May19
The Toyota Camry has been the best-selling passenger car in the U.S. for 10 of the last 11 years, but could the perennial best-selling car be eying the number one overall spot? Ford’s F-150 pickup truck has held the title of the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for the past 31 years, but a slumping economy and high fuel prices have the F-150’s title in jeopardy.
During the month of April, Toyota’s Camry outsold Chevrolet’s Silverado — which has historically always been the second best-selling vehicle in America. During April, Toyota sold 40,016 Camrys while Chevy could only move 37,231 Silverados — a decrease of 24.7 percent.
However, despite the Camry’s strong April sales, the Silverado still retains the number two spot by a small margin. But if gas prices continue to climb, the Camry might just have enough momentum to knock both pickups off their comfy top spots.
stop stop stop…………..JUST CUS GAS IS $5.58 A GALLON
DOESNT MEAN U DONT NEED A F-150(tow truck model) TO TOW THAT BITCH IN WHEN IT BREAKS!!!! `DA
I don’t understand why people are even buying them anymore. Lots of reviews have put the Camry near the bottom of it’s list, it’s quality so far has been pretty poor, driving is stale and I’ve heard around this area there has been some surprisingly large incentives on them. Whether or not you want to argue its economy driven, we’ll have to see.
^ Asian brainwashing, and all of you know what i mean.
jayjc08, http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/Affordable-Midsize-Cars/, and before you say anything, they calculate the overall score from “lots” of sources.
At last American made car won! Camry is made in US (Kentucky) and content is greatly US. The rest are made either in Mexico or Canada with large amount of Asian and South American parts.
WEKS don’t bother He is one of the Domestic lovers on here. They believe in GM therefore Toyota and Honda are the DEVIL and whenever something goes wrong with them they exaggerate. They are on the anti Japanese bandwagon bc they love their country so much
I personally am a little tired of the Camry’s reign on top. I think it’s time the Accord held the torch
Hey, if Foci are selling then why not a Camry? Clearly, **** sells.
Uh, you sure the F-150 has been the best selling vehicle for 31 years or the best selling truck for 31 years?
Remember, people buy the Camry because the vast majority of people do not care what kind of car they drive. Same with any Toyota vehicle, really.
Of course, Ford tallies both HD and non HD trucks together, even though they ride on seperate platforms. For every HD truck from another brand I see, I see about 50 Super Duty Fords.
I do not think I have seen one HD Ram on the street. Guess the people who actually need an HD truck for work know better than to buy their crap.
Yeah, right
@tripleonefive
It’s time for the Taurus to reign again
Hey why not?? American have proven they’ll buy any piece of **** as long as it ain’t made by an American. And just because the Crapry or any other handa, turdota, hyunday, nissan/datsun or what the **** it’s called is made here don’t make it American!
All this really goes to prove is that the Internet has become the source people turn to when buying a new vehicle. So either the public have decided it’s easier to trust other people’s research, or they just really loathe the traditional dealer experience that much.
I’m kind of leaning towards the latter, though it’s kind of sad when consumers go to more stores to select a fridge than a vehicle.
Uhh…the F150 outsells the Silverado by a wide margin, no? like when the F150 sells 750,000, the SIlverado sells like 600,000, right?
Camry won’t sell more than 500,000 this year…Ford’s still got quite a way to fall. I reckon it’s inevitable, but it’s still a long way off.
People drive Toyota’s and Honda’s bc of the reliability and dependability of the car.
If you even drive a Toyota its bc you know that the domestics don’t have any serious contenders to the Camry/Corolla or Accord/Civic. If you didn’t care about what you drove you would be in a GM
Year after year the Camry has proven itself and so has the Accord. The resale is high on these cars bc they are so reliable. The Taurus was #1 bc Americans grew up on domestic cars That is why GM Ford and Chrysler could sell so much crap for so many years People were felt to be sellouts or traitors to America if they bought foreign Once they realized the Japanese made a better car The Accord and Camry reigned over the Taurus
I thought Silverado and Sierra together outsold F-150.
