Compact pickups pushed U.S. full-size counterparts

The American market for compact pickups in June rose by a quarter

The market for trucks (Pickups) in the United States traditionally serves as the largest segment of the automotive market, though, and only 11 models (series). The results of June the market grew by 6.8% to 257,13 thousand On the share of full-size pickups (Full Size Pickups) had 211,1 thousand (+3.5%), and the share of compact and midsize pickups (Small/Midsize Pickups) – 46,04 thousand (+25.3 per cent). The share of compact and midsize pickup trucks in June has risen to 17.9% compared to 15.3% for the same month in 2018.

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For the first half of 2018 pickups showed an increase of 5.9% compared to the first half of 2017. Accordingly, the market volume has reached 1 million 415,39 thousand, of which a full-sized pickup trucks had 1 million 170.7 thousand (+2.8 percent), and compact and mid-size – 244,69 thousand (+23.8 percent). Accordingly, the share of full-size pickups decreased to 82.7% against 85.2 percent in the first half of last year, and a compact-midsize rose from 14.8% to 17.3%.

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Although some manufacturers of pickups in June formally and led GM with 88,53 thousand (34.4% of the market), but only on the amount of sales of the four models of two brands (Chevrolet and GMC), whereas the Ford one brand and the only full-size F-Series, however, includes both the light patterns of the 1st and 2nd graders, and heavy equipment HD – 3-class payload, the result showed 79.2 million (+1.7 percent). Accordingly, Ford took 30.8 per cent of the market compared to 32.4% a year earlier, and full-sized segment is 37.5% against 32.6 per cent over the similar month last year. and +10.7% – which is twice better than the same indicator for the 2017 and is particularly impressive after the failure of 5.5% in the first quarter. Its market share was 20.6% and in the segment of panoraminiai to 24.9%. Third place in the Ram Pickup with 233,54 million (-6,8%) with market shares of 16.5% and the segment of 20.0%.

Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch Crew Cab

The share of Big three for half of the market of pickups in General, respectively, increased slightly to 82.2% (1 million 163,35 thousand) against 82.9% (1 million 107,59 thousand).

Midsize Chevrolet Colorado went on break
In the compact segment (Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier and Honda Ridgeline), as well as mid-sized (Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon) pickups for June and for 6 months the best dynamics is demonstrated that is the mid-sized Chevrolet Colorado, respectively, from 13.67 thousand (+42%) and is 69.88 million (+38.9 percent), whose share in the segment was 28.6% versus 25.5% in the first half of last year.

Chevrolet Colorado Crew Cab Redline Edition

By the way, this "average" size pick-UPS as compact mainly Japanese models and a full-sized full-blooded Americans at the time opened the Dodge Dakota pickup truck, but neither this model, or even brand (replaced by Ram), but the current GM pickups are so popular among consumers that even are in deficit (under their production transferred to other models under-utilized plants).

Toyota Tacoma

And, that's sales leader Toyota Tacoma from 23.0 million (+35,6%) and 116,27 thousand (+22.9 per cent). Its share in June of 48.4% and 47.5% for the first half against 35,7% and 47.9% for the same periods last year.

Nissan Frontier

Third place in the segment behind the Nissan Frontier, respectively, from 6.86 million (-15,8%) and 41.7 million (+10.3 per cent), and third place in the dynamics for GMC Canyon (+27.7 per cent to 3.21 million in June) and +13.2 percent to 16.85 million for the half-year.

GMC Canyon Denali Crew Cab

The worst result on the market and in the segment from Honda, whose model Ridgeline (by the way, only in the American market with a monocoque body) fell in June (-3.7 percent to 2.63 thousand), and over half (-19,4% to 15%).

Honda Ridgeline

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