August 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America

Industry-wide growth brought huge sales to Toyota in August as the world's leading automobile manufacturer sold three models more than 20,000 times each. For the seventh consecutive month, the same three Toyotas - Camry, Corolla, Prius - finished inside the top 10. 

The Camry, of course, was America's most popular car in August 2012. But how popular was the midsize Toyota sedan? The Camry is remarkably consistent in its ability to finish the month having found more buyers than any other nameplate, but the vast majority of new vehicle buyers look elsewhere. Of the 1.26 million new vehicles registered in the United States in August, fewer than 3% were Camrys. (In Canada, the Honda Civic is the best-selling car and it owned 3.6% of the overall market between January and July. In the UK, the best-selling Ford Fiesta owned 5.6% of the overall market during that period.)

August's 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America

Even if we only consider midsize cars, only the midsize cars in August's top 20, the Camry accounts for just (a class-leading) 20% of the sales. While it's perfectly reasonable to reference the Camry's popularity, as it is more popular than any other passenger car, it's also key to measure that reference, to balance it with notes on the ultra-competitive segment in which it competes.

August 2012 YTD Sales - All 262 Vehicles Ranked

There's much more going on in August's top 20 than just the Camry and its midsize competitors. The Chevrolet Cruze was the best-selling American-badged car and the best-selling compact car. Honda Civic sales more than doubled, year-over-year. The Volkswagen Jetta posted its first year-over-year improvement since February. And only 10% of the entries suffered a decline in volume compared with August 2011.

As always, you can access historical monthly and yearly sales figures for all these vehicles through the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or near the top right of this page. America's five best-selling trucks from August have already been revealed. The 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers have, as well. Below, the 20 best-selling cars in America in August 2012.

Rank	Best-Selling Car	August 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Toyota Camry	36,720	+ 21.6%	280,536	+ 37.1%
#2	Honda Accord	34,848	+ 89.0%	218,665	+ 34.7%
#3	Chevrolet Cruze	25,975	+ 19.1%	154,813	- 8.6%
#4	Nissan Altima	25,889	+ 12.5%	209,592	+ 19.0%
#5	Honda Civic	24,897	+ 106%	212,483	+ 38.3%
#6	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	24,311	+ 48.1%	199,677	+ 16.9%
#7	Ford Fusion	21,690	+ 21.0%	181,865	+ 7.7%
#8	Toyota Prius	21,111	+ 122%	164,408	+ 95.9%
	* Prius C	3428	-----	22,724	-----
	* Prius V	3325	-----	n/a	-----
	* Prius Plug-In	1047	-----	6068	-----
#9	Hyundai Sonata	19,624	- 5.1%	158,014	+ 0.9%
#10	Ford Focus	19,073	+ 35.3%	166,950	+ 31.5%
#11	Hyundai Elantra	17,989	+ 19.5%	134,270	+ 0.5%
#12	Chevrolet Impala	17,066	+ 28.0%	124,920	+ 0.5%
#13	Volkswagen Jetta	15,446	+ 6.5%	112,278	- 7.9%
#14	Chevrolet Malibu	14,495	- 18.8%	168,277	+ 5.1%
#15	Kia Optima	13,949	+ 127%	100,424	+ 103%
#16	Chrysler 200	11,997	+ 10.5%	90,386	+ 73.1%
#17	Subaru Outback	11,285	+ 49.0%	74,621	+ 11.1%
#18	Mazda 3	11,120	+ 18.0%	79,674	+ 13.4%
#19	Nissan Sentra	10,623	+ 31.8%	76,495	- 6.6%
#20	Kia Soul	10,191	+ 48.0%	83,889	+ 16.5%

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

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June 2012 Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada

Canada's 20 best-selling vehicles in June 2012 accounted for 47.1% of all new vehicles sold in Canada. From the Ford F-Series to the Jeep Wrangler, the most popular vehicles in Canada are all over Canadian roads. Conversely, America's 20 best-selling vehicles in June were responsible for forming 41.9% of the U.S. auto market.

Canada June 2012 Auto Sales: Brand-By-Brand Rankings

This post's accompanying chart is clickable for a larger view. The list below ranks all 30 of Canada's top-selling vehicles, including a handful of cars which weren't present in this group a month ago. The Nissan Versa climbed to the 30th spot while also landing a spot on Canada's worst-selling vehicles list (when ranked by year-over-year decline.) The Nissan Rogue and Hyundai Tucson also cracked the top 30 after narrowly missing out in June. Meanwhile, the Kia Optima, Kia Rio, and Chrysler 200 were dismissed.

June 2012 YTD
Every Vehicle On Sale In Canada Ranked By Volume

U.S. brands landed 14 different vehicles on this June 2012 list. Four of those 14 automobiles are passenger cars. There's one Volkswagen, five Korean vehicles, and ten Japanese-branded machines. Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for all these vehicles can be accessed free of charge through the dropdown menu near the top right of this page or at GCBC's Sales Stats home. 

