August 2012 YTD Top 20 Best-Selling Vehicles In North America

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Canada/U.S. Border Was Not One Of
North America's 20 Best-Selling Vehicles In 2012

We're not talking about the North America which includes Greenland or the Turks & Caicos or even the North America which takes Mexico into account. The colloquially-known North America - that's the United States and Canada - is our target market for this list. After numerous requests from individuals who wanted to know how much the addition of Canada's auto sales volume could play with the order of America's best seller lists, GoodCarBadCar has finally given in.

And no, the order hasn't changed all that much.

America's 20 best-selling vehicles in the first eight months of 2012 (listed here, along with 242 other vehicles) ran the gamut from Ford's F-Series to the Camry, Silverado, Accord, Civic, Altima, Corolla/Matrix, CR-V, Ram, Fusion, Escape, Malibu, Focus, Prius, Sonata, Cruze, Equinox, Elantra, Impala and RAV4. All of those vehicles are on this list except for the final Chevy. Stepping Into the Impala's place was the Dodge Grand Caravan, a minivan that's so popular in Canada that its additional 38,778 Canadian sales in the first two-thirds of 2012 were enough to push its North American ranking up to 20th from its U.S.-only ranking of 28th. 

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Despite the weaker Canadian results reported by the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, and Chevrolet Malibu, these four midsize sedans still ended August as the second, seventh, eighth, and 14th-best-selling vehicles in North America. You can see those weak finishes in the accompanying table's right-most column. 

And despite their strong Canadian finishes, the Hyundai Elantra, Ram P/U, and Dodge Grand Caravan were dragged downwards on this list by U.S. sales totals which simply aren't as robust.

Pertinent local best seller lists are clickable at the bottom of this post. If this North American version is something readers want to see on a regular basis, drop GCBC a line. You can always tally up total North American sales by using the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home in order to find historical monthly and yearly sales info for any model.

For the record, Automotive News says Americans acquired 9,711,238 new vehicles in the first eight months of this year while Canadians registered 1,163,873 new vehicles between January and August of 2012. That 8.3-to-1 ratio almost fits the population gap. There are nine U.S. residents for every one resident of Canada. 

The top 20 best-selling vehicles in North America in 2012 are ranked below.

Rank	Vehicle	August 2012 YTD	August 2011 YTD	U.S./Canadian Rankings
#1	Ford F-Series	483,018	426,559	1 / 1
#2	Toyota Camry	293,705	212,270	2 / 22
#3	Chevrolet Silverado	286,741	279,167	3 / 10
#4	Honda Civic	254,895	186,707	5 / 3
#5	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	237,977	204,876	7 / 5
#6	Dodge Ram	235,135	195,731	9 / 2
#7	Honda Accord	223,725	168,135	4 / 56
#8	Nissan Altima	219,305	185,730	6 / 30
#9	Honda CR-V	214,608	157,381	8 / 11
#10	Ford Escape	205,568	199,240	11 / 8
#11	Ford Fusion	193,980	182,972	10 / 23
#12	Ford Focus	186,251	145,641	13 / 14
#13	Chevrolet Cruze	177,132	194,487	16 / 12
#14	Chevrolet Malibu	171,938	168,958	12 / 78
#15	Toyota Prius	171,537	85,080	14 / 44
#16	Hyundai Sonata	168,844	168,431	15 / 25
#17	Hyundai Elantra	168,434	166,473	18 / 6
#18	Chevrolet Equinox	165,642	145,655	17 / 19
#19	Toyota RAV4	137,534	102,487	20 / 16
#20	Dodge Grand Caravan	133,417	115,417	28 / 4

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC 
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
Toyota Canada releases separate figures for the Corolla and Matrix. We've joined them here, as we have with the Prius, because of the way Toyota USA releases sales info. This skews the Canadian rankings somewhat, as in reality, the Hyundai Elantra sells more frequently than the Corolla (as Canadian data shows) but not as often as the Corolla and Matrix combined.

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