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November 2016 YTD U.S. Passenger Car Sales Rankings – Top 163 Best-Selling Cars In America – Every Car Ranked

As U.S. auto sales rebounded in November 2016 after three consecutive months of decline, U.S. sales of passenger cars did not.

However, the rate of decline amongst passenger cars did slow in November. After falling 10% through the first 10 months of 2016, U.S. car volume slid just 4% in November 2016, a decline of roughly 20,000 units.

U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – 2016 Year End
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – October 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – November 2015 YTD

Heading into the final month of the year, the Toyota Camry leads the Toyota Corolla by 8205 sales, a gap which seemingly assures the Camry of a 15th consecutive year as America’s best-selling car. The Corolla, including the former Scion iM that’s now a Corolla iM, is nearly 12,000 sales ahead of the Honda Civic in the race to end 2016 as America’s best-selling compact car. 

The Nissan Versa, America’s top-selling subcompact, has outsold the next-best-selling Hyundai Accent by 47,689 units already this year. America’s top-selling premium brand car, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, is 6104 sales ahead of the BMW 3-Series.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – November 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – November 2016 YTD
Pickup Truck Sales In America – November 2016
Minivan Sales In America – November 2016

Among America’s 30 most popular cars, the Kia Forte’s 30% year-over-year improvement is tops. The BMW 3-Series’ 29% drop is worst. 

Reminder: these are 2016 year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by November volume by clicking the November 2016 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 • December 2016 • October 2016November 2015

