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| We Don’t Have Official Numbers, But I’m 85.7% Sure This Wasn’t America’s Best-Selling Car In April |
Defining “car” as we do here, 149 passenger car nameplates were sold in the United States in the first four months of 2013, not including unreported cars like the Ferrari FF and Lamborghini Aventador, for which I’m sure there were many buyers.
Those 149 nameplates collected 2,571,187 buyers between January and April. 18.3% of those sales came from America’s four best-selling midsize cars, which also happen to be America’s four best-selling cars overall.
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| We Do Have Numbers: Nissan USA Sold 371 GT-Rs Between January And April 2013 |
When combined, those four cars – the declining Toyota Camry, surging Honda Accord, declining Nissan Altima, and surging Ford Fusion – sold more often in the first four months of 2013 than the bottom 103 cars on this list combined.
Americans have registered 14 different pickup truck nameplates this year, eight different minivans, eight commercial vans from five automakers, and 88 SUVs and crossover nameplates (more if you were to count the Outback, XV Crosstrek, Allroad, Venza, and Crosstour as SUVs and not cars like we have). That leaves these cars, which contributed just under 52% of the auto industry’s volume in the first third of 2013.
What’s new for April? Honda reported a couple FCX sales; Chevrolet one Aveo sale; and Kia began selling the Cadenza. You’ll find them in 137th, 145th, and 149th.
Overall, car sales in the first four months of 2013 (including ANDC‘s estimates for Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Maybach, Rolls-Royce) rose by 89,589 units from 2,553,430 to 2,643,019, a 3.5% improvement.
These are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by April volume by clicking the April 2013 column header, or you can rank cars by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list an automaker’s cars together by selecting the Car column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.
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 – April 2014 – May 2013 – March 2013
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Rank
|
Car
|
April 2013 YTD
|
% Change
|
April
2013 |
% Change
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
#1
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Toyota Camry | 132,540 | – 6.8% | 31,710 | – 13.9% |
|
#2
|
Honda Accord | 121,965 | + 26.4% | 33,538 | – 5.2% |
|
#3
|
Nissan Altima | 108,943 | – 3.2% | 21,991 | + 35.4% |
|
#4
|
Ford Fusion | 107,280 | + 25.4% | 26,722 | + 23.7% |
|
#5
|
Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 104,517 | + 12.1% | 24,273 | – 2.1% |
|
#6
|
Honda Civic | 98,712 | – 2.8% | 26,453 | + 8.3% |
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#7
|
Ford Focus | 84,455 | – 1.2% | 22,557 | + 16.1% |
|
#8
|
Hyundai Elantra | 78,991 | + 29.0% | 24,445 | + 45.2% |
|
#9
|
Chevrolet Cruze | 77,763 | + 3.3% | 22,032 | + 21.0% |
|
#10
|
Chevrolet Malibu | 70,913 | – 11.9% | 21,734 | – 0.8% |
|
#11
|
Hyundai Sonata | 63,362 | – 16.3% | 16,077 | – 21.7% |
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#12
|
Chevrolet Impala | 55,286 | – 15.4% | 10,943 | – 26.9% |
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#13
|
Kia Optima | 53,491 | + 15.3% | 14,678 | + 33.2% |
|
#14
|
Volkswagen Jetta | 50,373 | – 7.1% | 13,078 | – 16.5% |
|
#14.1
|
