This is a list of America’s ten most popular cars from calendar year 2002, as GoodCarBadCar delves into history to chart the changes of the U.S. auto buyer’s tastes over the last decade, plus. America’s new vehicle market was worth 16.8 million units in 2002. 49.4% of the market, or 8.3 million units, was made up by traditional passenger cars.
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America – 2003 Year End
• Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In America – 2002 Year End
The leader of the car pack was the Toyota Camry, which finished 2002 more than 35,000 sales ahead of the second-ranked Honda Accord, more than 100,000 sales ahead of the third-ranked Ford Taurus.
Rank
|
Best-Selling Car
|
2002
|
#1
|
Toyota Camry
|
434,145 |
#2
|
Honda Accord
|
398,980 |
#3
|
Ford Taurus
|
332,690 |
#4
|
Honda Civic
|
313,159 |
#5
|
Toyota Corolla/Matrix
|
259,732 |
#6
|
Ford Focus
|
243,199 |
#7
|
Chevrolet Cavalier
|
238,225 |
#8
|
Nissan Altima
|
201,822 |
#9
|
Chevrolet Malibu
|
169,377 |
#10
|
Buick Century
|
163,739 |
Source: Automakers & ANDC