Top Selling Cars and Trucks in US January - September 2005

OCT 3, 2005; Reuters reported the following 20 top-selling vehicles in the U.S. through September of 2005 as reported by the automakers.

Total sales of the top 20 vehicles rose 5.1 percent or 212,017 units to 4,379,568.

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

RANK VEHICLE                     2005     2004  '04 RANK % Chng
  1 Ford F-Series pickup        694,690  697,938       1   -0.5
  2 Chevy Silverado-C/K pickup  570,278  526,911       2   +8.2
  3 Toyota Camry                336,349  325,324       4   +3.4
  4 Dodge Ram pickup            318,812  328,929       3   -3.1
  5 Honda Accord                292,398  297,645       5   -1.8
  6 Toyota Corolla              265,426  254,189       7   +4.4
  7 Honda Civic                 233,838  241,180       9   -3.0
  8 Nissan Altima               205,145  181,098      17  +13.3
  9 Ford Explorer               196,878  260,030       6  -24.3
 10 Chevrolet TrailBlazer       190,964  207,855      11   -8.1
 11 GMC Sierra pickup           187,371  160,935      19  +16.4
 12 Chevrolet Impala            182,279  219,452      10  -16.9
 13 Dodge Caravan               179,307  185,375      13   -3.3
 14 Cobalt                      166,331        0      17     NA
 15 Jeep Grand Cherokee         163,821  134,591      18  +21.7
 16 Chevrolet Malibu            162,891  127,337     N/A  +27.9
 17 Ford Taurus                 161,667  200,128       8  -19.2
 18 Ford Focus                  155,072  166,596      14   -6.9
 19 Chrysler Town & Country     141,301  105,339          +34.1
 20 Ford Econoline              135,801  130,943     N/A   +3.7