1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass S * Click on the title for each year's Top 10 best-sellers! - thanks to Adam for the data * I can now share with you the best-selling passenger cars in America from 1976 to 1979! All throughout the period, two nameplates were consistently on top of…
1912 Ford Model T Yes you have read well: I have uploaded Historical Data for the USA since 1908, year of the Ford Model T launch. It is the first car to be mass-produced, and I have yearly production figures for you, showing that in 1923 2,011,125 units of the…
Chevrolet Cruze The American market continues its recovery from the GFC, with most models registering sales increases on January 2010: the Ford F-Series, #1, is at 35,806 sales (+30%), ahead of the Chevrolet Silverado at 28.172 (+24%), the Toyota Corolla at 20,581 (+20%) and the Toyota Camry at 18,145 (15%).…
Toyota Camry * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Relative set back for trucks this year in the US: the Ford F-Series is the best-selling vehicle in the country for the 25th year in a row in spite of a…
The Ford F-Series reclaims the top spot in Canada. The Canadian new light vehicle market slides -4.9% in 2003 to 1.613.299 units, still estimated to be the 2nd largest annual volume in history below last year. Market leader Ford (+1.5%) defies the market decline to improve to 15.5% share whereas…
1980-1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais There is conflicting information about the best-selling model in the US in 1980. Car and Driver affirms the Oldsmobile Cutlass is on top of the overall US models ranking with 469.573 sales. Another source places the Chevrolet Citation in pole position with 374.706 sales just above…
Chevrolet Chevette The Chevrolet Impala/Caprice enjoys its third consecutive year atop the American ranking with almost 450,000 sales, down 28%, while the Oldsmobile Cutlass hangs onto its 2nd place for the third year in a row also, down just 1% to just over 400.000 units. Note Car and Driver has…
Chevrolet Caprice Second year of reign for the Chevrolet Impala/Caprice, still at a very high level with over 620,000 units, down just 5%. The Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme drops by 1% and keeps the 2nd place at over 520,000 above the Ford Fairmont. The Fairmont earns the title of 'best-selling new car…
Chevrolet Impala/Caprice * Click on the title for the Top 10 best-selling models - Thanks to Adam for the data! * After two years of Oldsmobile domination, the Chevrolet Impala/Caprice takes advantage of its downsizing to become America's best-selling vehicle and passenger car with a whopping 657,151 sales, up 45% on 1976. The…
Oldsmobile Cutlass S * Click on the title for the Top 10 best-selling models - many thanks to Adam for the data! * Excellent year for passenger car sales in the USA, with 7 of the 10 best-selling models up more than 30% year-on-year. The Oldsmobile Cutlass keeps the title of best-selling…
Ford Pinto * See 'Read more' for the Top 80 best-selling models! Thanks DC for the data * Thanks to DC and www.autoweek.nl, I am able to share with you the Top 80 best-selling American passenger cars in 1974 (no imports sorry). Launched in 1970 to counter the success of…
1965 Chevrolet Impala I only have patchy data for this period in the US so if you have access to detailed figures please make sure to get in touch! From 1960 to 1970, one model dominated car sales in America: the Chevrolet Impala. In 1965 the Impala sold 1,074,925 units,…