American Top 40, May 2011, Trucks And Cars
This is the list of America’s best-selling cars and trucks of may and year-to-date.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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- Varezhka Maybe the volume was not big enough to really matter anyways, but losing a “passenger car” for a mostly “light truck” line-up should help Subaru with their CAFE numbers too.
- Varezhka For this category my car of choice would be the CX-50. But between the two cars listed I’d select the RAV4 over CR-V. I’ve always preferred NA over small turbos and for hybrids THS’ longer history shows in its refinement.
- AZFelix I would suggest a variation on the 'fcuk, marry, kill' game using 'track, buy, lease' with three similar automotive selections.
- Formula m For the gas versions I like the Honda CRV. Haven’t driven the hybrids yet.
- SCE to AUX All that lift makes for an easy rollover of your $70k truck.
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To meet President Obama's ridiculous goal of having 1 million EVs on America's roads by 2015, all EV sales would have to add up and place around #15 on the list with 20k or so sales. Volt, Leaf, and i-MiEV sales totalled less than 3000 in May, and that's with $4 gas. But I still like the Leaf.
Who keeps buying those F-series trucks? Seriously... doesn't every landscaping company, plumber and dude who has a jetski already owe a truck? Every time I see the F-series at the top of these list I just can't believe how many Ford sells even with $4 a gallon gas. Jeep Wranlger sales are impressive, I always think of it as (an overpriced) niche vehicle yet it selling better then mini-vans and popular CUVs.