October 2013 U.S. Passenger Car Sales Rankings – Top 156 Best-Selling Cars In America – Every Car Ranked

In Comparison To The Camry’s Slight Improvement,
Hyundai Sonata Sales Are Falling Fast And Far

By outselling its nearest rival by nearly 4000 units in October 2013, the Toyota Camry expanded its year-to-date lead, through ten months, to 40,870 sales. More than 5% of American car buyers have chosen the Camry this year. The Camry and its eight-best-selling midsize rivals accounted for 28% of U.S. new car purchases in the first ten months of 2013.

Yet Camry sales aren’t growing as fast as the industry average. Indeed, in six of 2013’s ten months, Camry sales have fallen, and year-to-date sales are up just 1%. America’s auto industry is up 8.2% this year; car sales are up a little less than 6%.

The Camry’s stagnation doesn’t compare to the decreases we’ve seen from a handful of higher-end car nameplates. (From a volume perspective, Toyota has more than made up for the Camry’s narrow 3420-unit gain in a booming industry with 13,532 extra Corolla sales.)

Malibu Sales Are Down 10% In 2013, A 18,398-Unit Loss

Sales of the Volvo S80 have tumbled 44%.

The Infiniti M is down 39%, equal to 2945 lost sales for already-small Infiniti.

The Buick Regal has fallen 33%. Buick’s 7069 lost Regal sales are due in part to Buick’s decision to orient itself toward the Verano. It’s America’s 46th-best-selling car and accounts for 41% of Buick’s car volume, up from 31% a year ago.

More related to the Camry, sales of the aging Hyundai Sonata have slid 10% this year, although October was a positive Sonata sales month. Toyota Venza volume is down 10%, Chevrolet Malibu sales are down 10%, and the forgotten Subaru Legacy is down 7%. In that group, the Sonata’s drop stands out because of its typically high-volume status – it was America’s seventh-best-selling car in 2011. The Sonata’s 10% loss in 2013 is worth 19,545 sales in just ten months.

Fortunately for Hyundai, sales of the Elantra have risen 25% in 2013, a 42,382-unit improvement in a car market that’s up by 353,000 sales.

• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – October 2013 & YTD
• All 267 Vehicles Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales
• All 91 SUVs & Crossovers Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales

New to the U.S. car sales ranking page in October is the Chevrolet SS. General Motors reported one registration in October. The rear-wheel-drive SS starts about $2000 north of where the front-wheel-drive Impala tops out.

The Subaru Legacy Now Makes Up Just 10% Of Subaru’s
U.S. Volume, Down From 14% A Year Ago

There are exciting improvements in this month’s ranking of vehicle 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 Ford Crown Victoria and Mazda RX-8, nameplates which collected sales in 2012 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 year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by October volume by clicking the October 2013 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. 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.

