The Top 179 Best Selling Cars in America – 2017 YTD
Here you will find the YTD passenger car leaders in the United States for September 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 – August 2017 or Minivan Sales in America – September 2016. Also check out our other Segment reports or dive deeper into Passenger Car Sales.
Our Take On The Passenger Car Numbers
In a remarkable turnaround, only two out of the top 10 passenger cars failed to post positive growth in September.
Both the Hyundai Elantra (down 25.7%) and the Nissan Altima (down 33.8%) are substantially behind figures their performance from September 2016. The Altima is about to receive an update with advanced safety tech and revamped interiors for 2018, while the Elantra is due to be superseded by a sportier, European-inspired model as the Korean brand looks to attract buyers seeking an engaging drive over crossover practicality and value back into a hatchback.
Outside of the top 10, things are not looking so rosy for the Passenger Car segment. Year-on-year, total sales in September are down over 110,000 when compared with last September, with the deficit in year-to-date sales now over half a million.
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 | 35,452 | 28,184 | 25.80 | 284,380 | 283,783 | 0.20 |
| Toyota Camry | 34,732 | 30,707 | 13.10 | 282,507 | 297,455 | -5.00 |
| Toyota Corolla | 32,769 | 32,274 | 1.50 | 265,273 | 289,004 | -8.20 |
| Honda Accord | 29,789 | 27,204 | 9.50 | 250,802 | 258,619 | -3.00 |
| Nissan Altima | 16,569 | 25,031 | -33.80 | 199,861 | 242,321 | -17.50 |
| Nissan Sentra | 19,128 | 13,670 | 39.90 | 165,711 | 169,476 | -2.20 |
| Ford Fusion | 21,253 | 20,570 | 3.30 | 159,742 | 210,462 | -24.10 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 15,268 | 15,216 | 0.30 | 149,234 | 138,012 | 8.10 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 14,401 | 19,382 | -25.70 | 143,067 | 157,050 | -8.90 |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 23,989 | 21,521 | 11.50 | 141,162 | 170,389 | -17.20 |
| Ford Focus | 11,751 | 11,160 | 5.30 | 123,827 | 140,049 | -11.60 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 9,889 | 15,347 | -35.60 | 107,718 | 155,279 | -30.60 |
| Kia Forte | 10,631 | 8,256 | 28.80 | 92,092 | 79,608 | 15.70 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 12,038 | 8,299 | 45.10 | 90,995 | 89,748 | 1.40 |
| Kia Soul | 10,499 | 11,885 | -11.70 | 90,727 | 107,823 | -15.90 |
| Subaru Impreza | 8,834 | 7,469 | 18.30 | 88,745 | 70,241 | 26.30 |
| Kia Optima | 9,982 | 9,010 | 10.80 | 84,704 | 89,327 | -5.20 |
| Toyota Prius | 9,286 | 12,475 | -25.60 | 83,321 | 105,561 | -21.10 |
| Nissan Versa | 11,601 | 11,553 | 0.40 | 82,817 | 106,455 | -22.20 |
| Dodge Charger | 9,230 | 10,056 | -8.00 | 67,378 | 72,270 | -7.00 |
| Ford Mustang | 5,847 | 6,429 | -9.10 | 62,196 | 87,258 | -28.70 |
| Mazda 3 | 6,112 | 7,350 | -16.80 | 60,107 | 74,131 | -18.90 |
| Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 6,194 | 6,600 | -6.20 | 58,959 | 56,334 | 4.70 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 5,685 | 4,585 | 24.00 | 55,476 | 41,098 | 35.00 |
| Chevrolet Camaro | 7,430 | 6,577 | 13.00 | 53,727 | 54,535 | -1.50 |
| Dodge Challenger | 4,780 | 5,698 | -16.00 | 52,276 | 51,141 | 2.00 |
