Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - September 2014

For the second consecutive month, the Honda Accord knocked the Toyota Camry off its perch, ending September 2014 as the best-selling car in America. The gap has been closed to fewer than 31,000 sales on year-to-date terms, but with just three months remaining, 2014 does not appear to be the year that the Camry is unseated. 

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• All Makes & Models Ranked By September 2014 YTD U.S. Sales
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD

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Accord sales jumped 31% last month; Camry sales slid 11%. The next-best-selling Honda Civic was down 3%. The sixth, seventh, ninth, 17th, 19th, and 20th-best-selling cars in America all reported declining year-over-year sales in September, as well, and this in a market which shot up 9.4% to more than 1.25 million units.

In addition to the Accord's big jump, sales of the Chevrolet Cruze, Nissan Sentra, Nissan Versa, Subaru Outback, and Kia Soul all climbed far beyond their September 2013 tallies. Likewise, the BMW 3-Series (sales figures for which include the 4-Series in the U.S.) were half again as strong as they were a year ago. No premium brand car came close to selling as often as the BMW duo, with its wide-spread range encompassing a pair of hatchbacks, a sedan, a coupe, a convertible, and a wagon.

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 will shortly publish the list of America's best-selling SUVs in September 2014.

October 2014 • August 2014 • September 2013

Rank	Best-Selling Car	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	Honda Accord	32,956	25,176	30.9%	304,382	282,102	7.9%
#2	Toyota Camry	28,507	31,871	-10.6%	334,978	318,990	5.0%
#3	Honda Civic	22,263	22,983	-3.1%	253,430	253,561	-0.1%
#4	Ford Fusion	21,693	19,972	8.6%	240,585	226,293	6.3%
#5	Nissan Altima	21,675	21,221	2.1%	256,935	249,518	3.0%
#6	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	20,530	23,251	-11.7%	258,805	233,547	10.8%
#7	Hyundai Elantra	18,848	19,691	-4.3%	176,403	194,593	-9.3%
#8	Chevrolet Cruze	18,415	12,730	44.7%	208,114	195,775	6.3%
#9	Ford Focus	15,397	16,733	-8.0%	176,156	188,654	-6.6%
#10	Chevrolet Malibu	15,186	14,487	4.8%	148,574	154,950	-4.1%
#11	Hyundai Sonata	14,918	13,872	7.5%	164,934	152,702	8.0%
#12	BMW 3-Series/4-Series *	12,814	8512	50.5%	94,445	77,921	21.2%
#13	Nissan Sentra	12,557	7798	61.0%	141,216	98,281	43.7%
#14	Nissan Versa	12,072	8776	37.6%	110,272	91,535	20.5%
#15	Subaru Outback ^	11,315	8143	39.0%	97,266	90,073	8.0%
#16	Chrysler 200	10,995	9583	14.7%	75,142	102,859	-26.9%
#17	Kia Optima	10,908	11,647	-6.3%	122,646	124,056	-1.1%
#18	Kia Soul	10,802	7416	45.7%	115,579	90,624	27.5%
#19	Volkswagen Jetta	10,245	13,309	-23.0%	115,055	124,273	-7.4%
#20	Chevrolet Impala	9225	11,462	-19.5%	107,162	121,033	-11.5%

Source: Automakers 
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combined sales of the 3-Series and 4-Series. 
^GCBC will be displaying the Outback with cars until at least the end of the year. As an SUV/crossover, it would have ranked 11th in September.

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