Volkswagen Jetta Sedan | 43,469 | – 9.4% | 11,110 | – 19.2% |
|
#14.2
|
Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen | 7104 | + 9.9% | 1968 | + 3.4% |
|
#15
|
Toyota Prius * | 50,365 | – 17.7% | 13,031 | – 24.7% |
|
#15.1
|
Toyota Prius Liftback | 47,413 | – 19.1% | 12,432 | – 20.6% |
|
#15.2
|
Toyota Prius Plug-In | 2952 | + 15.0% | 599 | – 63.8% |
|
#16
|
Chrysler 200 | 49,377 | + 9.8% | 12,492 | – 6.4% |
|
#17
|
Nissan Versa | 46,442 | + 6.7% | 7155 | – 14.2% |
|
#18
|
Nissan Sentra | 43,736 | + 11.6% | 10,734 | + 44.9% |
|
#19
|
Dodge Avenger | 42,745 | + 30.4% | 10,698 | – 4.0% |
|
#20
|
Kia Soul | 40,324 | – 6.9% | 11,311 | + 5.6% |
|
#21
|
Subaru Outback | 36,831 | + 3.4% | 8730 | + 2.1% |
|
#22
|
Mazda 3 | 36,200 | – 14.3% | 7067 | – 16.9% |
|
#23
|
Volkswagen Passat | 34,978 | + 1.0% | 9069 | – 10.2% |
|
#24
|
Dodge Charger | 33,899 | + 11.2% | 7801 | – 2.4% |
|
#25
|
Dodge Dart | 31,064 | —– | 8099 | —– |
|
#26
|
Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 30,250 | + 23.3% | 7338 | + 14.2% |
|
#27
|
BMW 3-Series | 28,898 | – 14.3% | 8236 | – 8.5% |
|
#28
|
Chevrolet Sonic | 28,260 | + 0.04% | 8151 | + 27.6% |
|
#28
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 27,147 | – 14.0% | 7949 | – 17.4% |
|
#30
|
Ford Taurus | 26,495 | + 19.8% | 7053 | – 2.2% |
|
#30.1
|
Ford Taurus | 22,871 | + 6.2% | 5887 | – 11.7% |
|
#30.2
|
Ford Taurus Police Interceptor | 3624 | + 530% | 1166 | + 113% |
|
#31
|
Subaru Impreza | 25,151 | – 21.6% | 6200 | – 23.9% |
|
#31.1
|
Subaru Impreza | 19,124 | – 31.4% | 4692 | – 30.9% |
|
#31.1
|
Subaru Impreza WRX | 6027 | + 44.2% | 1508 | + 11.5% |
|
#32
|
Ford Mustang | 25,071 | – 10.2% | 7751 | – 0.6% |
|
#33
|
Toyota Avalon | 23,846 | + 84.5% | 6321 | + 119% |
|
#34
|
Ford Fiesta | 22,108 | + 7.0% | 6080 | + 18.4% |
|
#35
|
Lexus ES | 21,923 | + 89.8% | 5122 | + 70.7% |
|
#36
|
Kia Forte | 20,554 | – 19.6% | 5212 | – 26.1% |
|
#37
|
Chrysler 300 | 20,154 | – 27.3% | 4120 | – 46.9% |
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#38
|
Dodge Challenger | 19,344 | + 32.3% | 4804 | + 17.1% |
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#39
|
Hyundai Accent | 18,644 | – 24.3% | 4730 | – 23.2% |
|
#40
|
Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 18,120 | – 5.6% | 4431 | – 16.8% |
|
#41
|
BMW 5-Series | 17,373 | + 6.7% | 5234 | + 46.8% |
|
#42
|
Nissan Maxima | 16,685 | – 20.3% | 2678 | – 22.2% |
|
#43
|
Infiniti G | 16,406 | – 10.2% | 3490 | + 17.8% |
|
#43.1
|
Infiniti G Sedan | 13,080 | – 7.1% | 2696 | + 29.0% |
|
#43.2
|
Infiniti G Coupe/Convertible | 3326 | – 20.8% | 794 | – 8.9% |
|
#44
|
Honda Fit | 15,819 | – 0.1% | 4286 | + 33.9% |
|
#45
|
Buick LaCrosse | 15,679 | – 13.0% | 4307 | – 5.2% |
|
#46
|
Subaru XV Crosstrek | 15,143 | —– | 4433 | —– |
|
#47
|
Buick Verano | 14,786 | + 85.5% | 3391 | + 13.4% |
|
#48
|
Subaru Legacy | 14,615 | – 8.2% | 3286 | – 13.5% |
|
#49
|
Toyota Venza | 14,378 | + 23.0% | 3297 | + 8.1% |
|
#50
|
Kia Rio | 14,349 | – 2.4% | 4531 | + 13.1% |
|
#51
|
Mazda 6 | 13,884 | – 35.9% | 2933 | – 22.4% |
|
#52
|
Volkswagen Beetle | 13,689 | + 103% | 3679 | + 78.2% |
|
#52.1
|
Volkswagen Beetle Hardtop | 9300 | + 38.0% | 1980 | – 4.1% |
|
#52.2
|
Volkswagen Beetle Convertible | 4389 | —– | 1699 | —– |
|
#53
|
Fiat 500 | 13,511 | + 6.4% | 3899 | + 1.3% |
|
#54
|
Audi A4 | 13,406 | + 13.7% | 3611 | + 16.2% |
|
#54.1
|
Audi A4 Sedan/Avant | 11,648 | – 1.2% | 3143 | + 1.1% |
|
#54.2
|
Audi A4 Allroad | 1758 | —– | 468 | —– |
