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American sales of full-size volume brand cars slid 13% in August 2014 as the majority of major players posted significant year-over-year declines.
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD
Chevrolet recorded a 26% drop in Impala volume as the newer car's move upmarket (and away from fleets) dramatically reduces its mass-market appeal. It's still the most popular car in its segment, unless you combine the FCA fraternal twins, Chrysler's 300 and the Dodge Charger. Impala sales have decreased in six of the last eight months.
Speaking of the Charger, sales are down slightly this year but jumped 10% in August after rising 7% in July. 300 sales, however, are tumbling at a fairly serious rate.
And what of the interlopers? America's full-size market has traditionally been controlled by American nameplates, after all, but rivals come from all over now. The Hyundai Azera and Kia Cadenza combined to fall 60% to 1033 just units in August 2014 as the Cadenza posted its second-worst full month, its worst since May of last year. Azera sales fell to their lowest level since March 2012.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • August 2015 • September 2014 • July 2014 • August 2013
Source: Automakers
* Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with these volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - August 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - August 2014 YTD
Midsize Car Sales In America - August 2014 YTD
- Large Car Sales In Canada - August 2015 Ytd
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- Large Car Sales In America - September 2014 Ytd
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- Large Car Sales In Canada - August 2014 Ytd
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- Large Car Sales In America - July 2014 Ytd
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- Large Car Sales Figures In America - August 2013 Ytd
Chevrolet Impala sales fell 22% in America in August 2013, but the Impala had no problem ending the month as the best-selling car in its class. Chevrolet sold 13,274 Impalas last month, equal to 16% of Chevrolet's passenger car total. Click Chart...
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Large Car Sales In America - August 2014 YTD
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD
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Speaking of the Charger, sales are down slightly this year but jumped 10% in August after rising 7% in July. 300 sales, however, are tumbling at a fairly serious rate.
And what of the interlopers? America's full-size market has traditionally been controlled by American nameplates, after all, but rivals come from all over now. The Hyundai Azera and Kia Cadenza combined to fall 60% to 1033 just units in August 2014 as the Cadenza posted its second-worst full month, its worst since May of last year. Azera sales fell to their lowest level since March 2012.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • August 2015 • September 2014 • July 2014 • August 2013
Large Car | August 2014 | August 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick LaCrosse | 4454 | 6965 | -36.1% | 33,654 | 34,893 | -3.6% |
Buick Lucerne | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9 | -100.0% |
Chevrolet Impala | 9802 | 13,274 | -26.2% | 97,937 | 109,571 | -10.6% |
Chevrolet SS | 152 | --- | --- | 2055 | --- | --- |
Chrysler 300 | 4887 | 5909 | -17.3% | 34,827 | 39,150 | -11.0% |
Dodge Charger | 8211 | 7448 | 10.2% | 63,517 | 64,629 | -1.7% |
Ford Taurus | 5216 | 8177 | -36.2% | 46,937 | 58,043 | -19.1% |
Hyundai Azera | 511 | 898 | -43.1% | 5214 | 7618 | -31.6% |
Hyundai Genesis * | 3029 | 2947 | 2.8% | 20,065 | 22,191 | -9.6% |
Kia Cadenza | 522 | 1677 | -68.9% | 6524 | 4832 | 35.0% |
Nissan Maxima | 6110 | 3769 | 62.1% | 35,351 | 31,479 | 12.3% |
Toyota Avalon | 7040 | 6241 | 12.8% | 45,163 | 49,281 | -8.4% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 49,934 | 57,305 | -12.9% | 391,244 | 421,696 | -7.2% |
* Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with these volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
RECOMMENDED READING
Large Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD
Large Car Sales In America - September 2014 YTD
Large Car Sales In America - July 2014 YTD
Large Car Sales In America - August 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - August 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - August 2014 YTD
Midsize Car Sales In America - August 2014 YTD
- Large Car Sales In Canada - August 2015 Ytd
The figures are disappointing. Two years after August sales of full-size, volume brand sedans tumbled 18% in Canada and one year after August sales of the same cars plunged 23% in Canada, the same group fell by a further 8% in August 2015. Canada...
- Large Car Sales In America - September 2014 Ytd
America's appetite for large cars sold by volume brands continued to shrink in September 2014, falling 10% compared with September 2013. That equals a loss of 4836 units in an industry which grew by more than 100,000 sales. • U.S. Vehicle Sales...
- Large Car Sales In Canada - August 2014 Ytd
A host of year-over-year sales declines from a number of full-size, volume brand sedans were not overcome by big gains from a handful of nameplates in Canada during the month of August 2014. • All Makes & Models Ranked By August 2014 YTD Canadian...
- Large Car Sales In America - July 2014 Ytd
Large cars from volume brands do not represent the future of the automobile. Not surprisingly, American car buyers bought and leased fewer of them in July 2014 than they did in July 2013. • Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - July 2014 •...
- Large Car Sales Figures In America - August 2013 Ytd
Chevrolet Impala sales fell 22% in America in August 2013, but the Impala had no problem ending the month as the best-selling car in its class. Chevrolet sold 13,274 Impalas last month, equal to 16% of Chevrolet's passenger car total. Click Chart...