The top light truck sales in the USA over the first 9 months of 2017
- The American market is becoming increasingly oriented towards light trucks (pickups, SUVs, minivans) which make up 64% of sales in 2017 (against 60% in 2016). This category breaks down as follows:
§ 65% SUV (29% C segment, 21% D segment, 11% E segment, 4% B segment) in 2017, compared to 63% in 2016 (including 29% C segment, 20% D segment, 11% E segment, 3% of B segment)
§ 25% pickups in 2017, compared to 25% in 2016
§ 6% minivans in 2017, compared to 7% in 2016
§ 4% delivery vans in 2017, compared to 5% in 2016
-If we look at the top 20 sales of light trucks by model, we see that the first three places are traditionally occupied by the big pickups of Ford (659 000 sales), Chevrolet (419 000 sales) and Dodge (375 000 sales). Japanese automakers place three SUVs of the same segment in the following three places: the Toyota RAV4 (312,000 sales), the Nissan Rogue (297,000 sales) and the Honda CRV (281,000 sales). The first purely American SUVs (Ford Escape, Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee) are placed in the following four places. Most models‘ sales increased in 2017. Notable exceptions are Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and Jeep Cherokee.
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