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2005 New Car ScoreCard: Top-20 Selling Vehicles in U.S. through March


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Top 20 Sales are down 2.3% For March 2005
April 1, 2005

Top Twenty Selling Vehicles in the U.S. as reported by the automakers. Total sales of the top 20 vehicles fell 2.3 percent or -29,918 units to 1,260,245...where did they go, more later.

RANK       VEHICLE                  2005          2004      2004 RANK  % Change
1     Ford F-Series pickup         189,408        209,021      1          -9.4  
2     Chevy Silverado-C/K pickup   159,321        147,337      2          +8.1
3     Toyota Camry                  98,504         96,180      4          +2.4
4     Dodge Ram pickup              89,057        102,845      3         -13.4
5     Toyota Corolla                81,658         75,125      7          +8.7
6     Honda Accord                  77,371         83,231      5          -7.0
7     Chevrolet Impala              64,328         72,624      10        -11.4
8     Ford Explorer                 62,586         83,602       6        -25.1
9     Nissan Altima                 61,468         63,029      17         -2.5
10    Honda Civic                   59,255         73,149       9        -19.0
11    Ford Taurus                   55,114         68,679       8        -19.8
12    GMC Sierra pickup             50,869         43,771      19        +16.2
13    Chevrolet Trail Blazer        47,558         61,675      11        -22.9
14    Jeep Grand Cherokee           47,114         48,899      18         -3.7
15    Ford Focus                    46,666         48,161      14         -3.1
16    Chevrolet Malibu              45,792         28,989      N/A       +58.0
17    Ford Escape                   44,099         41,194      N/A        +7.1
18    Chrysler Town & Country       43,849         31,049      N/A       +41.2
19    Ford Econoline                42,466         41,334      N/A        +2.7
20    Ford Mustang                  42,261         36,339      N/A       +16.3