RobertRyan wrote:
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Correct, Pickups make up the best selling segments in the US, Australia and Canada.
Canada and Australia have roughly 14% of sales devoted to Pickups, US 11% Not all of the engineering in a fact a lot is done elsewhere outside the US.
Pickups do not make up the bulk of vehicles sold in any market. I notice the Japanese sell a lot of vehicles in the US and they and the Koreans, and all the other non NA manufacturers contribute to the " bulk" of vehicles sold.
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Good point. This site has a lot of the US numbers:
http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.htmlSo, while the 3 big pickups are the top 3 sellers in YTD 2017, the biggest selling "segment" YTD in 2017 is by far CUVs, then mid-size cars, small-size cars and only then comes pickups, suvs, minivans and the other segments.
And in every segment except Pickups (not to be confused with "Light Trucks"), there are a lot of non-US players. The "Light Duty Truck" group includes CUVs, SUVs, vans as well as pickups, which is confusing, to me at least.
Anyway, it's been interesting ...
