Ram passes Silverado in truck sales

The Journal Gazette ^ | October 3, 2019 | Staff and news services

[2ndDivisionVet]

DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler's Ram pickup unseated General Motors' Chevrolet Silverado as the second-best selling vehicle in the U.S. during the first nine months of the year. With a United Auto Workers strike underway that has shut down GM's pickup production, the Ram likely will beat the Silverado for the full year for the first time, according to auto sales experts.

At the end of September, the Ram had a lead of nearly 52,000 vehicles, according to company sales figures released Wednesday. So far this year, U.S. buyers snapped up 461,115 Rams, an increase of 23% over the same time last year. GM sold 409,316 Silverados during the first nine months, down 3.6% from a year ago. The Allen County GM plant produces some of the Silverado models.

[gop4lyf]

New Silverados are just plain ugly. I have a 2017 and absolutely love it. No way would I trade it for the new style.

[TruthWillWin]

Had more problems with a 1992 GMC 2500 that I bought new than any other vehicle I have ever owned?

[CodeToad]

Wow. Nice improvement for 2020. 29mpg highway.

[Scrambler Bob]

Toyota would do very well to bring back their little no bells or whistles pickups. We’d buy one in a minute.
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I think there will never be any more no bells or whistles.

All vehicles have gone to being a rolling computer.

Add in DOT safety, and the cost for a small pickup would be the same as the large ones.

[Rinnwald]

If you don’t believe me google it, but the base engine in the Silverado starting for the 2019 model is an in-line 4 cylinder gas engine.

310 hp [231 kW] @ 5600 rpm

348 lb-ft of torque [471 Nm] @ 1500 rpm

Paired with a 8-speed automatic transmission

I'm not a Silverado guy, but all engines have improved tremendously. That inline 4 is turbocharged, and you have to start thinking in output, not number of cylinders or displacement.

I have a 1997 Ford Expedition. It's a great vehicle for hauling people, surefooted in the snow and mud, and it just passed 200,000 miles. But with the "big" V-8 available for that year, the modular 5.4 liter, it gets 14 mpg, and puts out:

230 hp [172 kW]

325 lb-ft of torque [441 Nm]

[Vaquero]

Spaztec. The car of choice of Walter White. Say my name. Heisenberg.

[Vaquero]

I bought a 2014 ram big horn. I wanted a 4x4 …what is sometimes called an suv.

The new SUVs all look like bloated ticks. They are geared toward the female market. I miss the Ramchargers, Broncos. Even my original Durango is so much more of a 4x4 utility vehicle than anything out today.

[GBA]

My current and previous 2 trucks are all Toyotas. I gave up on the “Big 3” years ago, especially GM, and I’ve never looked back.

But these days I keep looking at the new Dodge trucks I see in traffic with more and more want and desire. And there are a LOT of them, too!

I really don’t need one, I already have a truck I like, but I kinda like fantasizing about one of those new Dodge trucks.

They do look good ... but ... can I trust a Dodge like it was a Toyota to never give me any problems?

Three Toyota Tacomas since ‘98 and never a repair, just basic maintenance. Oh, what a feeling!

[fredhead]

I’ve come to the conclusion that if one wants a quality vehicle one must go TNH - Toyota, Nissan, Honda. I have a 2007 Titan that I’ve had no issues with. Wife drives a 2009 Civic we bought used. On the other hand, daughter bought a used 2013 Chevy Sonic back in April and the A/C had to be fixed and the water pump replaced, and there are other minor issues.

Again, TNH.