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For the fourth year, the Ford F150, the coveted trophy "Motor Trend Truck of the Year" will receive.

The U.S. magazine "Motor Trend" selects every year the "Truck of the Year," one of the most coveted awards in North America. Motor Trends 2012 Truck of the Year for the fourth time was the Ford F150.


Since the introduction of the award in 1989, the Ford F150 was in 1997, 2004 and 2009, reap the award. The most popular pick-up of the United States was elected in 2012 as Truck of the Year, as he has in his class have a high fuel efficiency combined with very good cargo capacity.

As a new base engine is a 3.7-liter Ti-VCT V6 with an output of 302 hp that is to achieve the best fuel economy in its class. Nearly as economical is the 3.5-liter Ti-VCT EcoBoost engine with an output of 365 hp. Both engines show that is called for even in the large pick-ups to downsizing. Still on sale but are the 5.0 liter V8 with 360 hp and the 6.2 liter V8 with 411 horsepower.

U.S. sales of large cars from volume brands decreased 8% in 2014, a loss of nearly 51,000 units compared with 2013. 

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• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End

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The Chevrolet Impala, still a popular nameplate, suffered a 10.5% year-over-year decrease to 140,280 units. Combined, the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 – 147,481 sales between the pair - were down 5.5%.  The Ford Taurus took a 22% dive. Hyundai Azera volume tumbled 36%. The Nissan Maxima, approaching replacement, slid 6.5%. Toyota Avalon sales slid 5% following 2013 sales which increased to a six-year high. 

With the American market, even the global market, turning toward more practical and similarly fuel-efficient utility vehicles, this will simply not be a growth segment in the near (or likely even distant) future. 

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013

BMW Canada sold 10,086 copies of the 3-Series in addition to 3469 4-Series in 2014, a combined 4% year-over-year increase. The duo accounts for three-quarters of BMWs car volume; 41% of total BMW volume. 

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• All Vehicles Ranked By December & 2014 Year End Canadian Sales

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The 3-Series is Canadas best-selling premium brand vehicle by a wide margin. It outsold the Lexus RX by 2173 units in 2014. The 3er is Canadas best-selling premium passenger car by an even wider margin. It outsold the Mercedes-Benz C-Class by 3032 units in 2014.

Mercedes-Benz, however, was Canadas top-selling luxury brand in Canada. With an additional 964 sales from the GLA in the latter portion of the year and 3851 CLAs sold in 2014, Mercedes-Benz outsold BMW by 1123 units. 

Audi, the third-ranked luxury brand, was 8291 sales back of BMW. In a record year for the Canadian auto industry, all three of those brands reported record sales in 2014, as did Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, and Maserati.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

2013 Year End • 2012 Year End • 2011 Year End • 2010 Year End

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	2014	2013	%  Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	10,086	12,507	-19.4%
#2	Lexus RX	7913	7789	1.6%
#3	Audi Q5	7862	7547	4.2%
#4	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7054	9356	-24.6%
#5	Acura RDX	6557	6112	7.3%
#6	Acura MDX	6272	6114	2.6%
#7	Audi A4	5850	5956	-1.8%
#8	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	5599	5445	2.8%
#9	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	5532	4804	15.2%
#10	BMW X5	5470	4704	16.3%
#11	BMW X3	5219	5658	-7.8%
#12	Cadillac SRX	4134	3765	9.8%
#13	Lexus IS	3945	2579	53.0%
#14	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	3851	608	533%
#15	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *	3789	3359	12.8%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus dont report specific monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that dont sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K. 

Rank	Vehicles With Base  Prices Above $50,000	2014	2013	%  Change
#1	Lexus RX	7913	7789	1.6%
#2	Acura MDX	6272	6114	2.6%
#3	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	5532	4804	15.2%
#4	BMW X5	5470	4704	16.3%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *	3789	3359	12.8%
#6	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	2580	1806	42.9%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	2339	2408	-2.9%
#8	BMW 5-Series	2337	2717	-14.0%
#9	Volkswagen Touareg	2332	2087	11.7%
#10	GMC Yukon	2005	1333	50.4%
#11	Audi Q7	1959	1781	10.0%
#12	Porsche Cayenne	1904	2050	-7.1%
#13	Chevrolet Tahoe	1779	1632	9.0%
#14	GMC Yukon XL	1760	1171	50.3%
#15	Porsche Macan	1223	---	---

Source: Automakers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales 
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad. Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class volume is joined before the figures arrive at GCBC.
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. The biggest problem with a $50,000 minimum price of entry? SUVs like the $49,299 Ford Expedition. The new Cadillac CTS sedans base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet.

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