Top 20 Best Selling Cars In America December 2014

The Toyota Camry ended 2014 atop the list of Americas best-selling cars for the 13th consecutive year, but December belonged to another car. In a record-setting year for the Nissan Altima, December marked a fitting finale: the Altima was Americas most popular car last month.

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• Americas 25 Best-Selling Cars In Calendar Year 2014

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The Camry was not roughed up, however, as year-over-year volume climbed 5.5% to 31,618 units, just 713 fewer than the Altima managed. Toyotas key small car, the Corolla, ranked fourth overall and first among compacts, 4788 sales ahead of the Honda Civic.

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• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End

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Premium cars were represented by the BMW 3-Series and its 4-Series offshoot (formerly all part of the 3-Series family). 3-Series volume rose 16% to 19,464 units, enough to send the Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Sonata, and Chevrolet Cruze (among others) down a peg.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling cars can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs 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 Americas best-selling trucks and best-selling SUVs in December.

January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013

Rank	Best-Selling Car	December 2014	December 2013	% Change	2014	2013	% Change
#1	Nissan Altima	32,331	24,816	30.3%	335,644	320,723	4.7%
#2	Toyota Camry	31,618	29,964	5.5%	428,608	408,484	4.9%
#3	Honda Accord	31,589	32,321	-2.3%	388,374	366,678	5.9%
#4	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	30,125	22,562	33.5%	339,498	302,180	12.3%
#5	Honda Civic	25,337	29,000	-12.6%	325,981	336,180	-3.0%
#6	Ford Fusion	23,166	24,408	-5.1%	306,860	295,280	3.9%
#7	BMW 3-Series & 4-Series *	19,464	16,737	16.3%	142,232	119,521	19.0%
#8	Hyundai Elantra	18,860	21,692	-13.1%	222,023	247,912	-10.4%
#9	Hyundai Sonata	17,924	14,479	23.8%	216,936	203,648	6.5%
#10	Chevrolet Cruze	17,800	18,162	-2.0%	273,060	248,224	10.0%
#11	Chevrolet Malibu	16,817	15,493	8.5%	188,519	200,594	-6.0%
#12	Chrysler 200	16,229	5652	187%	117,363	122,480	-4.2%
#13	Volkswagen Jetta	15,578	15,393	1.2%	160,873	163,793	-1.8%
#14	Nissan Sentra	15,393	10,799	42.5%	183,268	129,143	41.9%
#16	Ford Focus	14,883	15,569	-4.4%	219,634	234,570	-6.4%
#16	Subaru Outback °	14,772	11,002	34.3%	138,790	118,049	17.6%
#17	Chevrolet Impala	13,088	10,633	23.1%	140,280	156,797	-10.5%
#18	Kia Optima	11,827	9474	24.8%	159,020	155,893	2.0%
#19	Kia Soul	9906	6345	56.1%	145,316	118,079	23.1%
#20	Mazda 3	9719	7669	26.7%	104,985	104,713	0.3%

Source: Automakers 
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combined sales of the 3-Series and 4-Series. 
° If counted as an SUV, the Outback would have ranked 11th in December.
 

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