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devic09 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
quite simple concept, ford built the f150 to be a truck.. toyota built the new tundra to be a race car, they wouldnt hold up very well at all in the industry world
2kwolfgang on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Well since they are not an AMERICAN company that wouldn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense would it? Their sales were down 30% last month. Their time is coming too, don't think Toyota isn't scared.
GreenTerror96 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Last time I checked they are not unionized. Asshat.
$1500 per car health insurance for the big three compared to $75 per car for foreign.
Do some fucking research.
soccer6planet on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
HAHA atleast toyota is not broke and on capital hill asking for money, retards
tundradave24 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
actually youd be wrong its becasue of strength issues. you see when you have a heavy load the frame does need to flex or else stress cracks will occurr. c channel is less likely to break, fully boxed is no good for heavier loads. not much do do with cost.
jeffac500 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
one of the main reasons is the c-channel frame makes it easier to mount utility boxes/flatbeds and anything else to the truck. you would rarely, if ever, see things like that on a 1/2ton pickup.
joemuscle52 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
im assumming the ford super duty trucks have c-channel frames instead of fully boxed frames for cost-cutting reasons. ford's largest revenue stream comes from its trucks, both in terms of volume sold and profit margins per vehicle. i'm sure they could build a fully boxed heavyduty truck frame and still avoid raising he MSRP, but then they wouldn't make any money. however ford tends to dominate that heavy duty truck segment anyway, so i guess they don't see the need to build a stronger frame.
joemuscle52 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
its not a matter of carrying 2000 lbs of manure (as one tundra commercial so proudly bragged about). its a matter of how long the frame will last and how well it will resist warping. put stress on anything and over time it'll lose its shape. it will vary on the amount of time and the stress inflicted on the object. but if the object is more resistant to moving in the first place, its less likely to lose its shape because its more rigid.
the test isnt about capability, but rather durability.
wikiwikiwildwest on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
What was I wrong on hotrod? Quote me in an instance where I was wrong.
tundradave24 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
i dont reply to you. I just want the other people that have half a brain to see that a company that is losing money at a crazy pace with no idea of how stop this money loss will not be helped by a bail out all this will do is buy a couple more months for them. and this 500billion extra dollars will effect inflation making even the bailout dollars that they get WORTH LESS. If they are to be bailed out they need some sort of plan that is realistic to repay those debt. cant just stick your hand out |