Two Toyotas led the way for the first time since 2006. There were three Toyotas in the top ten for the third consecutive year. The top-selling Camry fell below 400,000 annual sales for the first time since 2001, itself a year of great tumult. Total Corolla/Matrix volume slid below 300,000 units for the first time since 2002. This was nothing abnormal.
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2008 Year End
• Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - 2010 Year End
• All Vehicles Ranked By 2009 Year End U.S. Sales
Only one member of this group of America's ten most popular cars produced year-over-year improvements in 2009. That car, the Fusion, was the only one of Ford's five car model's to post an improvement, and it was heavily revised for MY2010. Total Ford/Lincoln/Mercury car volume was down 11%. Chrysler Group car sales plunged 46%. Passenger car sales at General Motors was down 30%.
Aside from cars which weren't available throughout 2008 (and thus produced exaggerated YOY gains in 2009) big gains were produced by the Audi A5 (up 56% to 9800), Hyundai Accent (up 35% to 68,086), and Nissan Z (up 27% to 13,117).
Rank | Best-Selling Vehicle | 2009 | 2008 | % Change |
#1 | Toyota Camry | 356,824 | 436,617 | - 18.3% |
#2 | Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 296,874 | 351,007 | - 15.4% |
#3 | Honda Accord | 290,056 | 372,789 | - 22.2% |
#4 | Honda Civic | 259,722 | 339,289 | - 23.5% |
#5 | Nissan Altima | 203,568 | 269,668 | - 24.5% |
#6 | Ford Fusion | 180,671 | 147,569 | + 22.4% |
#7 | Chevrolet Impala | 165,565 | 265,840 | - 37.7% |
#8 | Chevrolet Malibu | 161,568 | 178,253 | - 9.4% |
#9 | Ford Focus | 160,433 | 195,823 | - 18.1% |
#10 | Toyota Prius | 139,682 | 158,884 | - 12.1% |
