🇺🇸 America’s favorite vehicles change dramatically depending on which state you call home, and the latest registration data shows just how regional the U.S. car market remains. Ford’s F-Series is the clearest heavyweight, finishing as the best-selling vehicle in 29 states based on 2025 new retail registrations. Pickup trucks remain especially dominant across much of the Midwest and South, where the F-Series continues to command huge buyer loyalty. California breaks sharply from that pattern, with the Tesla Model Y taking the state’s best-selling-vehicle spot in the 2025 registration data. The Model Y also finished first in Nevada and Washington, giving Tesla three state victories concentrated in the West. SUVs are now the broader force behind the market, accounting for 60.9% of the new retail registrations included in Edmunds’ 2025 analysis. Nearly one-quarter of those registrations were electrified vehicles, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs, while California approached 50%. The results are based o