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Does anyone know where I can find a list of the top 5 or 10 cars sold in America in 2007? I've been googling but can't find it.
Top 2007 cars sold?
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http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=434478
1. Ford F-Series 690,589
2. Chevrolet Silverado 618,257
3. Toyota Camry 473,108
4. Honda Accord 392,231
5. Toyota Corolla/Matrix 371,390
6. Dodge Ram 358,295
7. Honda Civic 331,095
8. Chevrolet Impala 311,128
9. Nissan Altima 284,762
10. Honda CR-V 219,160
1. Ford F-Series 690,589
2. Chevrolet Silverado 618,257
3. Toyota Camry 473,108
4. Honda Accord 392,231
5. Toyota Corolla/Matrix 371,390
6. Dodge Ram 358,295
7. Honda Civic 331,095
8. Chevrolet Impala 311,128
9. Nissan Altima 284,762
10. Honda CR-V 219,160
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Awesome, thank you!! 
Needin to prove to a guy that the Mustang is NOT the top selling vehicle in America lol
Needin to prove to a guy that the Mustang is NOT the top selling vehicle in America lol
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I hope to one day see "Chevrolet Malibu" in the number three spot.
why would anyone thing the Stang is a top 10 selling car in NA??Awesome, thank you!!
Sports cars always sell much less than family cars and/or trucks.
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I donno, lol I just needed to show him that is DEFINATELY wasn't the #1 seller because he was sure it sold as well or better than the F-series LMAO
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If truck sales get hit particularly hard, maybe one day soon we'll see Malibu at #1!!!!
Hey if the crapola Chevette can be a #1 seller, I can't see why the Malibu can't one day get there!
And I've been seeing LOTS of Malibus lately. At first they were few and far between but over the past few weeks they just seem to be coming out of the woodwork. And the more I look at it, the more I like it, particularly the roofline. Anyone checked out the 'bu up close? Putz, erm, Lutz did a great job with that car's silhouette.
Now if Detroit could just lobby Washington to rescind those horrid, useless "side marker lights"....
I'm wondering what fuel prices are gonna make the 2008 top 10 list look like. Probably the same vehicles, just in different positions!
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Hahah...we had a Chevette...man I hated that car. It was gray, and during the summer, the interior would get so hot you could fry an egg on the seats. Eventually the engine gave out and my dad shipped it off to some charity...I think the busted engine block is still in the toolshed.
I actually like the side marker lamps on the Malibu. It gives the exterior a European luxury feel. Have you sat in one yet? It looks great from the inside. I sat in an LTZ model at my local Chevy dealer. My parents had to drag me out of the car...
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HOW?????????
European cars don't have side marker lights! Some countries (Switzerland I think) require side-mounted turn signals, but even those are mounted between the wheelarch and the front door. I don't like how those look either, but they're functional and are an added safety bonus.
Most carmakers simply integrate the side marker into the headlight or taillight assembly, but of course the Malibu's interesting (imho) rear light treatment prevents that. Some makers have managed to make the side marker integral to the car's styling (Nissan Z), but on the Malibu, they just look horribly tacked on.
If they can rescind other stupid laws enacted here, such as sealed-beam headlights (what was that all about anyway?) and 5mph bumpers, why haven't automakers haven't asked to have the equally pointless side marker light requirement? If they were such a good idea, I'm sure safety-oriented companies like Volvo and Benz would have implemented them on all their cars, but as it stands, it's just another piece of questionable American legislation.
Ewwww, I just thought of those stupid wing mirrors required in Japan up to 1983. Those things ruined the look of a car.
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Sealed-beam was about having a good quality lighting... IMO it was pretty good. Now with the composite lamps the reflector degrades and the lens gets yellowed (especially w/plastic ones) and abraded from the road, and your light output on a 8-10+ year old car is significantly degraded. With sealed-beams you always had a new lens and reflector, and the whole assembly would be changed for ~$5. On a composite one? Easily $500+.
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Oh...I thought you were talking about the side lamps between the door/wheel arch.
I don't know, with the Malibu's rear end, I can't see any way to really incorporate the side marker into the taillight without making it look weird.
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You got a point with that one. My driver's side lens is so clouded and opaque I'm sure it's diminished light output.
Still those sealed-beams wrecked the look of any car NOT designed to have them. I remember those 70s/80s European cars sold here with those sealed-beam units sitting in ugly bezels.
Peugeots had the bezel illuminated so when the lights were on, it sorta looked like the European Cibié units! Too bad the 5mph bumpers and side marker lights ruined the rest of the car's styling.
Once, while in Montréal, I spotted a Canadian-spec Leyland Mini crossing the Cartier bridge. It was a travesty. It had this horrible raised bumper that was simply hanging off of two crudely-attached support brackets, and this huge (in proportion to the Mini's diminutive size) rear bumper too. I wonder why beleaguered BL bothered at all to modify cars for Canada. Canadians didn't seem to like Brit cars any better than Americans!
Funny, some of the Renault LeCars in Canada (I seem to spot a lot of old Renaults in Montréal!) had a different bumper design (a large chrome-covered unit) than the US ones, yet it wasn't the Euro bumper. Odd...
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