| Chevrolet Impala | 6,947 | 6,919 | 0.40 | 50,743 | 74,038 | -31.50 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 4,636 | 6,335 | -26.80 | 50,630 | 53,086 | -4.60 |
| Nissan Maxima | 8,404 | 6,569 | 27.90 | 49,677 | 49,376 | 0.60 |
| Hyundai Accent | 7,379 | 7,495 | -1.60 | 44,641 | 62,200 | -28.20 |
| BMW 3-Series | 6,045 | 7,432 | -18.70 | 43,215 | 53,092 | -18.60 |
| Honda Fit | 4,073 | 5,068 | -19.60 | 40,049 | 43,255 | -7.40 |
| Chrysler 300 | 4,207 | 5,459 | -23.00 | 39,643 | 44,040 | -10.00 |
| Lexus ES | 4,230 | 4,543 | -6.90 | 39,075 | 43,773 | -10.70 |
| Subaru Legacy | 3,902 | 6,027 | -35.30 | 37,461 | 47,396 | -21.00 |
| Toyota Yaris | 3,322 | 1,532 | 116.80 | 36,640 | 31,299 | 17.10 |
| Mercedes-Benz E / CLS-Class | 1,433 | 4,824 | -13.60 | 36,511 | 37,576 | -2.80 |
| Ford Fiesta | 3,730 | 4,230 | -11.80 | 36,139 | 38,807 | -6.90 |
| Ford Taurus | 2,927 | 3,275 | -10.60 | 32,399 | 34,144 | -5.10 |
| BMW 4-Series | 3,637 | 2,289 | 58.90 | 30,266 | 26,036 | 16.20 |
| BMW 5-Series | 3,718 | 1,521 | 144.40 | 28,517 | 27,705 | 2.90 |
| Infiniti Q50 | 3,336 | 4,359 | -23.50 | 28,076 | 31,163 | -9.90 |
| Mazda 6 | 3,036 | 4,052 | -25.10 | 27,850 | 35,862 | -22.30 |
| Acura TLX | 2,543 | 2,908 | -12.60 | 26,513 | 28,540 | -7.10 |
| Audi A4 | 2,585 | 3,175 | -18.60 | 25,252 | 23,671 | 6.70 |
| Toyota Avalon | 2,590 | 3,844 | -32.60 | 25,055 | 35,029 | -28.50 |
| Mini Cooper | 2,346 | 2,989 | -21.50 | 24,197 | 28,799 | -16.00 |
| Chevrolet Sonic | 1,356 | 3,851 | -64.80 | 24,047 | 41,109 | -41.50 |
| Tesla Model S † | 2,400 | 2,200 | 9.10 | 21,600 | 19,800 | 9.10 |
| Lincoln MKZ | 2,043 | 2,447 | -16.50 | 20,944 | 22,862 | -8.40 |
| Kia Niro | 2,554 | 0 | 0.00 | 20,670 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lexus IS | 2,059 | 2,678 | -23.10 | 19,275 | 26,763 | -28.00 |
| Chevrolet Corvette | 1,506 | 2,829 | -46.80 | 18,891 | 22,719 | -16.80 |
| Mitsubishi Mirage | 1,583 | 1,756 | -9.90 | 18,387 | 17,750 | 3.60 |
| Chrysler 200 | 705 | 3,185 | -78.00 | 17,267 | 48,959 | -65.00 |
| Audi A3 | 1,844 | 1,897 | -2.80 | 16,247 | 21,914 | -25.90 |
| Buick LaCrosse | 1,100 | 1,909 | -42.40 | 15,634 | 19,829 | -21.20 |
| Chevrolet Volt | 1,453 | 2,031 | -28.50 | 15,348 | 16,326 | -6.00 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 2,034 | 1,845 | 10.20 | 14,692 | 19,551 | -24.90 |
| Audi Q3 | 1,818 | 1,919 | -5.30 | 14,653 | 14,444 | 1.40 |
| Chevrolet Bolt | 2,632 | 0 | 0.00 | 14,302 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Audi A5 | 2,360 | 746 | 216.00 | 13,957 | 6,672 | 109.20 |
| Ford C-Max | 1,503 | 1,428 | 5.30 | 13,851 | 15,149 | -8.60 |
| Chevrolet Spark | 2,009 | 2,223 | -9.60 | 13,836 | 27,681 | -50.00 |
| Volkswagen Beetle | 1,065 | 1,341 | -20.60 | 12,469 | 11,161 | 11.70 |
| Mazda CX-3 | 1,453 | 1,513 | -4.00 | 11,981 | 14,007 | -14.50 |
| Kia Rio | 2,037 | 2,141 | -4.90 | 11,952 | 24,165 | -50.50 |
| Genesis G80 | 1,367 | 1,201 | 13.80 | 11,856 | 2,698 | 339.40 |
| Audi A6 | 1,210 | 1,599 | -24.30 | 11,777 | 13,709 | -14.10 |
| Cadillac XTS | 1,300 | 1,948 | -33.30 | 10,823 | 14,925 | -26.80 |
| Nissan Leaf | 1,055 | 1,316 | -19.80 | 10,740 | 8,238 | 16.30 |
| Mercedes-Benz S-Class | 1,053 | 1,440 | -26.90 | 10,673 | 13,414 | -20.40 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer | 812 | 923 | -12.00 | 10,633 | 11,539 | -7.90 |
| Hyundai Veloster | 685 | 3,168 | -78.40 | 10,526 | 20,085 | -47.60 |
