Although most of the country continues to be gripped by snowy weather, the truck sales have picked up in February. Not all makes had a good month. Most notably, Chevrolet Silverado saw big losses of -12.1% compared to February of last year. On the other hand, Ram pickup trucks is gaining big ground and seemingly eating into Silverado sales. Toyota Tundra had a good month, as did the venerable sales leader – the F-series trucks.
Among the mid-size trucks, the Nissan Frontier is beating up on the Toyota Tacoma in a big way. The Frontier sales more than doubled (at 111.7%), while the Tacoma went down by -13.5%. What is behind this huge growth for the Frontier? TFLtruck.com has a question into Nissan on this. We will update you on the response.
Pickup Truck – February 2014 Sales Chart
Feb 2014 # | Feb ’14 / ’13 % | YTD 2014 # | YTD ’14 / ’13 % | |
Ford F-Series | 55,882 | 2.6% | 102,418 | 1.1% |
Chevrolet Silverado | 36,584 | -12.1% | 65,510 | -15.0% |
Ram | 29,303 | 25.8% | 54,374 | 24.2% |
GMC Sierra | 14,232 | 0.7% | 25,350 | -6.0% |
Toyota Tacoma | 10,942 | -13.5% | 20,784 | -14.3% |
Toyota Tundra | 7,923 | 8.4% | 15,813 | 10.5% |
Nissan Frontier | 5,791 | 111.7% | 10,722 | 100.0% |
Nissan Titan | 1,117 | -31.6% | 2,004 | -33.8% |
Check out this TFLtruck video of the 2014 Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner Concept
Commercial Van – February 2014 Sales Chart
Overall commercial van sales are looking down. Only the GMC Savana and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter are showing year-over-year sales improvements. While the sales leaders saw year-over-year sales losses in February, the GMC Savana more than doubled at 147.6%. Nissan NV200 and Ram ProMaster continue to ramp up. While, Ford Transit Connect is still constrained by production volume of the all-new 2014 Transit Connect.
Feb 2014 # | Feb ’14 / ’13 % | YTD 2014 # | YTD ’14 / ’13 % | |
Ford E-Series | 8,489 | 1.8% | 15,965 | -2.2% |
Chevrolet Express | 4,776 | -13.2% | 8,668 | -8.4% |
Ford Transit Connect | 2,239 | -38.0% | 4,385 | -35.2% |
GMC Savana | 2,194 | 147.6% | 4,130 | 114.0% |
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | 1,421 | 15.7% | 2,709 | 17.5% |
Nissan NV | 995 | -20.5% | 1,744 | -12.6% |
Nissan NV200 | 793 | N/A | 1,333 | N/A |
Ram ProMaster | 597 | N/A | 1,204 | N/A |
Ram Cargo Van | 581 | -8.0% | 936 | -11.0% |
Watch this first look TFLtruck video of the 2015 Chevrolet City Express (it is not yet on sale).
Andre Smirnov is a life-long automotive enthusiast, writer, reporter, and software engineer. He has been a contributor at TFL since 2011. When not working or spending time with the family – you can find him tinkering in the garage or simply ‘going for a drive’.