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Top-20 selling vehicles in U.S. through August

 DETROIT, Sept 4 Reuters reported a list of the 20 top-selling vehicles
in the U.S. through August of 2002 as reported by the automakers. Total sales
of the top 20 vehicles rose 5.1 percent or 192,154 units to 3,980,117.
 Following is a list of the top 20 selling vehicles, ranked by total units.
 Vehicle                     Aug-02   Aug-01   Yr. Ago  Pct.
                                                 Rank   Chg.
  1 Ford F-Series pickup        557,973  576,069       1   -3.1
  2 Chevy Silverado-C/K pickup  437,901  445,471       2   -1.7
  3 Toyota Camry                309,618  264,635       5  +17.0
  4 Ford Explorer               285,655  271,565       4   +5.2
  5 Honda Accord                271,024  288,402       3   -6.0
  6 Dodge Ram pickup            269,395  236,842       7  +13.7
  7 Ford Taurus                 227,704  252,779       6   -9.9
  8 Honda Civic                 216,128  229,633       8   -5.9
  9 Chevrolet Cavalier          181,175  156,532      13  +15.7
 10 Dodge Caravan               180,288  170,732      11   +5.6
 11 Toyota Corolla              168,561  162,410      12   +3.8
 12 Chevy TrailBlazer           165,208   42,935     N/A +284.8
 13 Ford Ranger pickup          164,873  198,364       9  -16.9
 14 Ford Focus                  164,036  176,954      10   -7.3
 15 Chevrolet Tahoe             149,963  128,186      18  +17.0
 16 Jeep Grand Cherokee         146,763  142,539      14   +3.0
 17 Nissan Altima               139,502   96,216     N/A  +45.0
 18 GMC Sierra pickup           134,307  126,957      19   +5.8
 19 Chevrolet Impala            131,429  133,119      15   -1.3
 20 Chevrolet Malibu            122,095  131,437      17   -7.1
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