March 2014 U.S. Passenger Car Sales Rankings – Top 148 Best-Selling Cars In America – Every Car Ranked

One month after GoodCarBadCar displayed the Nissan Altima’s two-month-long victory over the Toyota Camry in U.S. sales volume, a story which was covered by many in the automotive press.

Oh no, the Camry suddenly isn’t desirable after all. Oh no, how’s Toyota going to survive. Oh no, the Altima is pretty much as boring as the Camry. Things that weren’t said by the 52,330 people who bought or leased a new Camry in January and February.

• All Makes & Models Ranked By March 2014 YTD U.S. Sales
• All 85 SUVs & Crossovers Ranked By March 2014 & YTD U.S. Sales

Then in March, Camry sales shot up 11.4%, and fell 1.4% compared with March 2012, and rose 33.3% compared with March 2011. Toyota also announced the reveal of a thoroughly revamped version of the current Camry for the 2015 model year at the New York Auto Show.

The Kia K900 (Top) Went On Sale In March. The Camry’s
Big Brother, This Avalon, Is Down 24% In The U.S. In 2014.

Via greater incentives, Toyota USA was forced to cut the price of the current Camry in order to line it up with the marketplace’s current level of acceptance. This is not unusual. More difficult to comprehend is the way in which Americans aren’t as accepting of the new Honda Accord as they were of the old Honda Accord.

The Camry, Accord, Altima accounted for 14.3% of the new cars sold in the first quarter of 2014, down slightly from 14.3% in the larger passenger car market of 2013’s first quarter. The Camry brings in 21.4% of Toyota brand volume this year, down from 22.1% in early 2013.

There were important improvements introduced in last October’s ranking of new car sales. Prior year figures now include the actual numbers from last year, not just the percentage increase from last year. As a result, we’ve also included vehicles like the Buick Lucerne and Lexus HS250h, nameplates which collected sales last March but not this year. At any time, click the Rank column to return to the original format. If you’re on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.

Reminder: these are 2014 year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by March volume by clicking the March 2014 column header, or you can rank cars by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the Car column header.

As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • March 2015 • April 2014 • February 2014 • March 2013

