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With very nearly 50,000 sales, the Toyota Camry easily claimed the title of America's best-selling car in May 2014. Its nearest rival, the Honda Accord, was 9947 sales abaft.
The top five were a tightly knit group. More particularly, there was only a 558-sale spread between the third-ranked Toyota Corolla and fifth-ranked Nissan Altima. All seven of America's favourite cars posted significant year-over-year improvements in May, from the Chevrolet Cruze's 40.5% jump to the Altima's 12.9% increase.
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2015
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - June 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - April 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2013
• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - May 2014 YTD
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - May 2014
• Top 13 Best-Selling Trucks In America - May 2014 YTD
• Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - May 2014
The Altima was just one of three Nissans in the top 19. The Camry led three Toyotas in the top 13. Honda landed the Accord in second; the Civic in fourth. There were three Chevrolets in the top 17, four Hyundais and Kias in the top 15, and two Fords in the top eight. The Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang were the 22nd and 23rd-best-selling cars in America, respectively.
Toyota has updated the Camry for the 2015 model year and will need to move outgoing 2014s to make room. The 2015, pictured above, is meant to fend off increasingly potent challengers from Honda, Nissan, and Ford.
• All 258 Autos Ranked By May 2014 & YTD U.S. Sales
• All 150 Cars Ranked By May 2014 & YTD U.S. Sales
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling cars 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. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of America's best-selling trucks and best-selling SUVs in May.
May 2015 • June 2014 • April 2014 • May 2013
Source: Automakers
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales figures for the 3-Series and 4-Series.
^ Prius breakdown by variant
- Top 25 Best-selling Cars In America - 2014 Year End
In 2014, for the 13th consecutive year, America's best-selling car was the Toyota Camry. With a 5% year-over-year increase in U.S. sales volume, the Camry outsold its nearest rival, the Honda Accord, by 40,232 units, a slightly narrower gap than...
- Top 20 Best-selling Cars In America - June 2014
For the third time in four months Toyota has sold more than 40,000 Camrys in a single month in the United States. June 2014 Camry volume was up 13% even as the overall new vehicle market, while healthier than anticipated, was up just 1.2%. The Camry...
- Top 20 Best-selling Cars In America - March 2014
Toyota suffered from a slow start to 2014 but rebounded in March, most apparently with Camry results. The Camry was trailing the Nissan Altima at the end of February, and amidst news that there'll be a significant update to the Camry for MY2015,...
- Top 20 Best-selling Cars In America - February 2014
The Toyota Camry was not the best-selling car in America in February 2014, nor does the Camry lead the way through the first one-sixth of 2014. Nissan Altima sales shot up 11% in difficult conditions in February and it leads the Camry by 1034 units going...
- Top 25 Best-selling Cars In America - 2013 Year End
The Toyota Camry was the best-selling car in America in 2013, the twelfth such year the Camry has achieved best seller status in the last twelve years. The Honda Accord trailed the Camry by 41,806 sales, a much tighter gap than the 73,014-unit differential...
Cars
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2014
The top five were a tightly knit group. More particularly, there was only a 558-sale spread between the third-ranked Toyota Corolla and fifth-ranked Nissan Altima. All seven of America's favourite cars posted significant year-over-year improvements in May, from the Chevrolet Cruze's 40.5% jump to the Altima's 12.9% increase.
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2015
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - June 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - April 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2013
• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - May 2014 YTD
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - May 2014
• Top 13 Best-Selling Trucks In America - May 2014 YTD
• Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - May 2014
The Altima was just one of three Nissans in the top 19. The Camry led three Toyotas in the top 13. Honda landed the Accord in second; the Civic in fourth. There were three Chevrolets in the top 17, four Hyundais and Kias in the top 15, and two Fords in the top eight. The Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang were the 22nd and 23rd-best-selling cars in America, respectively.
Toyota has updated the Camry for the 2015 model year and will need to move outgoing 2014s to make room. The 2015, pictured above, is meant to fend off increasingly potent challengers from Honda, Nissan, and Ford.
• All 258 Autos Ranked By May 2014 & YTD U.S. Sales
• All 150 Cars Ranked By May 2014 & YTD U.S. Sales
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling cars 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. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of America's best-selling trucks and best-selling SUVs in May.
