Ford records best annual vehicle sales in the United States since 2019

DETROIT — ford motor It said Tuesday that its U.S. vehicle sales last year increased 6%, marking the company’s best annual sales since 2019.

The Detroit automaker reported sales of 2.2 million vehicles in 2025, including a 2.7% increase to more than 545,200 units during the fourth quarter. In 2019, the automaker sold 2.42 million vehicles in the United States

Ford finished the year as the third-largest automaker in the United States, behind Ford toyota motor And local sales leader GM.

Ford’s U.S. vehicle sales for this year were largely in line with analyst expectations, such as Cox Automotive, which expects industry-wide sales to rise about 2% to 16.3 million units in 2025.

“We’re really pleased with where we finished the year,” Andrew Fricke, president of Ford’s non-fleet vehicle business, said during a media call. “Going into the year, we’ve seen really good performance throughout….We’ve outperformed the industry for 10 months in a row.”

Ford’s fourth-quarter performance came as it continued to face production issues with its F-Series pickup trucks due to two separate fires at a New York plant of major aluminum supplier Novelis.

Frick said the automaker “appears to be on track” to make up for lost production of tens of thousands of its profitable pickup trucks this year, including adding another shift to a plant in Michigan.

F-Series sales, including the popular F-150, rose 8.3% in 2025, but fell 3.1% during the fourth quarter.

Like many automakers, Ford’s all-electric vehicle business declined significantly by 14.1% last year, including a nearly 52% decline during the fourth quarter. A roughly 22% increase in Ford hybrid vehicle sales, which the company expects to grow, helped offset those losses.

Traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines continued to dominate Ford’s sales, representing about 86% of the company’s sales volume in 2025.