Ford F-150 tops US gross sales chart once more, however there’s an asterisk

The Ford F-Sequence vary of pickup vans is the highest promoting automobile within the US for the forty second straight yr, as soon as once more seeing off competitors from Chevrolet and Ram.

In 2023, Ford bought 750,789 F-Sequence fashions, up 14.8 per cent from the yr earlier than. The Blue Oval sadly didn’t escape figures for the all-electric Lightning or the hybrid variants, however claims they had been the best-selling electrical and hybrid pickups final yr.

As with earlier years, the opposite podium positions had been crammed by Ford’s direct rivals. In second was the Chevrolet Silverado (up 6.6 per cent to 555,148), whereas third was the Ram pickup line (down 5.0 per cent to 444,927).

Though the Ford model can boast having the primary full-size pickup line, GM can declare to have best-selling vary of full-size pickups, as its GMC marque bought 295,738 Sierras (up 22.5 per cent). Mixed, their 850,886 tally bests the F-Sequence by over 100,000 gross sales.

Whereas the pair have distinct exterior styling — and the Sierra can boast just a few additional options, together with multi-piece tailgate, carbon-fibre mattress, and extra luxurious trim — the 2 are mechanically equivalent.

High 10

The Toyota RAV4 (up 18.6 per cent to 434,943) and Honda CR-V (up 51.8 per cent to 361,457) spherical out the highest 5, for now. We’re nonetheless ready on figures from just a few producers, together with Tesla.

Primarily based on present numbers we count on the Mannequin Y to return in someplace between 375,000 and 390,000, that means it ought to edge the CR-V out of fifth place.

Given gross sales in earlier months, the Mannequin 3 will in all probability promote between 225,000 to 235,000 items. Ought to our guess be right, the one sedan within the prime 10 would be the Toyota Camry (down 1.5 per cent to 290,649).

Rounding out predicted prime 10 are the Nissan Rogue/X-Path (up 45.6 per cent to 271,458), and the Jeep Grand Cherokee (up 9.5 per cent to 244,597).

Lurking simply outdoors the highest tier is the nation’s prime mid-size ute, the Toyota Tacoma (up 8.8 per cent to 234,768). Additional down the record is America’s primary van, the Ford Transit (up 29.8 per cent to 129,009), and the best-selling individuals mover, the Chrysler Pacifica (up 22.4 per cent to 120,665).

The Ford Mustang (up 11.8 per cent to 53,159) was the nation’s prime two-door mannequin, and it additionally outsold its title crossover, the Mustang Mach-E (up 3.3 per cent to 40,771).

Producer rankings

Common Motors saved it general gross sales crown, with gross sales up 13.7 per cent to 2,580,459.

The opposite podium spots had been unchanged, with Toyota up 9.3 per cent to 2,209,190, and Ford up 7.3 per cent to 1,985,482.

Buoyed by sturdy will increase throughout the board, the Hyundai Motor Group, which incorporates Kia and Genesis, surged 13.5 per cent to 1,647,772, pushing it previous Stellantis, which was down 1.4 per cent to 1,525,434.

Though it didn’t acquire a spot, Honda noticed a giant 32.4 per cent bounce in gross sales to 1,302,246 on the again of equally massive rises for the CR-V, Accord and Civic.