December 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America

Apart from the fact that Honda secured the best-selling car in America title for the second consecutive month - with the Civic, not the Accord, there's little to distinguish this list when what you want to know is what happened in 2012 as a whole.

So we're moving past this task to bigger and brighter things. In the meantime, pay close attention to the links at the bottom of this post. They'll take you to all sorts of important places. As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for every model currently marketed in North America through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home. Hundreds of best seller posts are available here. 

All 266 Vehicles Ranked By 2012 Year End U.S. Sales

These were the 20 best-selling cars in America in December 2012. Nine hail from Japan, originally. Another three wear Korean badges. The Germans slotted in at 12th and 13th. And the remaining cars are Detroit-derived.

Updated at 6:56 PM AT on 01.07.2013 with full Prius figures

Rank	Best-Selling Car	December 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Honda Civic	33,118	+ 61.2%	317,909	+ 43.7%
#2	Toyota Camry	31,407	- 6.3%	404,886	+ 31.2%
#3	Honda Accord	29,428	+ 66.6%	331,872	+ 40.8%
#4	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	24,679	+ 17.5%	290,947	+ 21.1%
#5	Nissan Altima	23,966	- 7.7%	302,934	+ 12.6%
#6	Ford Focus	22,604	+ 58.3%	245,922	+ 40.0%
#7	Chevrolet Cruze	21,230	+ 27.3%	237,758	+ 2.6%
#8	Hyundai Sonata	20,826	+ 20.1%	230,605	+ 2.1%
#9	Toyota Prius	20,040	+ 17.9%	236,659	+ 73.4%
	Prius Liftback	12,536	n/a	147,507	+ 15.2%
	Prius C	3151	-----	35,733	-----
	Prius V	2992	n/a	40,669	+ 384%
	Prius Plug-In	1361	-----	12,750	-----
#10	Ford Fusion	19,283	- 10.8%	241,263	- 2.7%
#11	Hyundai Elantra	19,024	+ 46.1%	202,034	+ 8.4%
#12	Volkswagen Jetta	15,661	+ 8.6%	170,424	- 3.9%
#13	Volkswagen Passat	14,462	+ 110%	117,023	+ 413%
#14	Subaru Outback	12,072	- 10.1%	117,553	+ 12.6%
#15	Kia Optima	12,008	+ 12.2%	152,399	+ 80.2%
#16	Chevrolet Malibu	11,630	- 10.8%	210,951	+ 3.0%
#17	BMW 3-Series	10,745	+ 26.6%	99,602	+ 5.5%
#18	Nissan Versa	10,618	+ 6.8%	113,327	+ 13.6%
#19	Mazda 3	10,297	+ 11.2%	123,361	+ 20.4%
#20	Chevrolet Impala	9641	- 8.0%	169,351	- 1.2%

Source: Manufacturers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales

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