2013 U.S. Passenger Car Sales Rankings – Top 158 Best-Selling Cars In America – Every Car Ranked

U.S. car sales ended 2013 poorly, capping off a year in which sales grew only slightly as the appetite for pickup trucks, SUVs, and crossovers expanded. Car sales fell between 3% and 4% in December and, over the course of the last twelve months, improved less than 5% compared with 2012.

The Toyota Camry exemplifies this good news/bad news picture. Camry sales fell 5% in December, but grew slightly in 2013. For the twelfth consecutive year, the Camry was America’s best-selling car. But the gap between the Camry and the second-ranked Honda Accord shrunk from 73,014 units in 2012 to 41,806 units in 2013. Honda’s smaller Civic was the top compact, 30,498 sales back of the Accord. The Accord, not the Camry, was the top-selling car in December. The three top vehicles in the final month of 2013, however, were all pickup trucks.

2013 will be remembered as the year we were first offered the Infiniti Q50, Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class, Kia Cadenza, Fiat 500L, Mitsubishi Mirage, Jaguar F-Type, Chevrolet SS, and Cadillac ELR. None of those cars cracked the top 80, although the Q50’s predecessor, Infiniti’s G, was America’s 54th-best-selling car in 2013.

Among nameplates which were available throughout 2012, the Acura RLX (the RL’s direct replacement) reported the most significant year-over-year increase in 2013. But its 1233% gain still equates to very few sales: the RLX is America’s 114th-best-selling car. Likewise, the Porsche Cayman’s 632% jump is only enough to make the hardtop Boxster America’s 124th-best-selling car, ahead of the dying Volvo C70 but behind the Hyundai Equus.

Perhaps the most momentous improvement belongs to the Toyota Avalon, now America’s 35th-best-selling car. Avalon sales more than doubled to nearly 71,000 in 2013. Nissan Leaf sales more than doubled, as well.

There were meaningful improvements introduced in October’s ranking of car sales. Prior year figures now include the actual numbers from last year, not just the percentage increase from last year. As a result, we’ve also included vehicles like the Ford Crown Victoria and Lincoln Town Car, nameplates which collected sales in 2012 but not this year. At any time, click the Rank column to return to the original format. If you’re on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.

Reminder: these are 2013 year end rankings, but you can sort cars by December volume by clicking the December 2013 column header, or you can rank cars by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the car column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.

