United States automotive market continues to be red hot, and the pickup truck segment continues to lead. Â The first half of 2013 is behind us and the eight truck nameplates listed below together comprise over 1,000,000 units of sales.
And the competition is only heating up. Â All new 2014 Silverado and Sierra are starting to hit the dealerships now. Â The redesigned 2014 Tundra is coming within a couple of months. Â Ram has just introduced the light duty EcoDiesel and 2014 Ram heavy duty. Â Ford and Nissan are not to be outdone. Â Ford is preparing the redesigned F-150 and Nissan is doing testing on the next Titan.
All pickups showed huge double digit growth in the month of June, with the exception of aging Frontier and Titan. Â The all new Titan cannot come soon enough. We have caught Nissan testing the truck in the wild, but there is still no official word on it. Â We also do not have any solid information on the next Frontier.
GMC Sierra showed the best June year-over-year growth at 32.8%, which the Silverado has the highest YTD growth at 24.7%. Â The Ford F-Series is still the king of the hill after all these years. Â It has more than a third of the whole pickup market and already sold 367,486 units this year.
Pickup Truck June 2013 Sales Chart
| June 2013 # | June ’13 / ’12 % | YTD 2013 # | YTD ’13 / ’12 % | |
| Chevrolet Silverado | 43,259 | 28.9% | Â 242,586 | 24.7% |
| Ford F-Series | 68,009 | 23.6% | 367,486 | 22.0% |
| GMC Sierra | 16,568 | 32.8% | 87,633 | 20.1% |
| Nissan Frontier | 5,413 | -4.2% | 29,316 | -0.2% |
| Nissan Titan | 1,300 | -44.3% | 8,852 | -17.1% |
| Ram | 29,644 | 24% | Â 170,319 | 23.0% |
| Toyota Tacoma | Â 14,023 | 18.2% | Â 81,188 | 20.9% |
| Toyota Tundra | Â 9,759 | 12.3% | 51,565 | 14.3% |
The Fast Lane team is preparing something big. Â We are working on unique and high quality video and written content focused solely on pickup trucks. Â Last weekend we launched “The Fast Lane Truck” youtube channel. Â And we are not stopping there. Â Expect to see more announcements about this in the near future.
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Andre Smirnov is a life-long automotive enthusiast, writer, reporter, and software engineer. He has been a contributor at TFLcar since 2011. When not working or spending time with the family – you can find him tinkering in the garage or simply ‘going for a drive’.
