poll for those outside north and central america

[neanderthal]

in another thread a certain fella asserted that F150s "sell quite good world wide" and i, having lived outside of north america differed in my opinion.

of course he greatly believes he is correct, as do i. so please help us figure it out.

if you have seen plenty of ford F150s in any territories outside of north and central america, please chime in and say so.
europe, asia, australia, south america, africa, antarctica are all fair game.

i know there are populations in places that have heavy american involvement; US territories, some oil producing nations (venezuela, the arab peninsula and so on) where US companies have commercial interests etc) but i say the populations outside of those areas is bordering on miniscule.

please help us and tell us if you see lots of them. i never did.

to make it amenable to everyone, i have separted the answers. if you live in the US or central america and want to answer please post where it says for US residents. if you dont live in the US or central america please post where it says for non US residents. this will help with relevance.thanks

 

[Emohawk]

I don't see any more of them then any other full size truck around here. There's a commercial on now that claims the F series has been the best selling truck in Canada for 39 years running though. WTF?

I've also seen the F150 claimed as the best selling truck in the US and the best selling truck in the world pretty much interchangably (and for between 23 and 28 years too). In two pages of google results though, not once did anyone give any figures. Can anyone give a factual basis for these claims? Is it the best selling truck in the world, or just the USA?

 

[Joey D]

Pathetic. Congrats you now offically have nothing else better to do with your time 👍.

Anarticia? I wasn't aware there was a big market for vehicles down there.

But according to Ford as well as many car magazines say the F-150 is the best selling truck in the world. Whether it sells good outside of North America is not really the point, it sells the most out of any truck in the world.

 

[Emohawk]

Okay, proove it.

 

[Joey D]

Would it kill you to look it up yourself? It's very well documented that the F-150 is the best selling truck in the world and one of the best selling vehicles. 912,000 trucks last year, that almost tops the old Beetle sales figures if I'm not mistaken.

http://www.fordvehicles.com/features/news/detail/index.asp?id=1463

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/awards/

Not full article
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:20312258&refid=ink_tptd_mag&skeyword=&teaser=

http://www.izoom.com/2004ford_f-150.html

http://www.f150online.com/fordnews/view.cfm?nnum=111

1 minute search on Google.

 

[xcsti]

F-150's sell "quite good" world wide in the sense that, in relation to other trucks and the total sale of full size trucks, the F-150 does sell well.

Edit: Wow that made no sense. I'll try and word it again.

Just because you don't see f150's doesn't mean they don't sell well. Most areas outside the US don't have trucks of the same size as the f150 or a need for those trucks. Thus if ford sells one truck in one of those areas it might entail a good volume of sales given that no other company sold any trucks there.

 

[svtsnake]

Would it kill you to look it up yourself? It's very well documented that the F-150 is the best selling truck in the world and one of the best selling vehicles. 912,000 trucks last year, that almost tops the old Beetle sales figures if I'm not mistaken.

http://www.fordvehicles.com/features/news/detail/index.asp?id=1463

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/awards/

Not full article
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:20312258&refid=ink_tptd_mag&skeyword=&teaser=

http://www.izoom.com/2004ford_f-150.html

http://www.f150online.com/fordnews/view.cfm?nnum=111

1 minute search on Google.

OWNED!
gj blaze keep up the good work

 

[1X83Z]

They do exist in Guam, which for all practical purposes is in Southeast Asia regarding culture, US possession though it is.

To be honest, I didn't know they sold the vehicle outside of North America.

 

[neanderthal]

Pathetic. Congrats you now offically have nothing else better to do with your time 👍.

Anarticia? I wasn't aware there was a big market for vehicles down there.

But according to Ford as well as many car magazines say the F-150 is the best selling truck in the world. Whether it sells good outside of North America is not really the point, it sells the most out of any truck in the world.

whats pathetic is that you are adamant about facts whose truth you dont know.

selling the most in the world is very very different from selling well all over the world. which is what you insinuated.

pity all the links you posted afterward that boasted of fords truck success boasted the F Series as the best selling truck.

no argument there. but F series stretches from F150 to F750.

dont knock antarctica. its a huge "land" mass.

 

[Max_DC]

I had to look this one up on google... I bet there are maybe 10 freaks here in Germany who have imported that one, but I've never seen one.... but we have neither many american cars nor trucks.... some german SUV's and some japanese offroad cars, but that's it...

 

[a6m5]

I had to look this one up on google... I bet there are maybe 10 freaks here in Germany who have imported that one, but I've never seen one.... but we have neither many american cars nor trucks.... some german SUV's and some japanese offroad cars, but that's it...

If you live in Germany, why would you even have imported cars.

