Pick any year you want from the 50's till new and the GM trucks have a higher resale value than Ford and especially Dodge. I live in a big Chrysler City (at least I did) because we had two Chrysler plants here and one of them built Dodge trucks but they are still crap.
I'd put my 2002 Chevy Duramax up against any Ford or Dodge diesel truck in the cost per mile category that would include repair and maintenance. I put 200,000 miles on it in 8 years and only replaced rear brakes, alternator, batteries, right front unit bearing, and driveshaft u-joints twice.
Swell!
Some guys like short girls, some like 'em hefty. Even pre-bailout, but especially after, I didn't like GM vehicles. I've never had a lick of trouble with any Ford product I've owned.
I guess that's why there's more than one manufacturer
