Ford F-Series served its competition once again in 2013. All together Ford sold an astounding 763,402 pickup trucks. This may not be an all time record, but it’s nonetheless impressive. Nissan Frontier improved the most in December with 46.7% over December of last year. Ram had the best sales improvement in 2013 with 21.0% YTD over previous year.
Pickup Truck – December 2013 Sales Chart
| Dec 2013 # | Dec ’13 / ’12 % | YTD 2013 # | YTD ’13 / ’12 % | |
| Ford F-Series | 74,592 | 8.4% | 763,402 | 18.3% |
| Chevrolet Silverado | 42,593 | -16.0% | 480,414 | 14.8% |
| Ram | 33,405 | 11.0% | 355,673 | 21.0% |
| GMC Sierra | 17,854 | -4.6% | 184,389 | 17.3% |
| Toyota Tacoma | 12,761 | -9.0% | 159,485 | 12.8% |
| Toyota Tundra | 10,988 | 7.2% | 112,732 | 10.9% |
| Nissan Frontier | 5,411 | 46.7% | 62,837 | 13.4% |
| Nissan Titan | 1,284 | -30.1% | 15,691 | -27.3% |
| Chevrolet Colorado | 2 | -99.8% | 3,412 | -90.7% |
| GMC Canyon | 2 | -98.4% | 929 | -89.4% |
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Commercial Van – December 2013 Sales Chart
Ford E-Series took a huge win for 2013 and in its last year of production with 125,356 units sold. 2014 Ram ProMaster had a good second month with 1,872 vans leaving the showrooms. GMC Savana nearly doubled in December over the same month last year, but still came in short for the year. Ram Cargo Van grew the most at 26.0%. However, the new Nissan NV200 sold more than the small Ram van in December at 793 units.
| Dec 2013 # | Dec ’13 / ’12 % | YTD 2013 # | YTD ’13 / ’12 % | |
| Ford E-Series | 12,460 | 3.8% | 125,356 | 2.4% |
| Chevrolet Express | 7,159 | -3.1% | 79,087 | 3.0% |
| Ford Transit Connect | 3,787 | 0.3% | 39,703 | 12.7% |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | 2,828 | 26.8% | 21,816 | 4.2% |
| GMC Savana | 2,588 | 94.6% | 16,705 | -19.1% |
| Ram ProMaster | 1,872 | N/A | 3,270 | N/A |
| Nissan NV | 1,512 | 21.0% | 12,589 | 23.7% |
| Nissan NV200 | 793 | N/A | 4,619 | N/A |
| Ram Cargo Van | 751 | 11.0% | 8,900 | 26.0% |
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Andre Smirnov is a life-long automotive enthusiast, writer, reporter, and software engineer. He has been a contributor at TFL since 2011. When not working or spending time with the family – you can find him tinkering in the garage or simply ‘going for a drive’.
