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.
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The Tesla Model 3 gained another place in the US top-20, moving from fifth to fourth position as a sharp increase in deliveries compared with August saw its total for the month surpass the Toyota Corolla.
Corolla sales are down 36.5% year-on-year for September, one of the sharper declines across the top-20 best-sellling cars for last month, but by no means the sharpest.
Chevrolet Malibu volume takes that crown, with a 57.4% difference to last September’s figures.
Two Kias – the Optima and Soul – managed year-on-year growth despite the obvious headwinds, with each crawling higher up the table as a result.
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 - Sept 2018
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD vs LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Camry | 27,640 | 34,732 | -20.4 | 262,887 | 282,507 | -6.9 |
| Honda Accord | 25,357 | 29,789 | -14.9 | 215,299 | 250,802 | -14.2 |
| Honda Civic | 24,806 | 35,452 | -30.0 | 255,036 | 284,380 | -10.3 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 22,250 | 117 | 18,917.1 | 78,667 | 117 | 67,136.8 |
| Toyota Corolla | 20,797 | 32,769 | -36.5 | 235,168 | 265,273 | -11.3 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 19,923 | 14,401 | 38.3 | 148,879 | 143,067 | 4.1 |
| Nissan Sentra | 16,795 | 19,128 | -12.2 | 165,147 | 165,711 | -0.3 |
| Ford Fusion | 15,878 | 21,253 | -25.3 | 124,964 | 159,742 | -21.8 |
| Nissan Altima | 11,867 | 16,569 | -28.4 | 166,599 | 199,861 | -16.6 |
| Kia Optima | 10,976 | 9,982 | 10.0 | 79,845 | 84,704 | -5.7 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 10,631 | 12,038 | -11.7 | 61,178 | 90,995 | -32.8 |
| Kia Soul | 10,540 | 10,499 | 0.4 | 77,888 | 90,727 | -14.2 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 10,517 | 15,268 | -31.1 | 109,662 | 149,234 | -26.5 |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 10,211 | 23,989 | -57.4 | 107,458 | 141,162 | -23.9 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 7,735 | 9,889 | -21.8 | 80,975 | 107,718 | -24.8 |
| Toyota Prius Family | 7,378 | 9,286 | -20.5 | 68,925 | 83,320 | -17.3 |
| Ford Focus | 7,195 | 11,751 | -38.8 | 100,967 | 123,827 | -18.5 |
| Dodge Charger | 6,879 | 9,230 | -25.5 | 59,308 | 67,378 | -12.0 |
| Kia Forte | 6,470 | 10,631 | -39.1 | 74,888 | 92,092 | -18.7 |
| Subaru Impreza | 6,186 | 6,324 | -2.2 | 59,540 | 64,589 | -7.8 |
| ∑ = 280,031 | ∑ = 333,097 | ∑ = 2,533,280 | ∑ = 2,847,206 |