October 2015 YTD U.S. Passenger Car Sales Rankings – Top 159 Best-Selling Cars In America – Every Car Ranked

U.S. car buyers purchased and leased nearly 624,000 new cars in October 2015, a 4% year-over-year increase in conjunction with an industry-wide improvement of 14%.

Though U.S. car sales remain slightly south of flat through the first ten months of 2015, there has been a rebound coinciding with a late-in-the-year surge for the market as a whole. The Toyota Camry, America’s most popular car, posted a 12% uptick over the course of September and October, a momentous leap forward equal to 7597 extra sales for the Toyota brand.

U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – October 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – November 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – September 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – October 2014 YTD

In October, the Camry was joined by the Honda Accord, Toyota’s own Corolla, the Honda Civic, Chevrolet Malibu, and Ford Fusion – America’s six best-selling cars last month – in posting improved October sales. Only two of the 20 top-selling cars in America posted fewer sales in October 2015 than they did one year earlier.

Cars remain a significantly smaller force in the auto industry of 2015 than they were one year ago. Only 44% of the new vehicles sold in America so far this year have been cars, down from 47% one year ago.

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Minivan Sales In America – October 2015 YTD

The cause of the change isn’t difficult to locate. SUVs and crossovers, led by the Honda CR-V, Ford Escape, and Toyota RAV4, have seen their share of the market rise from 32% in the first ten months of 2014 to 35% in 2015, a three-percentage-point flip over the course of just one year.

This doesn’t mean all cars have suffered significant losses in 2015. Indeed, the losses registered by many popular cars, from the Camry and Civic to the Fusion and Kia Soul, have been very slight. Moreover, many nameplates have taken advantage of their newness to report big increases: Golf, 200, A3, MX-5, Mustang, 2-Series, have all climbed by more than 60%.

U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – October 2015 YTD
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – October 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – October 2015 YTD

