The Tacoma dropped from holding 51
percent of the midsize pickup market to 43 percent.
Not exact matches
Ford has decided to return to the
midsize pickup truck segment because sales for this type
of vehicle have increased 83
percent since 2014.
With 510 sales
of the Honda Ridgeline (which wasn't on sale at this time a year ago), a 34 -
percent Nissan Frontier increase, and a massive 265 -
percent leap from the Chevrolet Colorado / GMC Canyon twins, the
midsize pickup truck segment doubled its November volume despite a downturn reported by the typically segment - leading Toyota Tacoma.
Last year's U.S. sales
of 452,335
midsize pickups were less than 1
percent more than the year prior, and IHS Markit doesn't expect the segment to top 480,000 sales through 2025.
Thanks to new products, GM's estimated share
of the retail market for
midsize pickups is now 31
percent calendar year to date, according to J.D. Power PIN.
We ran each
pickup through a battery
of instrumented testing, which started with checking their weight (full fuel, no driver) before testing 0 - 60 mph acceleration, 60 - 0 mph braking, quarter - mile elapsed time, 0 - 60 mph with payload (500 pounds for the
midsize trucks, 1,000 for the 1/2 - tons, and 1,500 for the HDs), 60 - 0 mph braking with payload, and 0 - 60 mph acceleration with a trailer (loaded to 75
percent of each truck's maximum towing capacity).