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August 2006 Top Selling Vehicles
U.S. Scorecard


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2006 Ford F Series America's Best Selling Vehicle in August

Sept 1, 2006; Reuters compiled a list of the 20 top-selling vehicles in the U.S. through August of 2006 as reported by the automakers.

Total sales of the top 20 vehicles fell 7.5 percent or -329,212 units to 4,072,044.

Following is a list of the top-20 selling vehicles, ranked by total units.

RANK      VEHICLE               2006     2005  2005-RANK %CHANGE 
 1 Ford F-Series pickup       545,963  625,047      1       -12.7 
 2 Chevy Silverado-C/K pickup 434,937  522,227      2       -16.7 
 3 Toyota Camry               302,636  299,507      3       +1.0 
 4 Toyota Corolla/Matrix      274,074  235,980      6       +16.1 
 5 Honda Accord               250,663  258,514      5       -3.0 
 6 Dodge Ram Pickup           250,144  283,310      4       -11.7 
 7 Honda Civic                225,212  203,673      7       +10.6 
 8 Chevrolet Impala           197,304  160,579     13       +22.9 
 9 Chevrolet Cobalt           163,343  148,831     15       +9.8 
10 Dodge Caravan              151,858  166,917     12       -9.0 
11 Nissan Altima              154,909  178,703      9       -13.3 
12 GMC Sierra pickup          142,129  171,139     10       -17.0 
13 Ford Taurus                125,185  147,770     16       -15.3 
14 Ford Explorer              127,569  183,999      8       -30.7 
15 Ford Focus                 126,670  143,360     17       -11.6 
16 Chevrolet Malibu           122,345  139,735     18       -12.4 
17 Honda Odyssey              125,588  121,292     20       +3.5 
18 Chevrolet TrailBlazer      118,718  169,552     11       -30.0 
19 Ford Econoline             119,829  120,939     21       -0.9 
20 Ford Escape                112,968  120,182     22       -6.0