Yes the Camry is an appliance but don’t try and pretend that the F-150 and The GM twins are actually exciting transportation
It is well known that the new Camry has less than stellar quailty. Like my nieghbors 2008 4 cylinder automatic that was just replaced under Lemon Law as the tranny can’t decide what gear it needs to be in. He was one of 6 or so at the dealership who are in arbitration over this minor “flaw.”
The Camry is an appliance ,like a toaster or coffee maker, nothing more, nothing less. No soul and bland as pablum.
Even the new Malibu at least has something to set it apart, not to mention it isn’t pug ugly like the Camry. I see the Toyo guys in a marketing meeting betting each other “I bet they’ll still buy these even after this next style change.” Mikie’ll buy it, he hates everything!!!!!!!!!!!1
Girly-men drive Camrys.
America wants a bad quality vehicle as #1 in sales. No that Ford’s quality is too high, #1 car may become the POS Camry with all of its defects.
You mean Americans are ready to stop driving an F-150 to McDonald’s?
This can’t be!
What will the historians think of us?
It is also well know, Arbiter, that Camry sales continue to rise, while F-series/Silverado continue to tank.
Anomolies notwithstanding, Camry quality and efficiency trumps whatever pick-up truck or American family sedan you can cobble together.
I’m crying……on the inside.
Let me compose myself, please.
DrFill
Lol The Camry is synonymous with high quality & it looks fine, the design is nice inside and out. A toaster lol. If the Camry is a toaster it’s a reliable toaster and GM is one that you get home and it breaks in a week
It def looks better than the Malibu. I love how the Malibu uses an interior that Honda and Toyota and even Nissan used 13 years ago. The Bu is behind the curve and it is not converting import buyers
Girly men drive Camry’s and trailer trash drive GM’s
tripleonefive, if you actually test drive Camry, you’ll know it is not a good handling car. It’s screwed OK, but handling is sloppy and always was sub par to Accord. Except for people on this blog how many Americans are aware of recalls in auto industry? People either brand loyal (often from generation to generation) or read Consumer Report. Up till last year Toyota was ranked #1 by CR, probably will be #2 next year. The truth of the matter is that Camry s much more American then Chevy Equinox with Chinese made engine and Japanese transmission. The field I think open for Accord (which is bigger and nicer then Camry), Altima (still looks great), Malibu (original Opel) because public loves Americana and Aura (Americana).
Like Johnny said: does everyone needs F-150 to ride to work alone and pick-up gallon of milk at supermarket 2 miles away?
“Hey, if Foci are selling then why not a Camry? Clearly, **** sells.”
Wait… don’t all of you domestic lovers out there use the big F-150 sales numbers as an argument as to who makes the best truck? You can’t have it both ways — by this argument, then the F-150 must also be ****!
Don’t be scared. It’s just a sign of the times. The Camry just happens to be the next one in line.
If I recall, few (maybe more then few) years back there was race between Camry and Taurus for the best selling vehicle? I think few years back Camry de-throned Taurus for best selling and then Taurus sold ****load to Hertz to get title back. It’s not the first for Camry.
The camary is a better car than a big crude pickup truck. why do you think the camry is more popular the world over than the f150?
toyota sucks
‘02WRX’, don’t group me with any “domestic” lovers. Do your homework … I hate most Fords AND Toyotas AND Hondas AND Subarus AND most Chryslers AND some GMs. My quote stands.
If you hate cars, why visit a car blog?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/38510089_2495927ff2.jpg?v=0
Hey, the Europeans have their Passats, Americans need to have a tasteless, boring, mid-size sedan too…
F150’s are junk trucks. the old ones were rugged workhorses, the new ones are just pussy trucks for men who are still in the closet. My old boss had a 2006 F150 which needed a new transmission, fuel pump, washer fluid pump, brake rotors replaced 3 times, faulty power locks, and new shocks. All before it hit 30k miles.
