Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America for July 2018
Here you will find the Top 20 best selling car sales leaders in the United States for July 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.
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Our Take On The Top 20 Best Selling Car Sales Numbers
None of the top-selling passenger cars in America for July 2018 broke through the 30,000 units mark for the month – a feat that n recent years has been well within the reach of the Toyota Camry, Honda Civic, Honda Accord and Toyota Corolla family at this time of year.
Further highlighting the shrinking of this segment of the vehicle parc is the amount of red on the chart below; five models out of the top-20 sellers sans General Motors’ figures managed year-on-year growth, with the Tesla Model 3 breaking through to join the Nissan Sentra, Hyundai Elantra, Dodge Charger and Kia Optima as the only models to make headway for July.
A lightly refreshed 2019 model year Optima appeared at the New York Auto Show earlier in the year and is due to hit dealers this quarter.
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 - July 2018
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD vs LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Corolla | 26,754 | 28,333 | -5.6 | 188,216 | 204,860 | -8.1 |
| Honda Civic | 26,311 | 36,683 | -28.3 | 202,553 | 212,446 | -4.7 |
| Toyota Camry | 26,311 | 33,827 | -22.2 | 205,106 | 210,724 | -2.7 |
| Honda Accord | 24,927 | 30,903 | -19.3 | 163,217 | 190,994 | -14.5 |
| Nissan Sentra | 19,362 | 18,724 | 3.4 | 135,038 | 131,298 | 2.8 |
| Nissan Altima | 16,015 | 22,314 | -28.2 | 139,807 | 168,598 | -17.1 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 14,250 | 0 | 0.0 | 38,617 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 13,753 | 13,287 | 3.5 | 113,481 | 113,539 | -0.1 |
| Kia Optima | 10,919 | 7,933 | 37.6 | 57,795 | 67,650 | -14.6 |
| Ford Fusion | 10,822 | 13,886 | -22.1 | 97,800 | 121,111 | -19.2 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 10,096 | 12,278 | -17.8 | 87,787 | 117,466 | -25.3 |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 9,802 | 10,549 | -7.1 | 86,219 | 94,448 | -8.7 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 9,548 | 10,648 | -10.3 | 63,783 | 86,963 | -26.7 |
| Ford Focus | 8,993 | 16,505 | -45.5 | 84,794 | 99,226 | -14.5 |
| Kia Soul | 8,203 | 12,961 | -36.7 | 58,235 | 66,077 | -11.9 |
| Kia Forte | 7,546 | 12,022 | -37.2 | 61,946 | 70,768 | -12.5 |
| Subaru Impreza | 7,386 | 7,777 | -5.0 | 45,200 | 50,803 | -11.0 |
| Toyota Prius Family | 7,265 | 9,384 | -22.6 | 53,436 | 64,483 | -17.1 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 6,938 | 11,053 | -37.2 | 39,950 | 66,548 | -40.0 |
| Ford Mustang | 5,934 | 6,206 | -4.4 | 48,362 | 50,814 | -4.8 |
| ∑ = 271,135 | ∑ = 315,273 | ∑ = 1,971,342 | ∑ = 2,188,816 |