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

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Rank	Car	October 2015 YTD	October 2014 YTD	% Change	October 2015	October 2014	% Change
#1	Toyota Camry	361,111	368,142	-1.9%	34,781	33,164	4.9%
#2	Toyota Corolla	306,693	283,764	8.1%	27,951	24,959	12.0%
#3	Honda Accord	294,935	331,510	-11.0%	30,121	27,128	11.0%
#4	Nissan Altima	283,372	280,479	1.0%	20,948	23,544	-11.0%
#5	Honda Civic	277,538	277,584	-0.1%	27,789	24,154	15.0%
#6	Ford Fusion	255,143	263,431	-3.1%	23,668	22,846	3.6%
#7	Hyundai Elantra	209,830	189,161	10.9%	15,868	12,758	24.4%
#8	Chevrolet Cruze	193,680	232,403	-16.7%	15,710	24,289	-35.3%
#9	Ford Focus	180,287	189,889	-5.1%	16,423	13,733	19.6%
#10	Hyundai Sonata	173,751	180,497	-3.7%	16,071	15,563	3.3%
#11	Chevrolet Malibu	171,886	159,705	7.6%	24,725	11,131	122%
#12	Nissan Sentra	169,244	154,345	9.7%	14,974	13,129	14.1%
#13	Chrysler 200	158,978	86,817	83.1%	11,905	11,675	2.0%
#14	Kia Optima	132,684	134,486	-1.3%	14,381	11,840	21.5%
#15	Kia Soul	124,929	126,264	-1.1%	12,246	10,685	14.6%
#16	Nissan Versa	123,687	121,369	1.9%	13,855	11,097	24.9%
#17	Subaru Outback	123,148	109,890	12.1%	14,729	12,624	16.7%
#18	Ford Mustang	106,321	64,396	65.1%	10,096	4,565	121%
#19	Volkswagen Jetta	106,014	129,662	-18.2%	8,549	14,607	-41.5%
#19.1	Volkswagen Jetta Sedan *	103,344	112,514	-8.2%	8,549	13,372	-36.1%
#19.2	Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen *	2,670	17,148	-84.4%	—	1,235	-100%
#20	Toyota Prius ²	99,514	118,260	-15.9%	9,702	7,805	24.3%
#20.1	Toyota Prius *	95,389	105,939	-10.0%	9,611	7,326	31.2%
#20.2	Toyota Prius Plug-In *	4,125	12,321	-66.5%	91	479	-81.0%
#21	Chevrolet Impala	97,271	117,769	-17.4%	11,805	10,607	11.3%
#22	Mazda 3	90,642	87,505	3.6%	8,342	7,246	15.1%
#23	Subaru Impreza	83,966	69,568	20.7%	8,353	5,239	59.4%
#23.1	Subaru Impreza *	55,802	49,599	12.5%	5,340	3,154	69.3%
#23.2	Subaru Impreza WRX/STI *	28,164	19,969	41.0%	3,013	2,085	44.5%
#24	BMW 3-Series ³	80,832	76,976	5.0%	11,012	10,199	8.0%
#25	Dodge Charger	79,373	79,108	0.3%	8,673	6,967	24.5%
#26	Dodge Dart	74,471	67,965	9.6%	6,152	7,202	-14.6%
#27	Subaru XV Crosstrek	74,051	59,675	24.1%	7,313	5,372	36.1%
#28	Volkswagen Passat	71,852	81,426	-11.8%	8,116	6,513	24.6%
#29	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	71,818	57,582	24.7%	7,283	7,412	-1.7%
#30	Kia Forte	68,498	58,983	16.1%	5,198	5,190	0.2%
#31	Chevrolet Camaro	66,833	75,284	-11.2%	5,289	5,406	-2.2%
#32	Ford Fiesta	57,486	56,032	2.6%	3,618	3,629	-0.3%
#33	Dodge Challenger	57,358	42,516	34.9%	5,409	4,140	30.7%
#34	Volkswagen Golf	55,483	25,277	120%	5,716	4,076	40.2%
#34.1	Volkswagen Golf GTI *	19,337	13,848	39.6%	2,520	1,724	46.2%
#34.2	Volkswagen Golf *	17,292	11,413	51.5%	1,099	2,351	-53.3%
#34.3	Volkswagen Golf SportWagen *	12,484	—	—	983	—	—
#34.4	Volkswagen Golf R *	3,219	15	21,360%	518	—	—
#34.5	Volkswagen e-Golf *	3,151	1	315,000%	596	1	59,500%
#35	Chevrolet Sonic	53,829	83,210	-35.3%	3,294	5,263	-37.4%
