Trucks continued to pay the bills at most manufacturers in November, with the Ford F-Series once again leading the pack.
At the Blue Oval, pickup trucks counted for 72,769 sales during the month of November, up roughly seven hundred units from the same period in 2016. Year-to-date, Ford has shifted 807,379 F-Series trucks off the showroom floor, good for a remarkable 10.1% increase versus last year.
General Motors, for their part, continue to see a largely flat performance from their pickups, save for the GMC Canyon which has seemingly driven into, well, an actual canyon. The purveyors of Professional Grade have only moved 28,639 of their mid-sizer so far this year, a sum smaller than even the Honda Ridgeline.
Tracking Trucks: October Brings Another Month of Strong Sales
The other three pickups at GM saw a variety of changes in their year-over-year measure, with the Silverado selling 46,441 units last month (up 2.6%), the Sierra finding 18,136 buyers (down 4.0%), and the Colorado finding 10,346 new homes (up 19.3%).
Ram, despite being in the twilight of its product cycle, continued its strong performance. A total of 36,714 of the pickups were sold in November, 0.5% fewer than the same month in 2016. So far this year, the Ram has counted for 455,816 sales at FCA, marking a 3.2% increase over last year.
Lining up behind each other in fifth and sixth positions in terms of total year sales are the duo from Toyota. Both pickups recorded increases in November, with the Tacoma selling 16,195 units and the Tundra shuffling an even 9700 trucks off the books. Both pickups are recording year-to-date increases, 4.3% and 1.3% respectively.
Nissan reported a “significant IT systems outage” instead of its sales for November. We’ll update this post when numbers for the builder of Frontiers and Titans become available. [UPDATE] After fixing their IT snafu, Nissan reported a sale of 7679 Titans, bringing the nameplate to a total of 47,342 units so far this year. Unsurprisingly, that number is nearly 3x that of 2016. The mid-size Frontier found just over 7000 homes.
Jeep was busy at the L.A. Auto Show unveiling its new-for-2018 Wrangler JL but back in the showroom, they still found time to sell 13,289 of the old ones, a full 3% more than last November. So far this year, Jeep has sold 176,822 Wranglers, 769 more than to this point in 2016, a super performance given the long-awaited JL is about to land on dealer lots. Also worth noting: the Grand Cherokee turned in its best November sales since 2003, whose 18,614 buyers made it the most popular model in Jeep’s lineup by a long shot.
According to Kelly Blue Book, the average transaction price of a vehicle in America hit an all-time high of $35,870, no doubt driven by the sales of these big-dollar trucks and SUVs.