With automakers recently submitting their final sales figures for 2015, the best selling cars in the US have finally been named. No surprises as to which model claimed the coveted top spot, though, with the Ford F Series pick-up continuing its undefeated run into the 34th year.
The top three positions were fiercely contested by the Ford, the Chevrolet Silverado, and the Ram Pickup. Clearly, US citizens are still firm believers in their pick-up trucks. Toyota and Honda were also prominently featured in the top-10 list, with three models from each brand represented in the top 10.
In the luxury segment, Mercedes-Benz claimed the honour of being the top-selling brand with 380,461 vehicles sold in the country. BMW and Lexus trailed closely behind. Meanwhile, Volkswagen’s issues in the US continue to spell trouble for the brand. Its sales fell 9.1% against 2014’s figures.
It is especially unfortunate for Volkswagen to lose out in 2015 – according to the Wall Street Journal, car sales in the US reached an all-time record of 17.5 million vehicles sold.
The publication confirmed that the figures were a 5.7% increase on the year before, with Americans spending an average USD$34,500 on a car, amounting to total estimate of USD$570 billion spent on new cars throughout the single year.
The publication attributes stable gas prices, low interest rates and employment gains as some of the factors behind the nation’s flourishing automotive industry.
The US’ top-10 best-selling vehicles in 2015 (units sold in brackets)
1. Ford F Series pick-up – 780,354
2. Chevrolet Silverado – 600,544
3. Ram Pickup – 451,116
4. Toyota Camry – 429,355
5. Toyota Corolla – 363,332
6. Honda Accord – 355,557
7. Honda CR-V – 345,647
8. Honda Civic – 335,384 (9th-gen)
9. Nissan Altima (Teana) – 333,398
10. Toyota RAV4 – 315,412
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No surprise after they killed VW off the list
The US Ford pick up is so big and tough, our Ranger look like a toy compare to them.
As I said, the US is sneaky. They purposely killed VW cause they want their own brand to do well.
yeah we can see after they killed VW, ranks 4-10 are taken by their own brands. oh wait , i didnt know honda and toyota are american ??
Where is John’s pride the Proton? Ops, I forgot it is illegal to sell junk in the states.
pickup rules…
What a bodoh list that makes no sense. If MB sells 380k cars, then it should be no 5 on the list.
Crap list cause it comes under the title as 10 best selling cars. MB though is luxury still falls in the ambits of this list.
The list is top 10 model, not top 10 brand, read carefully! However, I read another report that claiming luxury brand sale as: 1) BMW, 2) Lexus & 3) Mercedes-Benz
Similarly, in Malaysia if you take out the cheap and junk Saga from Proton sales, the figures is PATHETIC.
are u retarded or what ? the list is by model, not by brand. if mercedes total sold 380k cars, i am sure none of their individual models would make the top 10 list
American love RV, they gotto use pickup for towing sometime.
Ford got more RV than the Japanese
unfortunately, the 1st 3 vehicle mentioned were unavailable to the m’sian public.
Too big for Malaysian roads
Comparison between America and Malaysia;
salary per mth : USD 1,600 (w/o OT) => low income class
Cinema 1 ticket : USD 11 (0.68%)
Petrol : USD 0.66/L (0.04%)
Honda civiv 1.5L turbo : USD 23,000 (1,437.5%) =>the most upgrade.
Malaysia;
salary per mth : RM 1,100 (w/o OT) => low income class
Cinema 1 ticket : RM 11 (1%)
Petrol : RM 1.85/L (0.16%)
Honda Civic 2.0L : RM 125,000 (11,363%) => the most upgrade.
Somemore the average salary in America is USD 2,700/mth.
Source (http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=United+States)
We all in Malaysia mostly lives in debt.
How about healthcare? Mind to go figure?
USA Petrol now is USD1.7 per gallon = USD0.45 per Liter
RON 97 is RM7 per liter in UK. Why our unsubsidised RON97 is cheaper?
Only a bodoh will convert currency directly. This is how the Government fool the kampung people saying petrol is RM7 in UK and petrol is RM1.85 in Malaysia.
They forgot to tell, fresh grad start at 2000 pounds. Fresh grad here start RM2000. So which fuel cheaper? 1 pound or RM1.85
because petrol is taxed in the UK. just like imported cars are heavily taxed in malaysia.
Wierd, didn’t the other article earlier just mentioned that merc was 3rd place?
http://paultan.org/2016/01/07/bmw-tops-2015-us-premium-sales-chart-merc-is-third/
that one was premium car, this one normal class..