|
#55
|
Toyota Prius C * | 13,351 | + 50.0% | 3486 | – 13.0% |
|
#56
|
Ford C-Max | 13,285 | —– | 3608 | —– |
|
#57
|
Mini Cooper | 12,874 | – 9.6% | 3827 | – 8.8% |
|
#57.1
|
Mini Cooper Hardtop | 8859 | – 6.2% | 2469 | – 5.8% |
|
#57.2
|
Mini Cooper Clubman | 1238 | – 29.5% | 400 | – 21.3% |
|
#57.3
|
Mini Cooper Convertible | 1226 | – 18.4% | 507 | – 2.7% |
|
#57.4
|
Mini Roadster | 938 | + 83.2% | 283 | + 9.7% |
|
#57.5
|
Mini Coupe | 613 | – 40.3% | 168 | – 42.1% |
|
#58
|
Cadillac ATS | 12,475 | —– | 2725 | —– |
|
#59
|
Chevrolet Spark | 11,903 | —– | 3121 | —– |
|
#60
|
Toyota Prius V * | 11,897 | – 25.3% | 3372 | – 12.3% |
|
#61
|
Volkswagen Golf | 11,130 | – 13.8% | 2607 | – 32.7% |
|
#61.1
|
Volkswagen Golf 2.5 & TDI | 6192 | + 4.7% | 1435 | – 20.6% |
|
#61.2
|
Volkswagen Golf GTI | 4098 | – 30.7% | 1023 | – 40.4% |
|
#61.3
|
Volkswagen Golf R | 840 | – 22.7% | 149 | – 57.7% |
|
#62
|
Hyundai Genesis | 10,697 | – 9.2% | 2584 | – 27.2% |
|
#63
|
Cadillac CTS | 10,260 | – 37.0% | 2398 | – 42.9% |
|
#64
|
Cadillac XTS | 10,021 | —– | 2891 | —– |
|
#65
|
Acura TL | 9752 | – 14.6% | 2959 | – 1.3% |
|
#66
|
Hyundai Veloster | 9477 | – 20.8% | 3120 | – 2.3% |
|
#67
|
Toyota Yaris | 9401 | – 34.9% | 2066 | – 51.7% |
|
#68
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 7792 | + 40.1% | 1525 | + 9.2% |
|
#69
|
Lincoln MKZ | 7770 | – 13.1% | 4012 | + 115% |
|
#70
|
Acura ILX | 7508 | —– | 1894 | —– |
|
#71
|
Volvo S60 | 7494 | – 2.4% | 1547 | – 10.7% |
|
#72
|
Lexus IS | 6970 | – 22.3% | 1797 | – 23.3% |
|
#73
|
Audi A6 | 6280 | + 22.0% | 1905 | + 21.7% |
|
#74
|
Scion FR-S | 6269 | —– | 1629 | —– |
|
#75
|
Scion xB | 6135 | – 5.4% | 1578 | – 2.4% |
|
#76
|
Buick Regal | 5830 | – 41.4% | 1746 | – 38.8% |
|
#77
|
Audi A5 | 5810 | + 13.2% | 1809 | + 27.4% |
|
#78
|
Acura TSX | 5798 | – 52.2% | 1622 | – 48.3% |
|
#78.1
|
Acura TSX Sedan | 4979 | – 54.2% | 1416 | – 49.6% |
|
#78.2
|
Acura TSX SportWagon | 819 | – 35.2% | 206 | – 37.8% |
|
#79
|
Volkswagen CC | 5740 | + 8.5% | 1655 | + 45.7% |
|
#80
|
Chevrolet Volt | 5550 | + 3.2% | 1306 | – 10.7% |
|
#81
|
Scion tC | 5540 | – 23.5% | 1401 | – 30.2% |
|
#82
|
Honda Crosstour | 5533 | + 8.0% | 1504 | – 15.0% |
|
#83
|
Nissan Leaf | 5476 | + 160% | 1937 | + 424% |
|
#84
|
Lexus GS | 5325 | – 24.5% | 1236 | – 38.4% |
|
#85
|
Lexus CT200h | 4416 | – 32.2% | 1171 | – 27.7% |
|
#86
|
Mercedes-Benz S-Class | 4180 | + 19.2% | 1103 | + 16.4% |
|
#87
|
Hyundai Azera | 4118 | + 270% | 1409 | + 47.8% |
|
#88
|
Mazda 2 | 4060 | – 51.2% | 564 | – 46.2% |
|
#89
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 3915 | – 9.5% | 974 | – 30.2% |
|
#90
|
Porsche 911 | 3613 | + 16.8% | 891 | – 18.3% |
|
#91
|
Lexus LS | 3560 | + 69.4% | 700 | + 59.8% |
|
#92
|
Lincoln MKS | 3485 | – 24.0% | 730 | – 43.8% |
|
#93
|
BMW 7-Series | 3209 | – 17.6% | 871 | + 68.8% |
|
#94
|
Smart Fortwo | 2860 | – 5.5% | 667 | – 12.7% |
|
#95
|
Suzuki SX4 | 2859 | – 31.8% | —– | – 100% |
|
#96
|
BMW 6-Series | 2831 | + 28.1% | 760 | + 48.1% |
|
#97
|
Scion xD | 2737 | – 21.0% | 705 | – 23.0% |
|
#98
|
Audi A7 | 2728 | – 2.7% | 645 | – 17.3% |
|
#99
|
Jaguar XF | 2608 | + 29.8% | 709 | + 54.5% |
|
#100
|
Subaru BRZ | 2600 | —– | 812 | —– |
|
#101
|
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 2422 | + 366% | 938 | + 275% |
|
#102
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Nissan Cube | 2419 | – 8.7% | 468 | – 18.3% |
|
#103
