Despite a 59% increase in Honda Civic sales and a near-39K-unit Accord sales month, the Toyota Camry’s margin of victory in claiming the title of America’s best-selling car in August was still more than 5000 sales.
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| Combined, the Kia Optima And Hyundai Sonata Sold 32,116 Copies In August |
America’s nine favourites all attracted more than 20,000 buyers, and all members of the top 20 found at least 10,000 buyers. The Chevrolet Sonic’s best month ever resulted in 11,354 sales.
A 67% uptick in BMW 3-Series volume saw sales of the best-selling premium car rise to 10,357 units. No car in the top 20 posted a bigger gain than the 3er.
In total, eight of America’s 20 most popular cars compete in the conventional midsize sector. The Civic, Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Elantra, Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus, Nissan Sentra, and Mazda 3 represented compacts; the aforementioned Sonic the subcompacts.
Chevrolet’s Impala was the big car of the group, although sales of the well-regarded Impala plunged 22%, the harshest fall of the four top 20 cars which posted August declines.
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling cars can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC’s Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. GoodCarBadCar has already published a list of America’s best-selling trucks in August, a list which happens to include every truck, and a list of the 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers, which is 20 vehicles long.
August 2014 – September 2013 – July 2013 – August 2012
|
Rank
|
Best-Selling Car
|
August
2013 |
%
Change |
Year
To Date |
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
Toyota Camry
|
44,713 | + 21.8% | 287,119 | + 2.3% |
|
#2
|
Honda Civic
|
39,458 | + 58.5% | 230,578 | + 8.5% |
|
#3
|
Honda Accord
|
38,559 | + 10.6% | 256,926 | + 17.5% |
|
#4
|
Nissan Altima
|
30,976 | + 19.6% | 228,297 | + 8.9% |
|
#5
|
Toyota Corolla
|
26,861 | + 10.5% | 210,296 | + 5.3% |
|
#6
|
Hyundai Elantra
|
24,700 | + 37.3% | 174,902 | + 30.3% |
|
#7
|
Ford Fusion
|
24,653 | + 13.7% | 206,321 | + 13.4% |
|
#8
|
Chevrolet Cruze
|
23,909 | – 8.0% | 183,045 | + 18.2% |
|
#9
|
Ford Focus
|
20,372 | + 6.8% | 171,921 | + 3.0% |
|
#10
|
Toyota Prius
|
17,948 | + 25.0% | 115,040 | + 2.2% |
|
|
Prius Sedan ^
|
16,157 | + 21.4% | 108,218 | + 1.7% |
|
|
Prius Plug-In ^
|
1791 | + 71.1% | 6822 | + 12.2% |
|
#11
|
Hyundai Sonata
|
16,917 | – 13.8% | 138,830 | – 12.1% |
|
#12
|
Chevrolet Malibu
|
16,890 | + 16.5% | 140,463 | – 16.5% |
|
#13
|
Volkswagen Jetta
|
16,280 | + 5.4% | 110,964 | – 1.2% |
|
#14
|
Kia Optima
|
15,199 | + 9.0% | 112,409 | + 11.9% |
|
#15
|
Chevrolet Impala
|
13,274 | – 22.2% | 109,571 | – 12.3% |
|
#16
|
Nissan Sentra
|
12,605 | + 18.7% | 90,483 | + 18.3% |
|
#17
|
Chevrolet Sonic
|
11,354 | + 30.5% | 62,314 | + 8.9% |
|
#18
|
Mazda 3
|
11,031 | – 0.8% | 72,968 | – 8.4% |
|
#19
|
BMW 3-Series
|
10,357 | + 66.9% | 69,409 | + 14.5% |
|
#20
|
Volkswagen Passat
|
10,194 | + 1.0% | 76,364 | + 3.0% |
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
^ Prius breakdown by variant
RECOMMENDED READING
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America – August 2014
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America – September 2013
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America – July 2013
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America – August 2012
Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America – August 2013
Top 14 Best-Selling Pickup Trucks In America – August 2013 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – August 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America – August 2013