Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America

Ford F-Series sales jumped 5% for the second consecutive month, America’s second and third-best-selling vehicles posted meaningful year-over-year improvements, and the U.S. auto industry still managed to decline by slightly less than 1% in August 2015.

Blame the loss of Labour Day weekend to September figures, after three consecutive years in which Labour Day – which is, in fact, a September holiday – sales figures were included in August’s results. With one fewer selling day and the loss of those Labour Day sales, U.S. new vehicle sales in August 2015 fell by 8900 units in comparison with August 2014.

USA best selling autos market share chart August 2015

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Symptoms of the slide? Five of the six best-selling cars posted year-over-year declines; sharp declines in the case of the two leaders, the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. Even some very popular utility vehicles, in a category which jumped 11%, posted decreasing August volume: RAV4, Escape, Grand Cherokee.

Compared with August 2014, the Chrysler 200, Nissan Versa, and Toyota Tacoma have replaced the Volkswagen Jetta, Kia Optima, and Toyota Prius.

We’ve already published August lists for the 20 best-selling cars, 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers, and complete figures for every pickup truck, links to which you’ll find below. Throwing all those vehicles into one group results in this list of the 30 best-selling vehicles overall. We end up with five pickup trucks, no minivans, 15 cars, and 10 utility vehicles.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC’s Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

July 2015 • August 2014

Rank	Vehicle	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Ford F-Series	71,332	68,109	4.7%	494,800	497,174	-0.5%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	54,977	49,201	11.7%	387,179	331,977	16.6%
#3	Ram P/U	45,310	43,775	3.5%	294,045	283,256	3.8%
#4	Honda Accord	40,931	51,075	-19.9%	231,173	271,426	-14.8%
#5	Toyota Camry	37,592	44,043	-14.6%	291,843	306,471	-4.8%
#6	Honda CR-V	34,771	34,079	2.0%	229,574	217,293	5.7%
#7	Nissan Altima	32,327	32,153	0.5%	238,200	235,260	1.3%
#8	Honda Civic	32,031	34,032	-5.9%	221,471	231,167	-4.2%
#9	Toyota Corolla	31,726	33,088	-4.1%	252,106	238,275	5.8%
#10	Toyota RAV4	30,534	35,614	-14.3%	200,818	179,345	12.0%
#11	Ford Escape	28,870	28,996	-0.4%	204,539	208,444	-1.9%
#12	Ford Fusion	28,270	29,452	-4.0%	206,533	218,892	-5.6%
#13	Nissan Rogue	27,665	21,419	29.2%	188,143	137,339	37.0%
#14	Chevrolet Equinox	25,211	21,387	17.9%	192,505	167,539	14.9%
#15	Ford Explorer	23,671	19,391	22.1%	169,456	142,857	18.6%
#16	Hyundai Elantra	22,405	22,845	-1.9%	173,238	157,555	10.0%
#17	Hyundai Sonata	21,818	21,092	3.4%	141,556	150,016	-5.6%
#18	GMC Sierra	21,241	19,847	7.0%	141,899	130,526	8.7%
#19	Jeep Cherokee	18,763	18,235	2.9%	140,888	113,494	24.1%
#20	Jeep Wrangler	18,160	17,988	1.0%	139,930	120,113	16.5%
#21	Subaru Forester	17,565	16,432	6.9%	114,204	105,356	8.4%
#22	Chevrolet Malibu	17,553	16,346	7.4%	130,095	133,388	-2.5%
#23	Jeep Grand Cherokee	17,144	18,674	-8.2%	126,091	123,456	2.1%
#24	Kia Soul	17,108	15,069	13.5%	99,069	104,777	-5.4%
#25	Ford Focus	16,321	22,079	-26.1%	150,427	160,759	-6.4%
#26	Toyota Tacoma	16,230	14,338	13.2%	122,064	102,736	18.8%
#27	Nissan Sentra	15,662	17,182	-8.8%	140,074	128,659	8.9%
#28	Nissan Versa	14,875	14,630	1.7%	91,779	98,200	-6.5%
#29	Chevrolet Cruze	14,661	23,435	-37.4%	163,938	189,699	-13.6%
#30	Chrysler 200	14,032	10,810	29.8%	135,709	64,147	112%