Nine Cars Americans Loved or Hated in 2016

This year, just like every other year in the past several decades, Americans will buy more Ford pick-up trucks than any other vehicle. The final tally for 2016 will come in around 800,000. Other big trucks come in far behind, and then there's the Toyota Camry and Honda Civic. American drivers are creatures of habit, so it takes little effort for Ford to win the annual sales crown.

To squeeze a big sales boost out of a less-popular vehicle that’s been around awhile, on the other hand, is just about the toughest trick in the auto industry. To that end, Bloomberg crunched sales data through November to see which models posted the biggest demand spikes and swoons1482427606295. These are the vehicles that show us the future—and soon-to-be past—of the car business.