June's best (and worst) selling cars
History, it鈥檚 said, is doomed to repeat itself. Nowhere is this more evident than in , particularly the monthly list of best (and worst) selling vehicles in the U.S. market. As with May鈥檚 numbers, the big winners seemed to be trucks and fuel-efficient sedans, while the big losers were leftovers, the automotive equivalent of a diner鈥檚 blue-plate special.
聽Just like , no one pushed more metal than Ford did with its , selling 55,025 copies in June and beating May鈥檚 sales by a few hundred units. Proving that pickup sales are back in a big way, grabbed the number 2 spot with sales of 33,566 .
The sedan grabbed the last podium spot, selling 32,107 copies last month, followed by the sedan, which tallied sales of 31,402 units. Keeping the trend going, Honda鈥檚 Accord grabbed fifth place, with sales of 28,924 units.
Ford鈥檚 outgoing Escape crossover continues to be popular, attracting 28,500 buyers in June. Seventh place went to the , which sold 27,500 copies, while eighth place went to the Toyota Corolla and Matrix (counted as one by Toyota), which saw sales of 26,647 units.
Rounding out the top 10 was the outgoing , which sold 24,433 units in June, followed by the full-size Ram pickups, which found 23,951 buyers last month.
聽聽As for the month鈥檚 least popular vehicles (exotics excluded), there was a three-way tie for the worst selling vehicle, with each example only selling one copy during the month. There are no real surprises here, since the , the Mazda Tribute and the Mazda RX-8 have all been discontinued.
Coming in at number four for the month was the uber-expensive Lexus LFA supercar, which sold just two copies, a decline of 33-percent from the month of May. The repeats this month as well, selling only three copies.
聽The sixth worst-seller was the discontinued Chevy Cobalt, of which dealers depleted their inventory by only seven units. The least-loved sedan, Lexus鈥� HS 250h, was next with sales of just 10 units, followed by the retro-tired , which found 11 buyers.
Completing June鈥檚 list of worst-sellers was the Ram Dakota pickup, which moved 18 copies, followed by the also-discontinued , which found homes with 21 luxury sedan buyers.
