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2012 Year End Top 16 Best-Selling Trucks In America

The Dakota Was Not America's
Best-Selling Truck In 2012. Or Ever.

Ford sold more F-Series pickup trucks in America in 2012 than in any year since 2007. Ford put a lickin' on General Motors - the F-Series outsold GM's twins by 69,819 units - and outsold Japan's best-selling truck bya count of 4.5-to-1.

Indeed, the best-selling Japanese truck was also the best-selling non-full-size truck. The Tacoma was up 28% this year with a little help from the Ford Ranger's disappearance. The Tacoma beat its bigger sibling, the Tundra, by 39,744 sales.

All 266 Vehicles Ranked By 2012 Year End U.S. Sales

The worst declines were reported by defunct pickup trucks like the Ford Ranger, Suzuki Equator, and Dodge Dakota.

U.S. pickup truck sales chart 2012 year end

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As always, you can click any model name in the table below to see historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or you can select any make or model at GCBC's Sales Stats home. GCBC will soon publish lists of the best-selling SUVs and cars, and much more information on these trucks and many other vehicles will be made available throughout January.

Rank	Truck	2012 Year End	2011 Year End	% Change
#1	Ford F-Series	645,316	584,917	+ 10.3%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	418,312	415,130	+ 0.8%
#3	Dodge Ram	293,363	244,762	+ 19.9%
#4	GMC Sierra	157,185	149,170	+ 5.4%
#5	Toyota Tacoma	141,365	110,705	+ 27.7%
#6	Toyota Tundra	101,621	82,908	+ 22.6%
#7	Nissan Frontier	55,435	51,700	+ 7.2%
#8	Chevrolet Colorado	36,840	31,026	+ 18.7%
#9	Chevrolet Avalanche	23,995	20,088	+ 19.4%
#10	Nissan Titan	21,576	21,994	- 1.9%
#11	Ford Ranger	19,366	70,832	- 72.7%
#12	Honda Ridgeline	14,068	9759	+ 44.2%
#13	GMC Canyon	8735	9590	- 8.9%
#14	Suzuki Equator	1966	2127	- 7.6%
#15	Cadillac Escalade EXT	1934	2036	- 5.0%
#16	Dodge Dakota	490	12,156	- 96.0%
---	---	---	---	---
---	Total	1,941,567	1,818,900	+ 6.7%

Source: Manufacturers

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