LexFather

The following are the 20 top-selling vehicles in the U.S. through February of 2005:

RANK VEHICLE — 2005 SALES
1. Ford F-Series pickup — 108,881
2. Chevy Silverado-C/K pickup — 87,859
3. Toyota Camry — 60,241
4. Dodge Ram pickup — 53,526
5. Toyota Corolla — 49,653
6. Honda Accord — 44,296
7. Chevrolet Impala — 39,256
8. Ford Explorer — 37,728
9. Nissan Altima — 36,139
10. Ford Taurus — 34,227
11. Honda Civic — 33,841
12. Dodge Caravan — 32,912
13. Ford Focus — 28,940
14. GMC Sierra pickup — 28,451
15. Jeep Grand Cherokee — 28,286
16. Chrysler Town & Country — 27,587
17. Ford Escape — 27,178
18. Chevrolet TrailBlazer — 26,841
19. Jeep Liberty — 25,994
20. Ford Econoline — 25,724

Wow, 2 Jeeps. The Ford Econoline has to be a huge profit maker. 6 Fords. 2 Chevys,
Big surprise, the Camry AND Corolla are the top selling cars. I find the new Accord to be a stellar car, sales are down again but still strong. at 6.

LexFather

BTW
Chrysler 300 sales YTD are 22,777.

The Dodge Magnum has only sold 10,315

mmarshall

I fail to understand the Explorer's continuing huge popularity....especially after the fiasco with the Firestone Wilderness tires, Ford's fault or not.
There are a number of SUV's on the market, both truck and car-based, large and small, that handily outperform the Explorer in a number of areas, yet this vehicle continually trumps all competition in its field.
Perhaps it is because of the fact that the Explorer was the first mass-produced SUV to have an electronic push-button transfer case for 2WD, 4WH, 4WL, and Torque-on-Demand (AWD) combined. Even today some SUV's still retain the archaic floor-shift lever for the transfer case.

LexFather

I guess the "Explorer" name has a brand to people, where they feel its superior to others. Or its just a matter of time before the Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander get on that list.

mmarshall

Yes.....and it looks like both the Highlander and Pilot will also have hybrid versions before the Explorer does. That can only add to their totals, especially if gas makes another price-bump expected later this year.

wiz2

Explorer wins on fleet and municipality sales. Also check the crazy rebatesand low financing specials on Ford and Chevy trucks. It all comes down to $$$. I'd love to see the actual household consumer purchase numbers.

gs400998

It will be interesting to see how long it will take for Tundra and Titan to get into the top 20.

xioix

quite a long time

the tundra sells like 110k? a year