FCA’s pickup brand jumped to third in this year’s J.D. Power study, even though the Ram lineup is new and contains a lot of technology that can ding brands’ scores.
One in four sales by nonluxury brands in the second quarter was a pickup, and full-size pickups became the No. 1 segment as the coronavirus pandemic made business otherwise challenging for dealers.
Pickups and other vehicles in short supply are selling right off the truck after a two-month production shutdown reduced inventory levels to the lowest the industry has seen in nearly nine years.