As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013

Rank	Car	2013	2012	% Change	December 2013	December 2012	% Change
#1	Toyota Camry	408,484	404,886	0.9%	29,964	31,407	-4.6%
#2	Honda Accord	366,678	331,872	10.5%	32,321	29,428	9.8%
#3	Honda Civic	336,180	317,909	5.7%	29,000	33,118	-12.4%
#4	Nissan Altima	320,723	302,934	5.9%	24,816	23,966	3.5%
#5	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	302,180	290,947	3.9%	22,562	24,679	-8.6%
#6	Ford Fusion	295,280	241,263	22.4%	24,408	19,283	26.6%
#7	Chevrolet Cruze	248,224	237,758	4.4%	18,162	21,230	-14.5%
#8	Hyundai Elantra	247,912	202,034	22.7%	21,692	19,024	14.0%
#9	Ford Focus	234,570	245,922	-4.6%	15,569	22,604	-31.1%
#10	Hyundai Sonata	203,648	230,605	-11.7%	14,479	20,826	-30.5%
#11	Chevrolet Malibu	200,594	210,951	-4.9%	15,493	11,630	33.2%
#12	Volkswagen Jetta	163,793	170,424	-3.9%	15,393	15,661	-1.7%
#12.1	Volkswagen Jetta Sedan *	141,259	146,478	-3.6%	13,719	13,102	4.7%
#12.2	Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen *	22,534	23,946	-5.9%	1,674	2,559	-34.6%
#13	Toyota Prius ²	157,260	160,257	-1.9%	10,800	13,897	-22.3%
#13.1	Toyota Prius Sedan *	145,172	147,507	-1.6%	9,881	12,536	-21.2%
#13.2	Toyota Prius Plug-In *	12,088	12,750	-5.2%	919	1,361	-32.5%
#14	Chevrolet Impala	156,797	169,351	-7.4%	10,633	9,641	10.3%
#15	Kia Optima	155,893	152,399	2.3%	9,474	12,008	-21.1%
#16	Nissan Sentra	129,143	106,395	21.4%	10,799	7,755	39.3%
#17	Chrysler 200	122,480	125,476	-2.4%	5,652	9,080	-37.8%
#18	BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ³	119,521	99,602	20.0%	16,737	10,745	55.8%
#19	Kia Soul	118,079	115,778	2.0%	6,345	7,177	-11.6%
#20	Subaru Outback	118,049	117,553	0.4%	11,002	12,072	-8.9%
#21	Nissan Versa	117,352	113,327	3.6%	8,864	10,618	-16.5%
#22	Volkswagen Passat	109,652	117,023	-6.3%	9,254	14,462	-36.0%
#23	Mazda 3	104,713	123,361	-15.1%	7,669	10,297	-25.5%
#24	Dodge Charger	98,336	82,592	19.1%	10,145	7,867	29.0%
#25	Dodge Avenger	93,842	96,889	-3.1%	4,950	7,382	-32.9%
#26	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	88,251	81,697	8.0%	7,229	7,757	-6.8%
#27	Chevrolet Sonic	85,646	81,247	5.4%	4,435	5,990	-26.0%
#28	Dodge Dart	83,388	25,304	230%	5,449	6,105	-10.7%
#29	Chevrolet Camaro	80,567	84,391	-4.5%	5,015	5,837	-14.1%
#30	Ford Taurus	79,960	74,375	7.5%	5,411	6,904	-21.6%
#30.1	Ford Taurus *	69,063	66,066	4.5%	4,696	6,159	-23.8%
#30.2	Ford Taurus Police Interceptor *	10,897	8,309	31.1%	715	745	-4.0%
#31	Ford Mustang	77,186	82,995	-7.0%	5,727	5,537	3.4%
#32	Subaru Impreza	76,825	81,799	-6.1%	6,629	7,505	-11.7%
#32.1	Subaru Impreza *	58,856	68,175	-13.7%	4,949	5,863	-15.6%
#32.2	Subaru Impreza WRX *	17,969	13,624	31.9%	1,680	1,642	2.3%
#33	Lexus ES	72,581	56,158	29.2%	8,213	7,987	2.8%
#34	Ford Fiesta	71,073	56,775	25.2%	4,476	5,612	-20.2%
#35	Toyota Avalon	70,990	29,556	140%	6,212	5,171	20.1%
#36	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	69,803	65,171	7.1%	8,727	6,984	25.0%
#37	Kia Forte	66,146	75,681	-12.6%	4,302	4,276	0.6%
#38	Hyundai Accent	60,458	61,004	-0.9%	7,100	2,933	142%
#39	Chrysler 300	57,724	70,747	-18.4%	4,881	7,175	-32.0%
