Light Duty Truck Sales Up for the Month of January, 2011

Apr 172011

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Light Duty Truck sales were up 28.5% in the month of January, 2011. This was great news for automakers, especially General Motors, whose sales have seen a sharp increase since December and a slow but stead incline since September. GM has statistically been outselling the competition in Light Truck and Crossover sales combined, but the market winner in overall truck sales in January was the Ford F Series.

The increase in sales during the final quarter of 2010 and the first month of 2011 would hopefully gender some excitement toward market share for automakers such as Chrysler, Ford and GM. But for now, Toyota and Honda seem to be the only two of the big five showing marked improvement.

Monthly popular truck sales are directly reflected at RealTruck.com when calculating accessories sold. Data reflecting model, make and year on accessories sold show trends in vehicle purchases as well as what particular promotions automaker are running. Types of accessories purchased are also an indicator of whether newer vehicles are being purchased. Nerf Bars, Bug Shields, Vent Visors, Mud Flaps and Tonneau Covers are many items not factory installed on new light duty trucks. These terms and more were highly searched and purchased during January.

The top twenty vehicles for the month of January, 2011: