Chart Of The Day: Mid/Large Crossovers In July

Maybe in the metro areas with more than a million people and plenty of 6 figure plus salaries the Fords are hard to make out. But in areas with less population and lower wages the Fords are a plenty.

The last time I was in the northeast, well, really the mid-atlantic region, a couple years ago I saw plenty of domestic vehicles in private owners hands. There were plenty of imports too, but I wouldn't say there was an overwhelming majority of either. One person can't speak for an entire region, or even an entire city. Neighborhood by neighborhood the demographics will change and so will the vehicle ownership. I could take a drive through a certain neighborhood down here and conclude that South Florida is just crawling with AMG Mercedes models, Bentleys, and Lambos, or drive through another and think that all anybody drives down here are Grand Marquis and Buick Lucernes. My hometown up north was home to both a big Chrysler plant and the major state university, so if that was your experience for the region you'd think that Chrysler, VW, and Hyundai were the three best selling automakers out there. In the end it doesn't matter where the people live who buy the cars, the sales numbers speak for themselves. The opinion of Bostonians or New Yorkers on cars is no more important than the opinion of Alabamians, Michiganders, or Hawaiians. As of July GM is selling the most cars in the country, followed by Ford, followed by Toyota. You can argue fleet percentages, and then argue the mix of those fleet sales even further, but GM, Ford, and Toyota all posted profits this past quarter, so whatever they're doing, it's working.