#40	BMW 5-Series	56,863	56,798	0.1%	8,102	8,385	-3.4%
#41	Nissan Maxima	53,896	59,349	-9.2%	6,509	4,137	57.3%
#42	Subaru XV Crosstrek	53,741	7,396	627%	5,525	3,409	62.1%
#43	Honda Fit	53,513	49,346	8.4%	4,617	3,680	25.5%
#44	Dodge Challenger	51,462	43,119	19.3%	2,872	3,942	-27.1%
#45	Buick LaCrosse	48,798	57,076	-14.5%	3,123	4,074	-23.3%
#46	Buick Verano	45,527	41,042	10.9%	2,929	4,820	-39.2%
#47	Mazda 6	43,638	33,756	29.3%	4,365	1,384	215%
#48	Volkswagen Beetle	43,134	29,174	47.9%	2,819	3,182	-11.4%
#48.1	Volkswagen Beetle Coupe *	25,084	28,654	-12.5%	1,856	2,666	-30.4%
#48.2	Volkswagen Beetle Convertible *	18,050	520	3371%	963	516	86.6%
#49	Subaru Legacy	42,291	47,127	-10.3%	2,939	4,217	-30.3%
#50	Audi A4	42,130	38,530	9.3%	3,979	3,806	4.5%
#50.1	Audi A4 Sedan/Avant *	36,744	34,163	7.6%	3,543	3,369	5.2%
#50.2	Audi A4 Allroad *	5,386	4,367	23.3%	436	437	-0.2%
#51	Toyota Prius C ²	41,979	35,733	17.5%	2,810	3,151	-10.8%
#52	Mini Cooper	41,915	45,111	-7.1%	3,887	4,232	-8.2%
#52.1	Mini Hardtop *	26,954	29,278	-7.9%	2,995	3,011	-0.5%
#52.2	Mini Clubman *	5,155	5,769	-10.6%	379	445	-14.8%
#52.3	Mini Convertible *	4,460	4,813	-7.3%	262	325	-19.4%
#52.4	Mini Roadster *	2,806	2,371	18.3%	134	273	-50.9%
#52.5	Mini Coupe *	2,540	2,880	-11.8%	117	178	-34.3%
#53	Kia Rio	40,742	40,275	1.2%	2,156	2,343	-8.0%
#54	Infiniti G37/Q60 †	40,062	59,844	-33.1%	1,922	5,516	-65.2%
#54.1	Infiniti G Sedan *	30,256	46,828	-35.4%	1,460	4,482	-67.4%
#54.2	Infiniti G Coupe/Convertible & Q60 *	9,806	13,016	-24.7%	462	1,034	-55.3%
#55	Cadillac ATS	38,319	7,008	447%	3,887	2,979	30.5%
#56	Toyota Venza	35,846	43,095	-16.8%	2,148	4,423	-51.4%
#57	Fiat 500	35,834	43,772	-18.1%	2,324	3,707	-37.3%
#58	Ford C-Max	35,210	13,309	165%	2,028	4,310	-52.9%
#59	Lexus IS	35,017	27,708	26.4%	5,414	2,497	117%
#60	Toyota Prius V ²	34,989	40,669	-14.0%	2,110	2,992	-29.5%
#61	Chevrolet Spark	34,130	12,385	176%	1,712	2,229	-23.2%
#62	Cadillac XTS	32,559	15,049	116%	2,670	2,939	-9.2%
#63	Lincoln MKZ	32,361	28,053	15.4%	2,823	1,630	73.2%
#64	Cadillac CTS	32,343	46,979	-31.2%	3,217	3,372	-4.6%
#65	Hyundai Genesis	32,330	33,973	-4.8%	3,280	2,397	36.8%
#66	Volkswagen Golf	30,931	40,885	-24.3%	1,852	2,854	-35.1%
#66.1	Volkswagen Golf *	16,023	20,677	-22.5%	854	1,477	-42.2%
#66.2	Volkswagen GTI *	13,310	16,314	-18.4%	976	1,085	-10.0%
#66.3	Volkswagen Golf R *	1,598	3,894	-59.0%	22	292	-92.5%
#67	Hyundai Veloster	30,711	34,862	-11.9%	3,047	1,976	54.2%
#68	Acura TL	24,318	33,572	-27.6%	1,795	2,246	-20.1%
#69	Volvo S60	23,210	23,356	-0.6%	1,776	2,344	-24.2%
#70	Chevrolet Volt	23,094	23,461	-1.6%	2,392	2,633	-9.2%
#71	Nissan Leaf	22,610	9,819	130%	2,529	1,489	69.8%
#72	Audi A6	22,428	18,998	18.1%	2,686	1,875	43.3%
#73	Toyota Yaris	21,342	30,590	-30.2%	601	1,999	-69.9%
#74	Acura ILX	20,430	12,251	66.8%	1,573	2,485	-36.7%
#75	Lexus GS	19,742	22,160	-10.9%	2,604	2,796	-6.9%
#76	Mitsubishi Lancer	19,451	16,426	18.4%	1,362	1,301	4.7%
#77	Scion tC	19,094	22,666	-15.8%	1,143	1,383	-17.4%
#78	Buick Regal	18,685	24,616	-24.1%	1,747	1,526	14.5%
#79	Audi A5	18,664	17,270	8.1%	1,384	1,572	-12.0%
