Midsize Car Sales Figures In America – October 2013 YTD

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Sales of midsize sedans (and a couple of their coupe namesakes) rose 4% in the United States in October 2013 despite the declines reported by America’s three best-selling midsize cars.

Toyota Camry sales slid 3%, Honda Accord volume fell 11%, and the Nissan Altima was down 12%.

Huge year-over-year gains from the fourth-best-selling Ford Fusion, fifth-best-selling Hyundai Sonata, and sixth-best-selling Chevrolet Malibu added 18,266 sales to the midsize segment in October, however. Sales of the low-volume Mazda 6 more than doubled.

• All 267 Vehicles Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales
• All 155 Cars Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales

News surfaced today that Mitsubishi dealers will offer a Korean-built midsize sedan in the not-too-distant future. Galant sales rang in at 97,343 units in 2002. By 2005, Galant volume had fallen to just 33,976 units. Mitsubishi only sold 11,492 Galants in 2010. A Renault-Samsung Galant replacement won’t be a Camry beater, but Mitsubishi could find healthier U.S. market share with a competitive car in a category which accounts for 31% of U.S. new car sales.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank midsize cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. 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.

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Midsize Car	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
Buick Regal	2153	1466	46.9%	14,920	21,989	– 32.1%
Chevrolet Malibu	15,746	9629	63.5%	170,696	189,094	– 9.7%
Chrysler 200	8348	8758	– 4.7%	111,207	109,025	2.0%
Dodge Avenger	5406	7637	– 29.2%	84,005	82,375	2.0%
Ford Fusion	21,740	12,690	71.3%	248,033	206,855	19.9%
Honda Accord	25,162	28,349	– 11.2%	307,264	276,196	11.2%
Hyundai Sonata	19,872	16,773	18.5%	172,574	192,119	– 10.2%
Kia Optima	11,492	12,948	– 11.2%	135,548	127,767	6.2%
Mazda 6	3100	1515	105%	35,632	31,168	14.3%
Mitsubishi Galant	56	369	– 84.8%	1385	12,667	– 89.1%
Nissan Altima	21,785	24,623	– 11.5%	271,303	258,663	4.9%
Subaru Legacy	3090	3598	– 14.1%	36,441	39,187	– 7.0%
Suzuki Kizashi	—	310	– 100%	1602	4700	– 65.9%
Toyota Camry	29,144	29,926	– 2.6%	348,134	344,714	1.0%
Volkswagen Passat	7258	8355	– 13.1%	91,522	92,017	– 0.5%
Volkswagen CC	1289	2238	– 42.4%	13,715	17,253	– 20.5%
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Total	175,641	169,184	3.8%	2,043,981	2,005,789	1.9%

Midsize Hybrids & Electrics	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Volt	2022	2961	– 31.7%	18,782	19,309	– 2.7%
Ford C-Max	2530	3182	– 20.5%	30,784	4151	642%
Honda Insight	463	251	84.5%	3982	5298	– 24.8%
Nissan LEAF	2002	1579	26.8%	18,078	6791	166%
Toyota Prius	10,334	10,677	– 3.2%	135,559	135,669	– 0.1%
Toyota Prius Sedan ^	8239	8788	– 6.2%	125,490	126,046	– 0.4%
Toyota Prius Plug-In ^	2095	1889	10.9%	10,069	9623	4.6%
Toyota Prius V	2254	2769	– 18.6%	30,652	34,987	– 12.4%
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Total	19,605	21,419	– 8.4%	237,837	206,205	15.3%

Tall Wagons & Crossovers	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour	1266	1763	– 28.2%	14,173	16,758	– 15.4%
Subaru Outback	8122	10,153	– 20.0%	98,195	95,357	3.0%
Toyota Venza	2272	3598	– 36.9%	31,459	35,012	– 10.1%
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Total	11,660	15,415	– 24.3%	143,827	147,127	– 2.2%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better, right? This explains why you’ll see the Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too… because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.