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Owning 5.5% of the U.S. auto market in December 2013, the Ford F-Series topped 70,000 units for the third time this year and 60,000 units for the eighth consecutive month.
Most assuredly, the F-Series was America's best-selling vehicle in December. Combined, the second-ranked Chevrolet Silverado and third-ranked Ram P/U only outsold the F-Series by 1406 units.
According to the Automotive News Data Center, December was a month of little growth in the U.S. auto industry as total sales rose by just 2602 units.
Passenger cars were the drag, falling 3.5%. You'll find symptoms of that underlying issue at Toyota, where America's most popular car, the Camry, fell 5% in December.
Honda's Civic, America's leading small car, fell 12% in December, and sales of the second and fourth-best-selling cars in December - the Toyota Corolla and Chevrolet Cruze - were down 9% and 14%, respectively.
In total, 13 of the 30 best-selling cars in America in December were passenger cars, down from 15 in December 2012 and 15 one month ago.
GCBC has already published rankings for 36 different brands and 14 different trucks and 20 SUVs and crossovers and 20 passenger cars, links for which you'll find at the bottom of this post. Below, you'll find a list where all vehicles of all types are thrown in together: the 30 most popular vehicles in the United States in December 2013. Shortly, you'll see the 2013 year end edition of this overall best sellers list.
December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
Source: Automakers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has decided to combine figures of the 3-Series and 4-Series.
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Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - December 2013
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Most assuredly, the F-Series was America's best-selling vehicle in December. Combined, the second-ranked Chevrolet Silverado and third-ranked Ram P/U only outsold the F-Series by 1406 units.
According to the Automotive News Data Center, December was a month of little growth in the U.S. auto industry as total sales rose by just 2602 units.
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Honda's Civic, America's leading small car, fell 12% in December, and sales of the second and fourth-best-selling cars in December - the Toyota Corolla and Chevrolet Cruze - were down 9% and 14%, respectively.
In total, 13 of the 30 best-selling cars in America in December were passenger cars, down from 15 in December 2012 and 15 one month ago.
GCBC has already published rankings for 36 different brands and 14 different trucks and 20 SUVs and crossovers and 20 passenger cars, links for which you'll find at the bottom of this post. Below, you'll find a list where all vehicles of all types are thrown in together: the 30 most popular vehicles in the United States in December 2013. Shortly, you'll see the 2013 year end edition of this overall best sellers list.
December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
Rank | Vehicle | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
#1 | Ford F-Series | 74,592 | 68,787 | 8.4% | 763,402 | 645,316 | 18.3% |
#2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 42,593 | 50,699 | -16.0% | 480,414 | 418,312 | 14.8% |
#3 | Dodge Ram | 33,405 | 30,211 | 10.6% | 355,673 | 293,363 | 21.2% |
#4 | Honda Accord | 32,321 | 29,428 | 9.8% | 366,678 | 331,872 | 10.5% |
#5 | Toyota Camry | 29,964 | 31,407 | -4.6% | 408,484 | 404,886 | 0.9% |
#6 | Honda Civic | 29,000 | 33,118 | -12.4% | 336,180 | 317,909 | 5.7% |
#7 | Honda CR-V | 28,759 | 25,733 | 11.8% | 303,904 | 281,652 | 7.9% |
#8 | Nissan Altima | 24,816 | 23,966 | 3.5% | 320,723 | 302,934 | 5.9% |
#9 | Ford Escape | 24,462 | 20,131 | 21.5% | 295,993 | 261,008 | 13.4% |
#10 | Ford Fusion | 24,408 | 19,283 | 26.6% | 295,280 | 241,263 | 22.4% |
#11 | Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 22,562 | 24,679 | -8.6% | 302,180 | 290,947 | 3.9% |
#12 | Hyundai Elantra | 21,692 | 19,024 | 14.0% | 247,912 | 202,034 | 22.7% |
#13 | Toyota RAV4 | 20,970 | 14,351 | 46.1% | 218,249 | 171,877 | 27.0% |
#14 | Chevrolet Cruze | 18,162 | 21,230 | -14.5% | 248,224 | 237,758 | 4.4% |
#15 | GMC Sierra | 17,854 | 18,710 | -4.6% | 184,389 | 157,185 | 17.3% |
#16 | Chevrolet Equinox | 17,212 | 19,551 | -12.0% | 238,192 | 218,621 | 9.0% |
#17 | Ford Explorer | 16,907 | 17,244 | -2.0% | 192,397 | 164,207 | 17.2% |
#18 | BMW 3-Series & 4-Series * | 16,737 | 10,745 | 55.8% | 119,521 | 99,602 | 20.0% |
#19 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 16,517 | 17,121 | -3.5% | 174,275 | 154,734 | 12.6% |
#20 | Ford Focus | 15,569 | 22,604 | -31.1% | 234,570 | 245,922 | -4.6% |
#21 | Chevrolet Malibu | 15,493 | 11,630 | 33.2% | 200,594 | 210,951 | -4.9% |
#22 | Volkswagen Jetta | 15,393 | 15,661 | -1.7% | 163,793 | 170,424 | -3.9% |
#23 | Jeep Cherokee | 15,038 | --- | --- | 25,786 | --- | --- |
#24 | Nissan Rogue | 14,676 | 11,488 | 27.8% | 162,751 | 142,349 | 14.3% |
#25 | Hyundai Sonata | 14,479 | 20,826 | -30.5% | 203,648 | 230,605 | -11.7% |
#26 | Subaru Forester | 13,229 | 8764 | 50.9% | 123,592 | 76,347 | 61.9% |
#27 | Lexus RX | 13,169 | 12,534 | 5.1% | 103,920 | 95,381 | 9.0% |
#28 | Toyota Tacoma | 12,761 | 14,030 | -9.0% | 159,485 | 141,365 | 12.8% |
#29 | Toyota Highlander | 12,344 | 12,191 | 1.3% | 127,572 | 121,055 | 5.4% |
#30 | Honda Odyssey | 12,107 | 9126 | 32.7% | 128,987 | 125,980 | 2.4% |
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has decided to combine figures of the 3-Series and 4-Series.
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Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - December 2014
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Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - 2013 Year End
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