The Ford F-150 continues to stand out in the U.S., which is the second largest automotive market in the world, surpassed only, though by a wide margin, by China. From the model that chronically leads the new car sales chart in Uncle Sam’s land, over 750,000 units were sold in 2024, and if expectations are confirmed, the numbers will be quite similar in 2025.
However, when dissecting the automotive market in the U.S. state by state, the pickup from the blue oval brand, which is in its 14th generation since the introduction of the original F-Series in 1948, is at the top of the ranking of sales in only 13 of the 50 states in the country. Interestingly, there is another model, which is not American, but has domestic production (it is manufactured in Ohio), capable of the same feat: the Honda CR-V, with Japan being the only country that manages to intrude into the chart, and with five cars, against the four Made in USA, at the top of state sales.
Ford, with the F-150, is number one in the states of Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Meanwhile, Honda, with the CR-V, leads in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Two other cars are the best-selling in a significant number of states in the USA. Toyota, with the RAV4, leads in nine (Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Tesla, with the Model Y (the only 100% electric car that appears at the top of sales by state), is first in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Jersey, Utah, and Washington.
Finally, Chevrolet (General Motors), with the Silverado 1500 pickup, dominates in Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, and West Virginia. There are four cars (three Japanese and one American, two of them also being pickups) that are the best-selling in a single state: Nissan Rogue in Tennessee, Toyota Camry in Alabama, GMC Sierra 1500 in Arkansas, and Toyota Tacoma in Hawaii.
