February 2013 Top 14 Best-Selling Pickup Trucks In America

Sales Of The Defunct Chevrolet
Avalanche Still On The Rise

The majority of America's top-selling trucks posted significant year-over-year increases in February 2013. Sales of the best-selling Ford F-Series are on pace to make 2013 the best year since 2006. The Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are being helped by attractive purchase incentives. The Toyota Tacoma is making hay now that challengers are disappearing like Mafia turncoats.

Americans registered 162,755 new pickup trucks in February 2013. 89.1% were full-size trucks, including 191 Cadillac Escalade EXTs and 2263 Chevrolet Avalanches. Of the remaining 17,807 trucks sold, 71% were Toyota Tacomas.

All 251 Vehicles Ranked By February & 2013 YTD Sales

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Click any model name in the list below to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures. You can find the same figures for other vehicles by making a selection at GCBC's Sales Stats page. 

The best-selling table is now sortable, so you can rank vehicles by year-to-date totals are by year-over-year change. Or, as this is the full list of available trucks in the United States, you can see every truck listed alphabetically by clicking the "Best-Selling Truck" column.

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Rank	Best-Selling Truck	February 2013	% Change	Year  To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford F-Series	54,489	+ 15.3%	101,330	+ 18.1%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	41,643	+ 28.9%	77,088	+ 30.3%
#3	Dodge Ram	23,289	+ 3.1%	43,763	+ 8.1%
#4	GMC Sierra	14,133	+ 25.0%	26,979	+ 29.6%
#5	Toyota Tacoma	12,644	+ 18.5%	24,266	+ 24.0%
#6	Toyota Tundra	7306	+ 15.5%	14,310	+ 20.9%
#7	Nissan Frontier	2736	- 35.4%	5360	- 33.2%
#8	Chevrolet Avalanche	2263	+ 26.1%	4202	+ 23.2%
#9	Nissan Titan	1634	+ 3.7%	3028	+ 5.1%
#10	Honda Ridgeline	1301	- 1.1%	2553	- 2.4%
#11	Chevrolet Colorado	828	- 76.6%	1650	- 74.2%
#12	Cadillac Escalade EXT	191	+ 27.3%	363	+ 40.7%
#13	GMC Canyon	180	- 83.1%	482	- 77.3%
#14	Suzuki Equator	118	- 21.9%	258	- 0.4%

Source: Manufacturers

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January 2013 Top 14 Best-Selling Trucks In America

An Increasingly Large Number Of Buyers Are Scooping
Up Chevrolet Avalanches Before It's Too Late

America's truck market features a quickly shrinking number of nameplates to choose from. Ford Ranger? Dead. Mazda B-Series? Forgotten. Dodge Dakota? She gone. Suzuki Equator? We don't have January numbers yet, but small they will be.

This leaves 13 different pickup trucks available in the pickup-friendly United States. Two of those trucks are dying a slow death: the Chevrolet Avalanche (up 20% in January) and Cadillac Escalade EXT (up 59%) are undeserving of their sentences.

All 247 Vehicles Ranked By January 2013 Sales

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At the top of the heap in January sat, as usual, the Ford F-Series. Sales of America's best-selling vehicle jumped 22% to 46,841, but the F-Series was outsold by GM's twins - the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra - by 1450 units. 

These were the 14 best-selling pickup trucks in America in January 2013 - click any model name in the table below to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures from both the U.S. and Canada.

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Rank	Best-Selling Truck	January 2013	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford F-Series	46,841	+ 21.7%	46,841	+ 21.7%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	35,445	+ 32.0%	35,445	+ 32.0%
#3	(Dodge) Ram	20,474	+ 14.3%	20,474	+ 14.3%
#4	GMC Sierra	12,846	+ 35.0%	12,846	+ 35.0%
#5	Toyota Tacoma	11,622	+ 30.6%	11,622	+ 30.6%
#6	Toyota Tundra	7004	+ 27.1%	7004	+ 27.1%
#7	Nissan Frontier	2624	- 30.6%	2624	- 30.6%
#8	Chevrolet Avalanche	1939	+ 19.9%	1939	+ 19.9%
#9	Nissan Titan	1394	+ 6.7%	1394	+ 6.7%
#10	Honda Ridgeline	1252	+ 0.6%	1252	+ 0.6%
#11	Chevrolet Colorado	822	- 71.4%	822	- 71.4%
#12	GMC Canyon	302	- 71.5%	302	- 71.5%
#13	Cadillac Escalade EXT	172	+ 59.3%	172	+ 59.3%
#14	Suzuki Equator	140	+ 29.6%	140	+ 29.6%

Source: Manufacturers

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2012 Year End Top 16 Best-Selling Trucks In America

The Dakota Was Not America's
Best-Selling Truck In 2012. Or Ever.

Ford sold more F-Series pickup trucks in America in 2012 than in any year since 2007.  Ford put a lickin' on General Motors - the F-Series outsold GM's twins by 69,819 units - and outsold Japan's best-selling truck bya count of 4.5-to-1.

