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Apr 28, 2009 | 07:20 PM

#31

flowmotion

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Originally Posted by guionM

Even if gas was $5 per gallon, GMC wouldn't be on the way out. It takes no more money to make a GMC than a Chevrolet. Yet the Jimmy sells for a higher price, and very few wind up in fleets or rentals. You could likely cut GMC's sales in half, and they would still clear a huge amount of money per vehicle.

True for trucks, but once you get into crossovers the GMC's all have unique sheetmetal and it's overlap city with Chevrolet. Also the main rationale behind GMC has always been GM's huge dealer footprint, which is currently being consolidated and slashed.

We'll see, but I'm not convinced GMC will make as much sense in 5 years as it does today.

Apr 28, 2009 | 08:13 PM

#32

super83Z

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Originally Posted by HAZ-Matt

The GM twins do not outsell the F series. The F series has been the best selling vehicle in the world per year for about a zillion years straight. The GM twins are very close behind though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Sierra
Calendar Year Silverado GMC Sierra Total
2001 716,051 210,154 926,205
2002 652,646 202,045 854,691
2003 684,302 196,689 880,991
2004 680,768 213,756 894,524
2005 705,980 229,488 935,468
2006 636,069 210,736 846,805
2007 618,257 208,243 826,500
2008 465,065 168,544 633,609

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series
F-Series
Calendar Year Total American sales
1999 869,001
2000 876,716
2001 823,681
2002 813,701
2003 845,586
2004 939,511
2005 901,463
2006 796,039
2007 690,589
2008 515,513

As you can see they almost always sell more combined.

Last edited by super83Z; Apr 28, 2009 at 08:15 PM.