Time to Buy a New Work Truck?

 

If you have been thinking about buying a new work truck, now might be a great time.  Times are tough right now, the economy is having a hard time and business is slow, but if you can take adavanage of the huge saving, you might want to take a look.

Automakers are having the toughest times right now, they can not move inventory and especially pickup trucks.  Below are the most recent truck sale in the U.S.

Top 10 Pickups Sales Figures
Year-to-Date (YTD) Sept. 2008 pickuptruck.com

Ford F-Series
392,698 -26.9% YTD
September 2008: 32,727
September 2007: 56,065

Chevrolet Silverado
370,502 -22.5% YTD
September 2008: 50,428
September 2007: 52,480

Dodge Ram
196,058 -29.0% YTD
September 2008: 20,812
September 2007: 30,100

GMC Sierra
133,811 -14.9% YTD
September 2008: 18,744
September 2007: 18,445

Toyota Tacoma
117,313 -13.4% YTD
September 2008: 9,176
September 2007: 13,996

Toyota Tundra
115,026 -20.4% YTD
September 2008: 7,696
September 2007: 19,571

Ford Ranger
54,815 -4.6% YTD
September 2008: 3,915
September 2007: 4,019

Chevrolet Colorado
44,884 -24.2% YTD
September 2008: 3,359
September 2007: 5,598

Nissan Frontier
40,873 -19.4% YTD
September 2008: 1,534
September 2007: 5,480

Nissan Titan
29,900 -41.3% YTD
September 2008: 2,872
September 2007: 5,193

All of these trucks are having great rebates and deals right now.  So not only are they dealing with bad sales and a bad market, these manufacturers need to sell their ‘08 inevntory as the ‘09 trucks are hitting the market.  This makes the perfect storm or perfect time to get a truck if you can.