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Rank	Car	October 2013 YTD	October 2012 YTD	% Change	October 2013	October 2012	% Change
#1	Toyota Camry	348,134	344,714	1.0%	29,144	29,926	-2.6%
#2	Honda Accord	307,264	276,196	11.2%	25,162	28,349	-11.2%
#3	Honda Civic	280,889	254,716	10.3%	27,328	20,687	32.1%
#4	Nissan Altima	271,303	258,663	4.9%	21,785	24,623	-11.5%
#5	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	257,184	243,652	5.6%	23,637	20,949	12.8%
#6	Ford Fusion	248,033	206,855	19.9%	21,740	12,690	71.3%
#7	Chevrolet Cruze	211,862	199,721	6.1%	16,087	19,121	-15.9%
#8	Hyundai Elantra	209,469	167,087	25.4%	14,876	14,512	2.5%
#9	Ford Focus	203,762	205,006	-0.6%	15,108	18,320	-17.5%
#10	Hyundai Sonata	172,574	192,119	-10.2%	19,872	16,773	18.5%
#11	Chevrolet Malibu	170,696	189,094	-9.7%	15,746	9,629	63.5%
#12	Volkswagen Jetta	135,983	140,504	-3.2%	11,710	13,476	-13.1%
#12.1	Volkswagen Jetta Sedan *	116,712	121,399	– 3.9%	10,161	11,253	– 9.7%
#12.2	Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen *	19,271	19,105	0.9%	1549	2223	– 30.3%
#13	Toyota Prius ²	135,559	135,669	– 0.1%	10,334	10,677	-3.2%
#13.1	Toyota Prius Sedan *	125,490	126,046	-0.4%	8239	8788	-6.2%
#13.2	Toyota Prius Plug-In *	10,069	9623	4.6%	2095	1889	10.9%
#14	Kia Optima	135,548	127,676	6.2%	11,492	12,948	-11.2%
#15	Chevrolet Impala	132,746	148,547	-10.6%	11,713	8,368	40.0%
#16	Chrysler 200	111,207	109,025	2.0%	8,348	8,758	-4.7%
#17	Nissan Sentra	106,680	91,464	16.6%	8,399	5,624	49.3%
#18	Nissan Versa	100,161	93,883	6.7%	8,626	8,311	3.8%
#19	Kia Soul	98,864	101,344	-2.4%	8,240	7,988	3.2%
#20	Subaru Outback	98,195	95,357	3.0%	8,122	10,153	-20.0%
#21	Volkswagen Passat	91,522	92,017	-0.5%	7,258	8,355	-13.1%
#22	BMW 3-Series/4-Series ³	89,636	78,081	14.8%	11,715	9,729	20.4%
#23	Mazda 3	89,288	103,223	-13.5%	7,674	9,518	-19.4%
#24	Dodge Avenger	84,005	82,375	2.0%	5,406	7,637	-29.2%
#25	Dodge Charger	81,206	68,409	18.7%	7,864	4,924	59.7%
#26	Chevrolet Sonic	76,499	70,241	8.9%	6,850	5,495	24.7%
#27	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	73,144	65,376	11.9%	6,548	7,636	-14.2%
#28	Dodge Dart	71,453	14,710	386%	5,617	5,455	3.0%
#29	Chevrolet Camaro	70,484	74,090	-4.9%	5,669	5,122	10.7%
#30	Ford Taurus	69,648	61,737	12.8%	6,027	4,889	23.3%
#30.1	Ford Taurus *	59,967	54,765	9.5%	5032	3996	25.9%
#30.2	Ford Taurus Police Interceptor *	9681	6972	38.9%	995	893	11.4%
#31	Ford Mustang	66,083	72,149	-8.4%	6,918	5,328	29.8%
#32	Subaru Impreza	64,922	68,389	-5.1%	4,923	4,738	3.9%
#32.1	Subaru Impreza *	50,140	57,760	-13.2%	3567	3638	-2.0%
#32.2	Subaru Impreza WRX *	14,782	10,629	39.1%	1356	1100	23.3%
#33	Ford Fiesta	61,955	47,475	30.5%	4,337	3,991	8.7%
#34	Toyota Avalon	58,943	23,078	155%	5,148	1,405	266%
#35	Lexus ES	58,073	42,105	37.9%	5,997	5,971	0.4%
#36	Kia Forte	57,421	67,139	-14.5%	4,706	5,911	-20.4%
#37	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	52,462	50,061	4.8%	6,456	5,265	22.6%
#38	Chrysler 300	48,728	58,813	-17.1%	4,542	5,183	-12.4%