| Fiat 500 | 1,016 | 1,481 | -31.00 | 10,435 | 11,603 | -10.00 |
| Cadillac ATS | 1,249 | 1,770 | -29.40 | 10,247 | 16,130 | -36.50 |
| Mazda MX-5 Miata | 846 | 752 | 12.50 | 9,717 | 7,840 | 23.90 |
| Dodge Dart | 258 | 2,597 | -90.00 | 9,643 | 37,267 | -74.00 |
| Volvo S60 | 1,118 | 927 | 20.60 | 9,272 | 10,088 | -8.10 |
| Acura ILX | 1,222 | 916 | 33.40 | 9,073 | 11,747 | -22.80 |
| Buick Regal | 702 | 1,696 | -58.60 | 8,990 | 15,461 | -41.90 |
| Lincoln Continental | 857 | 775 | 0.00 | 8,877 | 775 | 0.00 |
| BMW 2-Series | 938 | 977 | -4.00 | 8,620 | 12,470 | -30.90 |
| Hyundai Ioniq | 1,137 | 0 | 0.00 | 8,429 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Infiniti Q60 | 763 | 497 | 53.50 | 8,156 | 1,413 | 477.20 |
| Cadillac CT6 | 985 | 1,343 | -26.70 | 8,128 | 5,391 | 50.80 |
| Cadillac CTS | 1,059 | 1,503 | -29.50 | 8,104 | 12,148 | -33.30 |
| Toyota Prius V | 728 | 1,222 | -40.40 | 7,647 | 11,241 | -32.00 |
| Jaguar XE | 836 | 829 | 1.00 | 7,407 | 3,602 | 106.00 |
| BMW 7-Series | 935 | 1,201 | -22.10 | 6,562 | 9,239 | -29.00 |
| Porsche 911 | 532 | 465 | 14.40 | 6,530 | 7,047 | -7.30 |
| Alfa Romeo Giulia | 916 | 7 | 0.00 | 6,410 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Fiat 500X | 638 | 839 | -24.00 | 5,875 | 9,264 | -37.00 |
| Volvo S90 | 865 | 147 | 488.40 | 5,592 | 608 | 819.70 |
| Lexus GS | 666 | 1,066 | -37.50 | 5,560 | 10,964 | -49.30 |
| Toyota 86/Scion FR-S | 530 | 651 | -18.60 | 5,507 | 5,754 | -4.30 |
| Lexus RC | 737 | 827 | -10.90 | 5,023 | 8,161 | -38.50 |
| Porsche Panamera | 835 | 356 | 134.60 | 4,903 | 3,341 | 46.80 |
| Lexus CT | 91 | 638 | -85.70 | 4,663 | 6,821 | -31.60 |
| BMW i3 | 538 | 391 | 37.60 | 4,635 | 5,763 | -19.60 |
| Infiniti Q70 | 550 | 402 | 36.80 | 4,608 | 4,495 | 2.50 |
| Buick Cascada | 284 | 470 | -39.60 | 4,525 | 5,796 | -21.90 |
| Kia Cadenza | 774 | 390 | 98.50 | 4,443 | 3,753 | 18.40 |
| Maserati Ghibli | 420 | 511 | -17.80 | 4,084 | 4,984 | -18.10 |
| Buick Verano | 98 | 3,929 | -97.50 | 4,049 | 25,368 | -84.00 |
| Volvo V60 | 204 | 376 | -45.70 | 3,736 | 4,713 | -20.70 |
| Fiat 124 Spider | 343 | 490 | 0.00 | 3,675 | 1,431 | 0.00 |
| Nissan 370Z | 315 | 513 | -38.60 | 3,580 | 4,805 | -25.50 |
| Audi A7 | 504 | 541 | -6.80 | 3,439 | 4,588 | -25.00 |
| Jaguar XF | 568 | 415 | 37.00 | 3,344 | 5,508 | -39.00 |
| Subaru BRZ | 301 | 300 | 0.30 | 3,307 | 3,362 | -1.60 |
| Genesis G90 | 369 | 10 | 3,590.00 | 3,246 | 10 | 32,360.00 |
| Lexus LS | 432 | 345 | 25.20 | 3,102 | 4,113 | -24.60 |
| Jaguar F-Type | 279 | 273 | 2.00 | 3,066 | 3,019 | 2.00 |
| Chevrolet SS | 171 | 5 | 3,320.00 | 2,981 | 2,153 | 38.50 |
| Smart Fortwo | 241 | 605 | -60.20 | 2,635 | 4,044 | -34.80 |
| Hyundai Azera | 237 | 419 | -43.40 | 2,611 | 3,775 | -30.80 |
| Audi A3 e-tron | 85 | 312 | -72.80 | 2,552 | 2,949 | -13.50 |
| Audi A8 | 276 | 335 | -17.60 | 2,386 | 2,951 | -19.10 |
| BMW 6-Series | 262 | 276 | -5.10 | 2,261 | 2,971 | -23.90 |
| Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class | 195 | 238 | -18.10 | 2,188 | 2,559 | -14.50 |
| Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 261 | 326 | -19.90 | 2,075 | 2,846 | -27.10 |
| Jaguar XJ | 257 | 336 | -24.00 | 2,067 | 2,788 | -26.00 |
| Porsche Cayman | 200 | 224 | -10.70 | 1,956 | 2,826 | -30.80 |
| Porsche Boxster | 234 | 197 | 18.80 | 1,909 | 2,163 | -11.70 |
