Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America for August 2018
Here you will find the Top 20 best selling car sales leaders in the United States for August 2018. Each month we compile the Top 20 best selling car sales data and reports for North American markets and analyze it to create the best selling list below.
Quick Navigation
Our Take On The Numbers
Best Seller Report & Rankings
Segment Analysis
Also check out our other Segment reports.
Our Take On The Top 20 Best Selling Car Sales Numbers
Most passenger cars saw sales drop significantly year-on-year in August, though a few managed to splash some green across the top-20 table.
Rocketing in to the top-ten is the Tesla Model 3, with estimates for its sales boosted by the rate at which the company is producing them. Government contributions to EV sales are currently set to drop at the end of the year, so it’s likely Tesla and its customers are trying to take advantage of these before January.
With no GM figures having been reported for August (as yet) the Ford Mustang makes an appearance in seventeenth place on the back of a 35.3% year-on-year increase in sales.
Top 20 Best Selling Cars Rankings
This sales table of shows the top 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.
Top 20 Best Selling Cars in America - August 2018
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD vs LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Camry | 30,141 | 37,051 | -18.6 | 235,247 | 247,775 | -5.1 |
| Honda Civic | 27,677 | 36,482 | -24.1 | 230,230 | 248,928 | -7.5 |
| Honda Accord | 26,725 | 30,019 | -11.0 | 189,942 | 221,013 | -14.1 |
| Toyota Corolla | 26,155 | 27,644 | -5.4 | 214,371 | 232,504 | -7.8 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 17,800 | 0 | 0.0 | 56,417 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 15,475 | 15,127 | 2.3 | 128,956 | 128,666 | 0.2 |
| Nissan Altima | 14,925 | 14,694 | 1.6 | 154,732 | 183,292 | -15.6 |
| Nissan Sentra | 13,314 | 15,285 | -12.9 | 148,352 | 146,583 | 1.2 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 11,358 | 16,500 | -31.2 | 99,145 | 133,966 | -26.0 |
| Ford Fusion | 11,286 | 17,378 | -35.1 | 109,086 | 138,489 | -21.2 |
| Kia Optima | 11,074 | 7,072 | 56.6 | 68,869 | 74,722 | -7.8 |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 11,028 | 22,725 | -51.5 | 97,247 | 117,173 | -17.0 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 10,597 | 12,409 | -14.6 | 50,547 | 78,957 | -36.0 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 9,457 | 10,866 | -13.0 | 73,240 | 97,829 | -25.1 |
| Kia Soul | 9,113 | 14,151 | -35.6 | 67,348 | 80,228 | -16.1 |
| Ford Focus | 8,978 | 12,850 | -30.1 | 93,772 | 112,076 | -16.3 |
| Subaru Impreza | 8,154 | 7,462 | 9.3 | 53,354 | 58,265 | -8.4 |
| Toyota Prius Family | 8,111 | 9,551 | -15.1 | 61,547 | 74,034 | -16.9 |
| Ford Mustang | 7,487 | 5,535 | 35.3 | 55,849 | 56,349 | -0.9 |
| Kia Forte | 6,472 | 10,693 | -39.5 | 68,418 | 81,461 | -16.0 |
| ∑ = 285,327 | ∑ = 323,494 | ∑ = 2,256,669 | ∑ = 2,512,310 |