Truck Sales And Minivan Sales In America – October 2011

Americans acquired nearly 37,000 minivans in October. The segment’s top seller last month was the Honda Odyssey. The Odyssey’s 10,415 sales marked a 5% improvement over last October’s Honda minivan sales performance. Combined, the identical Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan duo sees Chrysler’s share of the minivan market climb to 36.7% from the separate 17.3%/19.4% market share stats owned by the Town & Country and Grand Caravan, respectively.

The table below shows that America’s best-selling minivan this year has been the Dodge Grand Caravan, sales of which are up 12% this year. The Odyssey was America’s 26th-best-selling vehicle in October but it’s America’s third-best-selling minivan this year.

One-third of all trucks sold in America in October were Ford F-Series pickups. F-Series sales rose 7% in October 2011 and are up 8% in 2011. For context, America’s new vehicle marker has improved 10% through the first ten months of 2011.

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

No truck reported a worse year-over-year October drop than the Honda Ridgeline. As the second table shows, Ridgeline sales fell 30% in October. That’s not as bad as 2011’s ten-month total. Ridgeline sales are down 47% so far this year.

Conversely, apart from Suzuki’s ultra-low volume Equator, no automaker reported a greater year-over-year gain in pickup truck sales than Ford did with the…. Ranger? Despite the fact that Ford is killing off the Ranger, discounted leftover Rangers are clearly an attractive proposition for buyers who need a truck. Any truck. Even the least appealing truck on the market.

Minivan	October 2011	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Chrysler Town & Country	6338	– 25%	78,255	– 18%
Dodge Grand Caravan	7100	– 14%	92,930	+ 12%
Honda Odyssey	10,415	+ 5%	86,436	– 3%
Kia Sedona	1541	– 7%	20,776	+ 10%
Mazda 5	962	-18%	16,967	+ 21%
Nissan Quest	641	—–	9293	+ 5150%
Toyota Sienna	8767	– 5%	91,955	+ 13%
Volkswagen Routan	834	– 24%	11,241	– 18%

Truck	October 2011	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Cadillac Escalade EXT	163	– 33%	1578	– 3%
Chevrolet Avalanche	1696	– 12%	15,865	– 8%
Chevrolet Colorado	2093	– 6%	26,078	+26%
Chevrolet Silverado	36,656	+ 7%	333,092	+10%
Dodge Dakota	642	– 17%	11,299	+ 1%
Dodge Ram	21,037	+ 22%	199,011	+ 26%
Ford F-Series	52,511	+ 7%	468,899	+ 8%
Ford Ranger	7270	+ 64%	57,058	+ 21%
GMC Canyon	778	– 15%	8412	+ 28%
GMC Sierra	13,362	+ 3%	120,704	+17%
Honda Ridgeline	880	– 30%	7356	– 47%
Nissan Frontier	4305	+ 24%	41,750	+ 25%
Nissan Titan	2114	+ 8%	17,462	– 10%
Suzuki Equator	203	+ 78%	1802	+ 51%
Toyota Tacoma	10,172	+ 13%	88,826	+ 3%
Toyota Tundra	6496	– 10%	67,553	– 11%