Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America – October 2013

With the monthly list of America’s 20 best-selling cars, GoodCarBadCar is rarely full of surprises. The Toyota Camry was America’s most popular car in October 2013. The five top sellers were Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissan’s Altima. How rarely that is not the case.

Camry sales slid in October but are up slightly through ten months. The Honda Accord’s decline made way for the surging Honda Civic to claim second spot. Nissan Altima volume also fell, and the Toyota Corolla pushed in front of the Altima by 1852 units. The Altima ranks fourth among cars year-to-date.

America’s two best-selling compacts, the Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus, both posted significant year-over-year declines. But Ford’s Fusion countered with 21,740 sales, a 71% increase, and the Chevrolet Malibu was up 63.5%. No cars in the top 20 reported better YOY improvements, although the Hyundai Sonata’s 18.5% jump was out of sync with recent history. Sonata volume is down 10% this year.

• All Vehicles Ranked By October 2013 & YTD U.S. Sales
• All 155 Cars Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales

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 the list of America’s best-selling trucks and best-selling SUVs in October.

The + icon has been removed from year-over-year improvements. Look instead for red font to designate year-over-year declines. We’ve also added prior year data, which means you’ll spend less time hunting around GCBC looking for relatively recent historical data.

America’s 20 best-selling cars in October 2013 are as follows.

November 2013 • September 2013 • October 2012

Rank	Best-Selling Car	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
#1	Toyota Camry	29,144	29,926	– 2.6%	348,134	344,714	1.0%
#2	Honda Civic	27,328	20,687	32.1%	280,889	254,716	10.3%
#3	Honda Accord	25,162	28,349	– 11.2%	307,264	276,196	11.2%
#4	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	23,637	20,949	12.8%	257,184	243,652	5.6%
#5	Nissan Altima	21,785	24,623	– 11.5%	271,303	258,663	4.9%
#6	Ford Fusion	21,740	12,690	71.3%	248,033	206,855	19.9%
#7	Hyundai Sonata	19,872	16,773	18.5%	172,574	192,119	– 10.2%
#8	Chevrolet Cruze	16,087	19,121	– 15.9%	211,862	199,721	6.1%
#9	Chevrolet Malibu	15,746	9629	63.5%	170,696	189,094	– 9.7%
#10	Ford Focus	15,108	18,320	– 17.5%	203,762	205,006	– 0.6%
#11	Hyundai Elantra	14,876	14,512	2.5%	209,469	167,087	25.4%
#12	BMW 3-Series & 4-Series *	11,715	9729	20.4%	89,636	78,081	14.8%
#13	Chevrolet Impala	11,713	8368	40.0%	132,746	148,547	– 10.6%
#14	Volkswagen Jetta	11,710	13,476	– 13.1%	135,983	140,504	– 3.2%
#15	Kia Optima	11,492	12,948	– 11.2%	135,548	127,676	6.2%
#16	Toyota Prius	10,334	10,677	– 3.2%	135,559	135,669	– 0.1%
	Prius Sedan	*8239*	8788	– 6.2%	125,490	126,046	– 0.4%
	Prius Plug-In	*2095*	1889	10.9%	10,069	9623	4.6%
#17	Nissan Versa	8626	8311	3.8%	100,161	93,883	6.7%
#18	Nissan Sentra	8399	5624	49.3%	106,680	91,464	16.6%
#19	Chrysler 200	8347	8758	– 4.7%	111,207	109,025	2.0%
#20	Kia Soul	8240	7988	3.2%	98,864	101,344	– 5.4%

Source: Automakers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Until BMW separates 3-Series and 4-Series sales in their own release, we can’t separate them, either, as BMW is up until now refusing to separate the two.
^ Prius breakdown by variant.