Well, it's been an interesting first six months into 2012. And now that June's sales figures have hit the 'net, we can now see who's leading auto sales in the first six of 2012 and who's lagging behind.
From what we can see in this lovely table, things have become very interesting going into July.
At first glance it seems as though the usual suspects are in right spots; however, when you start investigating a little further there are some interesting chnages.
For example:
- The Honda Civic has moved up several spots
- The Honda CR-V has moved up SIX places
- The Ford Fusion took a BIG step backwards
- The Ford Focus took a BIG step forwards
- The Toyota Prius was the biggest mover of the lot, placing EIGHT places ahead of the same time last year
- The Chevrolet Cruze was the biggest loser of the lot, placing SEVEN places behind of the same time last year
- Hyundai's Elantra and Sonata are moving backwards
This all culminates into one peculiar observation: Why is Honda moving forward in sales while Hyundai is starting to wan?
Top 20 Best Selling Vehicles in US
Rank First Half Sales
2012-2011 Model 2012 2011 Change
1 1 Ford F-Series 301,141 264,079 14.0%
2 3 Toyota Camry 213,903 147,469 45.0%
3 2 Chevrolet Silverado 194,508 182,785 6.4%
4 7 Honda Civic 162,582 127,571 27.4%
5 5 Nissan Altima 157,101 131,842 19.2%
6 8 Honda Accord 155,178 127,105 22.1%
7 4 Toyota Corolla 151,726 136,747 11.0%
8 14 Honda CR-V 146,682 110,916 32.2%
9 10 Chevrolet Malibu 141,437 122,783 15.2%
10 13 Ram Pickup 138,581 111,898 23.8%
11 6 Ford Fusion 136,849 131,686 3.9%
12 17 Ford Focus 131,423 98,024 34.1%
13 11 Ford Escape 127,167 122,607 3.7%
14 22 Toyota Prius 126,654 66,520 90.4%
15 12 Hyundai Sonata 117,412 115,014 2.1%
16 9 Chevrolet Cruze 113,884 122,972 -7.4%
17 18 Chevrolet Equinox 110,890 95,838 15.7%
18 15 Chevrolet Impala 98,495 103,644 -5.0%
19 16 Hyundai Elantra 97,769 103,301 -5.4%
20 20 Toyota RAV4 89,438 73,155 22.3%