October 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America

In October 2012 the BMW 3-Series accounted for 37% of all BMW USA sales and with a 26% year-over-year improvement ended October as America's 15th-best-selling car. There were more Americans who bought or leased a 3-Series in October than there were Americans who bought or leased a Chevrolet Malibu (in a model changeover, admittedly), Mazda 3, Chrysler 200, Chevrolet Impala, or Volkswagen Passat. The 3-Series also outsold all other BMW passenger cars combined.

Yet Toyota sold three times as many Camry sedans as BMW sold 3-Series sedans, coupes, convertibles, and wagons. Camry sales increased at a greater rate compared to last October, as well. Its nearest rival, the Honda Accord, is 68,518 sales back. No wonder Toyota declared the race to end 2012 as America's most popular car over and done with.

Every Vehicle, All 265, Ranked By October YTD U.S. Sales

Toyota's Corolla (along with its Matrix hatchback sibling) barely outsold the Honda Civic in October but remains more than 10,000 sales back on a year-to-date basis. The Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus had strong months but slid in behind the Toyota and Honda. For the record, Dodge sold 5455 Darts in October 2012.

GoodCarBadCar.net has already published the list of America's five favourite trucks. A best-selling SUV/CUV list is upcoming. As always, historic brand and corporate totals (monthly and yearly going back to 2002) are now also available through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, along with results for more than 260 currently sold vehicles. That's where you'll find out that Volkswagen sold one Passat in May 2011.

For now, spend your time getting to know the names and numbers from the list below. These were America's 20 best-selling cars in October 2012.

Rank	Best-Selling Car	October 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Toyota Camry	29,926	+ 35.8%	344,714	+ 37.0%
#2	Honda Accord	28,349	+ 25.5%	276,196	+ 35.7%
#3	Nissan Altima	24,623	+ 12.8%	258,663	+ 16.3%
#4	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	20,949	+ 29.0%	243,652	+ 19.9%
#5	Honda Civic	20,687	+ 27.9%	254,716	+ 38.8%
#6	Chevrolet Cruze	19,121	+ 33.8%	199,721	- 1.0%
#7	Ford Focus	18,320	+ 47.9%	205,006	+ 36.9%
#8	Toyota Prius	16,774	+ 52.4%	200,114	+ 92.0%
	Prius Liftback	8788	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Prius C	3328	-----	29,458	-----
	Prius V	2769	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Prius Plug-In	1889	-----	9609	-----
#9	Hyundai Sonata	16,773	- 7.8%	192,119	- 0.4%
#10	Hyundai Elantra	14,512	+ 11.6%	167,087	+ 3.8%
#11	Volkswagen Jetta	13,476	+ 3.2%	140,504	- 6.4%
#12	Kia Optima	12,690	+ 50.3%	127,676	+ 98.4%
#13	Ford Fusion	12,690	- 29.9%	206,855	+ 0.2%
#14	Subaru Outback	10,153	+ 14.2%	95,357	+ 14.0%
#15	BMW 3-Series	9729	+ 25.6%	78,081	- 0.3%
#16	Chevrolet Malibu	9629	- 6.0%	189,094	+ 4.2%
#17	Mazda 3	8758	+ 34.2%	103,223	+ 19.6%
#18	Chrysler 200	8758	- 21.8%	109,025	+ 51.1%
#19	Chevrolet Impala	8368	- 30.2%	148,547	- 1.0%
#20	Volkswagen Passat	8355	+ 65.8%	92,017	+ 826%

Source: Manufacturers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales

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