April Sales numbers

[45Ricochet]

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[Dadoffourgirls]

MM49 wrote:

The Chevy sales increase is due to increased incentives up to 16.4%. The highest in the industry.

Yahoo News "The company also saw a $200 million drop in operating earnings as it was forced to offer pricing deals on its current large truck line ahead of the launch of the new models"
mm49

Gotta love internet news. I suggest that you dig deeper into other sources.

DETROIT—General Motors Co.'s GM +3.15%first-quarter profit fell a less-than-expected 11% as a result of a weaker performance in North America, where the largest U.S. auto maker is spending heavily to launch new pickup trucks, continuing losses overseas and the impact of currency turbulence in South America.

Wall Street had expected a bigger earnings decline, and GM shares were up 4.5% at $31.54 in midday trading on Thursday in New York.

[Cummins12V98]

MM49 wrote:
The Fuel mileage is gerat 18.3 to 18.7 on winter fuel.
MM49

Nice!

I don't like the little antenna on the front of the roof tho!

[MM49]

The Fuel mileage is gerat 18.3 to 18.7 on winter fuel.
MM49

[45Ricochet]

Hey MM49
Hows that 2013 MY Ram Cummins running on DEF you bought back in February doing?
Haven't heard any reports on them yet :W

[MM49]

Fast Mopar wrote:

travelnutz wrote:
Ram up 48% for the one month (April 2013) only but only 23% for the YTD vs 2012. Chevrolet Silverado alone is up 23.5% for the same YTD sales.

It takes a lot less numbers of actual truck sales to increase 23% having 109,003 total sold than having a 23% increase with 156,044 total sold. Like approx only 65% of an actually sold number of trucks or 1.5 to 1 required to equal. Use the math you learned in school and don't be misled.

Wow, what a great way to take good news and turn it into bad news. As a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks, I learned that a 23% YTD increase is better than a 23% YTD decrease. That's the math I learned in school.

The Chevy sales increase is due to increased incentives up to 16.4%. The highest in the industry.

Yahoo News "The company also saw a $200 million drop in operating earnings as it was forced to offer pricing deals on its current large truck line ahead of the launch of the new models"
mm49

[45Ricochet]

MARK VANDERBENT wrote:
Wow GM hangs close with its trucks even though many are waiting to buy the all new 14s!! Cant wait till they hit showrooms !

LOL
Ram still waiting for the 2013's. Don't think to many are in that number.

[MARK_VANDERBENT]

Wow GM hangs close with its trucks even though many are waiting to buy the all new 14s!! Cant wait till they hit showrooms !

[ricatic]

Looks like somebody mixed some more Blue Koolaid...

Regards

[Bionic_Man]

Looks like the delay in production didn't hurt the RAM HD.

[Fast_Mopar]

travelnutz wrote:
Ram up 48% for the one month (April 2013) only but only 23% for the YTD vs 2012. Chevrolet Silverado alone is up 23.5% for the same YTD sales.

It takes a lot less numbers of actual truck sales to increase 23% having 109,003 total sold than having a 23% increase with 156,044 total sold. Like approx only 65% of an actually sold number of trucks or 1.5 to 1 required to equal. Use the math you learned in school and don't be misled.

Wow, what a great way to take good news and turn it into bad news. As a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks, I learned that a 23% YTD increase is better than a 23% YTD decrease. That's the math I learned in school.

[itguy08]

gmcsmoke wrote:
I see ford's number are down by 151 trucks thanks to ric's hard work.

Assuming those people seriously considered Ford in the first place. It would be like me saying due to Cummins issues (there are plenty), I'd cross Ram off the list. Yet, Ram was never in the running for me....

[gmcsmoke]

I see ford's number are down by 151 trucks thanks to ric's hard work.

[dennisgt60]

Great April sales results for Ford, GM, Ram! Great trucks all!

[fla-gypsy]

monkey44 wrote:
The other factor that's a little odd in how it tweaks the numbers, the Silverado and Sierra trucks are virtually identical mechanically, and only minimally different in looks, options, and equipment. So, if you add the two, the picture changes and GM gets much closer to Ford in number of trucks sold.

Not sure how much us knowing that figure matters. But it does change the overall success ratio of GM truck sales.

Fixed it for you but it doesn't change anything, yet

#1 Ford 59,030
#2 GM clones 53,603
#3 Ram 31,409

All the others are insignificant numbers, no offense to brand x owners intended

[travelnutz]

Ram up 48% for the one month (April 2013) only but only 23% for the YTD vs 2012. Chevrolet Silverado alone is up 23.5% for the same YTD sales.

It takes a lot less numbers of actual truck sales to increase 23% having 109,003 total sold than having a 23% increase with 156,044 total sold. Like approx only 65% of an actually sold number of trucks or 1.5 to 1 required to equal. Use the math you learned in school and don't be misled.

I'm just happy to see all the increases in sales over 2012 of the presently in production trucks as that's what's important. Nissan offerings are the one actual sour note!