Rank	Car	March 2014 YTD	March 2013 YTD	% Change	March 2014	March 2013	% Change
#1	Toyota Camry	94,283	100,830	-6.5%	41,953	37,663	11.4%
#2	Nissan Altima	89,285	86,952	2.7%	35,921	37,763	-4.9%
#3	Honda Accord	79,188	88,427	-10.4%	33,962	36,504	-7.0%
#4	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	77,737	80,244	-3.1%	29,685	31,423	-5.5%
#5	Ford Fusion	77,578	80,558	-3.7%	32,963	30,284	8.8%
#6	Honda Civic	71,096	72,259	-1.6%	27,697	27,665	0.1%
#7	Chevrolet Cruze	65,185	55,731	17.0%	26,521	23,260	14.0%
#8	Hyundai Elantra	53,237	54,546	-2.4%	21,518	26,153	-17.7%
#9	Ford Focus	51,903	61,898	-16.1%	23,974	24,929	-3.8%
#10	Chevrolet Malibu	48,136	49,179	-2.1%	18,866	18,539	1.8%
#11	Nissan Sentra	40,789	33,002	23.6%	19,323	13,965	38.4%
#12	Hyundai Sonata	40,253	47,285	-14.9%	19,248	18,031	6.7%
#13	Kia Optima	37,515	38,813	-3.3%	16,310	14,366	13.5%
#14	Volkswagen Jetta	37,368	37,495	-0.3%	15,692	15,005	4.6%
#14.1	Volkswagen Jetta Sedan *	32,739	32,359	1.2%	13,687	12,872	6.3%
#14.2	Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen *	4,629	5,136	-9.9%	2,005	2,133	-6.0%
#15	Chevrolet Impala	36,858	44,343	-16.9%	12,952	14,766	-12.3%
#16	Nissan Versa	34,603	39,287	-11.9%	15,799	15,917	-0.7%
#17	Kia Soul	32,668	29,013	12.6%	13,992	12,080	15.8%
#18	Chrysler 200	30,489	36,885	-17.3%	7,531	16,593	-54.6%
#19	Subaru Outback	28,926	28,101	2.9%	11,729	10,453	12.2%
#20	Toyota Prius ²	28,814	37,334	-22.8%	12,369	14,654	-15.6%
#20.1	Toyota Prius Sedan *	25,518	34,981	-27.1%	10,917	13,868	-21.3%
#20.2	Toyota Prius Plug-In *	3,296	2,353	40.1%	1,452	786	84.7%
#21	Dodge Charger	24,956	26,098	-4.4%	10,816	9,386	15.2%
#22	BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ³	24,405	20,662	18.1%	10,120	8,858	14.2%
#23	Volkswagen Passat	24,283	25,909	-6.3%	11,050	9,521	16.1%
#24	Chevrolet Sonic	24,233	20,109	20.5%	10,060	6,907	45.6%
#25	Mazda 3	24,056	29,133	-17.4%	10,536	10,505	0.3%
#26	Dodge Avenger	21,740	32,047	-32.2%	8,756	12,439	-29.6%
#27	Subaru Impreza	20,234	18,951	6.8%	8,089	7,054	14.7%
#27.1	Subaru Impreza *	14,719	14,432	2.0%	5,908	5,327	10.9%
#27.2	Subaru Impreza WRX *	5,515	4,519	22.0%	2,181	1,727	26.3%
#28	Ford Mustang	19,596	17,320	13.1%	9,305	7,688	21.0%
#29	Chevrolet Camaro	19,568	19,198	1.9%	8,624	8,102	6.4%
#30	Kia Forte	17,285	15,342	12.7%	7,048	5,931	18.8%
#31	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	17,029	22,912	-25.7%	5,660	8,396	-32.6%
#32	Subaru XV Crosstrek	16,875	10,710	57.6%	6,585	4,688	40.5%
#33	Dodge Dart	16,074	22,965	-30.0%	6,135	8,091	-24.2%
#34	Hyundai Accent	16,008	13,914	15.0%	5,843	5,669	3.1%
#35	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	15,872	13,689	15.9%	6,335	4,009	58.0%
#36	Ford Fiesta	15,598	16,028	-2.7%	6,592	6,728	-2.0%
#37	Lexus ES	15,103	16,801	-10.1%	6,784	6,798	-0.2%
#38	Ford Taurus	14,594	19,442	-24.9%	6,576	7,929	-17.1%
#38.1	Ford Taurus	12,309	16,984	-27.5%	5,689	7,003	-18.8%
