Chart Of The Day: The Best-Selling Vehicles of January

by Edward Niedermeyer

February 3rd, 2011 4:25 PM

chart of the day the best selling vehicles of january

Wherever you fall in America’s cultural geography, you have to cop to one cold, hard truth: trucks sell. In fact, in a market experiencing such odd automotive sales phenomena as no Honda Accord in the top ten, Altima taking second in the D-Segment and a Compact CUV in the top six, it almost seems like the only sure thing anymore is the F-Series and Silverado selling at or above 30k units per month. Whether you find that fact comforting or troubling, you’ll be sure to want to know the truck’s secret to success… which you’ll find just below the fold (along with a more extensive best-sellers chart).

It’s gotta be the marketing!

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JMII on Feb 04, 2011

Who is buying all these trucks? Seriously this makes almost no sense: housing marketing in the dumps, semi costly gas, plenty of good used vehicles available. Mommy driving SUVs, CUVs and minivans... and CR-Vs it seems. Everyone else driving Camrys or Corollas. So once again who is buying all these trucks? Mike Rowe want-a-bes? Also shouldn't the Silverado and Sierra be combined? They are the same darn thing with a different grill.

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- MrDot on Feb 04, 2011
  
  There's always going to be a need for work trucks. Now that the economy is supposedly picking up, perhaps there's some pent-up demand as businesses look to update their fleets after holding off for the past couple of years.
  
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MattfromOz on Feb 05, 2011

Hey guys, As a complement to this article here is the Top 50 best selling models in January: http://bestsellingcars.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/usa-january-2011-chevrolet-cruze-12/#more-2918 Enjoy! Matt

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