https://www.yahoo.com/autos/bp/the-m...181118005.html


To see the colored map go to link..
the main points are...

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.