#38.2	Ford Taurus Police Interceptor	2,285	2,458	-7.0%	887	926	-4.2%
#39	Nissan Maxima	14,461	14,007	3.2%	6,008	6,088	-1.3%
#40	Toyota Avalon	13,295	17,525	-24.1%	5,946	6,982	-14.8%
#41	Chrysler 300	13,000	16,034	-18.9%	5,367	5,686	-5.6%
#42	Mazda 6	12,847	10,951	17.3%	5,730	6,102	-6.1%
#43	Lexus IS	11,458	5,173	122%	4,893	2,255	117%
#44	Dodge Challenger	11,034	14,540	-24.1%	4,882	6,132	-20.4%
#45	BMW 5-Series	10,952	12,139	-9.8%	3,865	5,306	-27.2%
#46	Buick Verano	10,881	11,395	-4.5%	3,289	3,564	-7.7%
#47	Buick LaCrosse	10,522	11,372	-7.5%	3,550	4,157	-14.6%
#48	Honda Fit	10,444	11,533	-9.4%	4,201	4,602	-8.7%
#49	Infiniti Q50 †	10,019	—	—	3,795	—	—
#50	Kia Rio	9,566	9,818	-2.6%	3,571	4,009	-10.9%
#51	Chevrolet Spark	9,541	8,782	8.6%	5,117	3,538	44.6%
#52	Lincoln MKZ	9,218	3,758	145%	4,052	2,360	71.7%
#53	Toyota Prius C ²	8,833	9,865	-10.5%	3,685	4,026	-8.5%
#54	Audi A4	8,687	9,795	-11.3%	3,692	3,951	-6.6%
#54.1	Audi A4 Sedan/Avant *	7,744	8,505	-8.9%	3,334	3,414	-2.3%
#54.1	Audi A4 Allroad *	943	1,290	-26.9%	358	537	-33.3%
#55	Subaru Legacy	8,544	11,329	-24.6%	3,234	4,400	-26.5%
#56	Fiat 500	8,473	9,612	-11.8%	3,316	3,807	-12.9%
#57	Chevrolet Corvette	8,179	2,941	178%	3,480	1,053	231%
#58	Volkswagen Beetle	8,167	10,010	-18.4%	3,432	4,082	-15.9%
#58.1	Volkswagen Beetle Coupe *	5,205	7,320	-28.9%	2,131	2,599	-18.0%
#58.2	Volkswagen Beetle Convertible *	2,962	2,690	10.1%	1,301	1,483	-12.3%
#59	Cadillac CTS	7,659	7,862	-2.6%	2,918	2,791	4.6%
#60	Toyota Venza	7,555	11,081	-31.8%	3,090	3,965	-22.1%
#61	Cadillac ATS	7,318	9,750	-24.9%	2,982	3,587	-16.9%
#62	Hyundai Veloster	6,686	6,357	5.2%	2,782	2,693	3.3%
#63	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	6,129	—	—	1,725	—	—
#64	Buick Regal	6,058	4,084	48.3%	2,424	1,605	51.0%
#65	Toyota Prius V ²	6,001	8,525	-29.6%	2,528	3,460	-26.9%
#66	Cadillac XTS	5,880	7,130	-17.5%	2,126	3,061	-30.5%
#67	Ford C-Max	5,566	9,677	-42.5%	2,295	3,769	-39.1%
#68	Audi A6	5,436	4,375	24.3%	2,212	1,746	26.7%
#69	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	5,369	3,077	74.5%	2,299	1,216	89.1%
#70	Lexus GS	5,358	4,089	31.0%	2,484	1,882	32.0%
#71	Volkswagen Golf	5,350	8,523	-37.2%	1,989	2,854	-30.3%
#71.1	Volkswagen Golf GTI *	2,770	3,075	-9.9%	1,012	1,122	-9.8%
#71.2	Volkswagen Golf *	2,566	4,757	-46.1%	973	1,505	-35.3%
#71.3	Volkswagen Golf R *	14	691	-98.0%	4	227	-98.2%
#72	Volvo S60	5,284	5,947	-11.1%	2,384	1,957	21.8%
#73	Infiniti G/Q60 †	5,248	12,916	-59.4%	2,595	5,572	-53.4%
#73.1	Infiniti G Sedan *	3,830	10,384	-63.1%	2,001	4,530	-55.8%
#73.2	Infiniti Q60 *	1,418	2,532	-44.0%	594	1042	-43.0%
#74	Hyundai Genesis	5,236	8,113	-35.5%	2,170	3,124	-30.5%
#75	Nissan Leaf	5,184	3,539	46.5%	2,507	2,236	12.1%
#76	Acura TL	4,852	6,793	-28.6%	2,004	3,080	-34.9%
#77	Mitsubishi Lancer	4,842	6,267	-22.7%	2,663	1,651	61.3%
#78	Scion tC	4,330	4,139	4.6%	1,860	1,631	14.0%
#79	Toyota Yaris	4,144	7,335	-43.5%	1,805	2,393	-24.6%
#80	Acura ILX	4,141	5,614	-26.2%	1,683	2,059	-18.3%
