Ford's F-Series completes 30 straight years as Number One.
America’s love affair with trucks continued in 2011 as three large pickup trucks, four mid-size sedans and three compact models made the Top Ten seller list.
Three of the models, including the Ford F-Series – the top-volume model in the U.S. for the 30th straight year – were Ford Motor Company products.
General Motors Company and Toyota Group each produced two of the 10 models with the highest sales volumes in the US market last year.
Renault-Nissan Group and Fiat-Chrysler’s Ram each built one of the best-sellers, according to data collected by J.D. Power’s Power Information Network and LMC Automotive.
Some of the Power highlights for the 20 best-sellers in the US auto market in 2011:
- Half of the 20 best-sellers were domestic-brand models.
- Half of the 20 best-sellers also were compact models.
- Four compact CUVs made the list in 2011.
- Since it was a new model in December 2010, the Chevrolet Cruze compact conventional car was in the top 10 for the first time.
- Ford Escape became the best-selling CUV in the US market, moving from No. 12 to No. 5 in sales rank.
- Toyota and Honda still had six models that ranked among the 20 highest-volume models in the US market in 2011, despite inventory shortages following production setbacks in Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
- Despite difficulties in Japan, the Toyota Camry remained the best-selling car in America followed by the Nissan Altima. The third-best-selling midsize sedan in 2011 was the Ford Fusion.
- Setbacks didn’t stop the Toyota Corolla from taking the sales crown in the compact conventional car segment, followed by the new Chevrolet Cruze. Both were among the 10 best-sellers in the US auto market.
