A smaller slide

January 6, 2010 at 3:19AM

The Ford Ranger, assembled at Ford's St. Paul plant, posted the smallest U.S. sales decline of all compact pickups in 2009:

2009 sales Decrease

Dodge Dakota 10,690 -59.0%

Chevrolet Colorado 32,413 -40.4%

Nissan Frontier 28,415 -36.9%

GMC Canyon 10,107 -32.5%

Toyota Tacoma 111,824 -22.7%

Ford Ranger 55,600 -15.6%

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