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Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class | 2335 | – 2.9% | 640 | – 1.1% |
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#104
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Infiniti M | 1956 | – 40.0% | 388 | – 15.8% |
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#105
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Nissan 370Z | 1946 | – 31.7% | 568 | – 27.6% |
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#106
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Audi A8 | 1929 | + 35.6% | 467 | + 30.4% |
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#107
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BMW 1-Series | 1917 | – 32.4% | 626 | – 15.5% |
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#108
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Porsche Panamera | 1885 | – 31.1% | 501 | – 42.3% |
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#109
|
Mazda MX-5 Miata | 1847 | – 13.9% | 612 | – 11.6% |
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#110
|
Porsche Boxster | 1795 | + 1210% | 496 | + 1278% |
|
#111
|
Suzuki Kizashi | 1602 | – 15.5% | —– | – 100% |
|
#112
|
Honda CR-Z | 1595 | – 6.1% | 405 | + 21.3% |
|
#113
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Mercedes-Benz SLK | 1585 | + 1.7% | 451 | – 3.4% |
|
#114
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Jaguar XJ | 1568 | – 9.1% | 323 | – 35.5% |
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#115
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Volvo XC70 | 1559 | – 7.9% | 439 | + 26.5% |
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#116
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Honda Insight | 1552 | – 48.9% | 391 | – 47.0% |
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#117
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Volkswagen Eos | 1464 | – 32.9% | 487 | – 33.7% |
|
#118
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Scion iQ | 1393 | – 60.0% | 384 | – 60.1% |
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#119
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Hyundai Equus | 1075 | – 15.9% | 261 | – 25.6% |
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#120
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Chevrolet Caprice PPV | 912 | + 68.3% | 233 | + 33.9% |
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#121
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BMW Z4 | 854 | – 3.8% | 230 | – 17.3% |
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#122
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Mitsubishi Galant | 825 | – 88.5% | 176 | – 90.3% |
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#123
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Volvo C70 | 824 | – 46.5% | 224 | – 44.8% |
|
#124
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Audi A3 | 798 | – 65.7% | 55 | – 91.4% |
|
T125
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Acura RLX | 752 | —– | 400 | —– |
|
T125
|
Mitsubishi i MiEV | 752 | + 250% | 127 | + 60.8% |
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#127
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Volvo C30 | 706 | – 17.7% | 184 | + 10.8% |
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#128
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Volvo S80 | 638 | – 39.6% | 123 | – 52.3% |
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#129
