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MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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can someone give me a non bias link for who sell the most trucks please that is up to date 2011 year end .

 

 

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2012/01/december-2011-top-10-pickup-truck-sales.html#more

 

 

GM definitely sells more vehicles domestically and globally but Ford sells more pickups in the US (I couldn't find a North American list, sorry). Global pickup sales is a different animal as fullsize trucks as we know them aren't typically sold outside North America.

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NoMoreGM4Me Enthusiast

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I just want to know why everyone is still entertaining this guy. He signs up to a GM Truck forum, with the name nomoreGM4me, bashes what we drive, runs off at the lips about how horrible a product GM makes and you guys sit here and argue with him. I know I'm a neewbie here, but I bleed bowtie red. Always owned Chevy's, converted my whole family over to Chevy, sorry guys but this guy is making my blood boil.

 

Dude I'm sure u drive an Ecoboost, bring that bitch to my area, we'll run a whole series of tests, my truck vs ur truck(if u even own a truck that is) and after I beat you in everything, u can come back on here and use those flapping lips to apologize to my forum brothers for being a dick pickle!

 

 

Really? A stranger on the internet makes your blood boil? Why would you care what a total stranger thinks enough to actually get angry about it? Life is short, try to chill out a bit.

 

whatever buddy, who cares....if i payed as much as you did for a V6 with a little puffer on it it BETTER run a 13 sec qt :nopity: ... the fact is your truck will never be a fire breathing V8. which makes it very hard for most REAL men to like. #2 its a ford. #3 come up where i live, follow my truck around for a year, we will see how well the phrase "ford tough" plays out. i have a buddy that bought a eco-boost. they are plastic flexi-flyers, parts come flyin off prety easy. weak ass bumper, weak ass tail gate...plastic shit alllll over the truck. typical ford plastic rocketship. tranny already shifts like a brick. he already regrets it. quit trying to justify what you bought, fan boy.

the F-series does NOT sell more pickups than GM/Chevy combined. join a ford forum, bash chevies on there, good riddance......V6 ahahahahah

 

 

If you had read my posts, not only would you know I do not own an Ecoboost, you would know that I actually am not a fan of turbo V6's over a NA V8. I even stated if I were buying today, it would be a 5.0 F150.

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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can someone give me a non bias link for who sell the most trucks please that is up to date 2011 year end .

 

 

http://news.pickuptr...sales.html#more

 

 

GM definitely sells more vehicles domestically and globally but Ford sells more pickups in the US (I couldn't find a North American list, sorry). Global pickup sales is a different animal as fullsize trucks as we know them aren't typically sold outside North America.

 

the numbers in the usa repensent what is happening in canada to . much more ford trucks driving around . and when you say more VEHICLES is that trucks or all vehicles. Basically the way i see it how ever markets to China right will sell the most vehicals . pretty soon they will buy more vehicals than all of north america combined easily . thanks for the site mike for the link
Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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People we need to stop feeding this guy or boy, he is having fun pissing people off and just craves attention. I still have yet to see what he drives or if he is even old enought to even drive but iam sure he will come up with some lie what he drives. This is to the mods, what happened to the ignore member setting?

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NoMoreGM4Me

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People we need to stop feeding this guy or boy, he is having fun pissing people off and just craves attention. I still have yet to see what he drives or if he is even old enought to even drive but iam sure he will come up with some lie what he drives. This is to the mods, what happened to the ignore member setting?

 

 

I bet I am not only older than you, but I also have owned far more GM vehicles than you. ;)

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Awww Boo Hoo the Government bailed out GM! Big Deal! Thats about the dumbest reason to not buy a vehicle if I ever heard one! The Government bailed out the banks too. Do you not get a loan from the bank because they were given Government money? I didn't think so. I highly doubt the rest of the morons out there that complain about GM getting bailout money don't either.

 

 

Where did I say the bailouts had anything to do with my refusal to buy GM products?

 

 

 

 

Did I say anything to you?

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

Silverado4x4

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People we need to stop feeding this guy or boy, he is having fun pissing people off and just craves attention. I still have yet to see what he drives or if he is even old enought to even drive but iam sure he will come up with some lie what he drives. This is to the mods, what happened to the ignore member setting?

 

 

I bet I am not only older than you, but I also have owned far more GM vehicles than you. ;)

 

 

Models, Matchbox and Hotwheels dont count. One thing about the internet is that you can be anything and say anything behind a keyboard.

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Models, Matchbox and Hotwheels dont count. One thing about the internet is that you can be anything and say anything behind a keyboard.

 

 

True, just as you can label me as being anyone you want me to be. ;)

00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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Soooooo..."What has GM done new to set its self in the right direction" I do believe is what we are SUPPOSE to be talking about....

 

May we continue please?

NoMoreGM4Me Enthusiast

NoMoreGM4Me

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Soooooo..."What has GM done new to set its self in the right direction" I do believe is what we are SUPPOSE to be talking about....

 

May we continue please?

 

 

Agreed.

 

And the answer is: Nothing!

 

Evidence from a GM plantworker (from GMI):

 

 

GM has some of the most stringent controls you will ever find at ANY manufacturer and hundreds of things to be checked on every car. 99.9% of the time things go as planned.

 

You are dead wrong with that statement. My boss at GM Wentzville will do whatever it takes to keep the line moving. He doesn't give a rats ass about quality.
kal el Enthusiast

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If managment doesn't care about quality so what. He can not force you to make junk or ignore quality checks, he can try but it will not work.

I have never heard a fellow union brother or sister from GM call a supervisor our boss, he is a supervisor.

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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interesting link about quality about vehicals problems per 100 vehicals . read for your self . what are your thoughts http://businesscente...aspx?ID=2011029

 

accourding to the artical chev and gm are below industial average :( and for some reason gm vehicals are pretty bad compared to chevy . probly from the factory that way maybe .
MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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interesting link about quality about vehicals problems per 100 vehicals . read for your self . what are your thoughts http://businesscente...aspx?ID=2011029

 

 

 

My thoughts? Initial quality surveys/rankings are a joke. When I worked at the dealer there were always people coming in with complaints that just derived from their not understanding the technology in the vehicle. Not to mention that a reported issue could be anything from a simple broken switch to a blown engine. I don't know if the reported problems are weighted in terms of seriousness when they calculate the numbers but I do know that none of that info is provided in the results, just "problems per 100 vehicles" or something similar. So say a brand had 112 problems per 100, is that little crap like the broken switch or is there an engine issue?

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