Hoovey689

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Who sold the most heavy-duty pickups in 2012?

Domestic manufacturers enjoyed a good year for heavy-duty pickup sales in 2012. PickupTrucks.com has taken a close look at exactly how those sales broke down between each manufacturer and between three-quarter and one-ton pickups. Ford sold some 67,786 F-250 Super Duty models last year with the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD falling just behind at 56,359 units. The Ram 2500 HD came in third at 41,918, while the GMC Sierra 2500 HD earned itself fourth place with 27,616 deliveries. While Ford held onto the top spot in the one-ton market, Ram easily nailed down second place by selling more 3500 HD models last year than General Motors sold Silverado 3500 HD and Sierra 3500 HD trucks combined.

So, did GM manage to sell more trucks than Ford with its two brands? Very nearly. Ford sold a total of 119,338 heavy-duty pickups to GM's 111,555. Ram, meanwhile, moved a distant 77,583. But perhaps more interesting is the diesel take rate in this segment. PickupTrucks.com says 80 percent of all domestic one-ton trucks roll from the dealer lot with a turbo-diesel under the hood.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/26/w...ckuptrucks-co/

Hoovey689

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mmarshall

Nothing new here. Ford has dominated American full-size truck sales for decades, though, of course, it's nice to have the actual latest figures. And Dodge Rams, though still behind Ford and Chevy/GMC, have shown steady improvement for almost 20 years, ever since they made the controversial switch to the big-rig look back in 1994. The chart shows, especially, how popular the one-ton Ram 3500 with the dual-rear-axle and Cummins diesel has become.

blacksc400

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F series rules!

Aron9000

Still don't know why people buy a diesel Ford truck, after many YEARS of them sucking *** with the 6.0, then 6.4 powerstroke motors. I'm guessing its Ford going after the low-bid contractor/government segment that has them leading in volume. I know Ford also has a solid lock on the stripped chassis cab market(ie box vans, ambulances, "church" minibuses, etc, etc, etc), I don't know if they count those models in the total.

I still think GM and Dodge build way better heavy duty trucks. They might not have quite the flash or luxury appointments of a King Ranch Ford, but under the skin the chassis, brakes, supsension, motors, etc are way better IMO.

mmarshall

Have you seen the body and interior of a Ram Longhorn or Limited? If you want bling, they are happy to deliver. Of course, they also cost Ford King Ranch money....it doesn't come cheap.

jadu

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that dodge interior, wow!

Hoovey689

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The new and awesome 6.7L Power Stroke is made in house. Ford cut the ties with Navistar in 2010.

Aron9000

They might be making a decent engine now days, but I wouldn't roll the dice considering how god awful they've screwed it up in the past. The Duramax and the Cummings are both proven workhorses. Really I've never had anything against the Ford trucks themselves, just the powerplants they stuffed under the hood.

Now if I were shopping 1/2 ton pickups, I think Ford does build the best truck on the market right now.

1sWt2GS

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not surprised here.

the only thing im afraid of is the MPG

Kira X

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Ford dominating the list doesn't surprise me at all. The F trucks are everywhere. I sure wouldn't mind having an a black F-150 on 24"s.

Kira X

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Wow! That interior is awesome! I'd love to have one of those.

FrankReynoldsCPA

The 6.4 was a very decent engine in its own right, albeit with low MPG, which all of the big 3 had during those years. The 6.0 was more a problem of lack of knowledge. Most of its problems can be traced to the oil cooler, and nobody picked up on it for years. Fix that and you have a good motor.

Also, anybody who knows diesels know it's CUMMINS. There is no G.

I would never buy any truck but a Ford.

EDIT: As far as proven...the 5.9 cummins was a venerable workhorse. The 6.7 is a POS that eats turbos and s****s head gaskets.