August 2014 was a high-volume sales month across the board as it’s usually the case. Although Ford F-Series sold 68,109 trucks during the month, the result was -4.2% lower than August of last year. Ford can still claim the F-Series as the best selling pickup in the land, but the gap to the competition is closing quickly. Ram trucks sold 43,775 units and grew a huge 33.0% over last year. It’s slowly creeping up on the second-lace Chevy Silverado. The Chevy also had a good month with 12.8% growth. Combine this with the 10.2% increase for the GMC Sierra and the GM twins are within around 35,000 of the F-Series for the year-to-date sales numbers.
Nissan Frontier continues a good year. It’s up 16.8% year-to-date. Nissan Titan is holding on for the next generation truck, which is supposed to be revealed at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show in January and go on sale about a year later.
Pickup Truck – August 2014 Sales Chart
| Aug 2014 # | Aug ’14 / ’13 % | YTD 2014 # | YTD ’14 / ’13 % | |
| Ford F-series | 68,109 | -4.2% | 497,174 | -0.4% |
| Chevrolet Silverado | 49,201 | 12.8% | 331,977 | 1.1% |
| Ram | 43,775 | 33.0% | 283,256 | 21% |
| GMC Sierra | 19,847 | 10.2% | 130,526 | 6.8% |
| Toyota Tacoma | 14,338 | -5.8% | 102,736 | -6.9% |
| Toyota Tundra | 11,834 | 4.1% | 80,133 | 10.1% |
| Nissan Frontier | 6,770 | 2.8% | 48,510 | 16.8% |
| Honda Ridgeline | 1,347 | -22.5% | 10,593 | -14.6% |
| Nissan Titan | 1,231 | -2.4% | 8,719 | -22.7% |
Check out the 2014 Ram 3500 HD dually take on the Ike Gauntlet extreme towing test.
Andre Smirnov is a life-long automotive enthusiast, writer, reporter, and software engineer. He has been a contributor at TFL since 2011.
