Mouse over the clock in the lower right-hand corner of your PC. Alternatively, if you're a Mac user, look at the little iCal widget down at the bottom of your screen. Whoa, look at that! It's 2010. January 6th, to be exact. And that means the final sales tallies of all automakers for the year-that-was are in. As you may have noticed yesterday, none but Subaru, Kia and Hyundai are likely to be entirely pleased with their YTD performances, falling as they did compared to sales in 2008.
Wouldn't you know, though, that not one of those three upwardly trending automakers earned a single spot on the Top 10 Best Selling Vehicles chart? To see a Korean automobile on the list, you need to expand the search to the Top 17. This fact reminds us yet again that by and large the American population tends to be a rather predictable bunch.
Think you can guess what the best-selling vehicle of 2009 was? We won't lie... you probably can. In fact, it's been the same vehicle for the past 28 years straight
[Source: Examiner.com]
Top 20 Best-Selling Vehicles of 2009
First, let's get numbers 20–11 out of the way. There are a couple of interesting highlights, such as the Chevrolet Impala, which drops four spots from 2008 down to number 12 as its Bowtie sedan stablemate, the Malibu, jumps in at number 13. We also see the Toyota Prius at number 16, falling just shy of 150,000 units sold in 2009. Finally, note the GMC Sierra at number 18. Interestingly, when the Sierra's 111,842 sales are added to its Silverado sibling from Chevrolet, that platform outsells the Ford F-150 rather handily. As you'll soon see, though, Ford does indeed have the last laugh once all full-size truck sales are counted.
- Chevrolet Cobalt: 104,724
- Toyota Tacoma: 111,824
- GMC Sierra: 111,842
- Hyundai Sonata: 120,028
- Toyota Prius: 139,682
- Toyota RAV4: 149,088
- Ford Focus: 160,433
- Chevrolet Malibu: 161,568
- Chevrolet Impala: 165,565
- Ford Escape: 173,044
Number 9 – Ford Fusion: 180,671
Number 8 – Honda CR-V: 191,214
Number 7 – Nissan Altima: 203,568
Number 6 – Honda Civic: 259,722
Number 5 – Honda Accord: 290,056
Number 4 – Toyota Corolla: 296,874
Number 3 – Chevrolet Silverado: 316,544
Number 2 – Toyota Camry: 356,824
Number 1 – Ford F-Series: 413,625
