Slightly.
By 327 units.
It'll be the race to watch in 2015, not because there's any real possibility of the F-Series being unseated – the Silverado would need to outsell the F-Series by an average of 2811 units in each of 2015's remaining ten months to take the top spot by year's end – but because 2015 is a major year for Ford's truck line.
Can Ford strike the balance between incentive-boosted volume and profitability on their new aluminum-intensive F-150? If the F-Series' market share continues to be strong, does it matter if the GM twins can muster more sales?
Ford and GM trucks aren't alone at the top of best sellers lists: the Ram P/U line is the third best-selling vehicle range so far this year, 211 sales ahead of the best-selling car, Toyota's Camry. The Camry's February results, a 14% jump to 32,942 sales, meant the Ram was temporarily knocked down to the fourth position for the first time since August.
| Rank | Best-Selling Vehicle | 2 Months 2015 | 2 Months 2014 | % Change |
| #1 | Ford F-Series | 109,606 | 102,418 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 81,501 | 65,510 | 24.4% |
| #3 | Ram P/U | 59,916 | 54,374 | 10.2% |
| #4 | Toyota Camry | 59,705 | 52,330 | 14.1% |
| #5 | Honda CR-V | 45,509 | 38,991 | 16.7% |
| #6 | Honda Accord | 42,627 | 45,226 | -5.7% |
| #7 | Ford Fusion | 42,426 | 44,615 | -4.9% |
| #8 | Toyota RAV4 | 41,767 | 33,331 | 25.3% |
| #9 | Chevrolet Equinox | 41,278 | 36,134 | 14.2% |
| #10 | Ford Escape | 40,969 | 42,604 | -3.8% |
| #11 | Honda Civic | 39,737 | 43,399 | -8.4% |
| #12 | Nissan Rogue | 37,068 | 31,028 | 19.5% |
| #13 | Chevrolet Cruze | 36,994 | 38,664 | -4.3% |
| #14 | Ford Explorer | 35,649 | 26,734 | 33.3% |
| #15 | Ford Focus | 32,497 | 27,929 | 16.4% |
| #16 | Chrysler 200 | 29,962 | 22,958 | 30.5% |
| #17 | Nissan Sentra | 29,749 | 21,466 | 38.6% |
| #18 | Jeep Cherokee | 29,180 | 22,300 | 30.9% |
| #19 | Hyundai Elantra | 27,948 | 31,719 | -11.9% |
| #20 | GMC Sierra | 27,778 | 25,350 | 9.6% |
The Camry, meanwhile, led all cars in February. On the one hand, that's not surprising. On an annual basis, the Camry is routinely America's best-selling car. On the other hand, this was just the third time in the last seven months that the Camry's topped the car leaderboard, as the Honda Accord took top honours in August and September and the Nissan Altima was the best-selling car in December and January.
The Accord, however, isn't even the top-selling Honda these days. Honda's CR-V continued its streak atop the Honda leaderboard in February, the fifth consecutive month in which the CR-V outsold the Accord and Civic. Through the first two months of 2015, the CR-V began just where it left off, as America's top-selling SUV/crossover.
The odd story in February's utility vehicle sales race was the positioning of the Ford Escape. Sales of Ford's smallest utility declined 10% in an SUV/crossover category which grew by more than 8%. This decline opened up the door for the Toyota RAV4, Chevrolet Equinox, and Nissan Rogue to all outsell the Escape, albeit by narrow margins. The Escape, typically America's second-best-selling SUV, ranked fifth in February and fourth through the first one-sixth of 2015.
Overall, this list of the 20 best-selling vehicles includes four pickup trucks, nine passenger cars, and seven utility vehicles, including the Ford Explorer and Jeep Cherokee. At this stage in 2014, all of these vehicles except for the Chrysler 200 were also among the 20 top sellers. Only the Chevrolet Malibu, which ranked 17th through two months of 2014 but slid to 23rd so far this year, has been knocked off.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures.
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