Ford F-Series still top-selling truck, Ram steals second from Chevy

Earlier this year, it looked like the venerable Ford F-Series was having sales issues. The second quarter saw sales of the Ram and Chevy trucks overtake Ford’s, although Ford maintained a slight lead for the year at the time. It is now 2022 and we have year-end sales data from automakers that shows the F-Series had nothing to worry about. It is still the best-selling truck in the country and the vehicle for 2021.

Ford moved 726,004 F-Series pickup trucks last year, which blew Ram, Chevy, Nissan and Toyota out of the water. However, 2021 has not been very pleasant for new car sales. The F-Series saw sales fall 7.8% from 2020. Ram came in second in truck sales with 569,388 pickup trucks sold, increasing 1% from 2020. The Silverado fell to the third place, selling 529,765 light, medium and heavy trucks. microphones. Chevrolet saw its truck sales drop 10.8%.

Toyota takes four places in truck sales with the Tundra. Toyota also suffered a decline in sales of its truck, dropping nearly 25% and selling 81,959 trucks. There are rumors that Nissan will be ditching the Titan after its current generation, and you only have to look at the sales numbers to see why. Nissan only sold 27,406 Titan pickup trucks, a 3.7% increase from 2020.

The past year has been difficult for automakers already grappling with the remnants of production shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic before being hit by the crippling shortage of chips. Many automakers, including Ram, Chevy and Ford, have had to halt production due to parts shortages, which likely resulted in losses. Automakers will likely have to navigate a perilous supply chain until 2022 and possibly 2023.