Sharp declines in sales of midsize cars, unprecedented in the U.S., marked the tally of light-vehicle sales for 2018.
The long-popular Toyota Camry, though retaining its longtime lead in car sales, dipped by almost 44,000 units from a year earlier.
On the bright side of the Toyota ledger is the Highlander, a midsize SUV crossover, which gained 29,000 sales in 2018 to 244,511for seventh place among all SUVs, just ahead of the Jeep Wrangler.
As the Camry remained atop its sales category, so, too, the Ford F-series continued its dominance in truck sales which began more than 40 years ago; for the second year in a row, the Toyota RAV4 edged the Nissan Rogue among SUVs and the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Pacifica repeated as top-selling minivans.
All midsize models suffered sales declines, most severely besides the Camry were the Nissan Altima at 45,000 fewer sales, the Chevy Malibu at 41,000, Ford Fusion at 36,000 and Honda Accord at 31,000.
Cars, which five years ago made up half the number of total sales, fell to 31 percent last year, leaving 69 percent to trucks and SUV/crossovers. In Colorado, the split is 25 percent to cars, 75 percent to trucks and SUVs.
Total light-duty car and truck sales in the U.S. in 2018 totaled 17,334,481, fourth highest ever. Ford, Toyota and Chevrolet led, each with over 2 million sales; biggest gainer over the previous year was Jeep, with an increase of 145,000.
Following are sales by make:
- Ford 2,381,635;
- Toyota 2,128,357;
- Chevrolet 2,036,623;
- Honda 1,445,894;
- Nissan 1,344,597;
- Jeep 973,227;
- Subaru 680,135;
- Hyundai 667,533;
- Ram 597,368;
- Kia 589,673;
- GMC 556,449;
- Dodge 459,324; (total Dodge/Ram 1,056,692);
- Mercedes-Benz 354,137;
- Volkswagen 354,064;
- BMW 311,014;
- Mazda 300,325;
- Lexus 298,310;
- Audi 223,323;
- Buick 206,863;
- Tesla 182,400;
- Chrysler 165,964;
- Acura 158,934;
- Cadillac 154,702;
- Infiniti 149,280;
- Mitsubishi 118,074;
- Lincoln 103,587;
- Volvo 98,263;
- Land Rover 92,143;
- Porsche 57,202;
- Mini Cooper 43,684;
- Jaguar 30,483;
- Alfa Romeo 23,800;
- Fiat 15,521;
- Maserati 11,263;
- Genesis 10,312;
- Ferrari 2,336;
- Bentley 1,972;
- McLaren 1,569;
- Smart 1,275;
- Lamborghini 1,128;
- Rolls-Royce 1,080;
- Aston Martin 984;
- Lotus 168.
Following are sales by individual models:
CARS
- Toyota Camry 343,439;
- Honda Civic 325,760;
- Toyota Corolla 303,732;
- Honda Accord 291,071;
- Nissan Sentra 213,046
- Nissan Altima 209, 146
- Hyundai Elantra 200,415
- Ford Fusion 173,600
- Chevrolet Malibu 144,542
- Chevrolet Cruze 142,617
- Tesla Model 3 138,000
- Ford Focus 113,345
- Hyundai Sonata 105,118
- Kia Soul 104,709
- Kia Forte 101,890
- Kia Optima 101,603
- Volkswagen Jetta 90,805
- Toyota Prius 87,590
- Dodge Charger 80,236
- Subaru Impreza 76,400
- Ford Mustang 75,842
- Nissan Versa 75,809
- Dodge Challenger 66,716
