Ford, GM play with numbers for bragging rights

To come up with the payload figures, Ford and GM acknowledge that they delete the weight of some heavy parts, such as the spare tire or rear bumper, from the base curb weights of many of their pickups.

Larry P. Vellequette

August 04, 2014 05:00 AM

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misstated when General Motors started subtracting the weight of some items on its pickups before calculating their maximum payloads. The company started doing that on its 2014 light-duty full-sized pickups. And it started subtracting items on its 2015 heavy duty pickups.

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