Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - August 2015

With its best month ever, the Kia Soul ran up the U.S. sales charts to become America's 10th-best-selling car in August 2015. 

That's up from 14th in July of this year; 16th at this time a year ago. The Soul outsold all conventional small cars save for three: Civic, Corolla, and Elantra. It was also the most popular Kia.

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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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August may be more memorable, however, for the Honda Accord's return to the top of the leaderboard. No car sold more often in August 2015 than the midsize Honda. Accord sales were down 20% from last August's high-water mark, but with 40,931 units, the Accord finished August 2015 with 3339 more sales than the Toyota Camry. 

The Camry had reigned supreme in six consecutive months. Before last month, the Accord hadn't topped this list of America's 20 best-selling cars since September 2014.

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 August.

August 2016 • September 2015 • July 2015 • August 2014

Rank	Best-Selling Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Honda Accord	40,931	51,075	-19.9%	231,173	271,426	-14.8%
#2	Toyota Camry	37,592	44,043	-14.6%	291,843	306,471	-4.8%
#3	Nissan Altima	32,327	32,153	0.5%	238,200	235,260	1.2%
#4	Honda Civic	32,031	34,032	-5.9%	221,471	231,167	-4.2%
#5	Toyota Corolla	31,726	33,088	-4.1%	252,106	238,275	5.8%
#6	Ford Fusion	28,270	29,452	-4.0%	206,533	218,892	-5.6%
#7	Hyundai Elantra	22,405	22,845	-1.9%	173,238	157,555	10.0%
#8	Hyundai Sonata	21,818	21,092	3.4%	141,556	150,016	-5.6%
#9	Chevrolet Malibu	17,553	16,346	7.4%	130,095	133,388	-2.5%
#10	Kia Soul	17,108	15,069	13.5%	99,069	104,777	-5.4%
#11	Ford Focus	16,321	22,079	-26.1%	150,427	160,759	-6.4%
#12	Nissan Sentra	15,662	17,182	-8.8%	140,074	128,659	8.9%
#13	Nissan Versa	14,875	14,630	1.7%	91,779	98,200	-6.5%
#14	Chevrolet Cruze	14,661	23,435	-37.4%	163,938	189,699	-13.6%
#15	Chrysler 200	14,032	10,810	29.8%	135,709	64,147	112%
#16	Kia Optima	13,980	15,337	-8.8%	106,584	111,738	-4.6%
#17	Subaru Outback	11,113	11,428	-2.8%	93,293	85,951	8.5%
#18	Volkswagen Jetta	11,112	15,361	-27.7%	89,692	104,810	-14.4%
#19	Toyota Prius	10,794	15,542	-30.5%	79,644	102,116	-22.0%
	Toyota Prius Sedan ^	10,450	14,724	-29.0%	75,826	90,627	-16.3%
	Toyota Prius Plug-In ^	344	818	-57.9%	3818	11,489	-66.8%
#20	Subaru Impreza °	10,441	7412	40.9%	67,025	59,119	13.4%

Source: Automakers 
^ Prius breakdown by variant
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, formerly chose to combine sales of the 3-Series and 4-Series but now separates the two. Combined, the pair achieved 13,103 units in August.
° Impreza figures combine Impreza and WRX/STI

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