American Top 40, May 2011, Trucks And Cars

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

This is the list of America’s best-selling cars and trucks of may and year-to-date.

RankBrandNameplateMay ’12May ’11YoYYTD ’12YTD ’11YoY1FORDF series 54,836 42,39929% 246,116 214,46115%2TOYOTACamry 39,571 18,830110% 181,796 126,09444%3CHEVROLETSilverado 34,555 28,40922% 160,942 150,2067%4HONDACivic 33,490 18,34183% 135,082 110,08623%5TOYOTACorolla/Matrix 31,847 16,98588% 125,079 117,8756%6HONDAAccord 29,737 17,01875% 126,254 111,39313%7CHEVROLETMalibu 29,579 25,60016% 110,035 99,04611%8FORDFusion 26,857 24,6669% 112,416 110,8781%9RAMRam 26,040 20,11729% 114,630 90,53627%10HONDACR-V 25,186 16,30754% 123,400 95,42329%11FORDFocus 24,769 22,30311% 110,237 76,63944%12FORDEscape 23,077 23,1400% 98,667 100,333-2%13NISSANAltima 22,690 25,525-11% 135,289 112,30821%14TOYOTAPrius 21,477 6,924210% 107,504 62,18073%15HYUNDAISonata 20,765 22,754-9% 96,481 96,3700%16CHEVROLETEquinox 20,238 17,58715% 90,097 77,88416%17CHEVROLETCruze 19,613 22,711-14% 94,901 98,076-3%18TOYOTARAV4 19,248 8,624123% 74,309 64,05016%19HYUNDAIElantra 18,877 20,006-6% 80,114 83,309-4%20CHEVROLETImpala 15,879 16,707-5%81,221 87,319-7%21FORDExplorer 15,538 13,31817% 63,269 55,40114%22VOLKSWAGENJetta 15,175 16,671-9% 69,599 74,647-7%23TOYOTASienna 14,606 8,61870% 48,257 45,6786%24JEEPWrangler 14,454 10,00844% 56,410 41,94635%25KIAOptima 13,364 7,43180% 59,765 29,518103%26JEEPGrand Cherokee 13,274 9,48440% 62,611 45,40138%27CHRYSLER200 13,250 7,09887% 58,231 25,252131%28GMCSierra 13,196 10,75323% 60,466 55,22110%29DODGEGrand Caravan 12,418 9,42732% 58,063 46,14826%30HONDAOdyssey 12,348 9,42831% 50,481 45,73410%31TOYOTATacoma 12,269 9,09135% 55,289 44,76424%32NISSANRogue 11,977 6,96272% 60,839 50,41821%33FORDEdge 11,749 9,48624% 55,177 50,29110%34TOYOTAHighlander 11,657 5,755103% 47,065 40,60516%35KIASorento 11,077 11,936-7% 46,698 51,765-10%36HONDAPilot 10,749 8,56026% 44,917 42,5836%37DODGEAvenger 10,682 5,54393% 43,458 24,86875%38LEXUSRX 10,647 5,84782% 35,376 34,6972%39FORDE-series van 10,550 8,38626% 42,098 39,3727%40FORDMustang 10,427 6,60758% 38,361 30,20627%
Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

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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  • SCE to AUX SCE to AUX on Jun 03, 2012

    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.

    • Mike978 Mike978 on Jun 03, 2012

      You forgot to include Prius plug-ins. Agreed it will not get anywhere near 1 million by 2015 but then again weren't we supposed to get to Mars by 2020? I take these statements/aspirations with a pinch of salt.

  • JMII JMII on Jun 04, 2012

    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.

    • DenverMike DenverMike on Jun 04, 2012

      New trucks depreciate much faster than older trucks and that's a tax write off that landscapers and tradesmen love. If your truck is your office, you want the very best. When your entire operation is based on 4 wheels, you need a truck that's 100% reliable. To everyone else, trucks are today's muscle cars with a 6' bed, for the price of Camcordtimas. Around 20 MPG hwy is worth it not to drive an appliance.

  • 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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