Large Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD

Full-size sedans from volume automakers with luxury-like price tags and, sometimes, midsize-like space, aren't popular. And they're increasingly unpopular. 

Americans registered nearly 50,000 of these cars in August 2014, but fewer than 43,000 in August 2015.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD

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During the first eight months of 2014, Ford sold nearly 47,000 total copies of the Taurus, including the Taurus Police Interceptor. During the same period one year later, Taurus sales are just a tick over 34,000 units, a 28% decline.

Impala volume is down 22%. The Kia Cadenza has tumbled 38%. Nissan Maxima sales, which should rebound as the new model launches, were down 30% in August 2015. 

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LaCrosse, 300, Charger, Azera, Avalon: they're all failing to match 2014's output in the U.S.

At this stage a year ago, many of these cars were failing to match 2013's year-to-date output: LaCrosse, Impala, 300, Charger, Taurus, Azera, and Avalon.

Pictured above is the 2016 Ford Taurus, a car designed for China and, at least so far, not intended for American intake.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. This table is now sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • August 2016 • September 2015 • July 2015 • August 2014

Large Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Buick LaCrosse	4508	4454	1.2%	28,669	33,654	-14.8%
Chevrolet Impala	9880	9802	0.8%	76,107	97,937	-22.3%
Chevrolet SS	344	152	126%	2199	2055	7.0%
Chrysler 300	4145	4887	-15.2%	33,034	34,827	-5.1%
Dodge Charger	6734	8211	-18.0%	63,316	63,517	-0.3%
Ford Taurus	4050	5216	-22.4%	34,017	46,937	-27.5%
Hyundai Azera	291	511	-43.1%	4358	5214	-16.4%
Hyundai Genesis *	2440	3029	-19.4%	22,184	20,065	10.6%
Kia Cadenza	322	522	-38.3%	4021	6524	-38.4%
Nissan Maxima	4250	6110	-30.4%	22,930	35,351	-35.1%
Toyota Avalon	5491	7040	-22.0%	39,490	45,163	-12.6%
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Total	42,455	49,934	-15.0%	330,325	391,244	-15.6%

Source: Automakers
* Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with these volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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