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If you couldn't find your favorite Ford F-150, what pickup could you buy?
It’s America’s best-selling vehicle, but its loyal fans could be facing more limited supplies at showrooms.
Production of the hugely popular Ford F-series pickup truck may slow down after a fire last week at one of the company's parts suppliers.
A shortage of those parts has already forced one of the pickup’s two plants to shut down, and Ford is debating whether to suspend production at the second factory.
Analysts and the company say inventories of the popular F-150 pickup are fine for now, but the situation is volatile.
Though it's unlikely the F-150 pickup truck will be hard to get for long, any hiccup in production is tantamount to a profit-sapping setback.
Although pickup truck buyers are famously loyal to their favored brands, a shortage could spawn some to seek alternatives.
In the auto industry's intense pickup truck wars, competition is fierce.
Here were the best-selling full-size pickup trucks in 2017, according to Autodata:
- Ford F-series: 896,764.
- Chevrolet Silverado: 585,864
- Ram: 500,723
- GMC Sierra: 217,943
- Toyota Tundra: 116,285
- Nissan Titan: 52,924
And here were the best-selling mid-size pickups:
- Toyota Tacoma: 198,125
- Chevrolet Colorado: 112,996
- Nissan Frontier: 74,360
- Honda Ridgeline: 34,749
- GMC Canyon: 32,106
