As the U.S. auto industry struggled in the face of a shorter sales month, the commercial van sector posted a 5% year-over-year sales increase worth 2072 additional sales in May 2016.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – May 2016 YTD
Small commercial vans failed to gain any market share, however, as the real growth in the commercial van segment came from the Ford Transit and Ram ProMaster. The duo combined for 2330 more sales in May 2016 than in May 2015.
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Through the first five months of 2016, the Ford Transit owns 33% of the commercial van market. The Ford brand has earned 53% of all U.S. commercial van sales so far this year.
FCA grew Ram’s share of the American commercial van market from 9.4% in the first five months of 2015 to 11.4%
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. This table is sortable, so you can rank commercial vans any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • April 2016 • May 2015
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Van
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May
2016 |
May
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
174
|
772 | -77.5% | 4557 | 3211 | 41.9% | |
|
6588
|
5994 | 9.9% | 26,762 | 21,459 | 24.7% | |
|
3985
|
4364 | -8.7% | 22,163 | 23,074 | -3.9% | |
|
13,640
|
11,715 | 16.4% | 64,043 | 45,509 | 40.7% | |
|
4390
|
4576 | -4.1% | 17,768 | 19,781 | -10.2% | |
|
2341
|
2636 | -11.2% | 9877 | 11,362 | -13.1% | |
|
410
|
— | — | 2236 | — | — | |
|
2438
|
2769 | -12.0% | 10,441 | 11,092 | -5.9% | |
|
1465
|
1447 | 1.2% | 7578 | 6575 | 15.3% | |
|
1411
|
1631 | -13.5% | 8503 | 6980 | 21.8% | |
|
1
|
191 | -99.5% | 1 | 2996 | -99.9% | |
|
2946
|
2541 | 15.9% | 14,175 | 9854 | 43.9% | |
|
1833
|
914 | 101% | 8264 | 2634 | 214% | |
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Full-Size Commercial Vans ³
|
33,403
|
31,466 | 6.2% | 155,039 | 128,925 | 20.3% |
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Small Commercial Vans ²
|
8219
|
8084 | 1.7% | 41,329 | 35,602 | 16.1% |
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Total
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41,622
|
39,550 | 5.2% | 196,368 | 164,527 | 19.4% |
Source: Automakers
Sprinter & Metris sales combined by Mercedes-Benz, not GoodCarBadCar, and displayed with full-size commercial vans for the time being.
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