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Sales races in the auto industry tend not to matter much beyond the desks of those who might get a free golf vacation for winning one. With nearly 300 new models of cars and trucks on the market, there's always a close competition somewhere. But rarely, if ever, do we get some geographic insight into what people are buying state by state. Do Texans really differ in their preferences that much from Colorado, or New Yorkers from New Jersey? The answer turns out to be yes.

We asked IHS Automotive to share their count of the most popular vehicles of 2014 broken down by state. IHS Automotive's tracking differs from what automakers report in two important ways; it counts what new vehicles are registered in each state, rather than just national totals as sold by dealers, and it can separate vehicles registered by businesses from those registered to individuals. This list excludes those vehicles sold to large fleet buyers, like rental-car agencies and governments — leaving only those sold and used by individual retail customers.

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.


Data: IHS Automotive/Graphic: Yahoo Autos

saw this earlier. makes florida and Alabama look like a bunch of damn candy assed yuppy metrosexual d-bags.

Toyota's dont break as often the others do. Its pretty simple. I wish I owned a Yota right now. I got a lot to fix on my GMC, Ford, and Honda.

cant work them nearly as hard either. they will tote a couple asses around uncomfortably but that's the extent of it.

I drive a Jeep ....I didn't know there was anything else

I agree, and they dont handle off road stuff very well. but they do not break for regular use and they will get you 250k miles of asphalt out of them mostly trouble free.

I cant stand it when my truck doesnt have to be worked on!!!

i was referring more to the camry corolla part of it.

I've had 2 camry and 2 yota trucks along with a few other vehicles. The toyotas have been tough as nails and lasted way longer than they should have with the abuse they've been given. They've proven themselves to me. Folks that rag on them can fix their vehicles and have them die early if they want........this is America and folks should be able to make dumbass decisions if they want Plus toyotas are more an American made vehicle than a ford, Chevy, or GMC these days.


That map pegged Washington state to the T. Never seen as many suburus in one place as there........and not just hippy lesbians.

Ill never own anything but a Toyota. I still have the tacoma I got in 2000 and it runs like a top. Had a 07 tacoma that I drove for 2 years and broke even on, decided I wanted something bigger to pull my boat so I got a 2009 4 door silverado ltz. 4 months later and after adding a quart of oil a week I traded for the tundra I have now. Also the 5.7 is made in Huntsville.

There's a reason why most of the questions on this site are GM related.

Yup, my GM, the only one I have ever owned needs blinker fluid (the back right blinker blew out) amongst other things that are wrong with it. I'm going to cash it in later this year. In the 25+ years that I have owned vehicles I have never had a blinker go out, much less all the other problems I have with it. Constant recall notices about it are also irritating. Seems like everything on it are a never ending safety hazard that needs to be fixed. But if I get it fixed, it probably will not run right. I'm done with GM they are more irritations than product. They needed to fail but Obama would not have it.

What about the Toyota Tundra? Does it have the same reputation as the Tacoma does when it comes to reliability?

I had the older body style tundra it was an o3 I think. Never had a bit of trouble out of it. Got stolen with 240,000 miles on it and it was still going strong. I never turned a wrench on it other than normal maintenance. My dad two of my uncles and one cousin still drive the same model tundra and everyone of them is bulletproof

I got a 06 Tundra with 147000 miles and I would get in it right now and drive anywhere without hesitation. Since I started buying my own vehicles Toyota is all I have bought and all I will buy. You just can`t tear them up and with regular maintenance they last damn near forever.

The main parts I sell is for ford. Mainly coil packs and the plug repair kit for the 5.4. Chevy I see more sensors sold. Yota. Most of the time its a carb kit for 1987 22r that the odometer quit working 10yrs ago at 300,000. Unless its 16yr old who got a new tundra or tacoma for his birthday. But what breaks is from him trying to be cool and jump railroad tracks.

If you run it dry of Blinker Fluid then most likely you've burnt out the Flasher Bearings.
Get up with DW for burnt bearing advice!

Yep those Toyotas never have recalls do they. You guys crack me up.