Ford’s annual US sales rose 6% due to strong sales of affordable trucks and hybrid cars
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Ford on Tuesday reported higher US auto sales in 2025, as strong consumer appetite for its hybrid models and affordable pickup trucks helped offset slower electric vehicle sales, the company said.
The Detroit automaker expects annual sales to rise six percent to 2,204,124 vehicles in 2025, from 2,078,832 a year earlier. Company’s fourth quarter sales also increased 2.7 Percentage, the automaker reported.
,It was Ford’s best annual sales and Q4 performance since 2019, the company said in a statement.
The announcement comes a day after automakers like Toyota, Hyundai and General Motors reported higher annual sales despite a tumultuous year for the industry due to tariffs and the US government’s removal of a $7,500 electric-vehicle tax credit.
Ford said its buyers are relying on affordable base models of vehicles to offset the industry’s high prices.
In Ford’s best year ever for hybrid vehicles, sales rose nearly 22 percent to 228,072 units, from 187,426 units a year earlier.
Demand for its affordable, compact Maverick truck also remained strong; Vehicle sales rose nearly 18 percent to 155,051, from 131,142 a year earlier.
“The sale of the Maverick really had a big impact on how we addressed affordability in the market,” Andrew Frick, head of Ford’s gas and electric-vehicle operations, said on a call Monday evening.
Several regularly high-performing models also had a good year. Ford says their F-series trucks saw 828,832 sales increased by 8.3 percentage, while ford pro transit van Also made an annual record of its sales.
In December, the Detroit automaker Said it would involve a writedown of $19.5 billion and scrapped several electric vehicle models, a dramatic example of the auto industry’s retreat from battery-powered models in response to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and weak EV demand.
The company plans to replace tThat’s an all-electric F-150 Lightning With a model that uses the gas engine to restore the battery, and will scrap it Next generation electric trucks known as T3, as well as planned electric commercial vans.