Sprokkets, the F150 isn’t an HD model.
Moto-Racer, so you got fired? Again?
Toyota has been media driven for years as evidenced by the recent back off from Consumer Reports. That said numbers do count, retail numbers. Toyota has done a good job in marketing their products. Talk to any Toyota dealer about the Camry and they absolutely hate them, no mark up and they lose money on everyone they sell and then have to live with the issues. Watch the Malibu and the 2009 Taurus. Detroit does not allow things to get to far from reach and when preasured can and do dominate. Toyota is still a foreign owned company no matter where their plants are, thats the bottom line.
yeah right. Toyota only wishes. ford has to many fleet vehicle accounts to ever loose the title. Dont be surprised when we make it 32 years. AMERICANS DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY AND NOT JAPANS!!!!
LOL, the usual import humpers and the usual arguments. Sad, so sad. So many Kool Aid drinkers out there…
‘02WRX’, are you as dumb as you appear? It has never been stated that I hate cars … I do hate certain cars and certain manufacturers but I don’t hate all cars. Go back to primary school and work on your reading comprehension skills.
bottom line…camrys are boring, passionless, lackluster cars that have no driving thrill whatsoever. i would think that anyone on this site bitching, commenting or just plain bashing other cars would have a slight passion for the industry, yet some of you i see are supporting the unimaginative jap jobs. out of most of the car companies out there, it is my opinion that toybota are the first company out there to turn a profit before they turn heads with their automobiles. yes, profits are nice, but what’s the ****in point if you have no passion for the driving experience.
A+ points to: ihustle, injunraiv, stinky007, 02wrxpsm, olds307, a4, and arbiter
tripleonefive- Has nothing to do with that being a domestic lover. I actually kind of like the new Camry’s styling, it’s something different, but looks bloated. I’m not even gonna bother getting into an argument, and neither should anybody else with you because of your ignorance, but I’ve just read a few reviews that have put the Malibu and Accord at the top, and the Camry and Sebring near/at the bottom.
02wrx- Nobody, NOBODY here has mentioned that the F-150 is the best truck because it sells. If you want to put words in peoples mouths, do it somewhere else.
WEKS- Not saying their material isn’t accurate, but reading their policy it isn’t directly based off of third party reviews. And despite them saying that the Malibu’s platform mates have been extremely reliable, and citing sources that all quote the Malibu as being very reliable they come to the conclusion that the Malibu is indeed not reliable.
Who is this ‘hbcbob’ clown? Dude, giving ‘02WRX’ anything more than a D is stupid, more stupid than the subject we are posting about … hence, you deserve an F for FAIL. You started out all right with Camrys being ****, then your diatribe fell into a morass. Thanks.
If you can show me a review that has the Camry with he Sebring please post Since you are a liar and have tried to twist the truth many times in the past only to be proven wrong by me I would love to see what you come up with
tripleonefive, if you actually test drive Camry, you’ll know it is not a good handling car. It’s screwed OK, but handling is sloppy and always was sub par to Accord.
Well Autonut I like Honda and think that the Accord should and will be # 1 beating out the Camry. I have no argument when it comes to Toyota vs honda bc they are dead even with reliability resale and build quality
I do know that the Malibu is not on the Camry and Accords level. I think the Hyundai Sonata and Mazda 6 will give the Camry and Accord a run for their money
This entire article is stupid. This is just creating anti domesic propaghanda, and I don’t see anywhere in the article where it actually compares Toyota’s numbers to Ford’s, it just makes unsubstantiated claims. Has Toyota actually sold more Camry’s year to date than Ford F-Series? Nope, not even close.
Camry is a domestic?
The majority, if not all, of Camry and Camry Hybrids produced are in Kentucky or Indiana.
The article is actually a plagiarized version of the Automotive News article released. LLN is pathetic.
whi cares?