For the second month in a row a Chevrolet is the best-selling car in America. Instead of the Malibu (down one spot to #2 in June), the Chevrolet Cruze took over as the most popular car in the USA. Include 106 leftover Cobalts in the Cruze’s total and Chevrolet’s compact car sales jumped 147% last month. Year-over-year, the Malibu was up 14.6% in June 2011. There were two other Chevrolets in America’s June list of 20 best-selling cars: the Impala (up 13%) and the Camaro (up 12.5%).
To talk up Chevrolet, however, is to ignore the usual suspects. Toyota Camry sales fell 24.8%, Honda Accord sales dropped 36.1%, Corolla/Matrix sales slid 13.7%, and Civic sales plunged 34% even as a new generation should be kickstarting growth. Yep, you can still blame all this on poor dealer supply stemming from March’s earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster.
There are four Korean cars in the Top 20, none higher than sixth spot. There are two German cars; the BMW 3-Series and still-surging Volkswagen Jetta. The remaining 14 are evenly split between American and Japanese brands. June’s 20 best-selling cars in America are in the table below.
Rank
|
Car
|
Status
|
June 2011
|
June 2010
|
Year-To-Date
|
#1
|
Chevrolet Cruze/Cobalt
|
↑ | 25,002 | 10,141 | 123,786 |
#2
|
Chevrolet Malibu
|
↓ | 23,737 | 20,720 | 122,783 |
#3
|
Ford Focus
|
↑ | 21,385 | 15,148 | 98,024 |
#4
|
Toyota Camry
|
↑ | 21,375 | 28,435 | 147,469 |
#5
|
Ford Fusion
|
↓ | 20,808 | 18,412 | 103,301 |
#6
|
Hyundai Elantra
|
↑ | 19,992 | 14,245 | 98,024 |
#7
|
Nissan Altima
|
↓ | 19,534 | 15,920 | 131,842 |
#8
|
Toyota Corolla/Matrix
|
↑ | 18,872 | 21,876 | 136,747 |
#9
|
Hyundai Sonata
|
↓ | 18,644 | 17,771 | 115,014 |
#10
|
Honda Civic
|
↓ | 17,485 | 26,474 | 127,571 |
#11
|
Honda Accord
|
↓ | 17,107 | 26,792 | 137,146 |
#12
|
Volkswagen Jetta
|
↑ | 17,105 | 9085 | 91,752 |
#13
|
Chevrolet Impala
|
↓ | 16,325 | 14,451 | 103,644 |
#14
|
Kia Soul
|
↔ | 11,314 | 6429 | 54,987 |
#15
|
BMW 3-Series
|
↑ | 9155 | 7195 | 43,862 |
#16
|
Ford Mustang
|
↑ | 8835 | 8974 | 39,041 |
#17
|
Mazda 3
|
↓ | 8612 | 8555 | 51,544 |
#18
|
Chevrolet Camaro
|
↓ | 8486 | 7540 | 48,761 |
#19
|
Kia Forte
|
↓ | 8191 | 7467 | 43,022 |
#20
|
Nissan Sentra
|
↑ | 8077 | 6187 | 65,130 |
Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center
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