but the fords seem to be more reliable
Pretty much the exact opposite. r/F150 has plenty of people with 10R80 problems and needing replacements/rebuilds. The 10L90 in GM products seems to have the shift patterns optimized better and I haven’t heard of many needing work done on r/Silverado or the GM truck forums.
Funny, given the fiasco the 8L90 was.
When I was buying last year, the refreshed Sierra was my second choice. I actually preferred it in a lot of ways over the F-150 I ended up with. I personally think the new GM interior is better than the 14th gen Ford.
That said, the F-150 was a better value for me. GM also gatekeeps options. Like the fact that a $65,000 fully optioned-out Sierra Elevation doesn’t have a power-adjustable passenger seat (but it has leather, Bose, sunroof, etc). And if you want an auto-dimming rearview mirror, you had to get the dumbo tow mirrors, which no dealer ordered their half-ton trucks with. They also charge you extra for any color that isn’t work truck-spec Summit White.
To get the Sierra I really wanted, I’d have had to step up to an AT4, which was significantly more expensive than the 302A XLT F-150 I have. Or, I would have had to get an SLT and do a full-color matching on the bumpers, handles, mirrors, etc., which also would have been more money and effort. My F-150 was as I wanted it right off the lot, minus adding Katzkin leather, which the dealer facilitated for me.
What about the GMC
It’s a Silverado with a different front end.
I remember Toyota doing this back when the accelerator recall. Only a handful of models were affected, and only I believe 2 people died. Instead of recalling just the affected models, they recalled several million, just to be sure.
You have a very selective memory. Toyota absolutely claimed there was nothing wrong with their vehicles, and only issued a recall after being forced to by the feds. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming the entire way.
They also settled a lawsuit for over a billion dollars in 2014 to avoid prosecution for covering up the defect in the first place.
So they hand made a few, let some reviewers drive it, then decided to not build it.
That’s not even close to true. They delayed building them at Orion Assembly. They’ve been building Silverado EVs at Factory Zero for several months and made the first deliveries to fleet customers in October.
I don’t know where you’re at, but it’s always Japanese and Korean cars here. Pretty much everything made by the big-3 has automatic headlights at this point.