USA January 2011: Chevrolet Cruze #12

Chevrolet Cruze

The American market continues its recovery from the GFC, with most models registering sales increases on January 2010: the Ford F-Series, #1, is at 35,806 sales (+30%), ahead of the Chevrolet Silverado at 28.172 (+24%), the Toyota Corolla at 20,581 (+20%) and the Toyota Camry at 18,145 (15%).

The Nissan Altima, Honda CR-V and Chevrolet Impala are strong in 6th, 7th and 8th respectively, as well as the Ford Escape, knocking at the Top 10’s door with 13,973 units moved (#11).

This month’s best performance goes to the Chevrolet Cruze in 12th position with 13,631 sales, its first time in the US Top 20. Full Top 50 Ranking Table below.

USA January 2011:

Pos	Model	Jan	/10	Dec	2010	/09	Pos
1	Ford F-Series	35,806	30%	1	528,349	28%	1
2	Chevrolet Silverado	28,172	24%	2	370,135	17%	2
3	Toyota Corolla	20,581	20%	11	266,082	-10%	5
4	Toyota Camry	18,145	15%	3	327,804	-8%	3
5	Nissan Altima	16,454	-12%	8	229,263	13%	7
6	Honda CR-V	16,339	69%	7	203,714	6%	9
7	Chevrolet Impala	15,188	39%	24	172,078	4%	15
8	Honda Civic	14,634	0%	5	260,218	0%	6
9	Ford Fusion	14,346	18%	10	219,219	21%	8
10	Chevrolet Malibu	14,102	-14%	23	198,770	23%	11
11	Ford Escape	13,973	30%	12	191,026	10%	13
12	Chevrolet Cruze	13,631	new	28	24,495	new	116
13	Honda Accord	13,456	-29%	4	282,530	-2%	4
14	Hyundai Sonata	13,261	150%	15	196,623	64%	12
15	Chevrolet Equinox	12,847	35%	9	149,979	74%	17
16	Dodge Ram P/U	12,197	22%	6	199,652	13%	10
17	VW Jetta	11,460	29%	19	123,213	14%	21
18	Toyota RAV4	11,196	42%	13	170,877	15%	16
19	Toyota Prius	10,635	25%	16	140,928	1%	18
20	GMC Sierra	10,627	46%	14	129,794	16%	20
21	Hyundai Elantra	9,659	26%	18	132,246	28%	19
22	Nissan Sentra	9,538	27%	29	94,065	14%	44
23	Nissan Rogue	9,423	72%	31	99,515	29%	34
24	Ford Focus	9,014	-13%	21	172,421	7%	14
25	Ford Edge	8,918	43%	25	118,637	34%	22
26	Nissan Versa	8,682	47%	34	99,705	21%	33
27	Chevrolet Traverse	8,605	50%	30	106,744	17%	27
28	Kia Sorento	8,116	3%	39	108,985	346%	24
29	Ford Econoline	7,979	29%	41	108,258	26%	25
30	Dodge Caravan	7,813	82%	17	103,323	14%	30
31	Jeep Grand Cherokee	7,612	130%	20	84,635	68%	43
32	Toyota Highlander	7,507	68%	26	92,121	12%	41
33	Chevrolet HHR	7,387	35%	56	75,401	6%	48
34	Ford Explorer	7,351	73%	36	60,687	16%	56
35	Toyota Tacoma	7,140	6%	27	106,198	-4%	29
36	Honda Odyssey	7,022	44%	35	108,182	9%	26
37	Subaru Outback	6,980	28%	33	93,148	68%	40
38	Honda Pilot	6,703	38%	32	102,323	23%	31
39	Chrysler T&C	6,552	45%	40	112,275	33%	23
40	Jeep Wrangler	6,444	32%	45	94,310	15%	38
41	GMC Terrain	6,369	48%	42	60,129	331%	58
42	Toyota Sienna	6,343	146%	44	98,337	18%	35
43	Toyota Tundra	6,087	56%	38	93,309	18%	39
44	Lexus RX	5,881	3%	22	95,790	3%	37
45	Subaru Forester	5,806	17%	46	85,080	9%	42
46	BMW 3 Series	5,763	6%	37	100,910	11%	32
47	GMC Acadia	5,723	5%	58	68,295	27%	52
48	Kia Soul	5,345	149%	48	67,110	112%	53
49	Kia Forte	5,330	43%	49	68,500	160%	51
50	Chevrolet Tahoe	5,281	16%	47	75,675	3%	47

Source: online.wsj.com, manufacturers.