USA sales the fight between brands is closer than you would expect.

With just a month to go in the 2014 U.S. sales wars, here’s how some tight brand races and model matchups are shaping up. As usual Ford is head and shoulders above all comers thanks inpart to the new F-Series, and the continued launch of new cars, its policy of making its cars "Worldcars" is paying off, with the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion (Mondeo in Europe), C-Max and others all helping to cut costs and improve quality.

Chevy are not giving up, but instead of trying to catch Ford to take the top spot, they are in aa battle with Toyota to hold onto 2nd, with both Chevy and Toyota both showing gains this year, against a 1% drop for Ford, its going to go down to the last month and furious discounting and offers to try and take that coverted 2nd place.

Amongst the FCA brands, Jeep is by far and away the biggest winner, with vastly improved products, which are doing great business, along with new and improved models, the new Renegade model can only help Jeep to cement its self as a brand to watched in 2015, as long as FCA carry on with the improvements and regualr upgrades and replacements, Jeep will continue to grow, whilst Dodge has dropped the ball this year, down a significant 4%, it is now within shouting distance of Subaru, expect the AWD and customisers choice brand to be snapping at Dodge's heals next year.

Top 3 brands
Ford has 1st place locked up, but could Toyota — which outsold Chevrolet in November — make a late run for 2nd?
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Ford	2,167,162	-1%
Chevrolet	1,848,504	+3%
Toyota	1,833,012	+5%
Jeep eyes 6th place
Hyundai, long No. 6 in U.S. brand rankings, outsold Jeep by 230,000 vehicles in 2013. But Jeep will finish a lot closer in 2014 after outselling Hyundai for the past 2 months.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Hyundai Div.	661,211	+1%
Jeep	629,074	+44%
Luxury grudge match
Expect another December shootout as BMW tries to regain the luxury-brand title it lost to Mercedes last year.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
BMW	298,212	+10%
Mercedes-Benz	296,382	+6%
Lexus	271,510	+14%
Japanese tussle
Honda Division widened its lead over Nissan Division in November.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Honda Div.	1,253,557	+1%
Nissan Div.	1,164,254	+12%
Subaru lurking
After outselling Dodge for 2 straight months, Subaru may soon be primed to pass yet another brand in the sales rankings.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Dodge Div.	527,577	-4%
Subaru	463,740	+21%
Audi passes Caddy
Audi is poised to outsell Cadillac for the first time.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Audi	162,773	+15%
Cadillac	154,600	-6%
German pairing
In 2013, Volkswagen Division finished almost 100,000 units ahead of BMW Division. This year the gap between the 2 German brands closed considerably.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Volkswagen Div.	332,911	-11%
BMW Div.	298,212	+10%
Breaking away
This quartet of brands was tightly grouped in 2013, with about 7,000 units separating all 4. But while Scion, Volvo and Mini have each fallen off in 2014, Mitsubishi has caught fire.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Mitsubishi	71,098	+27%
Scion	54,192	-15%
Volvo	51,446	-9%
Mini	49,497	-17%
CR-V eclipses Camry
Toyota's Camry is still the best-selling passenger car in America, but Honda's car-based CR-V outsold the Camry in November — for the first time ever.
	NOVEMBER	CHANGE YOY
Honda CR-V	32,378	+38%
Toyota Camry	28,846	-5%
Soul vs. Versa
Versa outsold Soul for the 2nd straight month, but the Kia clings to its lead.
	JAN.-NOV.	CHANGE
Kia Soul	135,410	+21.2%
Nissan Versa	130,652	+20.4%
Detroit 3 sedans
Midsize sedans are hurting, but Chrysler's new 200 did well compared to its Detroit rivals in November.
	NOV.	CHANGE YOY
Ford Fusion	20,263	-11%
Chrysler 200	14,317	+156%
Chevrolet Malibu	11,997	-17%
2 up, 2 down
Surprises in the compact class; Jetta outsold Focus last month, Sentra almost caught Elantra.
	NOV.	CHANGE YOY
Volkswagen Jetta	15,633	+26%
Ford Focus	14,862	-3%
Hyundai Elantra	14,002	-16.4
Nissan Sentra	13,530	+16.0
Source: Automotive News Data Center