#39	Hyundai Accent	48,717	54,811	-11.1%	3,605	3,373	6.9%
#40	Dodge Challenger	45,833	36,309	26.2%	3,256	2,686	21.2%
#41	Honda Fit	44,756	42,351	5.7%	3,735	3,773	-1.0%
#42	BMW 5-Series	43,701	42,556	2.7%	5,020	4,228	18.7%
#43	Subaru XV Crosstrek	42,905	1,927	2127%	4,886	1,735	182%
#44	Buick LaCrosse	42,695	49,205	-13.2%	3,850	4,139	-7.0%
#45	Nissan Maxima	40,179	50,482	-20.4%	3,983	4,361	-8.7%
#46	Buick Verano	39,874	32,648	22.1%	3,306	3,502	-5.6%
#47	Volkswagen Beetle	37,473	24,005	56.1%	2,555	2,439	4.8%
#47.1	Volkswagen Beetle Coupe *	21,411	24,005	-10.8%	1312	2439	-46.2%
#47.2	Volkswagen Beetle Convertible	16,062	—	—	1243	—	—
#48	Subaru Legacy	36,441	39,187	-7.0%	3,090	3,598	-14.1%
#49	Infiniti G/Q60 †	36,329	49,490	-26.6%	2,127	3,438	-38.1%
#49.1	Infiniti G Sedan *	27,513	38,486	-28.5%	1470	2720	-46.0%
#49.2	Infiniti G37 Coupe/Convertible & Q60 *	8816	11,004	-19.9%	657	718	-8.5%
#50	Toyota Prius C ²	36,168	29,458	22.8%	3,035	3,328	-8.8%
#51	Kia Rio	36,112	35,438	1.9%	2,874	2,623	9.6%
#52	Mazda 6	35,632	31,168	14.3%	3,100	1,515	105%
#53	Mini Cooper	35,519	37,239	-4.6%	3,145	4,053	-22.4%
#53.1	Mini Cooper Hardtop *	22,232	23,777	-6.5%	1679	2434	-31.0%
#53.2	Mini Cooper Clubman *	4446	4844	-8.2%	947	595	59.2%
#53.3	Mini Cooper Convertible *	3946	4163	-5.2%	283	371	-23.7%
#53.4	Mini Cooper Roadster *	2563	1902	34.8%	145	306	-52.6%
#53.5	Mini Cooper Coupe *	2332	2553	-8.7%	91	347	-73.8%
#54	Audi A4	34,590	31,381	10.2%	3,477	3,151	10.3%
#54.1	Audi A4 Sedan/Avant *	30,032	29,138	3.1%	3040	2740	10.9%
#54.2	Audi A4 Allroad *	4558	2243	103%	437	411	6.3%
#55	Toyota Venza	31,459	35,012	-10.1%	2,272	3,598	-36.9%
#56	Fiat 500	31,372	36,462	-14.0%	2,378	3,720	-36.1%
#57	Cadillac ATS	30,989	1,877	1551%	2,782	1,266	120%
#58	Ford C-Max	30,784	4,151	642%	2,530	3,182	-20.5%
#59	Chevrolet Spark	30,677	8,447	263%	2,353	2,134	10.3%
#60	Toyota Prius V ²	30,652	34,987	-12.4%	2,254	2,769	-18.6%
#61	Hyundai Genesis	27,061	29,191	-7.3%	1,944	2,175	-10.6%
#62	Volkswagen Golf	26,836	35,322	-24.0%	2,249	2,914	-22.8%
#62.1	Volkswagen Golf *	14,013	17,771	– 21.1%	1169	1674	– 30.2%
#622.2	Volkswagen Golf GTI *	11,287	14,226	– 20.7%	1032	966	6.8%
#622.3	Volkswagen Golf R *	1536	3325	– 53.8%	48	274	– 82.5%
#63	Lincoln MKZ	26,684	25,088	6.4%	2,909	1,614	80.2%
#64	Cadillac CTS	26,483	40,809	-35.1%	2,073	2,344	-11.6%
#65	Cadillac XTS	26,472	9,696	173%	2,750	2,540	8.3%
#66	Lexus IS	25,630	23,223	10.4%	3,570	2,116	68.7%
#67	Hyundai Veloster	25,448	30,802	-17.4%	2,175	2,464	-11.7%
#68	Acura TL	21,057	29,408	-28.4%	1,295	2,560	-49.4%
#69	Toyota Yaris	20,029	26,397	-24.1%	775	2,579	-69.9%
#70	Volvo S60	20,008	19,146	4.5%	1,276	1,153	10.7%
#71	Chevrolet Volt	18,782	19,309	-2.7%	2,022	2,961	-31.7%
#72	Nissan Leaf	18,078	6,791	166%	2,002	1,579	26.8%
#73	Audi A6	17,630	15,529	13.5%	1,838	1,620	13.5%
#74	Acura ILX	17,275	7,658	126%	2,005	1,529	31.1%
#75	Mitsubishi Lancer	16,581	14,024	18.2%	1,161	1,256	-7.6%
#76	Scion tC	16,505	19,790	-16.6%	1,499	1,654	-9.4%
