GM sold less vehicles for a reason. It's all opinions at this point including mine. :W

Lists, comparisons, polls, "best of's" etc. bring out the politician in us.

If we agree with the conclusion, it's good, hard, factual data to be trusted.

If we don't, it's flawed, used too small a sample size, and wasn't executed properly.

Spin, they call it :W

Reminds me of an old Kevin Nealon joke when he hosted Weekend Update on SNL:

"A recent poll shows that if the election was held today, today would be election day."

catfishmontana wrote:

Ron3rd wrote:
Very misleading list IMO. They list the GM 3500 and 2500 which of course will be slower moving models. Plus, they don't compare them to other brands like Ford, etc, so we can compare. For instance, if they say a 3500 sits for 79 days on the lot, how long does an F350 sit? We don't know because they don't tell us. Maybe the Ford sits 78 days which makes the Chevy a slower seller.

Why is it misleading? It's then ten worst, not the ten worst compared to the others that aren't as bad. Bottom line is that those are the ten slowest selling automobiles according to their findings.

True, but they're slower by how much? How long does an F350 sit on the lot? Is it a big gap or a small gap? We're not given the info. Like I said, maybe an F350 sits on the lot for 78 days, so it's therefore a faster seller than the Chevy! Very misleading.

45Ricochet wrote:

This is very misleading. I would like to know where this data is gathered from and why.

catfishmontana wrote:
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Why is it misleading? It's then ten worst, not the ten worst compared to the others that aren't as bad. Bottom line is that those are the ten slowest selling automobiles according to their findings.

They tell you it is based on cars.com. How does cars.com know when a vehicle arrives and is sold? Does cars.com publish every new car dealer in North Americas inventory? Or is this based on vehicles at dealers that pay cars.com to list their vehicle? How do they know when it arrived? When the dealer listed? Maybe dealers are putting it online when order is scheduled at plant? Maybe they put it online weeks after arrival.

It is telling a story based on their (cars.com) data that they do not disclose the process for obtaining.

I could make up many things that are not statistically valid. Publish on web. Include Pictures, and tell a factual story.

Ron3rd wrote:
Very misleading list IMO. They list the GM 3500 and 2500 which of course will be slower moving models. Plus, they don't compare them to other brands like Ford, etc, so we can compare. For instance, if they say a 3500 sits for 79 days on the lot, how long does an F350 sit? We don't know because they don't tell us. Maybe the Ford sits 78 days which makes the Chevy a slower seller.

Why is it misleading? It's then ten worst, not the ten worst compared to the others that aren't as bad. Bottom line is that those are the ten slowest selling automobiles according to their findings.

Dadoffourgirls wrote:


I wonder if V10SuperDuty knows that it is March 13 already?

I just retired Nov 30 so actually have lost track of time...:W

Thanks for bringing me up to date.

I just posted a link to an article I came across today as I am reading the automotive news while relaxing down in Florida; just like I did when I was still working up in cold Canada.

Don't get upset, just work hard to help your employer gain share.
:B

Very misleading list IMO. They list the GM 3500 and 2500 which of course will be slower moving models. Plus, they don't compare them to other brands like Ford, etc, so we can compare. For instance, if they say a 3500 sits for 79 days on the lot, how long does an F350 sit? We don't know because they don't tell us. Maybe the Ford sits 78 days which makes the Chevy a slower seller.

So this is based on cars.com knowing the time of vehicles at all dealers and their delivery to dealer date and the delivery to ultimate customer date.

So how does cars.com get this data? Is it all dealers, or a sample? A statistical sample of all Dealers?

Also, if you go to the details, this is for the REGULAR CAB models of these trucks.

Also, if dealers keep a larger inventory of vehicles, so that buyers have a better choice, it will impact the average.

Just remember, numbers never lie! Storytellers use numbers to tell "their" story!

I wonder if V10SuperDuty knows that it is March 13 already?