Rank
Car
Nov.
2016 YTD
Nov.
2015 YTD
%
Change
Nov.
2016
Nov.
2015
% Change
#1 Toyota Camry 355,204 392,056 -9.4% 28,189 30,945 -8.9%
#2 Toyota Corolla 346,999 334,739 3.7% 28,262 25,285 11.8%
#2.1 Toyota Corolla Sedan * 331,081 330,887 0.1% 26,747 24,194 10.6%
#2.2 Toyota Corolla iM/Scion iM * 15,918 3,852 313% 1,515 1,091 38.9%
#3 Honda Civic 335,445 302,588 10.9% 25,303 25,050 1.0%
#4 Honda Accord 311,352 320,501 -2.9% 27,182 25,566 6.3%
#5 Nissan Altima 282,617 303,936 -7.0% 20,039 20,564 -2.6%
#6 Ford Fusion 246,708 274,594 -10.2% 17,560 19,451 -9.7%
#7 Chevrolet Malibu 205,117 182,699 12.3% 18,577 10,813 71.8%
#8 Nissan Sentra 197,672 183,749 7.6% 14,028 14,505 -3.3%
#9 Hyundai Elantra 188,763 227,464 -17.0% 15,796 17,634 -10.4%
#10 Hyundai Sonata 185,614 190,483 -2.6% 15,363 16,732 -8.2%
#11 Chevrolet Cruze 171,552 209,753 -18.2% 16,414 16,073 2.1%
#12 Ford Focus 158,547 191,473 -17.2% 9,130 11,186 -18.4%
#13 Kia Soul 133,341 134,974 -1.2% 12,482 10,045 24.3%
#14 Nissan Versa 123,296 133,470 -7.6% 7,930 9,783 -18.9%
#15 Kia Optima 111,631 145,732 -23.4% 12,330 13,048 -5.5%
#16 Volkswagen Jetta 108,028 117,036 -7.7% 10,212 11,022 -7.3%
#16.1 Volkswagen Jetta Sedan * 108,023 114,365 -5.5% 10,212 11,022 -7.3% 
#16.2 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen * 5 2,671 -99.8% 1 -100% 
#17 Ford Mustang 98,868 113,607 -13.0% 6,196 7,286 -15.0%
#18 Kia Forte 95,732 73,508 30.2% 8,111 5,010 61.9%
#19 Toyota Prius ² 91,910 107,845 -14.8% 8,065 8,331 -3.2%
#19.1 Toyota Prius * 91,077 103,676 -12.2% 7,284 8,287 -12.1%
#19.2 Toyota Prius Prime * 833 4,169 -80.0% 781 44 1,675%
#20 Dodge Charger 88,200 88,323 -0.1% 9,138 6,804 34.3%
#21 Mazda 3 87,465 98,046 -10.8% 6,388 7,405 -13.7%
#22 Chevrolet Impala 86,212 107,765 -20.0% 6,082 10,494 -42.0%
#23 Subaru Impreza 80,453 91,371 -11.9% 4,623 7,405 -37.6%
#23.1 Subaru Impreza * 50,112 60,726 -17.5% 2,032 4,924 -58.7%
#23.2 Subaru Impreza WRX/STI * 30,341 30,645 -1.0% 2,591 2,481 4.4%
#24 Hyundai Accent 75,607 58,768 28.7% 6,909 5,041 37.1%
#25 Mercedes-Benz C-Class 69,822 79,057 -11.7% 7,261 7,239 0.3%
#26 Volkswagen Passat 65,761 74,611 -11.9% 6,441 2,759 133%
#27 Chevrolet Camaro 65,705 72,136 -8.9% 4,893 5,303 -7.7%
#28 BMW 3-Series 63,718 89,278 -28.6% 5,411 8,433 -35.8%
#29 Subaru Legacy 59,346 54,688 8.5% 5,814 4,769 21.9%
#30 Dodge Challenger 59,176 61,813 -4.3% 3,908 4,297 -9.1%
#31 Nissan Maxima 57,377 35,588 61.2% 4,093 3,884 5.4%
#32 Chrysler 200 54,651 157,705 -65.3% 2,849 10,103 -71.8%
#33 Volkswagen Golf 52,719 59,593 -11.5% 6,484 4,110 57.8%
#33.1 Volkswagen Golf GTI * 21,157 21,300 -0.7% 2,216 1,963 12.9%
#33.2 Volkswagen Golf * 11,894 18,066 -34.2% 1,340 774 73.1%
#33.3 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen * 10,611 13,112 -19.1% 1,268 628 102%
#33.4 Volkswagen Golf R * 3,947 3,492 13.0% 449 273 64.5%
#33.5 Volkswagen e-Golf * 3,494 3,623 -3.6% 305 472 -35.4%
