2015 Ford F-150 Supply Constraints Are Still Helping GM - Motley Fool
During 2013, Ford was the clear winner, and it aimed to solidify its dominance of the segment by rolling out a bold new design with lightweight aluminum body panels for the 2015 Ford F-150. However, Ford was already running its factories flat-out... Ford's pickup sales have been held back by supply constraints this year. And with low gas prices keeping truck demand red-hot, General Motors continues to take advantage of the supply constraints for the 2015 Ford F-150. GM won in the first half of 2015. Ford came into the year with low F-Series inventory, and for most... As a result, deliveries of F-Series trucks declined 2. 4% year over year in the first half of 2015. By contrast, combined sales of GM's Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size trucks rose 12. 8% year over year in the first half of the year. That was particularly remarkable because GM also reintroduced its line of midsize pickups -- the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon -- in late 2014. Including those midsize trucks, total GM pickup sales soared nearly 30% year over year in the first... Including the midsize trucks, GM delivered 433,264 pickups, putting it 21% ahead of Ford. Source: www.fool.com
