Sunday, July 5, 2009

F-150 Still Number 1 !!!

We're Number 1 !



MLIVE.com reports that Ford's F-150 (known on this Blog as the world's greatest truck) outsold the Toyota Camry in June, 2009, thus returning to its rightful place as best-selling vehicle in the USA.
http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2009/07/ford_f150_beats_toyota_camry_i.html

The same story also reports that the Camry has edged out the F-150 as the car that is the most "American made" according to a study by Cars.com, reported here:

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&subject=ami&story=amMade0709

The F-150, which was number one in the "American made" category last year is now number 2. Note that the truck is manufactured in Michigan and Missouri, but 20 percent of its parts are manufactured outside the USA, according to this other article on Cars.com:
The photo above, from Wikipedia Commons, is of a 2007 F-150 Supercrew, Harley Davidson edition.