The Top 179 Best Selling Cars in America – 2017 YTD
Here you will find the YTD passenger car leaders in the United States for October 2017 YTD. Each month we compile passenger car sales data and reports for North American markets and analyze it to create the best selling list below.
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If you want more data, check out our last few months of data Passenger Car Sales in America – September 2017 or Passenger Car Sales in America – October 2016. Also check out our other Segment reports or dive deeper into Passenger Car Sales.
Our Take On The Passenger Car Numbers
The Sentra enjoyed its fifth consecutive month of growth in October, with the sedan posting growth at three times the rate of the Nissan brand – up 10.2% on the equivalent month last year.
Sales of Passenger Cars plummeted by over 43,000 units this October vs last, with year-to-date sales of Passenger Cars now a full 600,000 behind the same point in 2016.
Hyundai will be hoping for a turnaround with its 2018 Sonata, as its sales in October 2017 were cut in half compared with October 2016’s sales.
In the premium end of the passenger car segment, the BMW 5-Series posted a very strong month with 132% year-on-year growth in the face of a 3.4% drop for the BMW brand.
Best Selling Passenger Car Rankings
Top Passenger Car Sales Figures – This Month
This sales table of shows the top passenger car sales performers in the United States, including their year on year growth rates both for the most recent month and year to date figures. Note that this table is sortable and that it fees the chart below. You can easily change the chart by filtering and sorting the below table.
For reference US = United States Sales for the month, US LY = Last Year’s United States Sales for the month, US vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate, YTD = United States Sales Year to Date, YTD LY = Last Year’s United States Year to Date Sales, YTD vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate.
| Model | US | US LY | US vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honda Civic | 30,319 | 26,359 | 15.00 | 314,699 | 310,142 | 1.50 |
| Toyota Camry | 26,252 | 29,562 | -11.20 | 308,759 | 327,017 | -5.60 |
| Toyota Corolla | 24,667 | 29,735 | -17.00 | 289,940 | 318,739 | -9.00 |
| Honda Accord | 26,740 | 25,551 | 4.70 | 277,542 | 284,170 | -2.30 |
| Nissan Altima | 17,863 | 20,257 | -11.80 | 217,724 | 262,578 | -17.10 |
| Nissan Sentra | 18,341 | 14,168 | 29.50 | 184,052 | 183,644 | 0.20 |
| Ford Fusion | 17,536 | 18,686 | -6.20 | 177,278 | 229,148 | -22.60 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 11,129 | 17,126 | -35.00 | 160,363 | 155,138 | 3.40 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 14,733 | 15,917 | -7.40 | 157,800 | 172,967 | -8.80 |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 14,647 | 16,151 | -9.30 | 155,809 | 186,540 | -16.50 |