#33.6 Volkswagen Golf AllTrack * 1,616 906
#34 Honda Fit 52,205 48,527 7.6% 4,309 3,018 42.8%
#35 Lexus ES 52,060 57,113 -8.8% 4,097 4,725 -13.3%
#36 Chrysler 300 49,657 48,756 1.8% 2,566 4,635 -44.6%
#37 Chevrolet Sonic 48,880 57,482 -15.0% 3,082 3,653 -15.6%
#38 Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ³ 46,045 50,308 -8.5% 4,642 5,205 -10.8%
#39 Ford Fiesta 45,035 60,908 -26.1% 2,847 3,422 -16.8%
#40 Toyota Avalon 43,029 54,249 -20.7% 4,326 5,129 -15.7%
#41 Dodge Dart 41,877 82,041 -49.0% 2,203 7,201 -69.4%
#42 Mazda 6 41,832 53,730 -22.1% 3,046 3,089 -1.4%
#43 Ford Taurus 39,997 44,794 -10.7% 2,774 3,187 -13.0%
#43.1 Ford Taurus * 31,191 35,801 -12.9% 1,926 2,485 -22.5%
#43.2 Ford Taurus Police Interceptor * 8,806 8,993 -2.1% 848 702 20.8%
#44 Infiniti Q50 38,213 39,196 -2.5% 3,361 3,782 -11.1%
#45 Toyota Yaris 36,097 22,199 62.6% 2,715 2,133 27.3%
#45.1 Toyota Yaris iA/Scion iA * 25,985 5,797 348% 1,684 1,785 -5.7%
#45.2 Toyota Yaris Hatchback * 10,112 16,402 -38.3% 1,031 348 196%
#46 Mini Cooper 35,603 40,637 -12.4% 3,645 3,514 3.7%
#46.1 Mini Cooper Clubman * 10,684 28 38,057% 1,535 3 51,067%
#46.2 Mini Cooper Hardtop 4-Door * 10,361 13,942 -25.7% 760 1,325 -42.6%
#46.3 Mini Cooper Hardtop 2-Door * 10,235 18,822 -45.6% 948 1,460 -35.1%
#46.4 Mini Cooper Convertible * 4,143 2,951 40.4% 392 62 532%
#46.5 Mini Cooper Coupe * 7 455 -98.5% 1 -100%
#46.6 Mini Cooper Roadster * 5 1,099 -99.5% 3 -100%
#47 Acura TLX 33,535 43,572 -23.0% 2,281 2,987 -23.6%
#48 Lexus IS 32,857 41,402 -20.6% 3,571 3,063 16.6%
#49 Audi A4 32,667 28,405 15.0% 3,414 2,719 25.6%
#49.1 Audi A4 Sedan * 30,678 25,841 18.7% 3,143 2,418 30.0%
#49.2 Audi A4 Allroad * 1,989 2,564 -22.4% 271 301 -10.0%
#50 BMW 4-Series 32,129 40,468 -20.6% 3,240 3,424 -5.4%
#51 Chevrolet Spark 31,254 31,469 -0.7% 1,507 1,628 -7.4%
#52 BMW 5-Series 30,293 41,177 -26.4% 1,126 4,646 -75.8%
#53 Buick Verano 29,239 29,341 -0.3% 1,535 1,646 -6.7%
#54 Audi A3 28,634 32,732 -12.5% 2,063 3,028 -31.9%
#55 Lincoln MKZ 27,884 27,694 0.7% 2,541 2,325 9.3%
#56 Kia Rio 27,431 22,745 20.6% 1,440 898 60.4%
#57 Hyundai Veloster 27,354 21,999 24.3% 3,721 2,204 68.8%
#58 Chevrolet Corvette 27,286 30,876 -11.6% 1,941 1,952 -0.6%
#59 Buick LaCrosse 24,756 38,877 -36.3% 2,427 3,351 -27.6%
#60 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class 23,916 27,731 -13.8% 2,070 2,611 -20.7%
#61 Hyundai Genesis ³ 22,804 28,280 -19.4% 560 1,837 -69.5%
#62 Chevrolet Volt 21,048 13,279 58.5% 2,531 1,980 27.8%
#63 Mitsubishi Mirage 20,671 20,253 2.1% 1,432 1,085 32.0%
#64 Cadillac ATS 19,213 23,422 -18.0% 1,490 2,055 -27.5%
#65 Cadillac XTS 19,042 20,042 -5.0% 2,653 1,976 34.3%
#66 Toyota Prius C ² 18,808 35,623 -47.2% 1,372 2,601 -47.3%
#67 Buick Regal 18,524 16,933 9.4% 1,746 1,172 49.0%
#68 Ford C-Max 17,650 20,352 -13.3% 1,532 1,454 5.4%
#69 Mercedes-Benz S-Class 17,309 19,773 -12.5% 1,475 1,856 -20.5%
#70 Audi A6 16,670 20,394 -18.3% 1,532 1,582 -3.2%