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Audi TT | 633 | – 16.0% | 170 | – 17.9% |
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#130
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Jaguar XK | 550 | – 17.5% | 109 | – 3.5% |
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#131
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Porsche Cayman | 457 | + 30.9% | 394 | + 488% |
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#132
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Nissan GT-R | 371 | + 7.8% | 103 | – 12.7% |
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#133
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Audi R8 | 238 | – 29.0% | 71 | – 22.8% |
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#134
|
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class | 192 | – 29.7% | 37 | – 41.3% |
|
#135
|
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 165 | – 57.7% | 46 | – 55.8% |
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#136
|
SRT (Dodge) Viper | 64 | + 220% | 60 | —– |
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#137
|
Kia Cadenza | 61 | —– | 61 | —– |
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#138
|
Mitsubishi Eclipse | 54 | – 91.1% | 12 | – 91.5% |
|
#138.1
|
Mitsubishi Eclipse | 20 | – 94.6% | 4 | – 96.1% |
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#138.2
|
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder | 34 | – 85.7% | 8 | – 79.5% |
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#139
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Dodge Caliber | 45 | – 99.3% | —– | – 100% |
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#140
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Acura RL | 39 | – 70.5% | 7 | – 78.8% |
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#141
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Mercedes-Benz R-Class | 20 | – 96.5% | —– | – 100% |
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#142
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Lexus LFA | 15 | – 21.1% | 6 | + 20.0% |
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#143
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Buick Lucerne | 4 | – 99.5% | —– | – 100% |
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#144
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Cadillac DTS | 3 | – 98.9% | —– | – 100% |
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T145
|
Honda FCX | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | + 100% |
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T145
|
Chevrolet HHR | 2 | – 77.8% | —– | 0.0% |
|
T145
|
Cadillac STS | 2 | – 98.1% | 1 | – 95.0% |
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T145
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Lexus HS250h | 2 | – 99.7% | —– | – 100% |
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#149
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Chevrolet Aveo | 1 | – 97.9% | 1 | – 83.3% |
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total. 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 the first third of 2013 were 276, 648, 184, 88, and 336, respectively. HybridCars.com estimates that Tesla Model S sales totalled 2100 in April; 6850 through four months. Total Maserati and Bentley volume is reported, but not by specific models.
* Prius Family sales in April: 19,889, down 21%; year-to-date down 12.1% to 75,613.
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