--- title: "New truck sales plummet with few surprises, 2022 Q2 sales results" url: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2022/07/new-truck-sales-plummet-with-few-surprises-2022-q2-sales-results/" publisher: "Pickup Truck + SUV Talk" content_signal: "search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no" author: "Tim Esterdahl" published: "2022-07-05T20:49:09+00:00" modified: "2026-10-02T12:41:03+00:00" image: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-Frontier-100.jpg" --- # New truck sales plummet with few surprises, 2022 Q2 sales results By Tim Esterdahl Published: 2022-07-05T20:49:09+00:00 Updated: 2026-10-02T12:41:03+00:00 ![Featured image]() With the ongoing shortages on just about everything, the 2022 Q2 sales results show just how bad things have got for the industry. For months now, we have been hearing about parts shortages, empty sales lots, market adjustments (aka more profit for dealer) being added on most new trucks and tales of woe from customers who see their truck on a lot but can’t take delivery because the truck is waiting on a part. The 2022 Q2 sales results chart below tells the story. | 2022 Q2 Pickup Truck Sales | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Full-Size Truck Sales** | **Q2 Sales** | **Last Year Q2 Sales** | **Quarterly Change** | **Year-to-Date** | **Last Year-to-Date** | **Year-Over-Year Change** | | Ford F-Series | 158,644 | 158,232 | .2% | 299,345 | 362,032 | -17.3% | | Chevy Silverado
LD
HD | 140,720
88,544
52,176 | 161,706
117,275
44,431 | -13%
-24.5%
17.4% | 259,516
169,561
89,955 | 286,410
207,980
78,430 | -9.4%
-18.5%
14.7% | | Ram Truck | 117,865 | 164,232 | -28.0% | 244,983 | 313,058 | -22.0% | | GMC Sierra
LD
HD | 62,321
33,533
28,788 | 75,495
53,640
21,855 | -17.5%
-37.5%
31.7% | 118,938
70,338
48,600 | 138,412
98,897
39,515 | -14.1%
-28.9%
23% | | Toyota Tundra | 21,673 | 24,520 | -11.7% | 44,316 | 43,865 | 0.4% | | Nissan Titan | 4,797 | 10,313 | -53.5% | 11,212 | 17,776 | -36.9% | | **Midsize Truck Sales** | **Q2 Sales** | **Last Year Q2 Sales** | **Quarterly Change** | **Year-to-Date** | **Last Year-to-Date** | **Year-Over-Year Change** | | Toyota Tacoma | 55,466 | 66,449 | -16.6% | 108,648 | 139,296 | -22.1% | | Nissan Frontier | 20,761 | 15,612 | 33.0% | 43,166 | 26,392 | 63.6% | | Chevrolet Colorado | 22,497 | 14,776 | 52.3% | 44,190 | 38,859 | 13.7% | | Jeep Gladiator | 20,845 | 29,962 | -30% | 38,757 | 48,784 | -21% | | Ford Ranger | 16,201 | 34,205 | -47.3% | 33,840 | 58,371 | -42.0% | | Honda Ridgeline | 10,608 | 11,800 | -10.2% | 19,797 | 24,370 | -18.8% | | GMC Canyon | 7,501 | 5,347 | 40.0% | 13,661 | 12,491 | 9.4% | | **Compact Truck Sales** | **Q2 Sales** | **Last Year Q2 Sales** | **Quarterly Change** | **Year-to-Date** | **Last Year-to-Date** | **Year-Over-Year Change** | | Ford Maverick | 19,508 | n/a | n/a | 38,753 | n/a | n/a | | Hyundai Santa Cruz | 9,803 | n/a | n/a | 18,203 | n/a | n/a | | **Electric Truck Sales** | **Q2 Sales** | **Last Year Q2 Sales** | **Quarterly Change** | **Year-to-Date** | **Last Year-to-Date** | **Year-Over-Year Change** | | Lightning | 2,296 | – | n/a | 2,296 | – | n/a | | GMC Hummer EV pickup | 272 | 0 | n/a | 371 | 0 | n/a | | Rivian R1T | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ### **Hits and misses for 2022 Q2 sales results** Looking at the sales charts, most trucks are down year over year for sales. This, again, is more about parts supplies than consumer demand. However, not every truck was down. Starting with Ford Motor Co. F-series, we can see minimal growth for the second quarter. Ford has long touted the F-Series as the best-selling truck lineup in the country, and it could easily lose this title thanks to all the shortages. General Motors trucks did OK year over year. While GM touts it is the best-selling truck manufacturer, until it combines GMC and Chevrolet in its sales numbers, we’ll treat them separately. Ram drops down a spot from Q1 sales results, and this truck maker is just hanging on while a new [Ram 1500]() and [Ram HD]() trucks are expected to launch in the near future. The Toyota Tundra comes in next. It is all-new for 2022; however, parts shortages and some early quality concerns have slowed sales. Wrapping up the pack is the Nissan Titan, which continues to be on [death watch](). For midsize trucks, the Frontier, Colorado and Canyon had surprise results with big gains while the Ford Ranger took a hit. The rest of the competitors had fairly consistent (and poor) results. Next, the compact truck battle seems to be alive and well with both the Maverick and Santa Cruz selling at a good volume. The big question is who is going to join the compact truck party? Rumors have it Toyota has looked at it, but with Ford already in the game, GM and Ram would be silly not to play ball as well. Finally, we are starting to see some electric truck sales reports, but the accuracy of the reports from Rivian will make this segment tough to report on in the short term. We do know both the Ford Lightning and GMC Hummer EV sales with some specificity thanks to their real-number reports. Rivian, on the other hand, only said it has built around 5,000 vehicles. Unfortunately, this could be the R1T truck, R1S SUV or an EDV (electric delivery vehicle). This new EV automaker also said in an [investor letter]() that it has more than 90,000 pre-orders for the R1 truck and more than 100,000 orders for the EDVs from Amazon. But until we see the actual sales numbers per vehicle type, we’ll believe it when we see it. ### **The bottom line** These 2022 Q2 sales results seem consistent with what we are hearing in the news and from company leaders. It is going to be months — and perhaps more than a year — until supply is rebuilt, and things normalize. Right now, we are looking at mid- to late-2023 for that to happen. [Embedded video]() **Related posts:** - [Is the Nissan Titan dead? Will an EV replace it?]() - [2023 Ram 1500: What to expect]() - [What to expect for 2023 Ram 2500/3500 HD trucks]() ## Structured page information ~~~json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2022/07/new-truck-sales-plummet-with-few-surprises-2022-q2-sales-results/#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2022/07/new-truck-sales-plummet-with-few-surprises-2022-q2-sales-results/" }, "author": { "name": "Tim Esterdahl", "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/#/schema/person/82b06f99329f69a069a5ab6caed18593" }, "headline": "New truck sales plummet with few surprises, 2022 Q2 sales results", "datePublished": "2022-07-05T20:49:09+00:00", "dateModified": "2026-10-02T12:41:03+00:00", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2022/07/new-truck-sales-plummet-with-few-surprises-2022-q2-sales-results/" }, "wordCount": 743, "commentCount": 0, "publisher": { "@id": 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