#36	Hyundai Accent	53,727	51,244	4.8%	5,102	4,839	5.4%
#37	Lexus ES	52,388	58,842	-11.0%	5,426	5,932	-8.5%
#38	Mazda 6	50,640	45,010	12.5%	3,563	3,149	13.1%
#39	Subaru Legacy	49,919	41,080	21.5%	5,688	6,362	-10.6%
#40	Toyota Avalon	49,118	55,304	-11.2%	4,800	5,279	-9.1%
#41	Honda Fit	45,509	46,469	-2.1%	1,363	6,851	-80.1%
#42	Chrysler 300	44,321	44,519	-0.4%	4,564	4,935	-7.5%
#43	Ford Taurus	41,607	55,469	-25.0%	3,648	3,775	-3.4%
#43.1	Ford Taurus *	33,316	46,601	-28.5%	2,803	3,019	-7.2%
#43.2	Ford Taurus Police Interceptor *	8,291	8,868	-6.5%	845	756	11.8%
#44	Acura TLX	40,585	11,060	267%	5,777	4,890	18.1%
#45	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	39,986	56,545	-29.3%	4,661	3,936	18.4%
#46	Lexus IS	38,339	40,809	-6.1%	2,950	3,771	-21.8%
#47	BMW 4-Series ³	37,057	31,356	18.2%	3,295	3,422	-3.7%
#48	BMW 5-Series	36,531	44,082	-17.1%	2,693	4,914	-45.2%
#49	Buick LaCrosse	35,526	41,351	-14.1%	2,977	4,071	-26.9%
#50	Infiniti Q50	35,414	28,828	22.8%	3,811	2,964	28.6%
#51	Mini Cooper	34,445	23,647	45.7%	2,845	3,082	-7.7%
#51.1	Mini Cooper 2-Door *	17,362	15,799	9.9%	1,378	2,747	-49.8%
#51.2	Mini Cooper 4-Door *	12,617	—	—	1,018	—	—
#51.3	Mini Cooper Convertible *	2,889	3,102	-6.9%	443	227	95.2%
#51.4	Mini Cooper Roadster *	1,096	1,271	-13.8%	2	69	-97.1%
#51.5	Mini Cooper Coupe *	454	871	-47.9%	2	24	-91.7%
#51.6	Mini Cooper Clubman *	25	2,604	-99.0%	2	15	-86.7%
#52	Toyota Prius C ²	33,022	34,756	-5.0%	3,373	3,192	5.7%
#53	Nissan Maxima	31,704	43,937	-27.8%	4,903	4,188	17.1%
#54	Chevrolet Spark	29,841	33,291	-10.4%	2,002	2,354	-15.0%
#55	Audi A3	29,704	17,049	74.2%	2,732	2,380	14.8%
#56	Chevrolet Corvette	28,924	28,909	0.1%	2,526	2,959	-14.6%
#57	Buick Verano	27,695	37,391	-25.9%	2,693	3,064	-12.1%
#58	Hyundai Genesis ³	26,443	24,638	7.3%	2,020	2,325	-13.1%
#59	Audi A4	25,686	31,976	-19.7%	3,156	2,672	18.1%
#59.1	Audi A4 Sedan *	23,423	28,097	-16.6%	2,896	2,268	27.7%
#59.2	Audi A4 Allroad *	2,263	3,879	-41.7%	260	404	-35.6%
#60	Lincoln MKZ	25,369	29,277	-13.3%	2,406	2,508	-4.1%
#61	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	25,120	20,803	20.8%	1,867	2,596	-28.1%
#62	Toyota Prius V ²	24,607	25,985	-5.3%	2,128	2,514	-15.4%
#63	Fiat 500	22,615	29,422	-23.1%	1,286	2,806	-54.2%
#64	Kia Rio	21,847	31,921	-31.6%	1,571	2,534	-38.0%
#65	Cadillac ATS	21,367	25,143	-15.0%	2,528	2,608	-3.1%
#66	Toyota Venza	20,348	25,341	-19.7%	1,191	1,896	-37.2%
#67	Volkswagen Beetle	20,345	25,247	-19.4%	1,279	1,941	-34.1%
#67.1	Volkswagen Beetle Coupe *	11,496	14,680	-21.7%	760	1,345	-43.5%
#67.2	Volkswagen Beetle Convertible *	8,849	10,567	-16.3%	519	596	-12.9%
#68	Hyundai Veloster	19,795	24,617	-19.6%	2,140	1,652	29.5%
#69	Mitsubishi Mirage	19,168	14,240	34.6%	1,197	1,374	-12.9%
#70	Ford C-Max	18,898	23,693	-20.2%	1,607	1,962	-18.1%
#71	Audi A6	18,812	18,935	-0.7%	1,740	1,768	-1.6%
#72	Cadillac XTS	18,066	20,362	-11.3%	2,043	1,976	3.4%
