January Pickup Sales

Best-Selling Pickup Trucks: January 2016

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After the strong push every pickup truck maker made at the end of 2015 to make it one of the most profitable years in automotive manufacturing history, January 2016 sales were more subdued. Not only did at least 14 states experience serious weather issues for almost a week, but there was one fewer weekend this January compared to January 2015.

Those issues aside, the only big surprises are how well the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma continue to sell (the first with hefty incentives, the second with almost none) and how sluggishly the F-Series started the year. It's worth noting that the Chevrolet Colorado sales have begun to plateau as well, dropping from a 2015 finishing position of No. 7 to No. 8.

Some may wonder why Nissan Titan sales continue to dip below 1,000 units per month even with the new 2016 Titan XD available for sale. What we've heard is that Nissan is still working out distribution issues as it squeezes Cummins for every 5.0-liter turbo-diesel engine it can make in Indiana. We assume there will be some growth for the "tweener" pickup as more XD models roll out to dealerships and consumers do test drives. We'll have to wait and see whether Nissan will be able to sell enough Titan XDs to move past the GMC Canyon (No. 9).

We expect more movement on our Best-Selling Pickups list in the months to come, especially since the Toyota Tacoma is nipping at the wheels of GMC's light-duty and heavy-duty lineup. More to come.

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January fell considerable to December.  That's to be expected with year end and pulling forward sales that would have normally occurred in January.

The weather and two less selling days (weekend) didn't help compared to last January.   Will be interesting to see how Ram and GM fair this year with platforms that are not the newest on the market.

Hopefully we get to see another year end break down of truck classes again.

Not looking good for the F-Series.

tundra is sucking hind tit....

still on my short list though soon

PUTC has results from the Titan diesel tested against other half tons in their towing comparo. It came in 4th ahead of the Ram and Tundra and was a 4wd instead of the 2wd that the others except the Tundra were.

The GM 6.2 had the best fuel economy and the best towing power for the gassers. I'm disappointed in the porky Titan. Should have just made a real 3/4 ton.