Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - July 2014

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The Toyota Camry was America's best-selling car in July 2014, marking the fifth consecutive month in which the Camry stood atop all cars as America's favourite. 

Also present in the top 15 were Toyota's Corolla and Prius. 

The second-ranked Honda Accord produced an impressive 11% year-over-year improvement in July but ended the month 4795 sales back of its midsize rival. Heading into August, the Accord is an insurmountable 41,972 units behind the Camry.


• All Makes & Models Ranked By U.S. July 2014 YTD Sales
All 153 Cars Ranked By July 2014 YTD U.S. Sales


Small cars were led by the Corolla for the sixth time this year as sales of the Honda Civic slid 7% compared with July 2013.

Detroit's top-selling passenger car was the Ford Fusion, sales of which jumped 17% in July 2014. Chevrolet Cruze volume slid 18% in July after June's 21% drop and May's 41% increase. Premium brands were represented by a BMW in the 18th position. Midsize sedans grabbed seven of the top 16 positions, including four of the top six. The Chevrolet Camaro ranked 20th, 3397 sales ahead of the soon-to-be-replaced Ford Mustang.

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 best-selling SUVs in July.

June 2014July 2013
Rank
Best-Selling Car
July
2014
July
2013
%
Change
2014
YTD
2013
YTD
%
Change
#1
Toyota Camry
39,86834,76214.7%262,323 242,244 8.3%
#2
Honda Accord
35,073 31,507 11.3% 220,351 218,367 0.9%
#3
Toyota Corolla/Matrix
30,833 23,357 32.0% 205,122 181,982 12.7%
#4
Honda Civic
30,038 32,416 -7.3% 197,135 191,120 3.1%
#5
Nissan Altima
26,654 29,534 -9.8% 203,107 197,321 2.9%
#6
Ford Fusion
23,942 20,522 16.7% 189,440 181,668 4.3%
#7
Hyundai Sonata
22,577 18,903 19.4% 128,924 121,913 5.8%
#8
Hyundai Elantra
22,213 23,958 -7.3% 134,710 150,202 -10.3%
#9
Chevrolet Cruze
20,926 25,447 -17.8% 166,264 159,136 4.5%
#10
Ford Focus
17,724 16,764 5.7% 138,680 151,549 -8.5%
#11
Nissan Sentra
17,579 11,439 53.7% 111,477 77,878 43.1%
#12
Nissan Versa
15,630 9007 73.5% 83,570 72,768 14.8%
#13
Kia Soul
14,709 10,160 44.8% 89,708 73,191 22.6%
#14
Toyota Prius
14,237 16,069 -11.4% 86,574 97,092 -10.8%

Toyota Prius Sedan ^
12,866 15,252 -15.6% 75,903 92,061 -17.6%

Toyota Prius Plug-In ^
1371 817 67.8% 10,671 5031 112%
#15
Kia Optima
13,588 13,752 -1.2% 96,401 97,210 -0.8%
#16
Chevrolet Malibu
13,537 12,473 8.5% 117,042 123,573 -5.3%
#17
Volkswagen Jetta
13,142 13,388 -1.8% 89,449 94,684 -5.5%
#18
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series *
12,497 9890 26.4% 69,154 59,052 17.1%
#19
Subaru Outback ‡
11,768 10,456 12.6% 74,523 71,767 3.8%
#20
Chevrolet Camaro
9961 7969 25.0% 56,633 50,281 12.6%
Source: Automakers 
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combined sales of the 3-Series and 4-Series.
^ Prius breakdown by variant

‡ Prefer to think of the Subaru Outback as an SUV/crossover than a tall wagon? That's sensible. The Outback would have ranked 11th among SUVs and crossovers in July, and the Chevrolet Impala would move up to the 20th spot among cars.

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