| Audi TT | 157 | 295 | -46.80 | 1,706 | 2,265 | -24.70 |
| Lexus LC | 249 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,698 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Volvo V90 | 230 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,643 | 0 | |
| Maserati Quattroporte | 139 | 216 | -35.60 | 1,271 | 1,724 | -26.30 |
| Fiat 500L | 209 | 103 | 103.00 | 1,267 | 2,801 | -55.00 |
| Volkswagen CC | 71 | 234 | -69.70 | 1,182 | 2,355 | -49.80 |
| Hyundai Genesis | 4 | 845 | -99.50 | 1,132 | 21,663 | -94.80 |
| Toyota Mirai | 184 | 69 | 166.70 | 1,044 | 710 | 47.00 |
| Mercedes-AMG GT | 60 | 111 | -45.90 | 896 | 959 | -6.60 |
| Acura RLX | 94 | 102 | -7.80 | 823 | 1,053 | -21.80 |
| Maserati GranTurismo | 85 | 71 | 19.70 | 726 | 970 | -25.20 |
| Bentley Continental GT | 46 | 94 | -51.10 | 661 | 735 | -10.10 |
| Honda CR-Z | 27 | 165 | -83.60 | 651 | 1,864 | -65.10 |
| Audi R8 | 41 | 84 | -51.20 | 642 | 530 | 21.10 |
| Chevrolet Caprice PPV | 183 | 8 | 2,187.50 | 576 | 560 | 2.90 |
| Dodge Viper | 35 | 38 | -8.00 | 552 | 447 | 23.00 |
| Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 87 | 51 | 70.60 | 543 | 468 | 16.00 |
| Honda Clarity FCV | 66 | 0 | 0.00 | 532 | 0 | 0.00 |
| BMW Z4 | 3 | 99 | -97.00 | 501 | 875 | -42.70 |
| Nissan GT-R | 32 | 82 | -61.00 | 482 | 537 | -10.20 |
| Acura NSX | 26 | 38 | -31.60 | 355 | 83 | 327.70 |
| Kia K900 | 31 | 68 | -54.50 | 352 | 621 | -43.30 |
| BMW i8 | 27 | 158 | -83.00 | 331 | 1,089 | -69.60 |
| Alfa Romeo 4C | 23 | 34 | -32.00 | 309 | 411 | -25.00 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 220 | 0 | 0.00 | 220 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scion tC | 6 | 739 | -99.20 | 195 | 8,691 | -97.80 |
| Bentley Flying Spur | 19 | 35 | -45.70 | 166 | 275 | -39.60 |
| Lincoln MKS | 0 | 239 | -100.00 | 153 | 4,322 | -96.50 |
| Volvo XC70 | 0 | 485 | 0.00 | 73 | 4,404 | -98.30 |
| Bentley Mulsanne | 9 | 14 | -35.70 | 71 | 102 | -30.40 |
| Ford GT | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hyundai Equus | 1 | 60 | -98.30 | 20 | 1,297 | -98.50 |
| Cadillac ELR | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 17 | 523 | -96.70 |
| Dodge Avenger | 1 | 2 | -50.00 | 12 | 44 | -73.00 |
| Mini Paceman | 0 | 4 | -100.00 | 9 | 67 | -86.60 |
| Mitsubishi i MiEV | 0 | 17 | -100.00 | 6 | 82 | -92.70 |
| Volvo S80 | 0 | 58 | 0.00 | 6 | 559 | -98.90 |
| Honda Crosstour | 0 | 5 | -100.00 | 5 | 725 | -99.30 |
| Honda Insight | 0 | 0 | -100.00 | 3 | 63 | -95.20 |
| Lexus LFA | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 6 | -66.70 |
| Scion xB | 0 | 2 | -100.00 | 2 | 9 | -77.80 |
| Scion xD | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Nissan Cube | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 15 | -100.00 |
| Scion iQ | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | -100.00 |
| Model | US | US LY | US vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 542,393 | ∑ = 561,629 | ∑ = 4,749,101 | ∑ = 5,318,270 | |||
| Average 3,135.2 | Average 3,246.4 | Average 43.18 | Average 27,451.5 | Average 30,741.4 | Average 177.22 | |
| Minimum 0 | Minimum 0 | Minimum -1.60 | Minimum 0 | Minimum 0 | Minimum | |
| Maximum 0 | Maximum 0 | Maximum 0.00 | Maximum 284,380 | Maximum 0 | Maximum 0.00 |
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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