Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - September 2015

With its biggest year-over-year improvement since January, the Ford F-Series was easily America's best-selling new vehicle line in September 2015.

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

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The F-Series' 16% improvement translates to 9788 more Ford truck sales in September 2015 than there were in September 2014. That's more extra F-Series sales than there were total Ford Mustang sales in what was a particularly strong September for the Mustang, America's 19th-best-selling car last month.

While car volume has been flat for much of 2015, September was an exception.

Both because the month was longer than September 2014 from a daily sales rate perspective and because September 2015 included the high-volume Labour Day weekend - which September 2014 did not - car sales were up last month.

More importantly, the rate of growth didn't occur simply because of an added day in which to sell cars. U.S. passenger car volume, growing between 6% and 7% in September, exceeded the 4% extra time added to the month. 

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As a result, the 12 top-selling cars in America all posted more sales in September 2015 than during the same period one year ago. From the top-selling Toyota Camry's 21% improvement to the Nissan Versa's 50% jump, car volume wasn't unhealthy in September 2015.

That said, SUVs and crossovers grew at a far faster pace. An additional 130,000 SUVs and crossovers were sold in September 2015 compared with September 2014, a massive 31% year-over-year improvement. The 19 top sellers in the category, including the 11 shown here, all posted gains.

Compared with September 2014, this list no longer features the Toyota Tacoma, BMW 3-Series, or Chrysler Town & Country. Instead, the Toyota Highlander, Kia Soul, and Subaru Outback have stepped in.

We've already published September lists for the 20 best-selling cars, 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers, and complete figures for every pickup truck, links to which you'll find below. Throwing all those vehicles into one group results in this list of the 30 best-selling vehicles overall. We end up with four pickup trucks, no minivans, 15 cars, and 11 utility vehicles.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling vehicles 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.

September 2016 • October 2015 • August 2015 • September 2014

Rank	Vehicle	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Ford F-Series	69,651	59,863	16.4%	564,451	557,037	1.3%
#2	Chevrolet Silverado	53,725	50,176	7.1%	440,904	382,153	15.4%
#3	Ram P/U	36,598	36,612	-0.04%	330,643	319,868	3.4%
#4	Toyota Camry	34,487	28,507	21.0%	326,330	334,978	-2.6%
#5	Honda Accord	33,641	32,956	2.1%	264,814	304,382	-13.0%
#6	Honda CR-V	29,925	23,722	26.1%	259,499	241,015	7.7%
#7	Ford Escape	28,473	21,718	31.1%	233,012	230,162	1.2%
#8	Honda Civic	28,278	22,263	27.0%	249,749	253,430	-1.5%
#9	Toyota RAV4	27,104	22,724	19.3%	227,922	202,069	12.8%
#10	Toyota Corolla	26,636	20,530	29.7%	278,742	258,805	7.7%
#11	Nissan Rogue	25,064	17,229	45.5%	213,207	154,568	37.9%
#12	Ford Fusion	24,942	21,693	15.0%	231,475	240,585	-3.8%
#13	Nissan Altima	24,224	21,675	11.8%	262,424	256,935	2.1%
#14	Chevrolet Equinox	21,537	17,266	24.7%	214,042	184,805	15.8%
#15	Hyundai Elantra	20,724	18,848	10.0%	193,962	176,403	10.0%
#16	Ford Explorer	20,715	15,795	31.1%	190,171	158,652	19.9%
#17	Jeep Cherokee	20,224	14,639	38.2%	161,112	128,133	25.7%
#18	GMC Sierra	19,754	16,763	17.8%	161,653	147,289	9.8%
#19	Nissan Versa	18,053	12,072	49.5%	109,832	110,272	-0.4%
#20	Jeep Wrangler	17,583	13,955	26.0%	157,513	134,068	17.5%
#21	Chevrolet Malibu	17,066	15,186	12.4%	147,161	148,574	-1.0%
#22	Hyundai Sonata	16,124	14,918	8.1%	157,680	164,934	-4.4%
#23	Jeep Grand Cherokee	15,758	12,854	22.6%	141,849	136,310	4.1%
#24	Subaru Forester	15,364	12,584	22.1%	129,568	117,940	9.9%
#25	Subaru Outback	15,126	11,315	33.7%	108,419	97,266	11.5%
#26	Nissan Sentra	14,196	12,557	13.1%	154,270	141,216	9.2%
#27	Chevrolet Cruze	14,032	18,415	-23.8%	177,970	208,114	-14.5%
#28	Kia Soul	13,614	10,802	26.0%	112,683	115,579	-2.5%
#29	Ford Focus	13,437	15,397	-12.7%	163,864	176,156	-7.0%
#30	Toyota Highlander	12,310	10,542	16.8%	116,758	105,526	10.6%

Source: Automakers
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