Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America – March 2013

A major adjustment to the way GoodCarBadCar lists America’s best-selling vehicles should please all readers. This year, Toyota USA has adopted the Canadian approach of breaking down Prius sales by model, rather than just grouping the Prius, Prius V, Prius C, and Prius Plug-In as one family.

Now that it’s become clear that Toyota USA will be sticking with the practice, U.S. sales figures on GCBC can now properly list the original Toyota Prius as a single vehicle line.

To be clear, we throw the Prius Plug-In in with the Prius since they’re basically two powertrain options on the same car, not unlike the four-cylinder and V6 and hybrid versions of the Honda Accord or the regular Ford Focus and Focus ST. If, like last month, the whole Prius Family was listed as one model, it would have ranked as America’s 15th-best-selling vehicle in March, just ahead of the Chevrolet Equinox.

All 254 Vehicles Ranked By March & 2013 YTD U.S. Sales

Click Market Share Chart For Larger View

Speaking of the Equinox; together with the Silverado and Cruze, Chevrolet’s three best-selling models accounted for 48.2% of all Bowtie sales in March. Ford’s three best sellers – Escape, Fusion, and top-ranked F-Series – were responsible for 55.4% of overall Ford brand volume. Chrysler’s Ram Pickup, 200 sedan, and Jeep Wrangler brought in 36.9% of the Chrysler Group’s customers.

Present in February 2013’s top 30 but missing in March were the Dodge Charger, Dodge Grand Caravan, and Mazda 3. Stepping in to fill the void were the Jeep Wrangler, Nissan Rogue, and Nisssan’s Sentra.

U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – March 2013

Lest ye forget, you can always access historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any vehicle (including the Prius Family) by selecting a make and/or model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. You can access many more best seller lists at the Best Sellers page. And, rather obviously, you can find America’s 30 best-selling vehicles from March 2013 below. Click the accompanying market share chart for a larger view.

March 2014 – April 2013 – February 2013 – March 2012

Rank	Vehicle	March 2013	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford F-Series	67,513	+ 16.3%	168,843	+ 17.4%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	39,561	+ 8.4%	116,649	+ 22.0%
#3	Nissan Altima	37,763	– 8.0%	86,952	– 9.8%
#4	Toyota Camry	37,663	– 11.5%	100,830	– 4.3%
#5	Honda Accord	36,504	+ 36.4%	88,427	+ 44.6%
#6	Dodge Ram	33,831	+ 25.5%	77,594	+ 15.0%
#7	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	31,423	+ 11.1%	80,244	+ 17.3%
#8	Ford Fusion	30,284	+ 6.0%	80,558	+ 26.0%
#9	Ford Escape	28,934	+ 27.6%	72,983	+ 24.5%
#10	Honda Civic	27,665	– 1.9%	72,259	– 6.4%
#11	Honda CR-V	26,897	– 12.9%	65,374	– 12.4%
#12	Hyundai Elantra	26,153	+ 32.9%	54,546	+ 22.8%
#13	Ford Focus	24,929	– 11.9%	61,898	– 6.3%
#14	Chevrolet Cruze	23,260	+ 7.7%	55,731	– 2.4%
#15	Chevrolet Equinox	20,997	+ 4.7%	58,869	+ 14.1%
#16	Ford Explorer	18,599	+ 40.5%	51,197	+ 52.2%
#17	Chevrolet Malibu	18,539	– 22.4%	49,179	– 16.0%
#18	Hyundai Sonata	18,031	– 22.6%	47,285	– 14.3%
#19	Chrysler 200	16,593	+ 11.3%	36,885	+ 16.6%
#20	Toyota RAV4	16,474	– 5.1%	41,413	+ 3.9%
#21	Nissan Versa	15,917	+ 2.1%	39,287	+ 11.6%
#22	Nissan Rogue	15,381	– 9.4%	34,296	– 14.9%
#23	Toyota Tacoma	15,201	+ 21.2%	39,467	+ 22.9%
#24	Volkswagen Jetta	15,005	+ 0.3%	37,495	– 3.3%
#25	Chevrolet Impala	14,766	– 22.4%	44,343	– 12.0%
#26	Toyota Prius *	14,654	– 22.5%	37,334	– 14.9%
	Prius Liftback ^	*13,868*	– 23.0%	34,981	– 18.6%
	Prius Plug-In ^	*786*	– 11.8%	2353	+ 158%
#27	Kia Optima	14,366	– 4.3%	38,813	+ 9.7%
#28	Nissan Sentra	13,965	– 0.9%	33,002	+ 3.9%
#29	GMC Sierra	13,817	– 0.2%	40,796	+ 17.7%
#30	Jeep Wrangler	12,901	+ 2.7%	31,846	+ 7.0%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Note: Prius is no longer shown as a family but as individual models. Prius Family sales in March totalled 22,140; 55,724 YTD
^ Prius breakdown by variant