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Through the first one-sixth of 2014, typically the slowest time of the year for auto sales in America, the Nissan Altima is the best-selling midsize car, and the best-selling car overall. Altima sales are up 8.5%, having risen 11.3% to nearly 31,000 in February 2014.
That's nearly as many sales as Toyota USA managed with the Camry in February 2013, but then Camry volume slid 7% in February 2014. Camry volume is down by 10,837 units leading into March.
Volkswagen's Passat exemplifies the issues we're currently seeing at VW of America. It's a product that's still fresh, it was much ballyhooed leading up to its arrival, it offers a diesel configuration that's not seen in its rivals, but it doesn't sell that well. Comparisons with the leading trio are difficult.
Toyota, Honda, and Nissan sell an average of 91,000 Camrys, Accords, and Altimas every month, put together. But Volkswagen has only crested the 10K monthly mark eleven times since the Passat went on sale some 30 months ago. In each of the last six months, Passat sales have decreased on a year-over-year basis.
The problem for Volkswagen isn't the Passat's inability to sell like an Altima, Camry, or Accord - that was never the short-term goal. It's that the Passat can't sell like a Malibu, Sonata, or Optima, let alone a Ford Fusion. To crack the 150K annual mark, Volkswagen would likely need a month or two above 15K and nothing below 10K. This Passat, admirable though it is in our eyes, has never sold more than 11,000 copies in the United States in a single month.
The Passat ranked tenth among conventional midsize cars in America in February 2014.
Among continuing nameplates, no midsize car suffered a year-over-year decline worse than the Subaru Legacy. The Legacy is about to be replaced by a new model, but as you can see in the image above, it doesn't exactly shout, "This is a new thing!"
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 midsize 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 • February 2015 • March 2014 • January 2014 • February 2013
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too... because readers have wanted it both ways. 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 - February 2014 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - February 2014 YTD
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- Midsize Car Sales In Canada - February 2015 Ytd
Canadian midsize car volume increased 14% in February 2015, a gain of 890 units compared with February 2015; a loss of 2109 sales compared with February 2013. • Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2015 YTD • Canada...
- Midsize Car Sales In America - March 2014 Ytd
In March 2014, the Toyota Camry reclaimed its position as America's best-selling midsize car and thus America's top-selling car overall. Top challengers, as usual, came from Nissan, Honda, and Ford, all of which sold more than 32,000 midsize cars...
- Midsize Car Sales In Canada - February 2014 Ytd
Canadian sales of midsize cars are down 26% in 2014 after falling 27% in January and 25% in February. Only two of the competitors are selling more often this year than they were at this stage of 2013: the Subaru Legacy and Volkswagen Passat. In...
- Midsize Car Sales In Canada - January 2014
Symptomatic of a car market which declined 6%, midsize car sales in Canada fell 27% in January 2014. Nearly every nameplate in the category, save for Subaru's Legacy and the Volkswagen Passat, reported lower sales last month than they did a year ago. ...
- February 2013 Midsize Car Sales In America
The Ford C-Max Has Been Able To Outsell The Toyota Prius V Without Too Much Trouble. The Original Prius Isn't So Easy To Knock Off Its Perch.It's supposedly lonely at the top, but apparently not in February, not in the U.S. midsize car segment....
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Midsize Car Sales In America - February 2014 YTD
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That's nearly as many sales as Toyota USA managed with the Camry in February 2013, but then Camry volume slid 7% in February 2014. Camry volume is down by 10,837 units leading into March.
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Toyota, Honda, and Nissan sell an average of 91,000 Camrys, Accords, and Altimas every month, put together. But Volkswagen has only crested the 10K monthly mark eleven times since the Passat went on sale some 30 months ago. In each of the last six months, Passat sales have decreased on a year-over-year basis.
The problem for Volkswagen isn't the Passat's inability to sell like an Altima, Camry, or Accord - that was never the short-term goal. It's that the Passat can't sell like a Malibu, Sonata, or Optima, let alone a Ford Fusion. To crack the 150K annual mark, Volkswagen would likely need a month or two above 15K and nothing below 10K. This Passat, admirable though it is in our eyes, has never sold more than 11,000 copies in the United States in a single month.
The Passat ranked tenth among conventional midsize cars in America in February 2014.
Among continuing nameplates, no midsize car suffered a year-over-year decline worse than the Subaru Legacy. The Legacy is about to be replaced by a new model, but as you can see in the image above, it doesn't exactly shout, "This is a new thing!"