#73	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	17,915	19,581	-8.5%	1,921	2,666	-27.9%
#74	Lexus GS	17,520	17,617	-0.6%	1,287	1,365	-5.7%
#75	Toyota Yaris	16,054	11,035	45.5%	519	696	-25.4%
#76	Cadillac CTS	15,820	26,017	-39.2%	1,567	3,096	-49.4%
#77	Buick Regal	15,761	18,860	-16.4%	1,655	2,057	-19.5%
#78	Mitsubishi Lancer	15,356	13,458	14.1%	1,086	1,364	-20.4%
#79	Acura ILX	15,218	14,472	5.2%	1,860	1,618	15.0%
#80	Nissan Leaf	14,868	24,411	-39.1%	1,238	2,589	-52.2%
#81	Scion tC	14,605	15,695	-6.9%	1,080	1,235	-12.6%
#82	Volvo S60	13,939	17,574	-20.7%	1,391	1,127	23.4%
#83	Scion xB	13,522	13,689	-1.2%	1,021	1,245	-18.0%
#84	Lexus CT200h	12,209	14,743	-17.2%	1,077	1,158	-7.0%
#85	Lexus RC	11,791	—	—	1,333	—	—
#86	Chevrolet Volt	11,299	15,979	-29.3%	2,035	1,439	41.4%
#87	Audi A5	10,657	14,266	-25.3%	845	1,101	-23.3%
#88	BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) ³	9,730	5,975	62.8%	1,258	672	87.2%
#89	Scion FR-S	9,314	12,293	-24.2%	770	1,111	-30.7%
#90	BMW i3	8,879	4,263	108%	986	1,159	-14.9%
#91	Infiniti Q40	8,536	13,466	-36.6%	33	1,258	-97.4%
#92	Porsche 911	8,360	8,732	-4.3%	803	974	-17.6%
#93	Honda Crosstour	7,964	9,984	-20.2%	737	952	-22.6%
#94	Fiat 500L	7,327	9,804	-25.3%	293	919	-68.1%
#95	Mazda MX-5 Miata	7,153	4,143	72.7%	1,085	288	277%
#96	Infiniti Q70	6,986	3,819	82.9%	682	442	54.3%
#97	BMW 7-Series	6,981	7,944	-12.1%	618	1,680	-63.2%
#98	Nissan 370Z	6,529	6,402	2.0%	647	464	39.4%
#99	BMW 6-Series	6,287	7,109	-11.6%	369	740	-50.1%
#100	Audi A7	6,244	7,021	-11.1%	736	635	15.9%
#101	Smart Fortwo	6,153	8,665	-29.0%	721	585	23.2%
#102	Kia Cadenza	5,898	8,237	-28.4%	1,018	608	67.4%
#103	Lincoln MKS	5,886	6,784	-13.2%	458	524	-12.6%
#104	Lexus LS	5,777	6,682	-13.5%	507	778	-34.8%
#105	Volkswagen CC	5,168	8,750	-40.9%	678	593	14.3%
#106	Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	5,117	6,182	-17.2%	501	33	1,418%
#107	Jaguar XF	4,920	4,608	6.8%	273	383	-28.7%
#108	Hyundai Azera	4,882	6,263	-22.1%	243	287	-15.3%
#109	Subaru BRZ	4,507	6,680	-32.5%	374	435	-14.0%
#110	Volvo XC70	4,424	4,218	4.9%	464	470	-1.3%
#111	Porsche Panamera	4,238	4,927	-14.0%	353	533	-33.8%
#112	Audi A8	4,202	4,590	-8.5%	385	530	-27.4%
#113	Scion iA	4,012	—	—	1,977	—	—
#114	Jaguar F-Type	3,767	3,287	14.6%	400	342	17.0%
#115	Volvo V60	3,738	4,319	-13.5%	409	326	25.5%
#116	Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class	3,653	4,036	-9.5%	516	441	17.0%
#117	Infiniti Q60	3,453	6,254	-44.8%	273	496	-45.0%
#118	Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	3,384	4,105	-17.6%	252	347	-27.4%
#119	Jaguar XJ	3,225	3,673	-12.2%	305	205	48.8%
#120	Porsche Cayman	3,064	2,900	5.7%	334	332	0.6%
#121	Scion iM	2,761	—	—	1,408	—	—
#122	Chevrolet SS	2,613	2,281	14.6%	192	115	67.0%
#123	Porsche Boxster	2,597	3,394	-23.5%	218	370	-41.1%
#124	Volkswagen Eos	2,550	3,021	-15.6%	394	202	95.1%
#125	Honda CR-Z	2,521	3,150	-20.0%	316	205	54.1%
#126	Volvo V60 Cross Country	2,345	—	—	445	—	—
#127	Kia K900	2,134	1,168	82.7%	229	62	269%