#77	Scion FR-S	16,000	8,572	86.7%	1,233	1,107	11.4%
#78	Audi A5	15,975	14,313	11.6%	1,487	1,308	13.7%
#79	Lexus GS	15,548	17,538	-11.3%	1,293	1,521	-15.0%
#80	Acura TSX	15,394	24,955	-38.3%	1,211	1,577	-23.2%
#80.1	Acura TSX Sedan *	13,630	21,519	-36.7%	1079	1185	-8.9%
#80.2	Acura TSX Sport Wagon *	1764	3436	-48.7%	132	392	-66.3%
#81	Scion xB	15,238	17,055	-10.7%	1,246	1,463	-14.8%
#82	Buick Regal	14,920	21,989	-32.1%	2,153	1,466	46.9%
#83	Honda Crosstour	14,173	16,758	-15.4%	1,266	1,763	-28.2%
#84	Volkswagen CC	13,715	17,253	-20.5%	1,289	2,238	-42.4%
#85	Lexus CT200h	12,282	14,811	-17.1%	842	1,199	-29.8%
#86	Chevrolet Corvette	11,759	11,737	0.2%	3,929	1,167	237%
#87	Mazda 2	9,805	13,853	-29.2%	736	1,124	-34.5%
#88	Hyundai Azera	9,617	6,833	40.7%	512	840	-39.0%
#89	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	9,539	9,310	2.5%	1,914	1,096	74.6%
#90	BMW 7-Series	9,196	8,737	5.3%	623	634	-1.7%
#91	Lincoln MKS	8,985	10,109	-11.1%	919	699	31.5%
#92	Lexus LS	8,624	5,750	50.0%	1,055	834	26.5%
#93	Porsche 911	8,246	7,244	13.8%	748	590	26.8%
#94	BMW 6-Series	7,955	6,252	27.2%	921	770	19.6%
#95	Scion xD	7,676	9,280	-17.3%	716	855	-16.3%
#96	Smart Fortwo	7,450	8,309	-10.3%	513	998	-48.6%
#97	Infiniti Q50 †	7,357	—	—	2,556	—	—
#98	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	7,205	—	—	4,895	—	—
#99	Subaru BRZ	7,126	3,120	128%	780	402	94.0%
#100	Kia Cadenza	6,869	—	—	1,111	—	—
#101	Audi A7	6,723	7,019	-4.2%	696	768	-9.4%
#102	Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	6,568	6,708	-2.1%	647	599	8.0%
#103	Jaguar XF	6,461	4,658	38.7%	611	278	120%
#104	Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	6,091	3,823	59.3%	521	574	-9.2%
#105	Nissan 370Z	5,648	6,482	-12.9%	537	383	40.2%
#106	BMW 1-Series	5,482	6,313	-13.2%	588	778	-24.4%
#107	Mazda MX-5 Miata	5,167	5,542	-6.8%	377	461	-18.2%
#108	Audi A8	5,079	4,561	11.4%	445	591	-24.7%
#109	Fiat 500L	5,044	—	—	1,296	—	—
#110	Nissan Cube	4,719	6,287	-24.9%	297	475	-37.5%
#111	Infiniti M	4,552	7,497	-39.3%	374	738	-49.3%
#112	Jaguar XJ	4,520	4,197	7.7%	454	260	74.6%
#113	Porsche Panamera	4,449	6,451	-31.0%	501	467	7.3%
#114	Porsche Boxster	4,056	2,052	97.7%	297	453	-34.4%
#115	Volvo XC70	4,047	4,402	-8.1%	408	386	5.7%
#116	Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class	4,013	3,723	7.8%	444	435	2.1%
#117	Honda Insight	3,982	5,298	-24.8%	463	251	84.5%
#118	Honda CR-Z	3,871	3,705	4.5%	325	244	33.2%
#119	Acura RLX/RL ‡	3,780	350	980%	830	21	3852%
#120	Volkswagen Eos	3,718	5,529	-32.8%	261	331	-21.1%
#121	Scion iQ	3,611	7,680	-53.0%	246	808	-69.6%
#122	Chevrolet Caprice PPV	3,239	3,208	1.0%	273	343	-20.4%
#123	Hyundai Equus	2,867	3,281	-12.6%	361	318	13.5%
#124	Suzuki SX4	2,859	10,633	-73.1%	—	1,072	-100%
#125	Volvo C70	2,826	3,941	-28.3%	276	200	38.0%
#126	Porsche Cayman	2,778	448	520%	347	4	8575%
#127	BMW Z4	2,127	2,198	-3.2%	174	246	-29.3%
#128	Jaguar F-Type	1,843	—	—	353	—	—
#129	Audi TT	1,739	1,815	-4.2%	209	129	62.0%
