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TOP 10 BEST-SELLING CARS IN AMERICA – MAY 2010

So the Honda Accord was America’s best-selling car in May 2010. Surely Honda is pleased. Those who love to share in popular movements and happen to own an Accord already are certainly proud. But more interesting to the outside observer is the beating Honda’s Accord lays on its competitors. The Toyota Camry, frequently seen in the #1 spot, isn’t far back from the Accord. However, behind the Accord and Camry…. way, way behind, are vehicles believed to be rather successful. The Ford Fusion, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Malibu, and Hyundai Sonata are hot sellers, but the closest of the lot trailed the Honda Accord by 7696 sales in May. That’s a chunk.

And we’ve only discussed the relatively successful competitors of the Honda Accord. Accords sold about nine times more frequently than did the Mazda 6 in May; approximately 26 times more than the Volkswagen Passat. Combined sales of the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger are less than one third the Honda Accord’s May 2010 total. The Kia Optima, Subaru Legacy, Suzuki Kizashi, and Mitsubishi Galant pose hardly a threat to any single potential Accord sale. 
America’s Top 10 best-selling cars also include a few compacts, a handful of cars which combine to make up the vast majority of their segment’s sales despite numerous competitors.

  1. Start placing bets on when the Sonata is America's best selling car. Obviosly it won't be this model but the next maybe?

  2. For starters, @anonymous, that's not much different. And the difference can be wholly explained by how sales of the Honda Accord are tallied. Honda likes to list total Accord sales of sedans, coupes, and Crosstours. LeftLaneNews took out the Accord Crosstour sales which pushed the Accord down to #3 and the Camry and Civic up a notch.

  3. For starters, @anonymous, that's not much different. And the difference can be wholly explained by how sales of the Honda Accord are tallied. Honda likes to list total Accord sales of sedans, coupes, and Crosstours. LeftLaneNews took out the Accord Crosstour sales which pushed the Accord down to #3 and the Camry and Civic up a notch.

  4. Other sources have a much different order.
    LeftLaneNews is reporting may 2010 sales like this –

    #1 Toyota Camry – 29,295
    #2 Honda Civic – 28,458
    #3 Honda Accord – 27,835
    #4 Toyota Corolla – 26,953
    #5 Ford Fusion – 22,381
    #6 Nissan Altima – 21,950
    #7 Chevy Malibu – 21,722
    #8 Hyundai Sonata – 21,195

  5. Win on Sunday sell on Monday? When I thought that doesn't apply to any car on the list I actually forgot some of them have NASCAR counterparts. Since that can't genuinely have a connection and the Camry was the best selling car b4 it was in NASCAR, why are they bothering to race anything at all? These cars sell for a lot of reasons and none of them have anything to do with racing.

  6. Woudln't surprise me to see the Sonata have one good month while the Camry and Accord don't and get the #1 spot temporarily.

  7. Start placing bets on when the Sonata is America's best selling car. Obviosly it won't be this model but the next maybe?

  8. The Accord gets Crosstour sales includedand the coupe too. Ford needs another Fusion bodystyle, a wagon?

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