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发帖数: 1956 | 1 参考下文，目前美国各州最火的车型， F-150, Camry, Accord, Outback, Forster,
CR-V, Equinox, Escape, corolla等，都是销售大户。
As expected, the top five overall vehicles in sales — the Ford F-Series,
Chevy Silverado and Ram pickups, followed by the Toyota Camry and Honda
Accord — dominate the map. What's unexpected is some of the geographic
outlines, many of which follow old college sports conference boundaries; in
Big Ten land, Chevy rules, while Ford has the Big 12 to itself and Toyota
dominates the old Southeastern Conference. It's no surprise that imports
rule on the coasts, where Honda and Toyota have claimed a large chuck of the
new-car market and fewer buyers opt for pickups. (All of California's top-
five selling vehicles were either Honda or Toyota sedans.)
The biggest surprise? The Subaru Outback and Forester. Last year, Subaru
sold 138,790 Outbacks — or about 1/3rd of what Honda moved in Accords —
but that was enough to be the most popular new model among retail customers
in Washington, Colorado and Maine, while the Forester conquered Connecticut.
Unlike most automakers, Subaru sells virtually no vehicles to fleet or bulk
buyers; years of conservative factory building have meant there's generally
more demand for Subies than supply, especially in the most popular SUV/
wagon models. In several other snowbelt states where a pickup topped this
map, the Outback was the most popular car.
And a couple of states reflect the trend toward SUVs; as Tom Libby, manager
of industry analysis for IHS Automotive notes, 2014 was the first year "
crossover" SUVs like the Honda CR-V — New York's most favorite new vehicle
— surpassed sedans in popularity. Among American vehicles, only models like
the Chevy Equinox and Ford Escape made the top-five lists in any given
state, while American-branded sedans were all but shut out. "I think the
whole car/truck distinction is becoming obsolete," Libby said. "It's
becoming a very fuzzy line."
As for the outliers; Floridians love the Toyota Corolla, God bless 'em, and
Hawaii and Vermont have iconoclastic tastes for pickups (the Toyota Tacoma
and GMC Sierra, respectively.) And while some states seem committed to their
choices — like Texans and their love of Ford pickups — other states were
much more divided in their preferences. We'll update this list next year to
see who wins, and who suffers a state change. |
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