GoodCarBadCar published a few other Canadian best seller lists on Friday. Links to those posts are posted at the bottom of this article. You can examine detailed June and year-to-date sales figures for Canada's 30 best-selling vehicles below.

Rank	Vehicle	June 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford F-Series	9867	+ 2.4%	52,501	+ 12.2%
#2	Dodge Ram	6342	+ 0.2%	35,316	+ 15.9%
#3	Dodge Grand Caravan	6103	+ 9.9%	28,066	- 6.4%
#4	Honda Civic	5526	+ 18.0%	32,157	+ 21.9%
#5	Hyundai Elantra	4742	- 4.7%	25,585	+ 5.4%
#6	GMC Sierra	4385	- 16.1%	22,125	- 0.4%
#7	Toyota Corolla	4177	+ 72.0%	22,001	+ 16.7%
#8	Mazda 3	4089	- 2.3%	20,223	+ 9.6%
#9	Ford Escape	3674	- 35.4%	19,058	- 17.8%
#10	Chevrolet Silverado	3610	- 18.0%	18,002	- 6.4%
#11	Ford Focus	3523	- 1.4%	14,806	+ 17.0%
#12	Honda CR-V	3483	+ 228%	18,054	+ 45.3%
#13	Chevrolet Cruze	3349	- 13.0%	16,520	- 12.0%
#14	Ford Edge	2747	+ 22.0%	10,087	+ 29.1%
#15	Hyundai Accent	2702	+ 14.9%	13,520	+ 19.6%
#16	Dodge Journey	2580	+ 20.9%	14,596	- 9.2%
#17	Volkswagen Jetta	2381	- 7.8%	12,385	- 12.0%
#18	Toyota RAV4	2300	+ 71.1%	12,219	+ 7.4%
#19	Hyundai Santa Fe	2250	- 13.6%	11,269	- 12.5%
#20	Jeep Wrangler	2187	+ 3.4%	10,102	+ 22.0%
#21	Ford Fiesta	1931	+ 15.9%	7085	- 0.8%
#22	Chevrolet Equinox	1922	- 28.7%	10,851	- 10.9%
#23	Toyota Camry	1895	+ 74.7%	10,438	+ 116%
#24	Ford Fusion	1868	- 42.7%	8939	- 12.0%
#25	Nissan Altima	1846	- 45.6%	8255	+ 5.3%
#26	Kia Forte	1794	+ 7.0%	8194	+ 5.9%
#27	Toyota Matrix	1559	+ 83.2%	7209	+ 0.8%
#28	Nissan Rogue	1423	+ 78.1%	8579	+ 42.5%
#29	Hyundai Tucson	1419	- 21.6%	7202	- 15.3%
#30	Nissan Versa	1408	- 50.7%	7014	- 13.2%

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

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June 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America

Kia Sold 13,393 Optimas In America In June.
Hyundai Sold 20,931 Copies Of The
Similar But Different-Looking Sonata.

Chevrolet's Malibu made it close, but the Toyota Camry came out on top once again as the best-selling car in America in June 2012. 213,903 Camrys have been sold in the United States so far this year. That's a 45% improvement over the first half of 2011.

In an overall market which grew 22%, it's not surprising to see a large number of cars posting huge year-over-year gains. Besides the Camry's 50% increase and the second-ranked Malibu's 32% jump, the Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Toyota Prius, Kia Optima, Chrysler 200, Volkswagen Passat, and Dodge Avenger all reported increases greater than 50%. Four compact cars were the only products in the top 20 to record year-over-year losses in June 2012.

By Toyota Canada's standards, the Prius wouldn't be called the tenth-best-selling car in America in June. Toyota sold 12,209 Prius liftbacks (including 695 Prius Plug-In hybrids), plus 3284 Prius V wagons and 3657 Prius C hatchbacks. Then again, Honda used two bodystyles to get the Accord and Civic to 28,924 and 27,500 sales. The Nissan Altima, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra, and Volkswagen Jetta are all sold in two different forms, as well. Speaking of the Jetta, sedan sales slid 20% to 11,598 in June 2012. The Golf Jetta SportWagen was down 23% to 2006.

U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - 36 Automakers Ranked - June 2012 & YTD

Since they're identical under the skin, combining the Avenger and 200 would make the Chrysler Group's midsize duo America's tenth-best-selling car. By that standard, however, we could also combine the Sonata and Optima, sales of which would have totalled 34,324 in June, enough to make the Korean pair America's best-selling car.

Every Vehicle Ranked - June 2012 YTD Sales By Model

Historical monthly and yearly sales data for all these models can be accessed through the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or at the top right of this page. We've already published the five best-selling trucks from June; 20 SUVs and crossovers are coming up next. And for brand-by-brand rankings, click here. Below you'll find the 20 best-selling cars in America from June 2012, 385,990 sales in all, or 30% of the overall market.