#130	Suzuki Kizashi	1,602	4,700	-65.9%	—	310	-100%
#131	Volvo S80	1,576	2,805	-43.8%	175	163	7.4%
#132	Mitsubishi Galant	1,385	12,667	-89.1%	56	369	-84.8%
#133	Volvo C30	1,317	2,321	-43.3%	48	148	-67.6%
#134	Jaguar XK	1,138	1,394	-18.4%	97	161	-39.8%
#135	Nissan GT-R	1,063	1,054	0.9%	111	86	29.1%
#136	Mitsubishi i MiEV	1,006	469	114.5%	28	30	-6.7%
#137	Audi A3	857	6,408	-86.6%	1	658	-99.8%
#138	Audi R8	665	701	-5.1%	65	47	38.3%
T139	Dodge (SRT) Viper ¹	495	20	2375%	69	—	—
T139	Mitsubishi Mirage	495	—	—	475	—	—
#141	Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	395	589	-32.9%	34	54	-37.0%
#142	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	366	734	-50.1%	42	28	50.0%
#143	Mitsubishi Eclipse	109	1127	-90.3%	—	28	-100%
#142.1	Mitsubishi Eclipse *	40	685	-94.2%	—	23	-100%
#142.2	Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder *	69	442	-84.4%	—	5	-100%
#144	Dodge Caliber	45	10,113	-99.6%	—	92	-100%
#145	Mercedes-Benz R-Class	30	1,457	-97.9%	1	24	-95.8%
#146	Lexus LFA	20	36	-44.4%	2	3	-33.3%
#147	Cadillac DTS	19	463	-95.9%	—	1	-100%
#148	Buick Lucerne	9	970	-99.1%	—	4	-100%
#149	Cadillac STS	7	158	-95.6%	—	1	-100%
#150	Honda FCX	6	5	20.0%	—	2	-100%
#151	Lexus HS	5	644	-99.2%	—	3	-100%
#152	Chevrolet HHR	3	21	-85.7%	—	—	—
T153	Chevrolet Aveo	2	63	-96.8%	—	2	-100%
T153	Honda S2000	2	—	—	—	—	—
T155	Chevrolet SS	1	—	—	1	—	—
T155	Mazda RX-8	1	79	-98.7%	—	—	—
#269	Ford Crown Victoria	—	3,650	-100%	—	226	-100%
#271	Lincoln Town Car	—	937	-100%	—	21	-100%
#274	Volvo S40	—	51	-100%	—	—	—
#275	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	—	23	-100%	—	3	-100%
#276	Chevrolet Cobalt	—	11	-100%	—	—	—
#278	Lexus SC	—	2	-100%	—	—	—
#279	Suzuki Forenza/Reno	—	1	-100%	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Total	6,570,133	6,216,786	5.7%	580,044	547,831	5.9%

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, but we show it here as a Dodge so you can see the Viper with like-branded products when you sort vehicles alphabetically using the Car column header.
² Total Prius Family sales: up 1.1% to 202,379 YTD; down 6.9% to 15,623 in October.
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.
† Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 sales: down 11.7% to 43,686 YTD; up 36.2% to 4683 in October.
‡ 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, Maybach, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. estimates say sales for those brands in the first ten months of 2013 were 690, 1620, 460, 220, zero, and 840, respectively. Reportedly, Tesla had risen to 15,550 through ten months with 1300 October sales. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn’t release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data. With hard and fast sales data, we would likely discover that the Tesla Model S is one of America’s 80 best-selling cars. This post was updated at 4:10 PM AT to reflect a change in Mazda’s reporting that had previously attributed the RX-8 sale (from January) to the Tribute.