#71 BMW 2-Series 14,434 10,877 32.7% 955 1,147 -16.7%
#72 Cadillac CTS 14,214 17,044 -16.6% 1,042 1,224 -14.9%
#73 Volkswagen Beetle 14,071 21,356 -34.1% 1,403 1,011 38.8%
#73.1 Volkswagen Beetle Coupe * 8,738 12,067 -27.6% 915 571 60.2%
#73.2 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible * 5,333 9,289 -42.6% 488 440 10.9%
#74 Fiat 500 14,026 22,243 -36.9% 1,147 974 17.8%
#75 Lexus GS 13,553 19,694 -31.2% 1,201 2,174 -44.8%
#76 Acura ILX 13,518 16,571 -18.4% 772 1,353 -42.9%
#77 Toyota Prius V ² 13,467 26,250 -48.7% 1,058 1,643 -35.6%
#78 Mitsubishi Lancer 13,444 16,367 -17.9% 884 1,011 -12.6%
#79 Volvo S60 12,696 15,403 -17.6% 1,371 1,328 3.2%
#79.1 Volvo S60 * 12,167 15,220 -20.1% 1,329 1,281 3.7%
#79.2 Volvo S60 Cross Country * 529 183 189% 42 47 -10.6%
#80 Nissan Leaf 12,107 15,922 -24.0% 1,457 1,054 38.2%
#81 BMW 7-Series 11,605 8,026 44.6% 1,233 1,045 18.0%
#82 Lexus RC 10,123 13,073 -22.6% 881 1,282 -31.3%
#83 Scion tC 9,233 15,483 -40.4% 168 878 -80.9%
#84 Mazda MX-5 Miata 8,732 7,885 10.7% 387 732 -47.1%
#85 Porsche 911 8,190 9,244 -11.4% 699 884 -20.9%
#86 Lexus CT 7,935 13,193 -39.9% 550 984 -44.1%
#87 Cadillac CT6 7,876 1,169
#88 Audi A5 7,763 11,934 -35.0% 482 1,277 -62.3%
#89 Toyota 86/Scion FR-S 6,900 9,919 -30.4% 513 605 -15.2%
#90 BMW i3 6,834 9,602 -28.8% 629 723 -13.0%
#91 Buick Cascada 6,524 367
#92 Maserati Ghibli 6,353 7,258 -12.5% 733 662 10.7%
#93 Jaguar XF 6,179 5,374 15.0% 361 454 -20.5%
#94 Audi A7 5,747 6,880 -16.5% 576 636 -9.4%
#95 Volvo V60 5,559 6,633 -16.2% 507 550 -7.8%
#951 Volvo V60 * 3,074 4,066 -24.4% 292 328 -11.0%
#95.2 Volvo V60 Cross Country * 2,485 2,567 -3.2% 215 222 -3.2%
#96 Nissan 370Z 5,545 6,910 -19.8% 340 381 -10.8%
#97 Jaguar XE 5,494 951
#98 Infiniti Q70 5,292 7,663 -30.9% 346 677 -48.9%
#99 Volvo XC70 5,193 4,686 10.8% 390 262 48.9%
#100 Smart Fortwo 5,025 6,815 -26.3% 563 662 -15.0%
#101 Lexus LS 4,905 6,311 -22.3% 440 534 -17.6%
#102 Genesis G80 4,812 1,005
#103 Lincoln MKS 4,736 6,406 -26.1% 89 520 -82.9%
#104 Hyundai Azera 4,558 5,181 -12.0% 424 299 41.8%
#105 Porsche Panamera 4,367 4,729 -7.7% 731 491 48.9%
#106 Kia Cadenza 4,310 6,745 -36.1% 268 847 -68.4%
#107 Subaru BRZ 3,927 4,883 -19.6% 235 376 -37.5%
#108 Jaguar F-Type 3,681 4,199 -12.3% 269 432 -37.7%
#109 Audi A8 3,648 4,566 -20.1% 343 364 -5.8%
#110 BMW 6-Series 3,599 6,685 -46.2% 276 398 -30.7%
#111 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 3,418 3,680 -7.1% 273 296 -7.8%
#112 Lincoln Continental 3,416 1,419
#113 Jaguar XJ 3,398 3,404 -0.2% 275 179 53.6%
#114 Porsche Cayman 3,366 3,361 0.1% 261 297 -12.1%
#115 Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class & SLK-Class 3,067 3,892 -21.2% 270 239 13.0%
#116 Fiat 500L 3,016 7,275 -58.5% 96 231 -58.4%
#117 Infiniti Q60 2,952 3,659 -19.3% 814 206 295%
#118 Chevrolet SS 2,919 2,761 5.7% 212 148 43.2%
#119 Volkswagen CC 2,863 5,643 -49.3% 268 475 -43.6%