May 2015 • June 2014 • April 2014 • May 2013
Rank | Best-Selling Car | May 2014 | May 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
#1 | Toyota Camry | 49,584 | 39,216 | 26.4% | 181,876 | 171,756 | 5.9% |
#2 | Honda Accord | 39,637 | 33,218 | 19.3% | 152,949 | 155,183 | -1.4% |
#3 | Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 36,611 | 27,997 | 30.8% | 143,409 | 132,514 | 8.2% |
#4 | Honda Civic | 36,089 | 30,268 | 19.2% | 134,796 | 128,980 | 4.5% |
#5 | Nissan Altima | 36,053 | 31,940 | 12.9% | 150,342 | 140,883 | 6.7% |
#6 | Ford Fusion | 33,881 | 29,553 | 14.6% | 137,894 | 136,833 | 0.8% |
#7 | Chevrolet Cruze | 32,393 | 23,055 | 40.5% | 119,330 | 100,818 | 18.4% |
#8 | Ford Focus | 23,683 | 27,186 | -12.9% | 94,690 | 111,641 | -15.2% |
#9 | Nissan Sentra | 21,932 | 12,504 | 75.4% | 76,801 | 56,240 | 36.6% |
#10 | Hyundai Elantra | 21,867 | 25,090 | -12.8% | 95,329 | 104,081 | -8.4% |
#11 | Hyundai Sonata | 20,404 | 20,194 | 1.0% | 81,152 | 83,556 | -2.9% |
#12 | Chevrolet Malibu | 19,288 | 18,899 | 2.1% | 87,368 | 89,812 | -2.7% |
#13 | Toyota Prius | 18,636 | 16,008 | 16.4% | 59,489 | 66,373 | -10.4% |
Toyota Prius Sedan ^ | 15,944 | 15,330 | 4.0% | 51,760 | 62,743 | -17.5% | |
Toyota Prius Plug-In ^ | 2692 | 678 | 297% | 7729 | 3630 | 113% | |
#14 | Kia Optima | 16,843 | 15,368 | 9.6% | 68,947 | 68,859 | 0.1% |
#15 | Kia Soul | 15,606 | 11,420 | 36.7% | 62,677 | 51,744 | 21.1% |
#16 | Volkswagen Jetta | 13,915 | 15,910 | -12.5% | 64,217 | 66,483 | -3.4% |
#17 | Chevrolet Impala | 13,348 | 10,841 | 23.1% | 64,121 | 66,127 | -3.0% |
#18 | Subaru Outback | 11,641 | 12,270 | -5.1% | 51,230 | 49,101 | 4.3% |
#19 | Nissan Versa | 11,243 | 8614 | 30.5% | 56,327 | 55,056 | 2.3% |
#20 | BMW 3-Series & 4-Series * | 10,915 | 9307 | 17.3% | 45,114 | 38,205 | 18.1% |
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales figures for the 3-Series and 4-Series.
^ Prius breakdown by variant
- Top 25 Best-selling Cars In America - 2014 Year End
In 2014, for the 13th consecutive year, America's best-selling car was the Toyota Camry. With a 5% year-over-year increase in U.S. sales volume, the Camry outsold its nearest rival, the Honda Accord, by 40,232 units, a slightly narrower gap than...
- Top 20 Best-selling Cars In America - June 2014
For the third time in four months Toyota has sold more than 40,000 Camrys in a single month in the United States. June 2014 Camry volume was up 13% even as the overall new vehicle market, while healthier than anticipated, was up just 1.2%. The Camry...
- Top 20 Best-selling Cars In America - March 2014
Toyota suffered from a slow start to 2014 but rebounded in March, most apparently with Camry results. The Camry was trailing the Nissan Altima at the end of February, and amidst news that there'll be a significant update to the Camry for MY2015,...
- Top 20 Best-selling Cars In America - February 2014
The Toyota Camry was not the best-selling car in America in February 2014, nor does the Camry lead the way through the first one-sixth of 2014. Nissan Altima sales shot up 11% in difficult conditions in February and it leads the Camry by 1034 units going...
- Top 25 Best-selling Cars In America - 2013 Year End
The Toyota Camry was the best-selling car in America in 2013, the twelfth such year the Camry has achieved best seller status in the last twelve years. The Honda Accord trailed the Camry by 41,806 sales, a much tighter gap than the 73,014-unit differential...