Number of new car models offered in the U.S. market 2000-2021

There were 34 new car models offered in the U.S. market in 2021, down from 42 new models the previous year. Overall, the number of new models offered each year is tipped to almost double by 2025, reaching some 62 new car models that year.

The U.S. sport utility vehicle market

Between 2011 and 2020, crossovers made up the largest share of the country’s automobile market, accounting for 38 percent of new car models during this period of time. It is expected that the crossover segment will gain additional market share between 2022 and 2025, with every second new model being a crossover. Toyota was the leading sport utility vehicle manufacturer in the first half of 2021, the Toyota RAV4 being the best-selling SUV in the U.S. market at some 114,225 units. The same model totaled around 995,762 sales worldwide in 2020.

Car models offered in the U.S. market

In terms of U.S. passenger car sales, Ford was the most important car brand as of 2020, followed by Toyota, Chevrolet, and Honda. About 2.2 million passenger cars were produced in the United States in 2020, the lowest number since 2010. As of 2020, the Ford F-Series was among the best selling car or light truck models in the world, topping 968,000 sales that year. The Ford F-Series, which have been available since the 1940s, is a series of light-duty trucks and medium-duty trucks. Ford's second best selling passenger car is the Ford Focus, which began production in 1998 under the Ford Motor Company in Europe and soon after moved to North America in 1999.