Rank	Best-Selling Car	June 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Toyota Camry	32,107	+ 50.2%	213,903	+ 45.0%
#2	Chevrolet Malibu	31,402	+ 32.3%	141,437	+ 15.2%
#3	Honda Accord	28,924	+ 84.1%	155,178	+ 22.1%
#4	Honda Civic	27,500	+ 57.3%	162,582	+ 27.4%
#5	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	26,647	+ 41.2%	151,726	+ 11.0%
#6	Ford Fusion	24,433	+ 17.4%	136,849	+ 3.9%
#7	Nissan Altima	21,812	+ 11.7%	157,101	+ 19.2%
#8	Ford Focus	21,186	- 0.9%	131,423	+ 34.1%
#9	Hyundai Sonata	20,931	+ 12.3%	117,412	+ 2.1%
#10	Toyota Prius Family	19,150	+ 341%	126,654	+ 90.4%
#11	Chevrolet Cruze	18,983	- 23.8%	113,884	- 7.4%
#12	Hyundai Elantra	17,655	- 11.7%	97,769	- 5.4%
#13	Chevrolet Impala	17,274	+ 5.8%	98,495	- 5.0%
#14	Volkswagen Jetta	13,604	- 20.5%	83,203	- 9.3%
#15	Kia Optima	13,393	+ 88.7%	73,158	+ 99.8%
#16	Chrysler 200	10,871	+ 50.6%	69,102	+ 98.3%
#17	Ford Mustang	10,263	+ 16.2%	48,624	+ 24.5%
#18	Volkswagen Passat	10,252	+ 512,500%	55,065	+ 24,930%
#19	Kia Soul	10,199	- 9.9%	63,635	+ 15.7%
#20	Dodge Avenger	9404	+ 67.8%	52,862	+ 73.5%

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

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Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2012

In a field normally filled with humdrum midsize sedans and numerous compact sedans, it's a real pleasure to see the Ford Mustang rank as the 18th-best-selling passenger car in America in May 2012. Chevrolet Camaro sales slid 5% year-over-year and the Bowtie muscle car fell right off this list - it ranked 15th at this time in 2011 - but Mustang sales are surging, up 58% last month.

Before the new Camry had taken hold but after the tsunami had destroyed parts of Japan last March, car supply in North America was strained. The Chevrolet Malibu was the best-selling car in the United States; the Camry ranked eighth. One year later, the new Toyota Camry is resoundingly and routinely America's top-selling car, beating the nearest competitor by more than 6000 sales in May, beating its nearest midsize rival by nearly 10,000 sales. Year-to-date, the Camry's lead over the second-best-selling Nissan Altima has grown to 46,507 units with seven months remaining.

Is it too early to say the Camry will end 2012 as the best-selling car in the United States? The fast-rising Honda Civic would need to outsell the midsize Toyota by 6673 sales in every month from June through December to conquer the Camry.

Charting Small, Midsize & Large Car Sales In America - May 2012

There are six Japanese-badged cars on this May 2012 edition of America's 20 best-selling cars, all in the top ten. This leaves four Korean cars, two Germans, and eight Detroit machines. Sales figures for each and every car present here as well as all the other 230 models on sale in North America can be accessed through the first dropdown at GoodCarBadCar's Sales Stats home.

Rank	Best-Selling Car	May 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Toyota Camry	39,571	+ 110%	181,796	+ 44.2%
#2	Honda Civic	33,490	+ 82.6%	135,082	+ 22.7%
#3	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	31,847	+ 87.5%	125,079	+ 6.1%
#4	Honda Accord	29,737	+ 74.7%	126,254	+ 13.3%
#5	Chevrolet Malibu	29,579	+ 15.5%	110,035	+ 11.1%
#6	Ford Fusion	26,857	+ 8.9%	112,416	+ 1.4%
#7	Ford Focus	24,769	+ 11.1%	110,237	+ 43.8%
#8	Nissan Altima	22,690	- 11.1%	135,289	+ 20.5%
#9	Toyota Prius Family	21,477	+ 210%	107,504	+ 72.9%
#10	Hyundai Sonata	20,765	- 8.7%	96,481	+ 0.1%
#11	Chevrolet Cruze	19,613	- 13.6%	94,901	- 3.2%
#12	Hyundai Elantra	18,877	- 5.6%	80,114	- 3.8%
#13	Chevrolet Impala	15,879	- 5.0%	81,221	- 7.0%
#14	Volkswagen Jetta	15,175	- 9.0%	69,599	- 6.8%
#15	Kia Optima	13,364	+ 79.8%	59,765	+ 103%
#16	Chrysler 200	13,250	+ 85.3%	58,231	+ 111%
#17	Dodge Avenger	10,682	+ 92.7%	43,458	+ 74.8%
#18	Ford Mustang	10,427	+ 57.8%	38,361	+ 27.0%
#19	Volkswagen Passat	10,178	+ 1,017,700%	44,813	+ 20,456%
#20	Kia Soul	10,146	- 9.1%	53,436	+ 22.4%

Source: Manufacturers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
Prius Sales: 13,053 Liftback plus 1086 Plug-In equal 14,139 Prius sales (enough to rank 15th) without the Prius V or Prius C, which sold 3645 and 3693 times, respectively, in May 2012.

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