New vehicles certainly hog the glory, but used cars certainly deserve their fair share of respect. As the pandemic-related used car shortages have loosened and prices returned to more normal levels (if, perhaps, not as cheap as they once were), buyers are once again flowing back to the market for pre-owned rides in search of more affordable, more available alternatives to the fresh new sedans, pickups, SUVs and so forth hot off the assembly lines.
So with 2023 finally in the rear view, we’re taking a look back at the used cars that moved off America’s dealer lots in the greatest numbers last year, courtesy of data pulled together from iSeeCars.com. Many entries on the list are unlikely to surprise people with even a passing knowledge of what vehicles people in the U.S.A. prefer — hint: we like pickup trucks — but there are still a few surprises when it comes to the order. For one thing … who would have guessed so many people were keen on the Chevy Equinox?
Note: all figures refer to sales of used cars from one to five years old, and have been rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a percent of U.S. used car sales.
1. Ford F-150
FordPercent of 2023’s 1-to-5-year-old used car sales: 3.3%
