Top 13 Best-Selling Pickup Trucks In America - August 2015 YTD

Sales of pickup trucks in the United States jumped 8% in August 2015, a figure highlighted by the fact that the overall industry struggled to match August 2014's new vehicle sales volume. Pickup trucks were led by the Ford F-Series, which posted a rare 5% year-over-year gain. F-Series sales are down by half-a-percent so far this year.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD

Ford's full-size truck line was, however, once again outsold by the full-size twins from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC combined for 76,218 total Silverado and Sierra sales in August 2015, 4886 more than the F-Series managed. Through the first eight months of 2015, the GM twins lead the top-selling Ford F-Series by 34,178 units. Silverado/Sierra volume is up 14% in 2015.

In fact, all five of America's top-selling pickup truck nameplates posted August gains, including the fifth-ranked Toyota Tacoma, America's favourite small/midsize pickup truck. Sales of the Tacoma-led midsize category increased 31% to 29,416 units in August, a gain of 6961 units for market share in the truck arena of 12.6%. Year-to-date, the Tacoma, Colorado, Frontier, Canyon, and Ridgeline are up 49% to 241,213 units.

Full-size pickup trucks, on the other hand, owned 87.4% of the truck category's volume in August 2015 thanks to a 5.3%, 10,188-unit improvement compared with August 2014. Year-to-date, full-size truck sales are up 5.7% to 1,407,848 units, a 76,063 units.

You can click any model name in the table below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. This table is now sortable, so you can rank pickup trucks any which way you like. August best seller lists for cars and SUVs will be published soon.

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Rank	Best-Selling Truck	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Ford F-Series	71,332	68,109	4.7%	494,800	497,174	-0.5%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	54,977	49,201	11.7%	387,179	331,977	16.6%
#3	Ram P/U	45,310	43,775	3.5%	294,045	283,256	3.8%
#4	GMC Sierra	21,241	19,847	7.0%	141,799	130,526	8.7%
#5	Toyota Tacoma	16,230	14,338	13.2%	122,064	102,736	18.8%
#6	Toyota Tundra	10,057	11,834	-15.0%	81,582	80,133	1.8%
#7	Chevrolet Colorado	7114	---	---	55,898	73	76,473%
#8	Nissan Frontier	3645	6770	-46.2%	42,644	48,510	-12.1%
#9	GMC Canyon	2423	---	---	20,094	5	401,780%
#10	Nissan Titan	1268	1231	3.0%	8443	8719	-3.2%
#11	Honda Ridgeline	4	1347	-99.7%	513	10,593	-95.2%
#12	Chevrolet Avalanche	---	5	-100%	8	87	-90.8%
#13	Cadillac Escalade EXT	---	1	-100%	2	50	-96.0%
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---	Total	233,601	216,458	7.9%	1,649,071	1,493,839	10.4%