#80	Scion FR-S	18,327	11,417	60.5%	1,029	1,495	-31.2%
#81	Scion xB	17,849	19,787	-9.8%	1,288	1,391	-7.4%
#82	Infiniti Q50 †	17,816	—	—	4,568	—	—
#83	Acura TSX	17,484	28,865	-39.4%	1,019	2,142	-52.4%
#83.1	Acura TSX Sedan *	15,508	24,631	-37.0%	911	1,728	-47.3%
#83.2	Acura TSX SportWagon *	1,976	4,234	-53.3%	108	414	-73.9%
#84	Chevrolet Corvette	17,291	14,132	22.4%	3,005	1,291	133%
#85	Honda Crosstour	16,847	20,848	-19.2%	1,360	2,183	-37.7%
#86	Volkswagen CC	15,672	21,646	-27.6%	909	2,196	-58.6%
#87	Lexus CT200h	15,071	17,673	-14.7%	1,787	1,598	11.8%
#88	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	14,113	—	—	3,285	—	—
#89	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	13,303	11,794	12.8%	1,857	1,110	67.3%
#90	Mazda 2	11,757	19,315	-39.1%	1,228	2,967	-58.6%
#91	Hyundai Azera	11,221	8,431	33.1%	1,092	847	28.9%
#92	BMW 7-Series	10,932	11,098	-1.5%	1,119	1,422	-21.3%
#93	Lincoln MKS	10,793	12,524	-13.8%	1,074	1,350	-20.4%
#94	Lexus LS	10,727	8,345	28.5%	1,064	1,286	-17.3%
#95	Porsche 911	10,442	8,528	22.4%	828	519	59.5%
#96	BMW 6-Series	9,762	8,208	18.9%	1,078	1,037	4.0%
#97	Smart Fortwo	9,264	10,009	-7.4%	855	996	-14.2%
#98	Scion xD	9,005	10,756	-16.3%	662	677	-2.2%
#99	Kia Cadenza	8,626	—	—	844	—	—
#100	Subaru BRZ	8,587	4,144	107%	705	497	41.9%
#101	Audi A7	8,483	8,598	-1.3%	944	926	1.9%
#102	Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	8,032	8,065	-0.4%	710	703	1.0%
#103	Jaguar XF	7,922	5,526	43.4%	805	527	52.8%
#104	Fiat 500L	7,402	—	—	1,421	—	—
#105	BMW 1-Series	7,220	7,689	-6.1%	1,039	757	37.3%
#106	Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	7,007	4,899	43.0%	565	503	12.3%
#107	Nissan 370Z	6,561	7,338	-10.6%	469	406	15.5%
#108	Audi A8	6,300	6,002	5.0%	718	900	-20.2%
#109	Mazda MX-5 Miata	5,780	6,305	-8.3%	276	394	-29.9%
#110	Nissan Cube	5,461	7,667	-28.8%	432	589	-26.7%
#111	Jaguar XJ	5,434	4,852	12.0%	449	389	15.4%
#112	Porsche Panamera	5,421	7,614	-28.8%	500	483	3.5%
#113	Infiniti M	5,283	9,130	-42.1%	367	849	-56.8%
#114	Acura RLX/RL ‡	5,053	379	1233%	597	18	3217%
#115	Volvo XC70	4,882	5,513	-11.4%	445	518	-14.1%
#116	Honda Insight	4,802	5,846	-17.9%	418	310	34.8%
#117	Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class	4,757	4,595	3.5%	393	445	-11.7%
#118	Porsche Boxster	4,570	2,894	57.9%	262	375	-30.1%
#119	Honda CR-Z	4,550	4,192	8.5%	384	243	58.0%
#120	Volkswagen Eos	4,178	6,214	-32.8%	222	372	-40.3%
#121	Scion iQ	4,046	8,879	-54.4%	201	576	-65.1%
#122	Chevrolet Caprice PPV	3,899	3,734	4.4%	412	245	68.2%
#123	Hyundai Equus	3,578	3,972	-9.9%	352	350	0.6%
#124	Porsche Cayman	3,383	462	632%	277	10	2670%
#125	Volvo C70	3,234	4,441	-27.2%	195	208	-6.3%
#126	Mitsubishi Mirage	2,935	—	—	1,388	—	—
#127	Suzuki SX4	2,859	12,860	-77.8%	—	1,051	-100%
#128	BMW Z4	2,480	2,751	-9.9%	191	324	-41.0%
#129	Jaguar F-Type	2,250	—	—	185	—	—
#130	Audi TT	2,053	2,226	-7.8%	159	195	-18.5%
#131	Volvo S80	1,935	3,277	-41.0%	186	207	-10.1%
#132	Suzuki Kizashi	1,602	5,566	-71.2%	—	362	-100%
#133	Mitsubishi Galant	1,441	13,261	-89.1%	15	299	-95.0%
#134	Volvo C30	1,361	2,827	-51.9%	17	240	-92.9%