| Ford Focus | 10,095 | 9,368 | 7.80 | 133,922 | 149,417 | -10.40 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 7,595 | 14,972 | -49.30 | 115,313 | 170,251 | -32.30 |
| Kia Forte | 9,219 | 8,013 | 15.10 | 101,311 | 87,621 | 15.60 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 9,217 | 8,068 | 14.20 | 100,213 | 97,816 | 2.50 |
| Kia Soul | 9,254 | 13,036 | -29.00 | 99,981 | 120,859 | -17.30 |
| Subaru Impreza | 9,149 | 5,589 | 63.70 | 97,894 | 75,830 | 29.10 |
| Nissan Versa | 9,556 | 8,911 | 7.20 | 92,373 | 115,366 | -19.90 |
| Kia Optima | 7,554 | 9,974 | -24.30 | 92,258 | 99,301 | -7.10 |
| Toyota Prius | 7,710 | 8,132 | -5.20 | 91,031 | 113,693 | -19.90 |
| Dodge Charger | 8,096 | 6,792 | 19.20 | 75,474 | 79,062 | -4.50 |
| Ford Mustang | 5,236 | 5,414 | -3.30 | 67,432 | 92,672 | -27.20 |
| Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 5,996 | 6,227 | -3.70 | 64,946 | 62,561 | 3.80 |
| Mazda 3 | 4,534 | 6,946 | -34.70 | 64,641 | 81,077 | -20.30 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 4,697 | 5,137 | -8.60 | 60,173 | 46,235 | 30.10 |
| Chevrolet Camaro | 5,674 | 6,277 | -9.60 | 59,401 | 60,812 | -2.30 |
| Chevrolet Impala | 7,563 | 6,092 | 24.10 | 58,306 | 80,130 | -27.20 |
| Nissan Maxima | 6,741 | 3,908 | 72.50 | 56,418 | 53,284 | 5.90 |
| Dodge Challenger | 3,893 | 4,127 | -5.70 | 56,169 | 55,268 | 1.60 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 3,937 | 6,234 | -36.80 | 54,567 | 59,320 | -8.00 |
| Hyundai Accent | 5,485 | 6,498 | -15.60 | 50,126 | 68,698 | -27.00 |
| BMW 3-Series | 4,497 | 5,215 | -13.80 | 47,712 | 58,307 | -18.20 |
| Honda Fit | 3,172 | 4,641 | -31.70 | 43,221 | 47,896 | -9.80 |
| Chrysler 300 | 2,917 | 3,051 | -4.40 | 42,560 | 47,091 | -9.60 |
| Lexus ES | 3,365 | 4,190 | -19.70 | 42,440 | 47,963 | -11.50 |
| Subaru Legacy | 4,538 | 6,136 | -26.00 | 41,999 | 53,532 | -21.50 |
| Mercedes-Benz E / CLS-Class | 4,681 | 3,827 | 22.30 | 41,192 | 41,403 | -0.50 |
| Ford Fiesta | 3,418 | 3,381 | 1.10 | 39,557 | 42,188 | -6.20 |
| Toyota Yaris | 2,878 | 2,084 | 38.10 | 39,518 | 33,383 | 18.40 |
| Ford Taurus | 2,681 | 3,079 | -12.90 | 35,080 | 37,223 | -5.80 |
| BMW 4-Series | 3,181 | 2,853 | 11.50 | 33,447 | 28,889 | 15.80 |
| BMW 5-Series | 3,396 | 1,462 | 132.30 | 31,913 | 29,167 | 9.40 |
| Infiniti Q50 | 2,791 | 3,689 | -24.30 | 30,867 | 34,852 | -11.40 |
| Audi A4 | 2,859 | 4,176 | -31.50 | 30,410 | 29,253 | 4.00 |
| Mazda 6 | 2,125 | 2,924 | -27.30 | 29,975 | 38,786 | -22.70 |
| Acura TLX | 2,668 | 2,714 | -1.70 | 29,181 | 31,254 | -6.60 |
| Toyota Avalon | 2,648 | 3,674 | -27.90 | 27,703 | 38,703 | -28.40 |
| Mini Cooper | 2,466 | 3,002 | -17.90 | 26,663 | 31,801 | -16.20 |
| Chevrolet Sonic | 1,576 | 4,689 | -66.40 | 25,623 | 45,798 | -44.10 |
| Tesla Model S † | 2,400 | 2,200 | 9.10 | 24,000 | 22,000 | 9.10 |
| Lincoln MKZ | 2,211 | 2,481 | -10.90 | 23,155 | 25,343 | -8.60 |
| Kia Niro | 1,935 | 0 | 0.00 | 22,605 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lexus IS | 1,972 | 2,523 | -21.80 | 21,247 | 29,286 | -27.40 |
