Ford F-Series Leads Truck Sales In Q1, Ram Is Second With Chevy Close

Last year, the Chevy, Ram, and Ford took the top three spots to become America’s best-selling vehicles. Trucks have been leading the sales charts for years, and it looks like they won’t be any different this year. Ongoing complications from the coronavirus pandemic, rising gas prices, semiconductor shortages, and the war in Ukraine all continue to hamper global vehicle production. However, truck sales continued to increase through the first quarter of 2022.

The Ford F-Series, which includes the F-150 and Super Duty, remains the king of sales, with Ford selling 140,701 pickups through March. That’s more than a competitor, but sales are down compared to the same time last year when Ford sold 204,797 trucks. That’s a 31 percent drop.

Ram retains second place after stealing it from the Chevy Silverado in late 2021; However, it was barely ahead. So far, the Ram has moved 127,116 pickups in the first three months of 2022. That’s more than the Chevy’s 121,107 pickups, but Ram sales are down 15 percent compared to 2021’s 148,836 pickups. Chevy sales also fell, but not as much as its competitors. In 2021, Chevy moved 126,591 trucks, down 4.3 percent.

Nissan and Toyota also offer pickups, but they’re not far from the Chevy, Ram, and Ford. The Tundra has so far sold 22,643 trucks in 2022, up 16.8 percent from 19,134 sold in Q1 2021. The Titan trails them all, with sales down 14 percent from 2021 – 6,415 to 7,463.

It’s unclear how the rest of 2022 will look, though the automaker continues to face an uphill battle, even with the popular pickup. The ongoing crisis continues to force automakers to halt production, sell cars without some of their features, or keep incomplete models until the last parts arrive. It seems that problems, such as the automaker’s precarious supply chain, are not going to make it any easier.

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