In Photos, Most Popular Cars of the Last 50 Years On 5/27/21 at 7:00 AM EDT Below, Newsweek rounds up the top-selling vehicles for each year from 1971. The Ford F Series has been omitted from the list due to the brand's total dominance, which for almost 40 years has been the best-selling overall vehicle in the U.S. While the U.S.'s car market is second only to China in scale, it is number one in terms of XL motors, such as Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and trucks. CarGurus' Director of Industry Analytics Kevin Roberts believes shifts in car models' popularity reflects wider changes in deman...