Spamfritter

Not at all. The GMC has regular cab options with vinyl seats just like Chevy and Ford do. GMC is slightly different aesthetically and that's about it. They are produced in the same factories and use almost 100% of the same parts. They are the same truck but are "legally" different and thus end up being sold as two different brands. The fact that GM owns both GMC and Chevy be damned, they are classified as two different trucks.


That slight rebranding has allowed GM to sell far more of them than either version could on their own.

WestsydeGuy

They are different.
Go order lights or grills or dashes or whatever for your chevy and instead say its a gmc and get it at the gmc dealer.
Then try to install it.
Its like trying to bolt lincoln parts onto your f150.
I owned a 2013 chevy.
My buddy had a 2013 gmc.
We live in the same town.
It is 2 different dealerships, different owners, and we parked our trucks beside each other to compare and they were much different.
Heck not even the lights are interchangeable!

bigoldthor

Once production catches up, the F150 will really take off.

Are we sure that all the past years sales records don't lump GMC and Chevy together? Seems odd that the twins should be totaled separately. I was always under the impression that Ford outsold the twins, not just each badge individually.

tsigwing

Funny. I bolted in a guage cluster from a 2005 Silverado SS into my 04 GMC Sierra. Fit perfect, loved the white faced guages (I have a white truck) and the transmission temp guage worked with no issues. I think you may be slightly wrong.

z.l.davis

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I've always seen them counted separately in most sources. Generally together they are a little over or a little under ford. It's almost an even split, then again you can make numbers tell any story you want. Here's a quick google graph that looks about like a previous article I read.

canoepaddler

Don't you mean F-series outsells. Numbers don't distinguish f150 through f750

z.l.davis

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^ that one I've never thought about. I'm not sure if the graph posted reflects that or just a name error.

BooSSted

Nor do they distinguish the GM's 1500-3500

bigoldthor

So if Ford came out with a Lincoln or Mercury (RIP) pickup truck, how much would it cannibalize F150 sales, I wonder?

Conversely, if GMC went away, would most of those buyers automatically move to Chevy? Interesting thought, though I seriously doubt we'll see either of those things happening.

Spamfritter

Ford has had Lincoln Mark LT trucks which simply didn't do well. They were basically uglier versions of the F-150 that cost a lot more. Ford does do some rebranding with the Lincoln Navigator and the Expedition. Though cosmetically these are vastly different than comparing Chevy and GMC trucks. And of course the Lincoln and Expedition do share some components with the F-150.

As for sales numbers it seems clear that the F-Series outsells GMC and Chevrolet individually by a lot and in some cases comes close or exceeds combined GMC/Chevy sales. I think that's impressive either way. GM has effectively created two different appearances and brand identities for the same exact truck in an effort to boost sales. I know hardcore GMC guys that won't have a Chevy and vice versa. Some try and say there are quality differences (not true) and others say that they prefer the cosmetic appearance of one brand or the other. That dual branding obviously works. Consider that the F-Series stands alone and matches them very well.



All the differences are cosmetic. Naturally any parts that are reshaped by the cosmetic differences aren't interchangeable. The trucks are still mechanically identical.