1. Ford F-Series

If you simply take a look at the vast array of models, cab styles, bed lengths and styles and powertrains available for Ford’s F-Series, you’ll understand why it’s been a bestseller for so long. The F-Series has a long-earned reputation for being a durable and long-lasting work truck.

2. Chevrolet Silverado
The Silverado, which was redesigned for 2006, comes in a not-so-distant second place in sales. Like the F-Series, it’s available with a wide range of engines, cab and bed styles to suit most work and recreational needs. Some V-8 models come with Active Fuel Management (its engine shifts from eight cylinders to four in situations where extra power is not necessary), which will help sideline worries about pump prices.

3. Toyota Camry
The Camry is the best-selling passenger car in the U.S., and it’s held that honor for most of this decade. With four-cylinder and V-6 models spanning a broad price range, the Camry can be everything from a basic, economical sedan to a powerful and luxurious cruiser. There’s also the very frugal Hybrid model, which gets a 33-mpg city rating.

4. Honda Accord
Out with the old, in with the new; Honda wasted no time (or sales) in bringing out its new, redesigned Accord earlier this fall. It’s slightly larger inside and out, has improved performance, and has more available luxury features. The Accord has a reputation for being reliable and economical, yet fun to drive–probably the qualities that have kept it at the top for so long.

5. Toyota Corolla/Matrix
Although Toyota markets the Corolla sedan and Matrix hatchback as two separate models, the automaker combines them for sales purposes. Both models have similar mechanical underpinnings and have a loyal following for their reliability and low operating costs, though they’re near the end of their life cycle and due to be replaced for 2009.

6. Honda Civic
This is the second year since the current Civic was introduced, yet sales are still on the upswing. The model has always been one for basic transportation on a tight budget, but it also has a racy Si model and a high-tech, fuel-efficient Hybrid. In terms of styling and technology, you get a lot for the money, and at a time when gas prices are on shoppers’ minds, there are few cars as fuel-stingy.

7. Chevrolet Impala
The Impala mid-size sedan was largely carried over to ‘07, after receiving a redesign for 2006, including a new gas-guzzling, V-8-powered, high-performance SS model. Yet sales climbed another 13% over the period. What’s more perplexing is that its coupe counterpart, the Monte Carlo, was down nearly 50% in sales for the same period.

8. Nissan Altima
The Altima was completely redesigned for 2007, which helps to explain the very significant year-over-year sales increase. What’s more, Nissan’s affordable mid-size sedan has also recently become popular in rental fleets, and there’s a new Hybrid model now sold alongside the four-cylinder and V-6 models.

9. Dodge Ram
The Ram, which kicked off the dominant “big-rig” styling for pickups in the 1990s, is now lagging in sales, especially considering that the Chevy Silverado was completely redone last year with an attractive new interior. And with Toyota’s larger, new pickup, the Tundra, up about 60% in sales this year, if the trend continues, the Ram may soon be battling it out for its long-held place as the category’s third-place seller.

10. Honda CR-V
After being redesigned for 2006, the CR-V increases its appeal and climbs into the top 10. The CR-V is one of the smaller so-called “crossover” utility vehicles, or CUVs, and combines economical operation, a very car-like ride and handling and a surprisingly roomy, versatile interior. This latest version also steps up the safety features, with electronic stability control, front side airbags, and side-curtain bags now standard.