I grew up in Japan, and I still remember the very first time I saw an F-Series pick up........ The day, I came to the States. It was a lifted, baby blue with matching canopy. I was a big car freak(like any sound 12 year olds), so I spent next 5 minutes staring( ) at the truck. It was beautiful.

Yeah, only Fords I saw in Japan(please keep in mind, it was in the 80's and little bit in the 90's) was a T-Bird and a Econoline conversion van. I saw way more GM vehicles than Fords(like 5,6 to 2 ). European imports were different story, and German imports were really popular(BMW, M.B., Audi, VW).

Now, this isn't some official figure. It's just what I saw, personally.

 

[Mike Rotch]

No F150's here. We just got the F250, which is an ass truck, considering it only has a 4.0l V6 to lug around 2.5 tons.

 

[a6m5]

no argument there. but F series stretches from F150 to F750.

This is very important. Some of those trucks are totally different vehicles. If Toyota called all their trucks, starting from the Tacoma and their Hinos an ?-Series, it would be close. Even F150 and the Super Duty F250s are totally different trucks. I've driven F150s before, but if I tried to drive the Super Duty around town, let's just say I will be uninsurable in matter of days. They are H U G E !

No F150's here. We just got the F250, which is an ass truck, considering it only has a 4.0l V6 to lug around 2.5 tons.

I thought, you were an American(because of the Army Bomber avatar).

Edit:

I found an F-Series that sells well overseas. I'd be suing, if I was a lawyer for Ford.

 

[Mike Rotch]

I thought, you were an American(because of the Army Bomber avatar)

Nope

Nobody knows where I'm from *X-Files music*

The F250 is just colossal. I would have thought it would have had a diesel or at least a detuned V8.

 

[a6m5]

Nope

Nobody knows where I'm from *X-Files music*

Great, now it's gonna drive me nuts! I'm guessing Canada.

The F250 is just colossal. I would have thought it would have had a diesel or at least a detuned V8.

Super Stroke Diesel is a very popular motor for F250s. Many following. 👍 It's great until you get stuck behind one in the drive-thru. You won't be able to hear anything.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Great, now it's gonna drive me nuts! I'm guessing Canada.

👎

It's great until you get stuck behind one in the drive-thru. You won't be able to hear anything.

 

[Emohawk]

Yes it would kill me to do research.
I have a rare condition 💡 it's called... I don't remember. Could you look it up for me? 'cause... y'know.
Sorry, it's late.

Okay, so the F 'series' is the best selling truck in the world, because it sells more in the US then anything else does in the entire world. BUT, does it sell much in the rest of the world? (that question being the point of this thread untill Mike distracted us by basking in his own mysteriousness)

Nobody knows where I'm from *X-Files music*

It's not too hard to figure out. You do seem to go out of your way to avoid bringing it up though.

 

[TsLeng]

The F-150 is the best selling truck in the world. No doubt about that.

But......most of it are sold in the USA.

Over here in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, you can find more exotic sport cars than the F-150! (i personally haven't seen 1 and don't think there are any over here).


The reason: It will cost a bomb to run, roadtax will kill you, The ford dealer is not selling it(you have to import and can't service it) .

BTW, we do have the Ranger here though, dunno if its the same as the US version.
Sells quite well too.

 

[a6m5]

BTW, we do have the Ranger here though, dunno if its the same as the US version.
Sells quite well too.

Cool. I had no idea Rangers sold well outside North America.

Four people voted, that F-Series sells well outside North & Central America(2 Americans, 2 outside U.S.). If you are one of those four members, which countries are F-Series sold? I can't find anything on google. My guess is Israel(51st State ) and/or Australia, maybe South Africa?

P.S. If you know where Mike resides, please let me know.

 

[Mike Rotch]

that question being the point of this thread untill Mike distracted us by basking in his own mysteriousness

Well, as your humour is about a dry as an ancient parchment, I will add my thoughts on the "point".

The F-150 may well be the best selling truck in the US, but it isnt marketed worldwide.

It may indeed sell in higher numbers than any other truck in the world, but as it itself is hardly sold outside the US, it is more correct to say it is the best selling truck in the US, not the world.

Much in the way the "World Series" in b-ball is hardly a world series, the same applies to this truck.

maybe South Africa

Maybe..