#128	Hyundai Equus	1,933	2,844	-32.0%	203	248	-18.1%
#129	Acura RLX	1,916	2,955	-35.2%	142	260	-45.4%
#130	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	1,768	257	588%	81	98	-17.3%
#131	BMW Z4	1,495	1,815	-17.6%	86	198	-56.6%
#132	BMW i8	1,491	271	450%	149	204	-27.0%
#133	Chevrolet Caprice PPV	1,429	3,151	-54.6%	155	301	-48.5%
#134	Honda Insight	1,406	3,376	-58.4%	53	222	-76.1%
#135	Volvo S80	1,262	1,519	-16.9%	179	126	42.1%
#136	Dodge Avenger	1,179	50,710	-97.7%	23	1,347	-98.3%
#137	Mercedes-AMG GT	997	—	—	105	—	—
#138	Nissan GT-R	987	1,158	-14.8%	58	140	-58.6%
#139	Nissan Cube	926	3,416	-72.9%	14	213	-93.4%
#140	Cadillac ELR	822	1,037	-20.7%	82	152	-46.1%
#141	Scion xD	784	6,737	-88.4%	6	472	-98.7%
#142	Audi TT	753	1,130	-33.4%	233	32	628%
#143	Dodge Viper	563	626	-10.1%	60	80	-25.0%
#144	Alfa Romeo 4C	562	—	—	65	—	—
#145	Scion iQ	473	1,871	-74.7%	8	119	-93.3%
#146	Audi R8	470	620	-24.2%	17	40	-57.5%
#147	Mazda 2	293	13,154	-97.8%	1	457	-99.8%
#148	Jaguar XK	292	1,269	-77.0%	10	77	-87.0%
#149	Porsche 918 Spyder	201	37	443%	—	5	-100%
#150	Volvo S60 Cross Country	136	—	—	57	—	—
#151	Mitsubishi i MiEV	102	166	-38.6%	9	17	-47.1%
#152	Acura TL	87	10,462	-99.2%	1	105	-99.0%
#153	Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	54	196	-72.4%	—	18	-100%
#154	Acura TSX	35	6,250	-99.4%	3	48	-93.8%
#155	Toyota Mirai	34	—	—	34	—	—
#156	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	28	223	-87.4%	1	11	-90.9%
#157	Lexus LFA	8	15	-46.7%	—	—	—
#158	Volvo C70	7	776	-99.1%	—	2	-100%
#159	Mercedes-Benz R-Class	4	7	-42.9%	—	—	—
#160	Mitsubishi Galant	—	122	-100%	—	—	—
#161	Volvo C30	—	66	-100%	—	1	-100%
#162	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	—	2	-100%	—	—	—
#163	Honda FCX	—	1	-100%	—	—	—
	Total	6,576,744	6,656,243	-1.2%	623,961	597,443	4.4%
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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: up 12.5% to 15,203 in October; down 12.2% to 157,143 YTD.
³ BMW has traditionally 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. Now, since July, we have a 3-Series/4-Series breakdown. (Hyundai does the same with the Genesis and Genesis Coupe.)
Total 3-Series/4-Series sales: up 5.0% to 14,307 in October; up 8.8% to 117,889 YTD.
° Total is a combination of all reported sales figures shown in the table only.
Bentley sold 1917 cars in the first ten months of 2015, 121 in October.
Ferrari sold 1903 cars in the first ten months of 2015, 194 in October.
Maserati sold 9543 cars in the first ten months of 2015; 1166 in October.
Lamborghini sold 866 cars in the first ten months of 2015; 65 in October.
Rolls-Royce sold 701 cars in the first ten months of 2015; 65 in October. 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 Aston Martin and Lotus in the first ten months of 2015 were 850 and 126, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn’t release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but we source estimates from HybridCars.com.