Ask GCBC: What Are The Best-Selling Import Cars In America?

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This week, Tom from America wanted to know the following: "What are the best-selling import cars in America? Not just the Toyota Camry, which is built in America, but the vehicles of any kind that are built outside of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico?"

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That's simple enough. We'll exclude import brand vehicles such as the Toyota Camry, America's best-selling car in each of the last 14 years, a Japanese-branded machine that's assembled in Indiana. We'll include for contention vehicles like the Buick Encore, which wears an American badge but is built in South Korea. 

Vehicles which are assembled outside of the U.S, Canada, and Mexico – the NAFTA zone – are eligible for this list of America's 15 most popular import vehicles in the first two months of 2016.

Rank	Best-Selling Import Autos	Feb. 2016 YTD	Feb. 2015 YTD	%  Change
#1	Subaru Forester	24,143	22,669	6.5%
#2	Kia Soul	21,033	18,107	16.2%
#3	Nissan Rogue °	18,814	13,953	34.8%
#4	Toyota 4Runner	15,972	13,365	19.5%
#5	Mazda 3	14,826	16,769	-11.6%
#6	Mazda CX-5	14,642	13,394	9.3%
#7	Subaru Impreza/WRX	13,530	14,712	-8.0%
#8	Toyota Prius/Prius Plug-In	13,518	15,184	-11.0%
#9	Kia Forte	13,516	11,971	12.9%
#10	Jeep Renegade	13,119	---	---
#11	Subaru Crosstrek	12,577	12,919	-2.6%
#12	Hyundai Tucson	12,554	6905	81.8%
#13	Buick Encore	10,793	8386	28.7%
#14	Kia Sportage	10,663	6461	65.0%
#15	BMW 3-Series	7882	10,747	-26.7%

° Total Rogue sales are up 0.7% to 21,561, with 11,589 (down 9.7%) of the Rogues sold so far this year built in Smyrna, Tennessee. 

Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.