#81	BMW 6-Series	4,127	2,071	99.3%	3,063	877	249%
#82	Scion xB	4,057	4,557	-11.0%	1,534	1,778	-13.7%
#83	Lexus CT200h	4,000	3,245	23.3%	1,480	1,062	39.4%
#84	Mini Cooper	3,946	9,047	-56.4%	1,625	4,141	-60.8%
#84.1	Mini Cooper Hardtop *	1,964	6,390	-69.3%	687	2,750	-75.0%
#84.2	Mini Cooper Clubman *	780	838	-6.9%	344	431	-20.2%
#84.3	Mini Cooper Convertible *	644	719	-10.4%	352	421	-16.4%
#84.4	Mini Cooper Roadster *	296	655	-54.8%	143	309	-53.7%
#84.5	Mini Cooper Coupe *	262	445	-41.1%	99	230	-57.0%
#85	Mazda 2	3,808	3,496	8.9%	2,202	925	138%
#86	Mitsubishi Mirage	3,785	—	—	1,499	—	—
#87	Chevrolet Volt	3,606	4,244	-15.0%	1,478	1,478	0.0%
#88	Audi A5	3,491	4,001	-12.7%	1,536	1,628	-5.7%
#89	Scion FR-S	3,425	4,640	-26.2%	1,464	1,828	-19.9%
#90	Honda Crosstour	3,318	4,029	-17.6%	1,017	1,522	-33.2%
#91	Volkswagen CC	2,974	4,085	-27.2%	1,129	1,770	-36.2%
#92	Fiat 500L	2,952	—	0.0%	1,422	–	0.0%
#93	Acura TSX	2,923	4,176	-30.0%	1,119	1,492	-25.0%
#93.1	Acura TSX Sedan *	2,619	3,563	-26.5%	1,015	1,289	-21.3%
#93.2	Acura TSX SportWagon *	304	613	-50.4%	104	203	-48.8%
#94	Porsche 911	2,535	2,722	-6.9%	887	990	-10.4%
#95	Kia Cadenza	2,495	—	—	868	—	—
#96	Lincoln MKS	2,440	2,755	-11.4%	1,034	924	11.9%
#97	Jaguar XF	2,296	1,899	20.9%	742	800	-7.3%
#98	Smart Fortwo	2,237	2,193	2.0%	775	929	-16.6%
#99	Hyundai Azera	2,118	2,709	-21.8%	760	1,117	-32.0%
#100	Audi A7	2,106	2,083	1.1%	854	797	7.2%
#101	Subaru BRZ	2,066	1,788	15.5%	857	905	-5.3%
#102	Scion xD	2,054	2,032	1.1%	800	812	-1.5%
#103	Lexus LS	1,967	2,860	-31.2%	744	980	-24.1%
#104	BMW 7-Series	1,882	2,338	-19.5%	707	1,046	-32.4%
#105	Nissan 370Z	1,734	1,378	25.8%	793	669	18.5%
#106	Infiniti Q70/M	1,593	1,568	1.6%	646	641	0.8%
#107	Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	1,483	1,695	-12.5%	604	563	7.3%
#108	Porsche Panamera	1,466	1,384	5.9%	442	411	7.5%
#109	Volvo V60	1,259	—	—	602	—	—
#110	Mazda MX-5 Miata	1,256	1,235	1.7%	751	573	31.1%
#111	Nissan Cube	1,248	1,951	-36.0%	418	793	-47.3%
#112	Jaguar XJ	1,209	1,245	-2.9%	556	440	26.4%
#113	Acura RLX/RL ‡	1,178	384	207%	387	344	12.5%
#114	Audi A8	1,174	1,462	-19.7%	477	563	-15.3%
#115	Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	1,145	1,484	-22.8%	453	659	-31.3%
#116	Honda Insight	1,066	1,161	-8.2%	410	454	-9.7%
#117	Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class	995	1,134	-12.3%	445	453	-1.8%
#118	Honda CR-Z	939	1,190	-21.1%	354	451	-21.5%
#119	Porsche Boxster	933	1,299	-28.2%	329	516	-36.2%
#120	Porsche Cayman	922	63	1364%	288	61	372%
#121	Hyundai Equus	918	814	12.8%	331	291	13.7%
#122	Volvo XC70	910	1,120	-18.8%	382	431	-11.4%
#123	BMW 1-Series & 2-Series ³	904	1,291	-30.0%	557	594	-6.2%
#124	Chevrolet SS	865	—	—	350	—	—
#125	Audi A3	863	743	16.2%	300	120	150%
#126	BMW Z4	849	624	36.1%	592	316	87.3%
#127	Jaguar F-Type	786	—	—	287	—	—
#128	Chevrolet Caprice PPV	769	679	13.3%	247	241	2.5%
#129	Volkswagen Eos	708	977	-27.5%	328	403	-18.6%