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 midsize 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 • February 2015 • March 2014 • January 2014 • February 2013
Midsize Car | February 2014 | February 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Regal | 2200 | 1474 | 49.3% | 3634 | 2479 | 46.6% |
Chevrolet Malibu | 17,448 | 14,817 | 17.8% | 29,270 | 30,640 | -4.5% |
Chrysler 200 | 12,046 | 11,446 | 5.2% | 22,958 | 20,292 | 13.1% |
Dodge Avenger | 8189 | 9980 | -17.9% | 12,984 | 19,608 | -33.8% |
Ford Fusion | 23,898 | 27,875 | -14.3% | 44,615 | 50,274 | -11.3% |
Honda Accord | 24,622 | 27,999 | -12.1% | 45,226 | 51,923 | -12.9% |
Hyundai Sonata | 11,190 | 16,007 | -30.1% | 21,005 | 29,254 | -28.2% |
Kia Optima | 11,226 | 13,195 | -14.9% | 21,205 | 24,447 | -13.3% |
Mazda 6 | 3945 | 2702 | 46.0% | 7117 | 4849 | 46.8% |
Mitsubishi Galant | 25 | 209 | -88.0% | 42 | 433 | -90.3% |
Nissan Altima | 30,849 | 27,725 | 11.3% | 53,364 | 49,189 | 8.5% |
Subaru Legacy | 2575 | 3745 | -31.2% | 5310 | 6929 | -23.4% |
Suzuki Kizashi | --- | 446 | -100% | --- | 732 | -100% |
Toyota Camry | 28,998 | 31,270 | -7.3% | 52,330 | 63,167 | -17.2% |
Volkswagen Passat | 6997 | 7532 | -7.1% | 13,233 | 16,388 | -19.3% |
Volkswagen CC | 964 | 1123 | -14.2% | 1845 | 2315 | -20.3% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 185,172 | 197,545 | -6.3% | 334,138 | 372,919 | -10.4% |
Midsize Hybrids & Electrics | February 2014 | February 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Volt | 1210 | 1626 | -25.6% | 2128 | 2766 | -23.1% |
Ford C-Max | 1853 | 3183 | -41.8% | 3271 | 5908 | -44.6% |
Honda Insight | 339 | 388 | -12.6% | 656 | 707 | -7.2% |
Nissan LEAF | 1425 | 653 | 118% | 2677 | 1303 | 105% |
Toyota Prius | 8437 | 12,121 | -30.4% | 16,445 | 22,680 | -27.5% |
Toyota Prius Sedan ^ | 7396 | 11,428 | -35.3% | 14,601 | 21,113 | -30.8% |
Toyota Prius Plug-In ^ | 1041 | 693 | 50.2% | 1844 | 1567 | 17.7% |
Toyota Prius V | 1743 | 2543 | -31.5% | 3473 | 5065 | -31.4% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 15,007 | 20,514 | -26.8% | 28,650 | 38,429 | -25.4% |
Tall Wagons & Crossovers | February 2014 | February 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honda Crosstour * | 1125 | 1234 | -8.8% | 2301 | 2507 | -8.2% |
Subaru Outback * | 8967 | 9016 | -0.5% | 17,197 | 17,648 | -2.6% |
Toyota Venza * | 2472 | 3745 | -34.0% | 4465 | 7116 | -37.3% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 12,564 | 13,995 | -10.2% | 23,963 | 27,271 | -12.1% |
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too... because readers have wanted it both ways. 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
Midsize Car Sales In America - February 2015 YTD
Midsize Car Sales In America - March 2014 YTD
Midsize Car Sales In America - January 2014
Midsize Car Sales In America - February 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - February 2014 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - February 2014 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - February 2014 YTD
Large Car Sales In America - February 2014 YTD
- Midsize Car Sales In Canada - February 2015 Ytd
Canadian midsize car volume increased 14% in February 2015, a gain of 890 units compared with February 2015; a loss of 2109 sales compared with February 2013. • Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2015 YTD • Canada...
- Midsize Car Sales In America - March 2014 Ytd
In March 2014, the Toyota Camry reclaimed its position as America's best-selling midsize car and thus America's top-selling car overall. Top challengers, as usual, came from Nissan, Honda, and Ford, all of which sold more than 32,000 midsize cars...
- Midsize Car Sales In Canada - February 2014 Ytd
Canadian sales of midsize cars are down 26% in 2014 after falling 27% in January and 25% in February. Only two of the competitors are selling more often this year than they were at this stage of 2013: the Subaru Legacy and Volkswagen Passat. In...
- Midsize Car Sales In Canada - January 2014
Symptomatic of a car market which declined 6%, midsize car sales in Canada fell 27% in January 2014. Nearly every nameplate in the category, save for Subaru's Legacy and the Volkswagen Passat, reported lower sales last month than they did a year ago. ...
- February 2013 Midsize Car Sales In America
The Ford C-Max Has Been Able To Outsell The Toyota Prius V Without Too Much Trouble. The Original Prius Isn't So Easy To Knock Off Its Perch.It's supposedly lonely at the top, but apparently not in February, not in the U.S. midsize car segment....