- Mazda 364,638
- Mercedes C class 60,409
- BMW 3 series 59,489
- Chevrolet Impala 56,556
- Ford Fiesta 51,730
- Chevrolet Camaro 50,963
- Lexus ES 48,484
- Chrysler 300 46,593
- Mercedes E class 45.479
- Volkswagen Golf 42,271
- Nissan Maxima 42,237
- Volkswagen Passat 41,401
- BMW 5 series 40,658
- Subaru Legacy 40,109
- BMW 4 series 39,634
- Ford Taurus 36,088
- Honda Fit 35,300
- Infiniti Q50 34,763
- Audi A4/S4 34,566
- Toyota Avalon 33,580
- Mazda6 30,938
- Acura TLX 30,468
- Hyundai Accent 29,090
- Subaru WRX 28,730
- Toyota Yaris 27,209
- Mini Cooper 26,119
- Audi A5/S5 25,972
- Mitsubishi Mirage 24,316
- Tesla Model S 24,000
- Chevrolet Spark 23,602
- Kia Rio 22,975
- Lexus IS 22,927
- Mercedes CLA 22,556
SUVs
- Toyota RAV4 427,170
- Nissan Rogue 412,110
- Honda CR-V 379,013
- Chevrolet Equinox 332,618
- Ford Escape 272,228
- Ford Explorer 261,571
- Toyota Highlander 244,511
- Jeep Wrangler 240,032
- Jeep Cherokee 239,437
- Jeep Grand Cherokee 224,908
- Subaru Outback 178,854
- Subaru Forester 171,613
- Jeep Compass 171,167
- Honda Pilot 159,615
- Mazda CX-5 150,622
- Chevrolet Traverse 146,534
- Subaru Crosstrek 144,384
- Hyundai Tucson 142,299
- Toyota 4Runner 139,694
- Ford Edge 134,122
- Hyundai Santa Fe 117,038
- GMC Terrain 114,314
- Lexus RX 111,641
- Kia Sorento 107,846
- Chevrolet Tahoe 104,153
- Volkswagen Tiguan 103,022
- Jeep Renegade 97,062
- Dodge Journey 94,096
- Buick Encore 93,073
- Chevrolet Trax 89,916
- GMC Acadia 88,621
- Honda HR-V 85,494
- Nissan Murano 83,547
- Kia Sportage 82,823
- Audi Q5 69,978
- Mercedes GLC/K 69,727
- Nissan Pathfinder 67,550
- Dodge Durango 65,947
- Acura RDX 63,580
- Lexus NX 62,079
- BMW X3 61,351
- Chevrolet Suburban 60,633
- Cadillac XT5 60,565
- Volkswagen Atlas 59,677
- Ford Expedition 54,661
- Ford EcoSport 54,348
- Acura MDX 51,512
- Buick Enclave 49,647
- Toyota C-HR 49,642
- Infiniti QX60 47,370
- Hyundai Kona 47,090
- Mercedes GLE 46,010
- GMC Yukon 45,982
- BMW X5 45,013
- Mitsubishi Outlander 41,818
- Mitsubishi Outlander S 39,153
- Audi Q7 37,417
- Subaru Ascent 36,211
- GMC Yukon XL 34,802
- Volvo XC60 32,689
- Nissan Armada 32,650
- Volvo XC90 31,609
- Buick Envision 30,152
- BMW X1 29,060
- Lincoln MKX 28,573
- Mazda CX-9 28,257
- Kia Niro 28,232
- Lexus GX 26,724
- Lincoln MKC 26,241
- Infiniti QX50 25,389
- Cadillac Escalade 24,815
- Range Rover Sport 24,282
- Mercedes GLA 24,136
TRUCKS
- Ford F-series 909,360
- Chevrolet Silverado 585,581
- Ram 536,980
- Toyota Tacoma 245,659
- GMC Sierra 219,554
- Chevrolet Colorado 134,842
- Toyota Tundra 118,258
- Nissan Frontier 79,640
- Nissan Titan 50,439
- GMC Canyon 33,492
- Honda Ridgeline 30,582
VANS
- Dodge Grand Caravan 151,927
- Chrysler Pacifica 118,322
- Honda Odyssey 106,327
- Toyota Sienna 87,672
- Chevrolet Express 81,239
- Ford E-series 47,936
- Mercedes Sprinter 29,787
- GMC Savana 19,684
- Kia Sedona 17,928