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This week, Tom from America wanted to know the following: “What are the best-selling import cars in America? Not just the Toyota Camry, which is built in America, but the vehicles of any kind that are built outside of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico?”
That’s simple enough. We’ll exclude import brand vehicles such as the Toyota Camry, America’s best-selling car in each of the last 14 years, a Japanese-branded machine that’s assembled in Indiana. We’ll include for contention vehicles like the Buick Encore, which wears an American badge but is built in South Korea.
Vehicles which are assembled outside of the U.S, Canada, and Mexico – the NAFTA zone – are eligible for this list of America’s 15 most popular import vehicles in the first two months of 2016.
|
Rank
|
Best-Selling Import Autos
|
Feb.
2016 YTD |
Feb.
2015 YTD |
% Change |
|
#1
|
Subaru Forester
|
24,143 | 22,669 | 6.5% |
|
#2
|
Kia Soul
|
21,033 | 18,107 | 16.2% |
|
#3
|
Nissan Rogue °
|
18,814 | 13,953 | 34.8% |
|
#4
|
Toyota 4Runner
|
15,972 | 13,365 | 19.5% |
|
#5
|
Mazda 3
|
14,826 | 16,769 | -11.6% |
|
#6
|
Mazda CX-5
|
14,642 | 13,394 | 9.3% |
|
#7
|
Subaru Impreza/WRX
|
13,530 | 14,712 | -8.0% |
|
#8
|
Toyota Prius/Prius Plug-In
|
13,518 | 15,184 | -11.0% |
|
#9
|
Kia Forte
|
13,516 | 11,971 | 12.9% |
|
#10
|
Jeep Renegade
|
13,119 | — | — |
|
#11
|
Subaru Crosstrek
|
12,577 | 12,919 | -2.6% |
|
#12
|
Hyundai Tucson
|
12,554 | 6905 | 81.8% |
|
#13
|
Buick Encore
|
10,793 | 8386 | 28.7% |
|
#14
|
Kia Sportage
|
10,663 | 6461 | 65.0% |
|
#15
|
BMW 3-Series
|
7882 | 10,747 | -26.7% |
° Total Rogue sales are up 0.7% to 21,561, with 11,589 (down 9.7%) of the Rogues sold so far this year built in Smyrna, Tennessee.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
