Chart Of The Day: America's 15 Best-Selling American Vehicles In The First Half Of 2015
Remember when the U.S. auto industry was very much an American auto industry? No? I don’t, either.
But there was a time when an American car was an American car because it was made by an American car company in America.
Times have clearly changed. Cars.com recently revealed that the most American car, in terms of its American content and not its badge, is the Toyota Camry. Indeed, Japanese brands grabbed three of the top five spots on Cars.com’s American-Made Index.
However, even if the Chrysler Group is part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, an Italian-American partnership based in the Netherlands with UK headquarters, we do still tend to view a Jeep Wrangler, for instance, as a traditional Detroit product — one that is, of course, built in Toledo, Ohio. While the Chevrolet Camaro continues, for the time being, to be built in Oshawa, Ontario, we still consider the Camaro an all-American product.
Thus, in honour of the July 4, Independence Day weekend, we display this list of America’s most popular American vehicles through the first-half of 2015, completely ignoring 25 other vehicles, many of which are assembled in the United States. Our standard: if they’re produced by good ol’ Detroit brands, they’re eligible. One wonders what we’d do with the Chrysler TC by Maserati.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
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The Chrysler 200 has gone from zero to hero. It placed in the top 10 last month. It's shocking that it's outselling the current Malibu. No wonder GM ordered a crash revamp for the 2016 Malibu.
Look at all the Fords in the top ten, good for over 57% of the top ten total sales. Add Lincoln, other Ford models, world sales, and fleet, and it's no wonder Mark Fields didn't want to talk to Sergio. Mulally left Ford in rather good shape.