Honda Civic topples Ford F-150 sales in May

[thomsbrain]

Forbes Link

I'm not a huge believer in JD Powers ratings in general, but what was most interesting in the Forbes article was that the Honda Civic out-sold the Ford F-150 for the month of May (by about 25%!), which marked the first time since December 1991 that a car has been the top-selling vehicle instead of a pickup.

Below the Civic, these cars also outsold the F-150: Toyota Corolla, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord.

No wonder Ford and GM are talking about closing truck plants. $4 gas seems to be the real tipping point in getting people to change their behavior.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Makes sense. Everyone and their grandma owns every car that was listed there. Only natural that it must be selling in huge numbers.

 

[hans030390]

About time.

 

[BassBomb]

F150 used to sell more than other cars? WTF?

EDIT: Well I guess that makes sense for alot of company cars which need trucks...

 

[theeedude]

High gas prices + housing slowdown

 

[rh71]

gas prices FT_.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
F150 used to sell more than other cars? WTF?

EDIT: Well I guess that makes sense for alot of company cars which need trucks...

the F150 has been the #1 selling vehicle in the US for like the past 30 years....

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: BassBomb
F150 used to sell more than other cars? WTF?

EDIT: Well I guess that makes sense for alot of company cars which need trucks...

the F150 has been the #1 selling vehicle in the US for like the past 30 years....

Yeah, and it may still outsell the others for the year, since these figures were just for one month.

 

[BassBomb]

Ah thought they were referring to NA or world