Ford Transit Takes a Sales Dive, GM Vans Have a Great Month: July 2017 Van Sales Report

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The Ford Transit has been king of commercial van sales in the US for many months. However, in the month of July 2017 Ford reported a massive decline in sales of -67.3%. Due to this drastic drop-off, the Chevy Express was able to take the number one spot in commercial van sales this month.

The other notable figure on this list is the improved growth of the GMC Savana which saw an increase of 188.6% from July last year. Despite this large jump, it still sells less than half as many units as the Chevy Express.

Full-size Commercial Van – July 2017 Sales

*Mercedes-Benz Sprinter sales numbers are now reported in combination with the Mercedes-Benz Metris van.

July 2017# July ’17 / ’16 % YTD 2017 # YTD ’17 / ’16 %
Chevy Express 5,226 7.1% 40,374 7.9%
Ford Transit 3,710 -67.3% 70,120 -21.9%
Ford E-Series 3,316 -17.3% 30,930  -1.5%
Ram ProMaster 3,035  -1%  23,743 18%
Mercedes Sprinter/Metris 2,758 -15.7% 18,558 -2.5%
GMC Savana 2,095 188.6% 18,835 54.4%
Nissan NV 1,338 -11.4% 10,785 2.2%

Small commercial vans saw a pretty serious decline this month. The Ford Transit Connect still took the number one spot, but not without seeing a 28.4% decline in sales from this time last year.

Small Commercial Van – July 2017 Sales

July 2017 # July ’17 / ’16 % YTD 2017 # YTD ’17 / ’16 %
Ford Transit Connect 3,499 -28.4% 19,559 -28.6%
Nissan NV200 1,625 9.8% 11,227 -4%
Ram ProMaster City 1,347 13% 9,791 -9%

Here is our most recent Mercedes Metris review.