Indeed, the best-selling Japanese truck was also the best-selling non-full-size truck. The Tacoma was up 28% this year with a little help from the Ford Ranger's disappearance. The Tacoma beat its bigger sibling, the Tundra, by 39,744 sales.

All 266 Vehicles Ranked By 2012 Year End U.S. Sales

The worst declines were reported by defunct pickup trucks like the Ford Ranger, Suzuki Equator, and Dodge Dakota.

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As always, you can click any model name in the table below to see historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or you can select any make or model at GCBC's Sales Stats home. GCBC will soon publish lists of the best-selling SUVs and cars, and much more information on these trucks and many other vehicles will be made available throughout January.

Rank	Truck	2012 Year End	2011 Year End	% Change
#1	Ford F-Series	645,316	584,917	+ 10.3%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	418,312	415,130	+ 0.8%
#3	Dodge Ram	293,363	244,762	+ 19.9%
#4	GMC Sierra	157,185	149,170	+ 5.4%
#5	Toyota Tacoma	141,365	110,705	+ 27.7%
#6	Toyota Tundra	101,621	82,908	+ 22.6%
#7	Nissan Frontier	55,435	51,700	+ 7.2%
#8	Chevrolet Colorado	36,840	31,026	+ 18.7%
#9	Chevrolet Avalanche	23,995	20,088	+ 19.4%
#10	Nissan Titan	21,576	21,994	- 1.9%
#11	Ford Ranger	19,366	70,832	- 72.7%
#12	Honda Ridgeline	14,068	9759	+ 44.2%
#13	GMC Canyon	8735	9590	- 8.9%
#14	Suzuki Equator	1966	2127	- 7.6%
#15	Cadillac Escalade EXT	1934	2036	- 5.0%
#16	Dodge Dakota	490	12,156	- 96.0%

Source: Manufacturers

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December 2012 Top 16 Best-Selling Trucks In America

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America's acquired a truckload of pickup trucks in December, as the six most popular all posted year-over-year gains. Eight of the top ten trucks sold more often in December 2012 than in December of 2011. 

Of course the F-Series was America's top seller. And of course GM took this one last opportunity in 2012 to use its twin powers to outsell the F-Series, by 622 units.

All 266 Vehicles Ranked By 2012 Year End U.S. Sales

The list you're interested in, however, is in this 2012 year end best-selling trucks post. And it's ready for your perusal.

Rank	Truck	December 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford F-Series	68,787	+ 0.7%	645,613	+ 10.3%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	50,699	+ 6.1%	418,312	+ 0.8%
#3	Dodge Ram	30,211	+ 16.1%	293,363	+ 19.9%
#4	GMC Sierra	18,710	+ 13.4%	157,185	+ 5.4%
#5	Toyota Tacoma	14,030	+ 15.6%	141,365	+ 27.7%
#6	Toyota Tundra	10,254	+ 13.4%	101,621	+ 22.6%
#7	Nissan Frontier	3688	- 34.4%	55,435	+ 7.2%
#8	Chevrolet Avalanche	2737	+ 7.5%	23,995	+ 19.4%
#9	Nissan Titan	1838	- 23.0%	21,576	- 1.9%
#10	Honda Ridgeline	1553	+ 5.8%	14,068	+ 44.2%
#11	Chevrolet Colorado	1293	- 56.5%	36,840	+ 18.7%
#12	GMC Canyon	315	- 56.0%	8735	- 8.9%
#13	Cadillac Escalade EXT	256	- 2.3%	1934	- 5.0%
#14	Suzuki Equator	194	+ 18.3%	1966	- 7.6%
#15	Ford Ranger	118	- 98.2%	19,366	- 72.7%
#16	Dodge Dakota	-----	- 100%	490	- 96.0%

Source: Manufacturers

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November 2012 Pickup Truck Sales In America

15 pickup truck nameplates collected 154,369 U.S. buyers in November 2012. 36% of those sales occurred in Ford showrooms. Sales of Ford's F-Series jumped 18% last month. Year-to-date, the F-Series' growth of 12% is slightly below the overall industry's 14% gains, but it's hugely impressive nonetheless.

General Motors collected a total of 45,991 pickup truck sales in November 2012. That's 25% of the company's total U.S. volume. GM has improved incentives of late, but even with sufficient inventory, sales have been in decline. The trucks are old; this isn't surprising. But now that GM has shown the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and the 2014 GMC Sierra, it isn't going to get any easier to convince customers to buy the aging GMT900 truck twins, not if they can wait a few months for the much improved 2014s.

18% of the new pickup trucks registered in America last month were sold by import brands. Sales of the Honda Ridgeline, Toyota Tundra, and fifth-ranked Toyota Tacoma are all growing at an above-average clip this year.

All 265 Vehicles Ranked By U.S. November 2012 YTD Sales

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As always, you can click any model name in the table below to see historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or you can select any make or model at GCBC's Sales Stats home. Any vehicle you can't find tabled here will be listed elsewhere - you can select from segments like commercial vans and large SUVs at GCBC's The Tally page.

