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Originally Posted by AU N EGL

OT the top two selling vehicles in the US for 2008 are not little hybrids fuel efficient ego boosting greenie beanie status cars, but vehicles that ppl need for work or business. The top two? Ford F150 and Chevy Silverardo pickup trucks. /OT

How is this related? Many Corvette owners also own a Chevy Pick up truck(s) or Chevy SUVs. Chevrolet Brand Name Recognition is very important to the company.

The Ford F series and Silverado sales are in a decline, compare those to the Toyota Camry and other cars which are stable or increasing. As you can also see the the Toyota Prius is now into the top 20 and sales are growing, but still a fracton of the top 5.

Giving the contined decline in the US, these figures will clearly show another steep fall, and the F series and Silverado could well have lost the top places.

June 3, 2008; Reuters compiled the following chart of the 20 top-selling vehicles in the U.S. through May of 2008 as reported by the automakers.

Total sales of the top 20 vehicles fell 3 percent or -73,755 units to 2,347,879. Following is a list of the top-20 selling vehicles, ranked by total units.

Following is a list of the top-20 selling vehicles, ranked by total units.

RANK VEHICLE 2008 2007 '07 RANK %Chng
1 Ford F-Series P/U 235,924 290,282 1 -18.7
2 Toyota Camry 198,309 193,900 3 +2.3
3 Chevy Silverado-C/K P/U 197,030 265,941 2 -25.9
4 Honda Accord 166,158 153,431 6 +8.3
5 Honda Civic 164,994 137,288 8 +20.2
6 Toyota Corolla 152,308 165,722 4 -8.1
7 Nissan Altima 133,465 114,318 9 +16.7
8 Chevrolet Impala 122,281 144,541 7 -15.4
9 Dodge Ram P/U 112,795 154,143 5 -26.8
10 Ford Focus 105,499 77,732 15 +35.7
11 Chevrolet Cobalt 93,362 79,257 14 +17.8
12 Honda CR-V 89,017 84,464 11 +5.4
13 Toyota Prius 79,675 76,747 16 +3.8
14 Ford Escape 76,966 73,058 17 +5.3
15 Chevrolet Malibu 74,925 59,627 26 +25.7
16 Ford Fusion 73,197 66,260 20 +10.5
17 GM Pontiac G6 71,062 59,063 28 +20.3
18 GMC Sierra P/U 70,765 84,106 12 -15.9
19 Toyota Tundra 66,278 61,113 23 +8.5
20 Ford Econoline/Club Wagon 63,869 80,641 13 -20.8