#130	Volvo S80	612	515	18.8%	175	188	-6.9%
#131	Scion iQ	591	1,009	-41.4%	259	383	-32.4%
#132	Jaguar XK	424	441	-3.9%	231	168	37.5%
#133	Volvo C70	416	600	-30.7%	148	259	-42.9%
#134	Audi TT	383	463	-17.3%	152	189	-19.6%
#135	Nissan GT-R	264	268	-1.5%	119	122	-2.5%
#136	Audi R8	225	167	34.7%	74	68	8.8%
#137	Cadillac ELR	180	—	—	81	—	—
#138	Dodge (SRT) Viper ¹	158	4	3850%	67	3	2133%
#139	Mitsubishi Galant	122	649	-81.2%	80	216	-63.0%
#140	Kia K900	105	—	—	105	—	—
#141	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	79	119	-33.6%	22	44	-50.0%
#142	Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	76	155	-51.0%	28	53	-47.2%
#143	Volvo C30	62	522	-88.1%	36	199	-81.9%
#144	Mitsubishi i MiEV	28	625	-95.5%	24	31	-22.6%
T145	Mercedes-Benz R-Class	4	20	-80.0%	—	5	-100%
T145	Lexus LFA	4	9	-55.6%	2	4	-50.0%
#147	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	2	—	—	1	—	—
#148	Mazda RX-8	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—
#255	Suzuki SX4	—	2,859	-100%	—	1,220	-100%
#256	Suzuki Kizashi	—	1,602	-100%	—	870	-100%
#259	Dodge Caliber	—	45	-100%	—	—	—
#260	Mitsubishi Eclipse	—	42	-100%	—	15	-100%
#260.1	Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder *	—	26	-100%	—	7	-100%
#260.2	Mitsubishi Eclipse *	—	16	-100%	—	8	-100%
#262	Buick Lucerne	—	4	-100%	—	2	-100%
#263	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	—	3	-100%	—	1	-100%
#264	Cadillac DTS	—	3	-100%	—	—	—
#265	Lexus HS	—	2	-100%	—	1	-100%
#266	Chevrolet HHR	—	2	-100%	—	—	—
#268	Cadillac STS	—	1	-100%	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Total	1,836,683	1,915,165	-4.1%	762,078	758,973	0.4%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total.
¹ Chrysler markets the Viper not as a Dodge but as an SRT Viper; we show it here as a Dodge so you can see the Viper with like-minded products when you sort vehicles alphabetically using the Car column header.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 21.7% to 43,648 YTD; down 16.1% to 18,582 in March 2014.
³ BMW has chosen to include sales of the 4-Series within figures for the 3-Series, presumably for year-over-year consistency’s sake, while also combining the 1-Series and 2-Series.
† Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 sales: up 18.2% to 15,267 YTD; up 14.7% to 6390 in March 2014. Total G Sedan and Q50 sales: up 33.4% to 13,849 YTD; up 27.9% to 5796 in March 2014.
‡ Acura has chosen to combine sales figures for the RLX and its predecessor, the RL.
Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. estimates say sales for those brands in March 2014 were 102, 175, 59, 14, and 75, respectively. Bentley sales jumped 36% to 280; Maserati sales rose 342% to 963.
° Tesla, unfortunately, doesn’t release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but Automotive News has begun supplying estimates for the brand, and those estimates are visible in the Vehicles Rankings.