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jimlam56
09-01-2006, 04:29 PM
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michael ward
09-01-2006, 10:46 PM
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jgc61sr2002
09-02-2006, 09:02 AM
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Marauder2005
09-02-2006, 03:16 PM
More 'Great' news for Ford :shake: :(
Bluerauder
09-02-2006, 04:23 PM
Hope this works:
I find this to be the most surprising and disturbing news ... the Ford F-series has been the best selling truck out there for about the past 20 years. Are people shifting to cars or buying Pick-Ups from Toyota, Nissan and Honda?? :dunno:
Sales of the F-Series truck, America's most popular vehicle, dropped 15 percent in August when compared with August of 2005, which the company said was a record month.
Ford sold 76,804 of the trucks, compared with 90,388 in August of last year. Still, August was the second-best sales month for the F-Series this year, the company said.
HwyCruiser
09-02-2006, 04:28 PM
Employee pricing and 72mo @ 0% ... hmmm sales went up last month. Duh. More importantly, did they make any money at it?
Meteorite
09-02-2006, 06:03 PM
I find this to be the most surprising and disturbing news ... the Ford F-series has been the best selling truck out there for about the past 20 years. Are people shifting to cars or buying Pick-Ups from Toyota, Nissan and Honda?? :dunno:
The data is out there. F-Series has been dominant in the segment for decades. Although, it is true, each competitor gets a "blip" in sales when introducing a new model, as Ford did when they introduced the P221.
Ford will retain truck leadership with the F-Series, you can count on that. It is just that that whole "pie" will get somewhat smaller.
Bluerauder
09-02-2006, 07:24 PM
The data is out there. F-Series has been dominant in the segment for decades. Although, it is true, each competitor gets a "blip" in sales when introducing a new model, as Ford did when they introduced the P221.
Ford will retain truck leadership with the F-Series, you can count on that. It is just that that whole "pie" will get somewhat smaller.
I don't understand your statements at all. :confused:
Sales of Ford F- series are down 15%. There were about 15,000 less F-Series sold in August 2006 than in August 2005. That is not an insignificant drop. "The whole pie is getting smaller" :rolleyes: Does that mean that truck buyers are shifting to cars or SUVs. Or does it mean that people are keeping their vehicles longer and therefore are not replacing them as frequently.
I like your positive spin on Ford's leadership in the truck segment. But, the numbers would indicate otherwise. Seems there's some corrosion in sales that needs to be acknowledged .... then addressed. I purposely used the term corrosion as a reference to Ford's reputation as a rust bucket in the 1950's. That's why you don't see many Fords from the '50s in car shows. It took them almost 30 years to eliminate that perception. Seems like the rust is back and its in the front office and the marketing departments this time.
Meteorite
09-02-2006, 07:50 PM
I don't understand your statements at all. :confused:
Sales of Ford F- series are down 15%. There were about 15,000 less F-Series sold in August 2006 than in August 2005. That is not an insignificant drop.
Year-over-year statistics like this are notoriously misleading. Things like limited time rebates and 0% financing can pull September sales ahead into August, for instance. August, 2005 was an abnormally high sales month for F-series. A histogram plot of the sales (which I am too lazy to produce) would show the story quite clearly. In fact, it would render many statements in the linked article ludicrous or unnecessary.
"The whole pie is getting smaller" :rolleyes: Does that mean that truck buyers are shifting to cars or SUVs. Or does it mean that people are keeping their vehicles longer and therefore are not replacing them as frequently.
Well, as I'm sure you know, there has been a slow but steady growth in the total vehicles sold each year in the U.S. market for, say, the last 5 or 6 years. So, it is not a matter of fewer vehicles being sold. Just this calendar year, however, there has been a marked slowing of the pickup (and full-size SUV) segment. It is not clear (to me) where all these sales are going. Some are going into the CD338 (Fusion) and its competitors. Some to smaller (B- and C-class) cars. Some are going to FWD-based crossover SUVs. Not to minivans, that much seems certain.
I like your positive spin on Ford's leadership in the truck segment. But, the numbers would indicate otherwise. Seems there's some corrosion in sales that needs to be acknowledged .... then addressed. It is not "spin." I read 3 or 4 articles on this and related topic every morning, and F-series will once again in 2006 be (as it has been for decades) the number one selling vehicle of any type in the U.S. market. That is not going to change anytime soon. The numbers do not indicate otherwise. A histogram plot showing Ford's pickup sales versus everyone else's would clearly show that.
What needs to be acknowledged (and has been) is that the pickup market is shrinking, as a percentage of the total U.S. market. Fewer and fewer people will be buying these vehicles (if the January through July trend of 2006 continues) and then basically using them as cars.
P.S., I have already done a good amount of computer analysis on the next-generation F-Series, and it is going to be a fantastic truck, as far as I can see.
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