Cars
With 160,975 sales, the Ford Mustang was America's 11th-best-selling car in 2005, 16,907 sales ahead of the Chrysler 300; 27,235 sales ahead of the Chrysler PT Cruiser.
Unfortunately, the Mustang finished the year outside the top ten, directly behind two declining Fords, in fact.
The Toyota Camry was once again America's best-selling car in 2005. Spreading the gap over the second-ranked Honda Accord to 62,410 units thanks to a 1.1% year-over-year increase and the Accord's 4.5% drop.
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2004 Year End
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2006 Year End
• Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - 2005 Year End
Chevrolets grabbed the sixth, seventh, and eighth spot. 2005 was the first full year for the Cobalt nameplate. In addition to the 212,667 Cobalts sold by Chevrolet, General Motors also sold 18,960 Cavaliers. Combined, the Chevrolet compacts managed 231,627 sales. Indeed, GM also sold 25,114 Pontiac Sunfires in 2005.
22.4% of the new passenger cars sold in the United States in 2005 were GM products, down from 24.2% in 2004 as GM car sales fell and the market's desire for cars increased. Cars accounted for 46.8% of the new vehicle market in 2005, up from 45.8% in 2004 as car sales grew from 7.74 million units to 7.96 million units, a 2.9% increase.
Source: Automakers & ANDC
- Top 10 Best-selling Cars In Canada - 2005 Year End
For the eighth consecutive year, the Honda Civic was Canada's best-selling car in 2005. The Civic outsold the next-best-selling Mazda 3 by nearly 18,000 units and outsold the fourth and fifth-best-selling cars, combined, by a 14,934-unit margin. •...
- Top 40 Best-selling Vehicles In Canada - 2005 Year End
This list of Canada's 40 best-selling vehicles in calendar year 2005 includes in its top nine a group of vehicles which continue to battle it out at the top of the heap nine years later. But then there's the Toyota Echo, the successor...
- Top 10 Best-selling Suvs In America - 2005 Year End
Ranked ninth in 2002, sixth in 2003, and fourth in 2004, the Ford Escape slid back to the fifth position among SUVs and crossovers in 2005 thanks to a 10% year-over-year U.S. sales decline. Ford Explorer sales, meanwhile, slid 29%, and the Explorer...
- Top 10 Best-selling Cars In America - 2006 Year End
The Toyota Camry was once again America's best-selling car in 2006, and its lead over the Honda Accord continued to expand as Camry volume increased and Accord sales decreased. So significant was the Accord's drop - 14,852 units - and so impressive...
- Top 10 Best-selling Cars In America - 2004 Year End
Moving up from 13th in 2003 to the tenth spot in 2004, the Chevrolet Malibu produced the biggest year-over-year improvement of any car on this list of the ten best-selling cars in America in 2004. One year earlier, the Malibu fell in behind the...
Cars
Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2005 Year End
Unfortunately, the Mustang finished the year outside the top ten, directly behind two declining Fords, in fact.
The Toyota Camry was once again America's best-selling car in 2005. Spreading the gap over the second-ranked Honda Accord to 62,410 units thanks to a 1.1% year-over-year increase and the Accord's 4.5% drop.
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2004 Year End
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2006 Year End
• Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - 2005 Year End
Chevrolets grabbed the sixth, seventh, and eighth spot. 2005 was the first full year for the Cobalt nameplate. In addition to the 212,667 Cobalts sold by Chevrolet, General Motors also sold 18,960 Cavaliers. Combined, the Chevrolet compacts managed 231,627 sales. Indeed, GM also sold 25,114 Pontiac Sunfires in 2005.
22.4% of the new passenger cars sold in the United States in 2005 were GM products, down from 24.2% in 2004 as GM car sales fell and the market's desire for cars increased. Cars accounted for 46.8% of the new vehicle market in 2005, up from 45.8% in 2004 as car sales grew from 7.74 million units to 7.96 million units, a 2.9% increase.
Rank | Best-Selling Car | 2005 | 2004 | % Change |
#1 | Toyota Camry | 431,703 | 426,990 | 1.1% |
#2 | Honda Accord | 369,293 | 386,770 | -4.5% |
#3 | Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 341,290 | 333,161 | 2.4% |
#4 | Honda Civic | 308,415 | 309,196 | -0.3% |
#5 | Nissan Altima | 255,371 | 235,889 | 8.3% |
#6 | Chevrolet Impala | 246,481 | 290,259 | -15.1% |
#7 | Chevrolet Cobalt | 212,667 | 4959 | 4189% |
#8 | Chevrolet Malibu | 203,503 | 179,806 | 13.2% |
#9 | Ford Taurus | 196,919 | 248,148 | -20.6% |
#10 | Ford Focus | 184,825 | 208,339 | -11.3% |
- Top 10 Best-selling Cars In Canada - 2005 Year End
For the eighth consecutive year, the Honda Civic was Canada's best-selling car in 2005. The Civic outsold the next-best-selling Mazda 3 by nearly 18,000 units and outsold the fourth and fifth-best-selling cars, combined, by a 14,934-unit margin. •...
- Top 40 Best-selling Vehicles In Canada - 2005 Year End
This list of Canada's 40 best-selling vehicles in calendar year 2005 includes in its top nine a group of vehicles which continue to battle it out at the top of the heap nine years later. But then there's the Toyota Echo, the successor...
- Top 10 Best-selling Suvs In America - 2005 Year End
Ranked ninth in 2002, sixth in 2003, and fourth in 2004, the Ford Escape slid back to the fifth position among SUVs and crossovers in 2005 thanks to a 10% year-over-year U.S. sales decline. Ford Explorer sales, meanwhile, slid 29%, and the Explorer...
- Top 10 Best-selling Cars In America - 2006 Year End
The Toyota Camry was once again America's best-selling car in 2006, and its lead over the Honda Accord continued to expand as Camry volume increased and Accord sales decreased. So significant was the Accord's drop - 14,852 units - and so impressive...
- Top 10 Best-selling Cars In America - 2004 Year End
Moving up from 13th in 2003 to the tenth spot in 2004, the Chevrolet Malibu produced the biggest year-over-year improvement of any car on this list of the ten best-selling cars in America in 2004. One year earlier, the Malibu fell in behind the...