#120 Audi TT 2,792 929 201% 240 176 36.4%
#121 Scion xB 2,677 14,337 -81.3% 2 815 -99.8%
#122 Porsche Boxster 2,521 2,888 -12.7% 196 291 -32.6%
#123 Fiat 124 Spider 2,225 350
#124 Honda CR-Z 2,178 2,757 -21.0% 146 236 -38.1%
#125 Maserati Quattroporte 2,075 2,123 -2.3% 249 319 -21.9%
#126 Volvo S90 1,629 670
#127 BMW i8 1,461 1,609 -9.2% 173 118 46.6%
#128 Hyundai Equus 1,353 2,131 -36.5% 26 198 -86.9%
#129 Acura RLX 1,286 2,036 -36.8% 140 120 16.7%
#130 Mercedes-AMG GT 1,128 1,115 1.2% 89 118 -24.6%
#131 BMW Z4 1,112 1,576 -29.4% 159 81 96.3%
#132 Maserati GranTurismo 1,101 1,244 -11.5% 67 103 -35.0%
#133 Bentley Continental GT 1,021 1,357 -24.8% 201 119 68.9%
#134 Toyota Mirai 918 57 1,511% 105 23 357%
#135 Chevrolet Caprice PPV 897 1,625 -44.8% 188 196 -4.1%
#136 Kia K900 754 2,362 -68.1% 52 228 -77.2%
#137 Honda Crosstour 726 8,491 -91.5% 527 -100%
#138 Audi R8 654 480 36.3% 63 10 530%
#139 Nissan GT-R 652 1,021 -36.1% 58 34 70.6%
#140 Volvo S80 631 1,711 -63.1% 52 449 -88.4%
#141 Mercedes-Benz B-Class 578 1,809 -68.0% 52 41 26.8%
#142 Dodge Viper 571 627 -8.9% 62 45 37.8%
#143 Cadillac ELR 531 889 -40.3% 5 67 -92.5%
#144 Alfa Romeo 4C 457 603 -24.2% 23 34 -32.4%
#145 Genesis G90 403 301
#146 Volkswagen Eos 387 2,751 -85.9% 201 -100%
#147 Bentley Flying Spur 369 569 -35.1% 38 29 31.0%
#148 Acura NSX 201 51
#149 Bentley Mulsanne 141 179 -21.2% 10 40 -75.0%
#150 Mitsubishi i MiEV 91 106 -14.2% 5 4 25.0%
#151 Honda Insight 66 1,436 -95.4% 3 30 -90.0%
#152 Infiniti Q40 59 8,574 -99.3% 38 -100%
#153 Dodge Avenger 45 1,294 -96.5% 1 15 -93.3%
#154 Nissan Cube 15 930 -98.4% 4 -100%
#155 Scion xD 9 786 -98.9% 2 -100%
#156 Alfa Romeo Giulia 7
T157 Lexus LFA 6 8 -25.0%
T157 Scion iQ 6 480 -98.8% 7 -100%
#159 Acura TSX 4 35 -88.6%
T160 Jaguar XK 3 292 -99.0%
T160 Mazda 2 3 296 -99.0% 3 -100%
T162 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 1 29 -96.6% 1 -100%
T162 Porsche 918 Spyder 1 203 -99.5% 2 -100%
#299 Acura TL 88 -100% 1 -100%
#300 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class 52 -100%
#302 Volvo C70 7 -100%

Total  °
6,268,447 6,893,305 -9.1% 509,156 529,818 -3.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC & WSJ
* Italicized, asterisked, unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 16.5% to 10,495 in November; down 26.8% to 124,185 YTD.
³ Hyundai USA combines sales of the Genesis and Genesis Coupe. Mercedes-Benz USA, not GCBC, is also intermittently combining E-Class and CLS-Class sales figures. 
° Total representative of all reported models.
Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model.
Tesla, unfortunately, doesn’t release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but we source estimates from HybridCars.com and The Wall Street Journal.
HybridCars.com Model S sales estimate: down 41.9% to 1800 in November; up 4.2% to 23,856 YTD.
WSJ Model S estimate: down 20.8% to 2375 in November; up 18.6% to 24,125 YTD.