What is the biggest selling pickup?

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09-26-2002, 09:33 PM
Scott_IN_WVa

What is the biggest selling pickup?

Chevrolet or Ford....I say Chevy is...just my guess.
09-26-2002, 10:02 PM
EJB

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

I say Ford, and I think it is by a pretty large margin...I am pretty sure the ford f series have been the number one seller for many years, but then again, I could be making this up [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
09-26-2002, 10:23 PM
Mike_Dumond

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Ford F-150 for the last 30 years or so.
09-26-2002, 11:15 PM
Gatorboy

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Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Perhaps you meant BEST selling pickup. However, if you indeed want biggest selling pickup, what about this Ford F-650 Crew Cab?

http://www.countrybynet.com/attachme...-Ford_F650.jpg
09-26-2002, 11:19 PM
rmorgan

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Hi, Scott. Year to date, at August 2002:

F-series 557,973
Silverado 437,901
Ram 269,395
Ranger 164,873
Sierra 134,307
S-10 110,486
Tacoma 106,425
Dakota 94,910
Tundra 70,169
Avalanche 64,030

So (with bad math allowance, please)--
Ford 722,846
GM 770,545 (including Avalanche--close call)
Dodge 364,305
Toyota 176,594

--Rick
09-27-2002, 03:15 AM
Scott_IN_WVa

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

You answered my question Dave [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
09-27-2002, 03:17 AM
Scott_IN_WVa

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Thanks Rick,
Thats an interesting list.
09-27-2002, 04:40 PM
Argee

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Is the Avalanche considered a pickup? I guess it's in the eyes of the beholder. In my eyes it is the most butt-ugly vehicle I ever saw. I'd beholdin far away from my eye. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
09-27-2002, 05:27 PM
Hondo

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

I second that.
09-27-2002, 06:58 PM
mikim

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

i third it --- and what's the idea behind opening the back and loading something heavy that has an unobstructed flightpath to the back of your head? [img]/forums/images/icons/ooo.gif[/img]
09-27-2002, 08:14 PM
LazyJ_Arabians

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

They should bring back the El Camino and make it a 4-door for that market niche.
09-29-2002, 03:33 AM
rmorgan

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Hey--don't blame me for including the Avalanche!! That's why I said--"close call." It's absolutely plug-ugly, but I guess if you flip everything around it's a pickup truck of sorts. More to the point, I cribbed the whole list from a website that counts the Avalanche, so I felt like I had to put it in--even though it puts GM ahead of my own favorite--my '97 F150 GLT 4x4 off-road extended-cab beauty. <font color="blue"> So, what the heck--I hereby take Avalanche off the list!!! </font color> [img]/forums/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
10-03-2002, 05:04 PM
jwstewar

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

But if you lump the Sierra & the Silverado together since they are the same truck you get 572,208 which still puts it ahead of the Ford [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
10-03-2002, 05:11 PM
Gatorboy

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

It's not an El Camino, but Subaru has a new 4-door car with a rear bed.

Subaru Baja
10-04-2002, 02:31 PM
Pat

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Gee, isn't asking what truck sells the most a bit like asking what animal has the most group compliance and getting an answer like... Lemmings!

We didn't end up with the best personal computer architecture available, we ended up with Intel 8086 family. We didn't end up with the best operating system available. We ended up with Windows. The market place frequently does not select the best technology. VHS is not technically superior to BetaMAx. The IBM style clone personal computer isn't the best that was available. It was the best marketing job/travesty/hoax perpetrated on us. Don't you think it might be a bit that way with vehicles or do you just intrinsically trust the crafters of advertisement campaigns and corporate strategies to have our best interests as their chief motivation? Recall how GM thought it CHEAPER to defend against lawsuits that to move the gas tanks on their trucks to reduce the danger of tank rupture in a side collision? That is illustrative of the consideration the makers have for the buyers. Perhaps a better question is: What style considerations and advertisement campaigns tended to override any logic and sway buyers?

I gotta go, my wife want me to drive her 50-60 miles one way to go test drive a Suburu Baja. I would rather drive 25 miles in the other direction to show her a transformer toy, I mean, Avalanche... I think they are so cute. Like a miniature bull dog, so ugly in the face that they are cute.

Pat
10-04-2002, 04:26 PM
Scott_IN_WVa

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Thanks....you answered my question................. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] duh..........
10-04-2002, 11:25 PM
Bayrat

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

And all this time I thought the Aztec was the ugliest (forgive the spelling, was a guess). I wonder what would happen if you loaded that truck and ran into a rain storm [img]/forums/images/icons/confused.gif[/img] , would it fill the cab and give you ecologically friendly passenger foot [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] cooling system?
10-06-2002, 05:31 PM
robertn

Re: What is the biggest selling pickup?

Funny how the concept is relatively new to the US. The Aussies and others have had utes for years. And, this crewcab big to do in compact and 1/2 tons has been done in other countries. It's just finally getting around to the us here in the US.