2020 sales
I have not seen this posted, but I have been gone a bit. https://www.dieselforum.org/vehiclesales/u-s-vehicle-sales-dashboard In the US of A, we sold almost 14.5 million vehicles, about 1.5 mi...
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otrfun wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:To a point I agree. I've been very happy with the 6-sp in our Cummins.otrfun wrote:The CUMMINS does not need more gears.
GM HD trucks outsold Ford HD trucks by a huge margin in Q4 2020.
GM (Chevy/GMC) HD trucks 69,500
Ford HD trucks 47,610
Ram HD trucks 35,477
I find it interesting that Ford has been steadily losing marketshare to Ram for a number of years. However, if Ram doesn't get an 8-10 sp tranny bolted to their Cummins soon (not to mention a 100% cab update), I can very easily see this trend reversing.
However, my comment is more about "sales and marketing" than raw performance.
There's a big reason why the Big 3 are in a torque war with their diesels. High torque numbers sell more trucks. Same applies to the number of transmission gears. The average Joe has been led to believe more transmission gears equates to better fuel economy and a smoother, more efficient driving experience---doesn't matter whether it's true or not.
Bottom line, it's much cheaper for Ram to bolt an 10 speed tranny to their Cummins and let the number "10" speak for itself, then spend millions and millions of marketing dollars trying to convince everyone their 6-speed tranny is fine as-is.
Marketing sometimes has nothing to do performance. Sometimes it's all about perception.
Ram didn't need to bump up the torque in their diesel trucks.... But they did!