#135	Jaguar XK	1,346	1,633	-17.6%	105	133	-21.1%
#136	Nissan GT-R	1,236	1,188	4.0%	78	49	59.2%
#137	Mitsubishi i MiEV	1,029	588	75.0%	11	77	-85.7%
#138	Audi A3	857	7,205	-88.1%	—	397	-100%
#139	Audi R8	813	802	1.4%	70	51	37.3%
#140	Dodge (SRT) Viper ¹	591	20	2855%	55	—	—
#141	Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	476	723	-34.2%	45	71	-36.6%
#142	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	451	800	-43.6%	44	38	15.8%
#143	Chevrolet SS	418	—	—	239	—	—
#144	Mitsubishi Eclipse	109	1,173	-90.7%	—	20	-100%
#144.1	Mitsubishi Eclipse *	40	712	-94.4%	—	8	-100%
#144.2	Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder *	69	461	-85.0%	—	12	-100%
#145	Dodge Caliber	45	10,176	-99.6%	—	31	-100%
#146	Mercedes-Benz R-Class	30	1,473	-98.0%	—	9	-100%
#147	Lexus LFA	23	46	-50.0%	1	6	-83.3%
#148	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	20	29	-31.0%	—	3	-100%
#149	Cadillac DTS	19	465	-95.9%	—	—	—
#150	Honda FCX	10	5	100%	4	—	—
#151	Buick Lucerne	9	971	-99.1%	—	1	-100%
#152	Cadillac STS	7	164	-95.7%	—	4	-100%
#153	Cadillac ELR	6	—	—	6	—	—
#154	Lexus HS250h	5	649	-99.2%	—	2	-100%
#155	Chevrolet HHR	3	21	-85.7%	—	—	—
T156	Honda S2000	2	—	—	—	—	—
T156	Chevrolet Aveo	2	67	-97.0%	—	3	-100%
#158	Mazda RX-8	1	79	-98.7%	—	—	—
#271	Ford Crown Victoria	—	4,429	-100%	—	546	-100%
#273	Lincoln Town Car	—	1,001	-100%	—	52	-100%
#275	Volvo S40	—	51	-100%	—	—	—
#276	Chevrolet Cobalt	—	11	-100%	—	—	—
#278	Lexus SC430	—	2	-100%	—	—	—
#279	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	—	1	-100%	—	—	—
#280	Suzuki Forenza/Reno	—	1	-100%	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Total	7,801,871	7,439,883	4.9%	632,955	654,133	-3.2%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total
¹ Chrysler markets the Viper not as a Dodge but as an SRT, but we show it here as a Dodge so you can see the Viper with like-minded products when you sort vehicles alphabetically using the Car column header.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 1% to 234,228 in 2013; down 21.6% to 15,720 in December.
³ BMW has chosen to include sales of the 4-Series within figures for the 3-Series, presumably for year-over-year consistency’s sake.
† Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 sales: down 3.3% to 57,878 in 2013; up 17.7% to 6490 in December.
‡ Acura has chosen to combine sales figures for the RLX and its predecessor, the RL.
Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Maybach, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. estimates say sales for those brands in the first eleven months of 2013 were 828, 1944, 552, 264, six, and 1008, respectively. Bentley sales rose 24% to 2872 in 2013, Maserati sales are up 75% to 4768. Reportedly, Tesla Model S sales had risen to 16,950 through eleven months. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn’t release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data. With hard and fast sales data, we would likely discover that the Tesla Model S is one of America’s 150 best-selling vehicles.

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