Depends what were talking about, cars, trucks, SUV's?

The GENERAL's got my vote:D

I think in trucks and SUVs Ford has the General hands down. Look at the sales numbers Ford generates with one brand name versus the General with two.

If you got rid of the two choices, Chevy and Gmc and had one, they would go over to one side of the gm brand. Last year Chevy and Gmc combined sold more pick ups than Ford.. Suburban and Tahoe, outsold Expedition and Excursion, we have all 4 in the yard, and I truely like them all, we just have had less problems with Gm, and they seem to tow better, more power. Ford looks tougher, but rides and handles for crap. I still like the powerstroke, but the new Duramax is like knight and day, smoother, much quietier, 95 more hp, slight more useable torque, and the smoothest, powerfull Alison tranny that I love. This is why I have switched over to GM vs Ford, both have their good points, but for us less maintence, and ease of hauling 7-12,000 pounds.:D

Jassman, you are absolutely correct on you figures Chevy, GMC vs. Ford. GM has made up alot of ground in the passed two or three years in trucks and SUV's.

RoughStuff, we have them all, and I do feel Ford makes a macho kinda rough n tuff looking truck, but when comparing 3/4 tons, the Ford is lacking in power, ride, interior size, the heighth of the tailgate is 11'' higher, harder to get stuff in as well as stepping into the cab. The pumkins on the 4x4 sits 2" lower, I just dont care for their suspensions. They have been the benchmark for many years and well deserved, Gm just has stepped up to the plate within the last 5 years and I feel is now making a better vehicle across the board. We also have 2000 excursion and expedition, both fine vehicles, but does not compare to our Gmc Yukon XL Denali, in refinement, power, the only diff. is the Excursion is larger but the interior use of space is not all cracked up by the amount of usable cargo and passenger space, the gm is more usable. Again these are my obsorvations, we buy new vehicles personally and for the corp. on a yearly basis, I am not brand loyal and when Ford or Dodge steps up to the plate I will switch over, but right now, to us GM is the clear winner, and has been for a few years.:cool:

If you take a look at the type of trucks that Ford is selling compared to GM to achieve these sale numbers it will surprise you.

Ford pads their sales numbers with low priced, stipped down F-150s. Our locals Ford dealers have lots full of these trucks with nothing more then an Auto, V6, Air and Cassette. That's it, zero. It just goes w/ out saying if your moving trucks for $13,900 that more people with little money are going to buy them.

GM sells a lot more trucks that are equipped. I see this in my accessory business every day.

I say this in reference to the half ton trucks.

Buck
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Jassman, I'm very pleased to hear you are happy with our GM products. Hopefully, we will continue to exceed our customer expectations. Lots of good product in the pipline to be launched in the near future.

Great, I will be looking for a 4 wheel steering 3/4 ton , 4dr in either the 8.1 or Duramax, with Allison, towards end of year. I will be getting rid of probably the 2000 Z-71 and the Ford Expedition and Excursion. What do you do ROUGHSTUFF in the exciting world of Automobiles:D

There is no way I am wading in any deeper on this one:D