| Chevrolet Corvette | 1,345 | 2,626 | -48.80 | 20,236 | 25,345 | -20.20 |
| Mitsubishi Mirage | 1,768 | 1,489 | 18.70 | 20,155 | 19,239 | 4.80 |
| Chrysler 200 | 499 | 2,843 | -82.40 | 17,766 | 51,802 | -65.70 |
| Chevrolet Bolt | 2,781 | 0 | 0.00 | 17,083 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Buick LaCrosse | 1,408 | 2,500 | -43.70 | 17,042 | 22,329 | -23.70 |
| Chevrolet Volt | 1,362 | 2,191 | -37.80 | 16,710 | 18,517 | -9.80 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 1,814 | 2,295 | -21.00 | 16,506 | 21,846 | -24.40 |
| Audi A5 | 2,143 | 609 | 251.90 | 16,100 | 7,281 | 121.10 |
| Chevrolet Spark | 1,960 | 2,066 | -5.10 | 15,796 | 29,747 | -46.90 |
| Ford C-Max | 1,661 | 969 | 71.40 | 15,512 | 16,118 | -3.80 |
| Kia Rio | 1,657 | 1,826 | -9.30 | 13,609 | 25,991 | -47.60 |
| Volkswagen Beetle | 796 | 1,507 | -47.20 | 13,265 | 12,668 | 4.70 |
| Genesis G80 | 1,408 | 1,109 | 27.00 | 13,264 | 3,807 | 248.40 |
| Cadillac XTS | 2,190 | 1,464 | 49.60 | 13,113 | 16,389 | -20.00 |
| Audi A6 | 1,217 | 1,429 | -14.80 | 12,994 | 15,138 | -14.20 |
| Mercedes-Benz S-Class | 1,228 | 2,420 | -49.30 | 11,901 | 15,834 | -24.80 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer | 679 | 1,021 | -33.50 | 11,312 | 12,560 | -9.90 |
| Fiat 500 | 801 | 1,276 | -37.20 | 11,236 | 12,879 | -12.80 |
| Cadillac ATS | 929 | 1,593 | -41.70 | 11,176 | 17,723 | -36.90 |
| Hyundai Veloster | 596 | 3,548 | -83.20 | 11,122 | 23,633 | -52.90 |
| Nissan Leaf | 213 | 1,412 | -84.90 | 10,953 | 10,650 | 2.80 |
| Volvo S60 | 1,216 | 1,237 | -1.70 | 10,488 | 11,325 | -7.40 |
| Mazda MX-5 Miata | 597 | 505 | 18.20 | 10,314 | 8,345 | 23.60 |
| Acura ILX | 1,025 | 999 | 2.60 | 10,098 | 12,746 | -20.80 |
| Lincoln Continental | 996 | 1,222 | -18.50 | 9,873 | 1,997 | 394.40 |
| Dodge Dart | 172 | 2,407 | -92.90 | 9,815 | 39,674 | -75.30 |
| Buick Regal | 783 | 1,317 | -40.50 | 9,773 | 16,778 | -41.80 |
| BMW 2-Series | 1,045 | 1,009 | 3.60 | 9,665 | 13,479 | -28.30 |
| Hyundai Ioniq | 898 | 0 | 0.00 | 9,327 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Infiniti Q60 | 909 | 725 | 25.40 | 9,065 | 2,138 | 324.00 |
| Cadillac CT6 | 796 | 1,316 | -39.50 | 8,924 | 6,707 | 33.10 |
| Cadillac CTS | 779 | 1,024 | -23.90 | 8,883 | 13,172 | -32.60 |
| Jaguar XE | 525 | 941 | -44.20 | 7,932 | 4,543 | 74.60 |
| BMW 7-Series | 819 | 1,133 | -27.70 | 7,381 | 10,372 | -28.80 |
| Porsche 911 | 691 | 444 | 55.60 | 7,221 | 7,491 | -3.60 |
| Alfa Romeo Giulia | 726 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,136 | 7 | 101,842.90 |
| Volvo S90 | 934 | 351 | 166.10 | 6,526 | 959 | 580.50 |
| Lexus GS | 558 | 1,388 | -59.80 | 6,118 | 12,352 | -50.50 |
| Toyota 86/Scion FR-S | 458 | 633 | -27.60 | 5,965 | 6,387 | -6.60 |
| Lexus RC | 828 | 1,081 | -23.40 | 5,851 | 9,242 | -36.70 |
| Porsche Panamera | 644 | 295 | 118.30 | 5,547 | 3,636 | 52.60 |
| Kia Cadenza | 1,021 | 289 | 253.30 | 5,464 | 4,042 | 35.20 |
| BMW i3 | 686 | 442 | 55.20 | 5,321 | 6,205 | -14.20 |
