Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - September 2011

Invisible, but way down in 21st spot on this list of America's 20 best-selling cars sits the Chevrolet Camaro, 129 sales ahead of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. But don't consider the Camaro and the 20th-ranked Subaru Outback (742 sales ahead of the C-Class) to be the reason Mercedes-Benz couldn't land its car on September 2011's list of America's best-selling cars. Take note of the 16th-ranked car, the BMW 3-Series, sales of which rose 4% in September. The C-Class's nemesis found 2424 more buyers in September.

Far more popular than any of those four cars is the Toyota Camry, the most popular car in America. Camry sales slid 19.2% in September. That story should change once the dealer lots across the United States are filled with 2012 Camrys. Four of the Camry's rivals slotted in behind the Toyota in September 2011. America's favourite American car is now the Mexico-built Ford Fusion, 72 sales ahead of the Chevrolet Cruze. And that's including 843 Cobalt sales in the Cruze's mix. The Cruze is America's most popular compact car, however, 1476 sales ahead of the Toyota Corolla and its Matrix sibling. 

The best-selling European car in America last month was another Mexican-built machine, the Volkswagen Jetta. 1895 of the Jetta's total can actually be traced to the Golf-based Jetta SportWagen. Sales of the wagon were down 18% in September.

Six of the Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America from September 2011 wear Detroit badges. There are two Koreans and two Germans. This leaves ten Japanese cars, none of which are the Nissan LEAF. Not that any of the American cars are named Chevrolet Volt. But if you were curious, the LEAF beat the Volt by 308 sales in September and leads the Volt by 3304 sales through the first three quarters of 2011. 

Rank	Car	September 2011	September 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	Toyota Camry	24,851	30,769	229,521
#2	Nissan Altima	24,356	20,016	200,554
#3	Honda Accord	19,787	24,127	195,102
#4	Ford Fusion	19,510	15,918	188,439
#5	Hyundai Sonata	18,191	20,639	174,761
#6	Chevrolet Cruze/Cobalt	18,101	3462	188,367
#7	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	16,147	21,060	186,891
#8	Volkswagen Jetta	15,023	10,769	136,988
#9	Hyundai Elantra	14,386	10,062	147,922
#10	Chevrolet Impala	13,822	12,186	138,122
#11	Honda Civic	13,724	18,637	167,384
#12	Nissan Versa	11,800	7021	71,611
#13	Chevrolet Malibu	11,114	16,289	171,266
#14	Ford Focus	10,309	13,587	137,315
#15	Toyota Prius	9325	11,394	93,243
#16	BMW 3-Series	9289	8945	70,566
#17	Mazda 3	8929	7995	79,185
#18	Chrysler 200	8709	4651	60,930
#19	Nissan Sentra	8105	7876	90,026
#20	Subaru Outback	7607	8154	74,791

Source: Manufacturers
Accord sales include the Crosstour. GCBC will continue this through December for comparative purposes.
Chrysler 200 year-to-date sales include 2380 Sebrings. The 200's September 2010 refers to the Sebring.

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