 

[TheCracker]

Truth is that 'trucks' (US), pick-ups (Europe) or Utes (Aus/NZ) sell much better in the US then they do anywhere else in the world, with the possible exception of Australia where utes are very popular, but probably mostly based on cars like the Monaro or Falcon ie a unibody construction. I've seen 2 F-150s, 5 if you include Lightning in the UK that i can remember (is the Ranger a F-150?) along with perhaps half-a-dozen Dodge Rams of various kinds, compare that with about 8 different Ferrari F40's that i've seen on British roads. On the other hand twin-cab Mitsubishi L200's are becoming more and more popular, probably because they are cheap. In europe we have the Ford transit van (and other manufactures versions) which probably get bought for the same reasons that americans buy their 'trucks' - as a work-horse, and get sold in their millions (250,000 each year)

What i'm getting at is the fact that Ford can rightly state that the F-150 is the best selling truck in the world because its the best selling truck in the US and the US probably accounts for 80%+ of all truck sales world wide.

 

[Joey D]

whats pathetic is that you are adamant about facts whose truth you dont know.

You say I don't read post? I just showed you that they are the best selling truck in the world.

selling the most in the world is very very different from selling well all over the world. which is what you insinuated.

Best selling truck in the world, means they sell it in other parts of the world, if they didn't then it would be the best selling truck in America...which it is.

pity all the links you posted afterward that boasted of fords truck success boasted the F Series as the best selling truck.

Most of them talk about the F-150, the 250 and up sell but not as well.

no argument there. but F series stretches from F150 to F750.

Yup there are many of them but the F-150 accounts for most of the sales.

dont knock antarctica. its a huge "land" mass.

Because what 50 people live there .

 

[a6m5]

Yup there are many of them but the F-150 accounts for most of the sales.

Yup. I think, over half of the F-Series trucks sold are F-150s.

 

[Sniffs]

hm. americans should check out non american manufacturers websites more often. I did so with Mexico, and found the Courier is still in production down there. that nameplate was replaced by Ranger in the US in 83. i've never seen the Ranger for sale in any other manuf's site

personally, I think we ought to get some of the design guys up here from Ford Australia to freshen up american fords (instead of just sending us the car itself). i forgot how good looking the ute was. and I like their version of the falcon. that's a hint, you aussies...

PS> you got your revenge for culture flow by sending us Dame Edna, The Wiggles, Paul Hogan, that idiot steve Irwin. you can stop now

 

[Famine]

The Ford F-150 IS the best selling truck in the world. However it doesn't sell many outside of the US and indeed doesn't sell ANY, officially, in the UK. Ever.

I've seen two. And one was actually a Lightning.



Right. That's this thread wrapped up.

 

[Joey D]

Thanks Famine once again you've pwned em.

 

[TsLeng]

Cool. I had no idea Rangers sold well outside North America.

Four people voted, that F-Series sells well outside North & Central America(2 Americans, 2 outside U.S.). If you are one of those four members, which countries are F-Series sold? I can't find anything on google. My guess is Israel(51st State ) and/or Australia, maybe South Africa?

P.S. If you know where Mike resides, please let me know.

Mike is in south africa.
I still remember the Merc SLR thingy.... 👍


http://www.ford.com.my/showroom.shtml
you can see the ASEAN version of the ranger here.

The Escape is the same though.

 

[1X83Z]

One thing to remember: most sales are F-150, F-250, or F-350, but this is an F-450:

So are these:

Remember people - fleet sales drive the market. Ford sold 967,000 F-series trucks last year; it's actually kind of absurd to me that they couldn't give away another 33,000 and sell a million vehicles in one country in one year. Point being, F-series are more abundant than you think here in America. How many Ford cherry pickers or dump trucks or flatbed tow trucks have you ever seen? They're ALL F-150s. So are some of the ambulances. That's how they claim the numbers that they do.

I guess I am right in believing that they don't sell them outside North America. I've never seen one outside North America, except Guam.

(is the Ranger a F-150?)

No - and oddly, the U.S. Ranger is completely different from the Ranger the entire rest of the world gets. Last time I checked (in 1999), Europe's Ranger (if they still get it) is built in Thailand and looks something like this (though hopefully not this same color):

In the US, Ranger comes with three different engines and in several different bodystyles, though it's alone in compact pickups in not offering a crew cab (though its Mazda twin also doesn't offer four doors). The most popular US Ranger looks like this:

 

[TheCracker]

No - and oddly, the U.S. Ranger is completely different from the Ranger the entire rest of the world gets. Last time I checked (in 1999), Europe's Ranger (if they still get it) is built in Thailand and looks something like this (though hopefully not this same color):

That means the only F-150's i've seen in the UK are Lightnings - a white one resides just around the corner from where i live.

You thought that those 'euro' Rangers look bad in that blue, you should see the one thats owned by the landlord of a pub near to where i used to live - in the 'Martini' livery of the WRC Focus - most tasteful!

 

[vladimir]

95% of the pick-up-trucks i see around here are US registered or have exclusive numberplates for US forces (AD, AF, HK).

as for the other 5%, there is a dodge ram that i see sometimes.