Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - October 2011

America's best-selling cars from the month of October 2011 formed a unique sequence in their finishing order.

For only the second time this year - the previous instance was last month - there are no compact cars in the top five. This comes during a year when, in both January and June, a compact was in the top spot. Indeed, last October the Toyota corolla was only 342 sales out of third place. And dare we mention it, fuel prices aren't as low as most consumers would like.

But it's not as though Americans have rejected smaller cars altogether. From sixth to eleventh you'll find compact rivals from Toyota, Honda, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Ford. Then, again, more expensive machines (a group which includes the $19,245 Chrysler 200) take over from twelfth through 16th. 

Nearer to the end of the pack, the very roomy Nissan Versa subcompact slots in ahead of a formidable new midsize Kia (Optima sales jumped 429% in October), its Sentra compact brother, and a relatively small luxury car, the soon-to-be-replaced BMW 3-Series.

There are those who will attempt to point out that, if we're including the Crosstour, the Honda Accord couldn't be the best-selling car in America in October 2011. Naysayers will prove to be wrong, however, since Crosstour sales were so abysmal that even without them - all 1478 of them, down 47% - the Accord finished October ahead of the 2012 Toyota Camry. Honda midsize sedan and coupe sales were up 9.4% in October, enough to make the Honda Accord America's top selling car in October 2011. Camry sales slid 8.5%. Its lead over the Accord, the third-place car in year-to-date standings, is 32,395 units strong through October.

There are six American-badged cars in this Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America list. Throw in two Germans, three Koreans, and nine Japanese cars and you have October's most popular passenger cars. Check out September's list here or last October's here. October 2011's best-selling car table is below. 

Rank	Car	October 2011	October 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	Honda Accord	24,067	24,344	219,169
#2	Toyota Camry	22,043	25,014	251,564
#3	Nissan Altima	21,838	18,978	222,932
#4	Hyundai Sonata	18,192	17,505	192,953
#5	Ford Fusion	18,094	17,362	206,533
#6	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	16,244	18,636	203,135
#7	Honda Civic	16,173	17,121	183,557
#8	Chevrolet Cruze	14,295	5048	201,819
#9	Volkswagen Jetta	13,058	11,958	150,046
#10	Hyundai Elantra	13,000	9497	160,922
#11	Ford Focus	12,386	12,396	149,701
#12	Chevrolet Impala	11,982	12,389	150,104
#13	Chrysler 200	11,205	2221	72,135
#14	Toyota Prius	11,008	11,731	104,251
#15	Chevrolet Malibu	10,239	12,353	181,505
#16	Subaru Outback	8891	8694	83,682
#17	Nissan Versa	8889	6044	80,500
#18	Kia Optima	8616	1630	64,353
#19	Nissan Sentra	8384	5928	98,410
#20	BMW 3-Series	7748	8520	78,314

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