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Originally Posted by Mandalorian
The pickup truck regional preferences is kind of interesting. The far west likes the Ram, the upper midwest is staunchly Silverado, and the rest is F-Series.
Why is that? I'm not a truck guy so I'm uncertain as to why certain models cluster in various regions. There is snow in Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota; however, is the increased severity of storms a reason the Silverado is more popular in the NE? And is the F-Series a better choice in hotter, dryer climates? OTOH, it's not clear as to what the margins are in popularity, and it may be very close amongst models in any given region.
I agree what map was this person looking at to me the F150 is still the most sold vehical in the country.
Fords best selling for 30 something years shtick is, like all other car manufacturer and dealer claims, not exactly truthful.
First all three deceptively report their truck sales by including fleet sales and sales of all models as 1 number. So the F150 F250 F350 and now the F450 all get chalked up as F series sales. So its not easy to tell exactly how much of any 1 model is being sold.
Second while the best selling truck line is technically true the actual truth is a little more complicated. GM reports sales of chevy trucks and gmc trucks separately. If you combine those 2, since they are the same truck made by the same mfr, just wearing different badges, then you would see that over the last 40 years the sales have been very very close. Sometimes GM takes the lead and sometimes Ford. Usually who has the lead has to do with who rolled out updated/upgraded models. GM had a decent lead for many years until about 2009 then after the filing bankruptcy Ford took the lead and as far as I know still hold it.
I was expecting to see more dominance by the Japaneses brands. Good to see that American makes still dominate across most of the map.
You can thank trucks for that, not surprisingly in the heavily manufacturing and ag states. Where cars are concerned, the Japanese still rule by a wide margin.
The only individual state that really surprised me was GMC in Vermont, which would have seemed like a no-brainer for Subaru. But I wasn't expecting such a stark Chevy/Ford divide between the upper Midwest vs. the Plains and the South. I can't even come up with an educated guess as to why that is.
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Originally Posted by Checkered24
Since the profit margins are much higher on trucks than cars, I am not sure the domestics are complaining about dominating in truck sales still...
Unfortunately, their reliance on truck profits makes them particularly vulnerable to changing economic conditions and changing fuel prices.
99.6% of Americans have never heard of the VW up. Half of the remaining .4% hang out here in the City-Data Automotive forum. The entire Volkswagen marque only has a 2% market share in the USA. and the up is not among the models sold here.
To me, the principal message of such "maps" isn't the relative jostling between F-150/Silverado/Ram, but yet more evidence of cultural differences between America's "heartland" and the coasts. The heartland prefers full-size trucks. The coasts prefer sedans. Perhaps the one surprise is that much of the Deep South also prefers sedans.
To me, the principal message of such "maps" isn't the relative jostling between F-150/Silverado/Ram, but yet more evidence of cultural differences between America's "heartland" and the coasts. The heartland prefers full-size trucks. The coasts prefer sedans. Perhaps the one surprise is that much of the Deep South also prefers sedans.
The Deep South still loves their pickups, but the Tundra does bite into the F-150 and Silverado's marketshare a bit more down here. As far as cars are concerned though, Toyota and Hyundai/Kia are the biggest sellers here.
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