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US Car Sales Hit The Wall, But Big Rigs Still On Top

Guess… what was the top selling car in the US for 2008? Toyota Camry? Honda Accord maybe? Or that evergreen favourite, the Chevrolet Impala? Something smallish… would have to be, wouldn’t it? Nope, no again… and no. Top se


Guess… what was the top selling car in the US for 2008? Toyota Camry? Honda Accord maybe? Or that evergreen favourite, the Chevrolet Impala? Something smallish… would have to be, wouldn’t it?

Nope, no again… and no.

Top selling car in the US for 2008 was the Ford F150 with 515,513 total sales. Second place went to Chevy fatso, the Silverado, with 465,065 sales; and third, the eminently sensible Toyota Camry with 436,617 sales.

Also in the top ten, coming in at ninth place, was the Dodge Ram with 245,840 sales. (You familiar with it? It’s big… it could tow a Collins Class submarine to Perth and back.)

And you were thinking maybe that high fuel prices, a stink-ridden economy, a financial sector with a net worth of around three riotous farts (at a stretch), combined with recession and widespread job losses, would see US motorists (those still with the necessary cashola) jumping only into fuel-sipping small fours and hybrids.

Just for the record, here are the top ten best-selling cars in the US In 2008.

1. Ford F-Series: 515,513

2. Chevy Silverado: 465,065

3. Toyota Camry: 436,617

4. Honda Accord: 372,789

5. Toyota Corolla: 351,007

6. Honda Civic: 339,289

7. Nissan Altima: 269,668

8. Chevy Impala: 265,840

9. Dodge Ram: 245,840

10. Honda CR-V: 197,279

And lest you accuse us of leaving you under-informed, here are the ten worst-selling cars in the US for the first 11 months of 2008, in reverse order (and showing their percentage sales decline from 2007).

10. Toyota FJ Cruiser 25,500 (-50.3 percent)

9.  Jeep Commander 25,406 (-55 percent)

8.  GMC Envoy 22,716 (-49.1 percent)

7.  Dodge Durango 19,985 (-54 percent)

6.  Hummer H3 19,152 (-51.2 percent)

5.  Nissan Armada 14,753 (-49.1 percent)

4.  Chrysler Pacifica 6,227 (-87 percent)

3.  Hummer H2 5,721 (-49.3 percent)

2.  Mitsubishi Endeavor 5,687 (-49 percent)

1.  Hyundai Entourage 5,405 (-67.7 percent)

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