Large Car Sales In America - August 2016 YTD

While U.S. sales of the Chrysler 300, Hyundai Azera, Nissan Maxima, and segment-leading Dodge Charger all increased dramatically in August 2016, full-size volume brand sales volume decreased 14%, year-over-year.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2016 YTD

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Blame declines from the Buick LaCrosse, which is in the midst of a transition phase, its Chevrolet Impala partner, as well as the Ford Taurus, Kia Cadenza, and Toyota Avalon. The Hyundai Genesis, which we'll be including in this sector only for a little while longer – the Genesis sedan is transitioning into a new life as the Genesis G80 – lost 46% of its sales.

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At the upper end of the category, the performance-oriented Chevrolet SS plunged 96% to only 14 U.S. sales in August 2016. General Motors, according to Automotive News, had a 45-day supply of SS sedans heading into August. 

Cars.com currently shows 586 SSs in stock. Let's not mince words: it's a flop. But August was particularly floppy, as last month's 14-unit result trails the year-to-date monthly average by 293 sales.

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 sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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

Large Car	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick LaCrosse	1598	4508	-64.6%	17,920	28,669	-37.5%
Chevrolet Impala	5684	9880	-42.5%	67,119	76,107	-11.8%
Chevrolet SS	14	344	-95.9%	2148	2199	-2.3%
Chrysler 300	5275	4339	21.6%	38,429	33,069	16.2%
Dodge Charger	8614	6964	23.7%	66,466	67,802	-2.0%
Ford Taurus	3414	4050	-15.7%	30,869	34,017	-9.3%
Hyundai Azera	398	291	36.8%	3356	4358	-23.0%
Hyundai Genesis *	1317	2440	-46.0%	20,818	22,184	-6.2%
Kia Cadenza	272	322	-15.5%	3363	4021	-16.4%
Nissan Maxima	6064	4250	42.7%	42,807	22,930	86.7%
Toyota Avalon	4116	5491	-25.0%	31,184	39,490	-21.0%
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Total	36,766	42,879	-14.3%	324,479	334,846	-3.1%

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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