The American market of commercial vans dragged down Ford

American Commercial Van market in 2017 noticeably lost

Commercial vans (respectively, excluding vans and minivans) in 2017 the US has lost 3.6 per cent to 449 849 units In December sales fell to 6.4% to 41 665 units. the Main decrease occurred for the loss of popularity of the model line Ford, best-selling which and also and the entire market distribution of commercial vans (CUV) – Transit lost 11.1% to 127,36 thousand Share models on the market decreased from 30.9% to 28.3 per cent. After a sensational growth in the segment 10% 2016, 2017 last year was for Transit-and the second most successful year after the release on market in mid 2014 year, when it replaced the classic full-size van Ford E-Series. By the way, in Canada the sale of Transit in 2017 was 11.96 million (+17,2%).

Ford Transit slowed somewhat sales, but remains a best seller of the market with huge margin from competitors

Second place goes to the last traditional American full-size van – Chevrolet Express with a share of 15.4% in the fact that its sales grew in 2017 1.7% to 69 164 units, despite the failure of the December sales 18,9% to 6296 units.

Good old full-size van Chevrolet Express is still in the ranks

Third place for the compact van Ford Transit Connect Cargo Van, whose sales have fallen more than all the sector 20.3% to 34 473 units due to competition, for example, Mercedes-Benz Metris Cargo Van (Americanized version MB Vito), which again showed the biggest increase in segment of 26.7% (up to 7597 per year and 984 units in December – plus an 18.4%). However, updating the model Transit Connect Cargo Van in 2018 should fix the case of Ford in this segment.

The loser of the segment of vans – Ford Transit Connect

The fourth sales model – Ford E-Serie Cutaway with 2015 year offered only version CA Conventional chassis under the installation spetskuzovov. In 2017, but at least, resulted in 53 304 units of these chassis.

Old Ford E-Serie Cutaway is quite popular, but only the special model

Segment the market for commercial vans in the U.S. were distributed as follows: panoramamic took 81,2% (365 263 units – an increase of 2%), and compact and mid-size model only 18.8% (84 586 units – a decline of 6.8 percent).

But such previously niche models like the Mercedes-Benz Metris eager to fight for the American market

A Baker's dozen of American commercial vans in 2017

According to the distribution of segments – Americans are still loyal full-size vans