This February, Ford Transit became the best-selling commercial van in the US again, for the third consecutive time. This model was released nine months ago, and by now 33,578 copies of the car were sold.
Generally, a number of all commercial vans sold by Ford have grown by 30%, a total amount is 13,936. It happened even though a number of Ford E-Series cars sales declined seriously. As for small commercial vans, the best progress was made by Ford Transit Connect. The entire category of small vans grew too, by 59%.
As for the improvement of other makers, Nissan NV, Ram ProMaster, and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter have faced it.
|
Van
|
February 2015 |
February 2014 |
% Change |
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chevrolet Express ³
|
3222
|
4776 | -32.5% | 6804 | 8668 | -21.5% |
|
Chevrolet City Express ²
|
605
|
--- | --- | 1190 | --- | --- |
|
Ford E-Series ³
|
4396
|
8489 | -48.2% | 7704 | 15,965 | -51.7% |
|
Ford Transit ³
|
6750
|
--- | --- | 13,130 | --- | --- |
|
Ford Transit Connect ²
|
2790
|
2239 | 24.6% | 6479 | 4385 | 47.8% |
|
GMC Savana ³
|
1999
|
2194 | -8.9% | 3488 | 4130 | -15.5% |
|
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ³
|
1675
|
1421 | 17.9% | 3180 | 2709 | 17.4% |
|
Nissan NV ³
|
1188
|
995 | 19.4% | 2247 | 1744 | 28.8% |
|
Nissan NV200 ²
|
1287
|
793 | 62.3% | 2471 | 1333 | 85.4% |
|
Ram Cargo Van ²
|
940
|
581 | 61.8% | 2041 | 936 | 118% |
|
Ram ProMaster ³
|
1627
|
597 | 173% | 3207 | 1204 | 166% |
|
Ram ProMaster City ²
|
126
|
--- | --- | 219 | --- | --- |
|
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|
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|
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|
Full-Size Commercial Vans ³
|
20,857
|
18,472 | 12.9% | 39,760 | 34,420 | 15.5% |
|
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|
---
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
Small Commercial Vans ²
|
5748
|
3613 | 59.1% | 12,400 | 6654 | 86.4% |
|
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|
---
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
Total
|
26,605
|
22,085 | 20.5% | 52,160 | 41,074 | 27.0% |
Source: Automakers