January 2013 Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America

Even Excluding the C & V, The Toyota Prius Was One
Of America's 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In January 2013

The Chevrolet Malibu Was America's 
31st-Best-Selling Vehicle In December 2012 
But Rose To 14th In January 2013

15 of America's 30 best-selling vehicles in January 2013 hailed from Detroit, up from 13 a month earlier. This includes twelve of the top 20, up from eleven in December, and five of the top ten, up from four.

The leader, Ford's F-Series, owned a (very relatively) small 4.5% of the overall new vehicle market, down from 5.1% in December. This, paired with the increases reported by General Motors, led to GM's full-size pickup twins, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, outselling the F-Series for the second consecutive month. This time, the Silverado and Sierra beat the F-Series by 1450 units, a substantially bigger victory than they scored in December, when Ford sold 622 fewer full-size trucks than GM.

All 247 Vehicles Ranked By January 2013 Sales

America's best-selling car, the Toyota Camry, was not threatened by any rival in January 2013. The Honda Accord recorded a 75% year-over-year improvement, but that figure is skewed by the Accord's 16th-place finish a year ago, when only 13,659 were sold. At that point, January 2012 was the Accord's worst sales month in a year, and American Honda hasn't sold fewer than 20,000 since then.

U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - January 2013

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Officially, passenger cars accounted for 51.65% of the U.S. new vehicle market in January 2012. This year, that figure climbed slightly to 51.66%. There were 17 cars on this list last January; there are 18 cars in the top 30 this year. As for month-to-month changes, the Subaru Outback, Toyota Highlander, Lexus RX, Dodge Grand Caravan, and Volkswagen Passat have been booted. In their place, the Nissan Sentra, Dodge Avenger, Nissan Versa, Chevrolet Impala, and Chevrolet Malibu have stepped in to fill the void.

GCBC has already posted lists of America's 20 best-selling passenger cars, America's 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers, and figures for every truck, best sellers and poor sellers alike. You can find historic monthly and yearly sales figures for the 30 best-selling vehicles from the table below and for every other vehicle on sale in America by accessing the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home.

Rank	Vehicle	January 2013	% Change	Year  To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford F-Series	46,841	+ 21.7%	46,841	+ 21.7%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	35,445	+ 32.0%	35,445	+ 32.0%
#3	Toyota Camry	31,897	+ 12.7%	31,897	+ 12.7%
#4	Honda Accord	23,924	+ 75.2%	23,924	+ 75.2%
#5	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	23,822	+ 32.4%	23,822	+ 32.4%
#6	Ford Fusion	22,399	+ 64.5%	22,399	+ 64.5%
#7	Honda Civic	21,881	- 0.01%	21,881	- 0.01%
#8	Nissan Altima	21,464	- 4.0%	21,464	- 4.0%
#9	(Dodge) Ram	20,474	+ 14.3%	20,474	+ 14.3%
#10	Ford Escape	19,939	+ 15.5%	19,939	+ 15.5%
#11	Honda CR-V	17,809	- 6.1%	17,809	- 6.1%
#12	Chevrolet Equinox	17,223	+ 26.1%	17,223	+ 26.1%
#13	Ford Focus	16,161	+ 12.2%	16,161	+ 12.2%
#14	Chevrolet Malibu	15,823	+ 7.8%	15,823	+ 7.8%
#15	Toyota Prius	15,772	+ 36.5%	15,772	+ 36.5%
	* Prius Liftback	9685	+ 13.9%	9685	+ 13.9%
	* Prius C	2691	-----	2691	-----
	* Prius V	2522	- 17.4%	2522	- 17.4%
	* Prius Plug-In	874	-----	874	-----
#16	Ford Explorer	15,207	+ 52.6%	15,207	+ 52.6%
#17	Chevrolet Cruze	14,524	- 3.5%	14,524	- 3.5%
#18	Chevrolet Impala	14,153	- 11.6%	14,153	- 11.6%
#19	Hyundai Sonata	13,247	- 8.6%	13,247	- 8.6%
#20	GMC Sierra	12,846	+ 35.0%	12,846	+ 35.0%
#21	Hyundai Elantra	12,174	+ 11.7%	12,174	+ 11.7%
#22	Toyota Tacoma	11,622	+ 30.6%	11,622	+ 30.6%
#23	Toyota RAV4	11,610	+ 18.2%	11,610	+ 18.2%
#24	Kia Optima	11,252	+ 27.7%	11,252	+ 27.7%
#25	Jeep Grand Cherokee	11,065	+ 3.6%	11,065	+ 3.6%
#26	Volkswagen Jetta	10,522	- 4.0%	10,522	- 4.0%
#27	Nissan Versa	10,270	+ 9.0%	10,270	+ 9.0%
#28	Dodge Avenger	9628	+ 69.0%	9628	+ 69.0%
#29	Ford Edge	9614	+ 15.6%	9614	+ 15.6%
#30	Nissan Sentra	8979	+ 27.1%	8979	+ 27.1%

Source: Manufacturers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales 
* Prius breakdown by variant

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