End of an Era: Death of the U.S. Pickup Truck

The Street ^ | 06/10/11 | Frank Byrt

[mountainlion]

Obama wants to take over social engineering to get rid of urban people? How do I get home when it snows O-boama

[liberalh8ter]

Yes, SHE does.

[Zakeet]

I agree with the Libtard who wrote the article. It should be obvious to anyone with half a brain, including you Freepers, that that every farmer, rancher, tradesman and craftsman will quickly trade in their pickup truck for something more practical ... like this ... or a Chevy Volt ... just as soon as Government Motors begins to make them in large quantities.

[taildragger]

Truck sales will boom in 2013 when Obozo is gone!

Yes they will boom under the Palin Administration... One of my "gnomes" noted he is on a next generation design team of a "popular" one and that is all he will say, my guess it will come out during her tenure...... he he....

On a side note, I think next year the Ford Trucks get a Start/Stop feature that shuts the engine off @ stop lights for an 8% fuel economy gain. That is a lot and not adding all the weight and hardware of a full hybird system.

[digger48]

I am driving a 2000 Silverado with over 160K miles on it and won’t buy another one until I can see a change in the national politics.

2003 F-250 w/170,000.

same reason I won't buy now.

[Beagle8U]

And yet there is a waiting list to get a new Ford Explorer SUV. That is hardly a small car. I'd be willing to bet that the Ford F-150 is still the #1 selling vehicle of any kind sold in the USA.

[Paladin2]

I always liked the p/u truck as transformed into a station wagon.

An early example:

[Smokin' Joe]

Our next POTUS needs this for his her Presidential Limo...

(8^D)

[Abin Sur]

While the headline is quite misleading, the fact remains that pickup truck sales have gone from almost 20% fifteen years ago down to 12% this year, with a forecast of 10% for the near future. It would be more accurate to speak of pickups simply being half as popular as they used to be, but that wouldn’t be as sensational a headline.

[Paladin2]

HER Limo? (I always liked that pic of “wretched excess”)

[dainbramaged]

Nice - I like the matte finish paint job.

[lacrew]

I found some May YTD 2011 numbers:

F-Series - 214,000 sales, up 10.6% vs 2010
Silverado - 150,206, up 10.6%
Ram - 90,000, up 30%

etc, etc...only Nissan and Toyota are down, and I bet that’s supply related.

YTD the Volt is around 2,000....ITS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE! Send them more money!

[Squantos]

Ain’t givin up muh truck bump......

[upchuck]

Amen!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I own a Honda Civic, but when the winter weather gets bad, I borrow my mother’s SUV. Hopefully, the state won’t take it when she passes.

[rockrr]

Thanks. These era trucks don’t have inner fenders so every kicked up rock leaves a ping. Periodically I tap them out and rattle-can the finish - good as new!

[Brett66]

It might have been a reprint from 1911?

As long as people need to haul stuff, we will always have pickups.

[Paladin2]

Same finish here.

[hinckley buzzard]

Is this guy counting the F150, or is he talking about bigger trucks. The F150 has been Ford's most reliable profit center for years.

[Dust in the Wind]

If I read this correctly, they are talking only a 2% drop in total sales...but I could be wrong.