Silverado gets new facelift for 2016

[ovrszd]

I tend to buy Ford or Dodge based on the mechanical end more than cosmetics. I wonder if that's the reason most buyers go Ford?? I also wonder what the sales numbers are for Ford versus GM trucks?? Someone reading this thread surely knows that information or where to find it.

With that said, for decades I've thought the GMC trucks are more cosmetically appealing than Chevys. If buying a GM truck I'd never choose the Chevy in any of the models.

 

[crashz]

Fords look wicked. Chevys look like a refrigerator. That's about all there is to it.

If you are talking pre-2015 1/2 tons, then I somewhat agree, that the Ford is better looking, although the GM is not bad. Loved the tough look of the previous body style F150. The new aluminum bodies are toned down, lowered and come with smaller weenie tires. Not a fan anymore, though I'd like to see how rust resistant they are in the next 5-7 yrs.

For HD trucks, I still love the looks of the GMs. Especially the GMCs.

I feel that I can be much more objective now that I own both brands and have a 2014 F150 for my company vehicle!

 

[ovrszd]

actually quite the opposite....................Ford continues with its slab side refrigerator box side fenders and ridiculous looking headlights with an eye brow line below the lamp that ends abruptly and on a weird angle......I guess they needed something to not look the same as front end of Toyota , so they threw in the lower eyebrow......

So it must be their mechanical superiority that sells so many Fords??

 

[Patches]

So it must be their mechanical superiority that sells so many Fords??

Surely, you jest!

 

[ovrszd]

Surely, you jest!

Don't see any smiley faces do you?? I'm asking serious technical questions. Why would you suggest Ford's sales numbers are so high??

 

[Patches]

Fleet sales

 

[ovrszd]

Fleet sales

So you are saying GM leads Ford in individual sales?

 

[houstonscott]

The reason Ford out sells Chevrolet is because they are cheaper, and if Dodge continues to undercut them they will eventually outsell Ford. HS

 

[RollingsFarms]

Don't see any smiley faces do you?? I'm asking serious technical questions. Why would you suggest Ford's sales numbers are so high??

Marketing. When you think of trucks, ford stands out in your mind. Take the average Joe that has never owned a truck before, doesn't know half the stuff about them like we do. It's highly likely that the one thing he does know is that Ford is popular and had the best selling truck for years, it's also likely that is where he's going to go shopping first. A lot of people are patriotic and like buying American as much as possible and Ford and Tundra have the most American parts of any of the trucks. You also take a lot of current Ford owners probably went with Ford cause their dad or granddad drove Ford and that's all they know. Me, I'm the opposite, my grandpa was a GMC man and dad was Chevy so that's what I've been driving my whole life besides a few Toyotas here and there.

 

[Sodo]

Why would you suggest Ford's sales numbers are so high??

'Cuz "Fords look Wicked, Chevys look like refrigerators". I'm referring back to 2014 and earlier, also to be fair I'm comparing chevys to a "stylish refrigerator", not run-of-the-mill.

PS smiley faces included here

I think I started to like the look of Fords more when the Raptor was created. I still pat myself on the back for walking past them at the dealership. My F150 is still pristine but I shudder to think what it will look like in 10 years. If I had a Raptor I'd have to build a special garage for it. I see more Chevys & Dodges "lifted" with big tires etc though.

I think Fords are more reliable than Chevy or Dodge but don't have any data. I see more of them used as work trucks. Seems that municipalities choose them and I hope reliability is a significant component (for my tax dollar). Can't think of how to find this info on the internet. When I look for info in the internet I'm always thinking "who was paid to create and publish this info, and how much did it cost to place it on page1 of my search"?

When I was looking at new trucks Chevys were quite a bit more expensive than Fords.

With regards to the original post,,,,,I think the 2016 Ford looks too much like the 2016 Silverado (the double decker grille version).