> Thursday, the auto maker announced a third North American assembly plant to meet commercial demand for F-series Super Duty trucks.
> It’s another sign that Ford’s commercial business is healthy. Pro is Ford’s star business segment, earning $3 billion in operating profit in the first quarter, while the traditional car business saw a $900 million profit, and the Model e electric-vehicle business lost $1.3 billion.
It is Ford's commercial segment that is really driving their success in selling these vehicles.
I think parent wanted a citation that Super Duty trucks are typically used for work, and not for Brodozer hooning and yelling "yew" out of the window in a sleeveless shirt and with a plug of skoal. :)
I can easily believe that they are sold as business vehicles, what I doubt is that they are mostly being used as such.
For example if the owner of a construction company and his son have a Super Duty truck each that is mostly used to commute I would not consider them to be used as business vehicles.
For example in my country the stereotipycal vehicle for construction workers and farmers looks like [0] and exists in dozens of variations with all kinds of specialized attachments like
Yes, these are trucks mainly used for the North American market. They are ubiquitous as the default "company work truck" in the US. They're all over US roads with the names of utilities, construction, and light industrial businesses on them.
While you can purchase a superduty in a non-fleet configuration through non-fleet retail channels, the article I posted above is speaking specifically about fleet sales.
> Thursday, the auto maker announced a third North American assembly plant to meet commercial demand for F-series Super Duty trucks.
> It’s another sign that Ford’s commercial business is healthy. Pro is Ford’s star business segment, earning $3 billion in operating profit in the first quarter, while the traditional car business saw a $900 million profit, and the Model e electric-vehicle business lost $1.3 billion.
It is Ford's commercial segment that is really driving their success in selling these vehicles.