Click the accompanying chart for a larger view. In that chart, trucks are ranked by volume - they're listed alphabetically in the tables below.

Truck	November 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Cadillac Escalade EXT	156	- 20.4%	1678	- 5.4%
Chevrolet Avalanche	1778	- 4.3%	21,258	+ 21.2%
Chevrolet Colorado	1327	- 32.9%	35,547	+ 26.7%
Chevrolet Silverado	30,674	- 10.4%	367,613	+ 0.1%
Dodge Dakota	-----	- 100%	490	- 95.8%
Dodge Ram	24,337	+ 23.3%	263,152	+ 20.3%
Ford F-Series	56,299	+ 17.9%	576,529	+ 11.6%
Ford Ranger	28	- 99.6%	19,248	- 70.0%
GMC Canyon	330	- 28.6%	8420	- 5.1%
GMC Sierra	11,726	- 2.0%	138,475	+ 4.4%
Honda Ridgeline	1290	+ 38.0%	12,515	+ 50.9%
Nissan Frontier	3882	- 10.2%	51,747	+ 12.3%
Nissan Titan	1750	- 18.5%	19,738	+ 0.7%
Suzuki Equator	211	+ 31.1%	1772	- 9.7%
Toyota Tacoma	12,272	+ 26.0%	127,335	+ 29.2%
Toyota Tundra	8309	+ 31.6%	91,367	+ 23.7%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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October 2012 U.S. Truck Sales And Minivan Sales

Americans registered 40,029 new minivans in October 2012. No minivan sold less frequently than the only mini-minivan on sale, Mazda's 5. Sales of the 5 are down 38% so far this year; September's 21% slide was only about half that bad. Year-to-date, the Kia Sedona - production of which has stalled - and Volkswagen Routan are also in decline.

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The segment's three leaders are selling significantly better this year than they did in the first ten months of 2011. Overall, America's new vehicle market is up 14% in 2012. Chrysler's Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan, as well as Honda's second-ranked Odyssey, are all up at least 22%.

Americans registered 165,732 new pickup trucks in October 2012. Nameplates we now know to be done for, five of the 16 available last month, accounted for 1.6% of all pickup truck sales. The vast majority of trucks were full-sizers hailing from Detroit (perhaps assembled elsewhere). The Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Ford F-Series, and Ram P/U were responsible for 81% of all October pickup volume.

All 265 Vehicles Ranked By U.S. October YTD Sales

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For the Silverado and Sierra, October was the best U.S. sales month since last December. October was the fifth time this year that Ford sold more than 55,000 F-Series trucks in a single month, the fifth time Dodge sold more than 25,000 Rams, and the fourth time Toyota sold more than 12,000 Tacomas.

As will always be the case in the future, historic brand and corporate totals (monthly and yearly going back to 2002) are now available through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, along with results for more than 260 currently sold vehicles. That's where you'll find out that Ford's missing 37,838 Ranger sales from last year.

You can study October 2012 and year-to-date sales figures, with year-over-year changes, in the tables visible after the jump. Click either of the two accompanying charts for a larger view.

Minivan	October 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Chrysler Town & Country	8281	+ 30.7%	95,850	+ 22.5%
Dodge Grand Caravan	10,603	+ 49.3%	118,730	+ 27.8%
Honda Odyssey	9712	- 6.7%	107,536	+ 24.4%
Kia Sedona	1144	- 25.8%	15,598	- 24.9%
Mazda 5	761	- 20.9%	10,454	- 38.4%
Nissan Quest	888	+ 38.5%	15,402	+ 65.7%
Toyota Sienna	7799	- 11.0%	94,986	+ 3.3%
Volkswagen Routan	841	+ 0.8%	9087	- 19.2%

Truck	October 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Cadillac Escalade EXT	174	+ 6.7%	1522	- 3.5%
Chevrolet Avalanche	2331	+ 37.4%	19,480	+ 24.2%
Chevrolet Colorado	1612	- 23.0%	34,220	+ 31.2%
Chevrolet Silverado	38,739	+ 5.7%	336,939	+ 1.2%
Dodge Dakota	2	- 99.7%	490	- 95.7%
Dodge Ram	25,222	+ 19.9%	238,815	+ 20.0%
Ford F-Series	56,497	+ 7.65	520,230	+ 10.9%
Ford Ranger	74	- 99.0%	19,220	- 66.3%
GMC Canyon	472	- 39.3%	8090	- 3.8%
GMC Sierra	14,568	+ 9.0%	126,749	+ 5.0%
Honda Ridgeline	996	+ 13.2%	11,225	+ 52.6%
Nissan Frontier	3051	- 29.1%	47,865	+ 14.6%
Nissan Titan	1582	- 25.2%	17,988	+ 3.0%
Suzuki Equator	135	- 33.5%	1561	- 13.4%
Toyota Tacoma	12,191	+ 19.8%	115,063	+ 29.5%
Toyota Tundra	8086	+ 24.5%	83,058	+ 23.0%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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