| Infiniti Q70 | 378 | 451 | -16.20 | 4,986 | 4,946 | 0.80 |
| Buick Cascada | 350 | 361 | -3.00 | 4,875 | 6,157 | -20.80 |
| Lexus CT | 10 | 564 | -98.20 | 4,673 | 7,385 | -36.70 |
| Maserati Ghibli | 439 | 637 | -31.10 | 4,523 | 5,621 | -19.50 |
| Buick Verano | 88 | 2,336 | -96.20 | 4,137 | 27,704 | -85.10 |
| Nissan 370Z | 410 | 400 | 2.50 | 3,990 | 5,205 | -23.30 |
| Fiat 124 Spider | 248 | 444 | -44.10 | 3,923 | 1,875 | 109.20 |
| Volvo V60 | 176 | 339 | -48.10 | 3,912 | 5,052 | -22.60 |
| Audi A7 | 465 | 583 | -20.20 | 3,904 | 5,171 | -24.50 |
| Jaguar XF | 469 | 310 | 51.30 | 3,813 | 5,818 | -34.50 |
| Genesis G90 | 378 | 92 | 310.90 | 3,624 | 102 | 3,452.90 |
| Subaru BRZ | 271 | 330 | -17.90 | 3,578 | 3,692 | -3.10 |
| Lexus LS | 328 | 352 | -6.80 | 3,430 | 4,465 | -23.20 |
| Jaguar F-Type | 275 | 393 | -30.00 | 3,341 | 3,412 | -2.10 |
| Chevrolet SS | 150 | 554 | -72.90 | 3,131 | 2,707 | 15.70 |
| Volkswagen e-Golf * | 203 | 407 | -50.10 | 2,902 | 3,189 | -9.00 |
| Smart Fortwo | 140 | 418 | -66.50 | 2,775 | 4,462 | -37.80 |
| Hyundai Azera | 162 | 359 | -54.90 | 2,773 | 4,134 | -32.90 |
| Audi A8 | 258 | 354 | -27.10 | 2,644 | 3,305 | -20.00 |
| BMW 6-Series | 374 | 352 | 6.30 | 2,635 | 3,323 | -20.70 |
| Audi A3 e-tron | 17 | 348 | -95.10 | 2,569 | 3,297 | -22.10 |
| Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 331 | 299 | 10.70 | 2,406 | 3,145 | -23.50 |
| Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class | 192 | 238 | -19.30 | 2,380 | 2,797 | -14.90 |
| Porsche Cayman | 253 | 279 | -9.30 | 2,300 | 3,105 | -25.90 |
| Jaguar XJ | 178 | 335 | -46.90 | 2,245 | 3,123 | -28.10 |
| Porsche Boxster | 146 | 162 | -9.90 | 1,964 | 2,325 | -15.50 |
| Lexus LC | 219 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,917 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Volvo V90 | 244 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,887 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Audi TT | 160 | 287 | -44.30 | 1,866 | 2,552 | -26.90 |
| Fiat 500L | 159 | 119 | 33.60 | 1,426 | 2,920 | -51.20 |
| Maserati Quattroporte | 123 | 102 | 20.60 | 1,394 | 1,826 | -23.70 |
| Toyota Mirai | 249 | 103 | 141.70 | 1,293 | 813 | 59.00 |
| Volkswagen CC | 58 | 240 | -75.80 | 1,240 | 2,595 | -52.20 |
| Mercedes-AMG GT | 245 | 81 | 202.50 | 1,144 | 1,040 | 10.00 |
| Hyundai Genesis | 0 | 581 | -100.00 | 1,132 | 22,244 | -94.90 |
| Acura RLX | 99 | 93 | 6.50 | 922 | 1,146 | -19.50 |
| Maserati GranTurismo | 85 | 64 | 32.80 | 811 | 1,034 | -21.60 |
| Bentley Continental GT | 71 | 85 | -16.50 | 732 | 820 | -10.70 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 500 | 0 | 0.00 | 720 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Audi R8 | 35 | 61 | -42.60 | 677 | 591 | 14.60 |
| Honda CR-Z | 18 | 168 | -89.30 | 669 | 2,032 | -67.10 |
| Chevrolet Caprice PPV | 71 | 149 | -52.30 | 647 | 709 | -8.70 |
| Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 59 | 58 | 1.70 | 602 | 526 | 14.40 |
