Commercial Van Sales In America - December 2015 And 2015 Year End

U.S. sales of commercial vans jumped 23% in December 2015 and ended 2015 up 19% compared with the 2014 calendar year. The overall category improved by 66,284 sales in 2015 and grew far faster than the overall new vehicle industry, which produced gains of less than 6%. 

Full-size vans, led by the overall leader, Ford's Transit, posted a 14% year-over-year improvement in 2015. The Transit and its E-Series predecessor/partner owned 51% of the category. 

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The smaller Ford Transit Connect, meanwhile, fended off new challengers from Ram and Chevrolet to produce a 21% year-over-year increase to 52,221 sales in 2015, the sixth consecutive year of growth for the Transit Connect. 55% of the small commercial vans sold in America in 2015 were Transit Connects.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto 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 commercial vans any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2016 • November 2015 • December 2015

Van	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Chevrolet City Express ²	1088	506	115%	10,283	530	1840%
Chevrolet Express ³	7361	5611	31.2%	63,382	79,352	-20.1%
Ford E-Series ³	3722	5256	-29.2%	50,788	103,263	-50.8%
Ford Transit ³	12,547	10,030	25.1%	117,577	20,448	475%
Ford Transit Connect ²	5280	5012	5.3%	52,221	43,210	20.9%
GMC Savana ³	2781	1725	61.2%	21,992	26,641	-17.5%
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter/Metris ³	4046	3288	23.1%	29,889	25,745	16.1%
Nissan NV ³	1924	1554	23.8%	16,958	14,890	13.9%
Nissan NV200 ²	1781	1532	16.3%	17,317	13,385	29.4%
Ram Cargo Van ²	38	1370	-97.2%	3222	11,311	-71.5%
Ram ProMaster ³	4279	3036	40.9%	28,345	18,039	57.1%
Ram ProMaster City ²	3011	---	---	11,124	---	---
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Full-Size Commercial Vans ³	36,660	30,500	20.2%	328,931	288,378	14.1%
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Small Commercial Vans ²	11,198	8420	33.0%	94,167	68,436	37.6%
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Total	47,858	38,920	23.0%	423,098	356,814	18.6%

Source: Automakers
Sprinter & Metris sales combined by Mercedes-Benz, not GoodCarBadCar, and displayed with full-size commercial vans for the time being.

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