Minivan Sales In America - December 2016 & 2016 Year End

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U.S. minivan sales jumped 6% to 553,506 units in calendar year 2016, slowing sharply at the end of the year after an FCA-powered clear-out surge in the early part of 2016.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End

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December 2016's 18% decline, for example, was not out of character after sales tumbled in each of the last five months of the year, falling by double-digits on the percentage scale throughout the fourth-quarter. But the year as a whole was nevertheless a year of improvement for the minivan sector, though sales were down by nearly 1% compared with the 2014 calendar year.

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The Toyota Sienna narrowly edged the Dodge Grand Caravan – by just 113 units – to end 2016 as America's top-selling minivan, the second consecutive year of leadership for the Sienna. 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which builds the new Chrysler Pacifica, the departed Chrysler Town & Country, and the second-ranked Dodge Grand Caravan, produced 249,115 total minivan sales in 2016, equal to 45% of the overall minivan market. 

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. This table is sortable, so you can rank minivans any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. Mobile users can now thumb across the table to access the full width.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015

Minivan	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Chrysler Pacifica	10,283	---	---	62,366	---	---
Chrysler Town & Country	266	10,622	-97.5%	59,071	97,530	-39.4%
Dodge Grand Caravan	6687	11,720	-42.9%	127,678	101,553	25.7%
Honda Odyssey	10,411	11,800	-11.8%	120,846	127,736	-5.4%
Kia Sedona	2028	2316	-12.4%	44,264	36,755	20.4%
Mazda 5	2	299	-99.3%	375	8609	-95.6%
Nissan Quest	791	1703	-53.6%	11,115	11,018	0.9%
Toyota Sienna	11,169	12,407	-10.0%	127,791	137,497	-7.1%
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Total	41,637	50,867	-18.1%	553,506	520,698	6.3%

Source: Automakers

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