| Dodge Viper | 17 | 62 | -72.60 | 569 | 509 | 11.80 |
| Honda Clarity FCV | 34 | 0 | 0.00 | 566 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nissan GT-R | 21 | 57 | -63.20 | 503 | 594 | -15.30 |
| BMW Z4 | 1 | 78 | -98.70 | 502 | 953 | -47.30 |
| Acura NSX | 87 | 67 | 29.90 | 442 | 150 | 194.70 |
| Kia K900 | 23 | 81 | -71.60 | 375 | 702 | -46.60 |
| BMW i8 | 33 | 199 | -83.40 | 364 | 1,288 | -71.70 |
| Alfa Romeo 4C | 45 | 23 | 95.70 | 354 | 434 | -18.40 |
| Scion tC | 2 | 375 | -99.50 | 197 | 9,066 | -97.80 |
| Bentley Flying Spur | 23 | 56 | -58.90 | 189 | 331 | -42.90 |
| Lincoln MKS | 0 | 325 | -100.00 | 153 | 4,647 | -96.70 |
| Bentley Mulsanne | 10 | 29 | -65.50 | 81 | 131 | -38.20 |
| Volvo XC70 | 0 | 399 | -100.00 | 73 | 4,803 | -98.50 |
| Ford GT | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 64 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hyundai Equus | 0 | 30 | -100.00 | 20 | 1,327 | -98.50 |
| Cadillac ELR | 0 | 3 | -100.00 | 17 | 526 | -96.80 |
| Dodge Avenger | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 44 | -72.70 |
| Mini Paceman | 0 | 11 | -100.00 | 9 | 78 | -88.50 |
| Mitsubishi i MiEV | 0 | 4 | -100.00 | 6 | 86 | -93.00 |
| Volvo S80 | 0 | 20 | -100.00 | 6 | 579 | -99.00 |
| Honda Crosstour | 0 | 1 | -100.00 | 5 | 726 | -99.30 |
| Lexus LFA | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 6 | -50.00 |
| Honda Insight | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 63 | -95.20 |
| Scion xD | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 9 | -77.80 |
| Volkswagen Eos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 387 | -99.70 |
| Acura TSX | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | -100.00 |
| Infiniti Q40 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 59 | -100.00 |
| Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nissan Cube | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 15 | -100.00 |
| Scion iQ | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | -100.00 |
| Scion xB | 0 | 1 | -100.00 | 0 | 2,675 | -100.00 |
| Model | US | US LY | US vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 462,760 | ∑ = 505,878 | ∑ = 5,160,549 | ∑ = 5,761,130 | |||
| Average 3,085.1 | Average 3,372.5 | Average 0.00 | Average 31,659.8 | Average 36,007.1 | Average 0.00 | |
| Minimum 0 | Minimum 0 | Minimum 15.00 | Minimum 0 | Minimum 0 | Minimum 1.50 | |
| Maximum 30,319 | Maximum 29,735 | Maximum 15.00 | Maximum 314,699 | Maximum 327,017 | Maximum 1.50 |
Top Passenger Car Sales Figures – Chart
Below is a chart showing how the best selling passenger car stack up against each other in terms share of the top spots. Please note that this isn’t total market share for the total passenger car market, just how the top models stack up against each other. This chart is synched with the above sales table so you can sort and edit that table to see different cuts of the data in this chart.
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