Winter is a nasty time for convertible gross sales; it is a reality we acknowledge brazenly in our (foolish, however persistent) Mazda Miata gross sales monitoring web page. However that does not imply what it used to for America’s convertible market. Why? Effectively, as a result of many of the droptops being offered in 2024 are additionally outfitted with four-wheel-drive. That is proper, 4, not all. And that is as a result of America’s three best-selling convertibles are vehicles and SUVs … and it isn’t even shut.
Sometimes, once we consider convertibles, our ideas flip to the classics — the Ford Mustang, the Chevy Camaro and Corvette, the aforementioned Mazda roadster — however these haven’t actually dominated the open-sky driving market in America for years. That is the age of the four-wheel-drive ragtop, and the place America’s going, we do not want highway(sters).
#3 – Jeep Gladiator – 12,989
Jeep offered practically as many Gladiators as Ford offered Mustangs, interval, so we’re fairly assured we need not attain out to Ford to verify our guess right here. Even when we assume a bumper crop of pony automobile droptops flew by way of showrooms in Q1, there merely weren’t sufficient to meet up with Jeep’s pickup truck. Yeah, pickup truck. Man, the Gladiator actually is a bizarre vehicle, huh?
#2 – Ford Bronco – 24,066
The Bronco/Wrangler rivalry is in full swing, and with it, Ford could have a possibility to say the title of prime convertible vendor within the U.S. To try this, it will need some extra warm-weather assist from Mustang. For now, Bronco’s doing simply nice carrying the torch. Granted, someone else is doing a little bit bit higher.
#1 – Jeep Wrangler – 38,308
For those who’d instructed us in 2004 that Jeep can be the Crimson Bull to 2024’s convertible gross sales podium, we would have checked out you cross-eyed (for a couple of motive, really), however right here we’re. The gang from Auburn Hills holds the #1 and #3 slots on this listing, and the previous by a reasonably snug margin. For some time, the Wrangler was outselling the Toyota Camry. Not a lot nowadays, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one of the crucial dependable fashions within the Stellantis portfolio.
