Top 20 Selling Vehicles Up Until July 2007

Honda CR-V is my favourite.

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— JUGNU (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 4:54:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Toyota owns 25% of the top sellers--not a surprise. They make great cars. Only American trucks hold any impact on this list.

I also wonder if this includes fleet sales.

— Qwazywabbit (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 4:55:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

The Ford F-series, that's not just the F150 right, it includes ALL others, right?
If so, then the numbers don't mean anything. They need to show the F150's numbers only if that's the case.

— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 5:56:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

man the corolla keeps selling. they dont even need to make a new one!

— gsh23 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 6:05:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Impressive Impala sales. Having Oprah and Gayle drive one cross country really paid off.

— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 7:18:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

America is a very odd country...I'm sure it must be the only developed country in the world where 25% of the best selling 20 vehicles belong on a farm.
The 2 I am most surprised by are the Dodge Caravan and Ford Econoline.
The Dodge is a terrible mini-van based on a ten year old technology, and the Ford is just a big van...it's really strange how different the situation is in Europe, it's Golfs, Astras, Corsas, Clios and 3 series that are big sellers, all small (smaller than American ones for sure) cars.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 7:40:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

20. Honda Odyssey

— omarrana (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2007 7:48:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Bimmer, you sound like a like somone from another country the way you rip on Americans and the cars that they build

— toolatetorace (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 12:53:50 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

He is just an ignorant peasant.

— bimmermike2 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 5:00:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

"American cars are as good as anyone elses "

That's really not true. American cars are terrible.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 6:10:40 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

true apperently, the ford focus for example was Europe which became a hit there, but once it hit states a yr later, it was crap. using tht reliable foreign parts from europe became a total mess here. being in a lot of rentals, their interior quality is no match for our current accord.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 7:23:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Great, listening to German nuts like formula1 has been bad enough (and I'm sure the other side can say the same about some Lexus nuts), but now we have a domestic basket case posting nonsense. God help us all.

Go to Autoblog, damicko, they love domestic apologists like yourself.

— 1970toyotamarc (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 4:07:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

America is a larger country physically in size. Not only do we need, but we also enjoy cars with more power, towing capacity etc. I can't fathom living in Europe driving a cramped VW Polo or one of the other hundred hatchbacks on sale there.

— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 7:04:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Americans do not "need" more powerful and larger cars, considering 85% of the time they drive alone..and then complain about the price of gas with an SUV that gets 16 mpg. In the New England region roads are a lot narrower and wind a lot more (including highways) than the rest of the U.S. to where driving an SUV/truck can become impractical so foreign cars out number American cars and trucks/suv's.

— rok_altima (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 9:03:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Well, at least the 3-series isn't in the top 20 again. Just a little bit more exclusive now

— henbmw (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 10:49:30 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Let's parse the data rather than pontificate our biases, shall we?

- of the top-selling models, 1.84 million Americans decided that FWD cars were acceptable, versus 1.64 million who chose RWD or AWD or 4WD. This supports the notion that the majority of Americans stick to developed roads and non-performance driving.

- of the top-selling models, USA manufacturers sold 1.95 million vehicles; Japanese sold 1.53 million; Korean and European mfrs did not have any top-20 selling vehicle. This indicates how much the exchange rate is hurting European manufacturers.

- of the top-selling models, pickup trucks were by far the best selling body type, with 1.21 million vehicles sold. Coupes and sedans together sold 1.52 million, with all other body types trailing by significant margins. It is unclear from the data, however, whether Americans preferred 2-door or 4-door cars overall.

- The 20 top-selling models were from only 6 manufacturers; Toyota sold 832,000 of them. GM was next with 787,000, followed by Ford with 732,000 and Honda with 640,000. Chrysler and Nissan trailed significantly behind the leaders with 325,000 and 165,000 respectively. Toyota has continued its momentum!

- it is unclear how many of the top 20-selling vehicles use gasoline. Hybrid gasoline/electric models reflected in the data include versions of the Camry, Accord, Civic, Prius, and Escape. Other top-selling models that will receive hybrid options imminently are the Corolla, Altima, Silverado/Sierra. This means 9 of the top 20 selling models in the USA will be available in a hybrid gasoline/electric configuration. Clearly manufacturers are betting on this technology to be an attractive option.

- GM handily won the pickup sales competition when adding the Chevy and GMC pickup sales.
GM - 473,000
Ford - 412,000
Dodge - 215,000
Toyota - 106,000

- Honda's Odyssey, despite glowing reviews by magazines, was outsold by Chrysler's venerable Caravan AND by Ford's ancient workhorse Econoline van. Work vehicles outsell personal vehicles in this category!

- The Honda CRV won the tall wagon (call them "compact utilities" if you must) sales segment over the Escape and RAV4 with 124,000 sales versus the other's 105,000 and 102,000, respectively.

- The Prius was the only top-20 selling model with a hatchback configuration, although 6 other top-selling vehicles offered liftgates or doors to access cargo. The 5 pickup models represented (which accounted for a volume of 35% of the top-selling vehicles sold) of course carry cargo unprotected. The top 8 models of coupes and sedans, which have limited cargo room, represented 44% of the top-selling vehicles by volume. It seems this year's American car buyer typically either hauls people or cargo, but not large quantities of both at the same time in the same vehicle.

Personal interpretations of what makes a superior vehicle notwithstanding, these are what sell in the USA today

— moto (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 6:25:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Corolla sales are impressive considering it was a dated design three years ago.

— johnct (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2007 10:32:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

we'll trade you our president for your cars.

— moto (View Profile)

Posted on 8/4/2007 12:55:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

do the british even own any car companies any more?

— pushrod27 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/5/2007 5:55:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

hey amazinBimmer the problem with american cars and trucks are the idiots in charge at GM, Ford,and Chrysler. As for Bush I and a lot of america didn"t vote for him and never liked him. Some american think that a heavy duty pickup truck with a 6 liter diesel engine is fuel efficient.If it was a 3 liter diesel engine that would be.

— bca999 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/25/2008 3:54:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Nice going from Toyota

— iepurilah (View Profile)

Posted on 8/5/2007 2:17:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1