Best Selling New Cars in September 2015

The top four spots on the list belong to Toyota and Honda. The Toyota Camry just beat out the Honda Accord by 846 cars to be America’s best-selling new car for September 2015.

Americans bought a total of 34,487 Camry’s last month. Even with an increase of 21 percent from same month last year, the 2015 year-to-date (YTD) sales numbers are still behind last year’s by -2.6 percent.

The Honda Accord came in second place last month with 33,641 sales, an increase of 2.1% from September 2014’s sales of 32,956. The big surprise with the Accord is the -13 percent decrease in YTD sales this year, compared to last year.

All but two vehicles on the top twenty list showed increases in September sales over same month last year. Even with all the sales support, the Ford Focus had a -12.7 percent decrease and the Chevrolet Cruze had a fairly large deficient of -23.8 percent with only 14,032 units sold.

It’s almost the exact opposite when it comes to the YTD stats for the top twenty list. Only seven are showing increases over 2014’s YTD numbers with the Chrysler 200 showing the highest increase of 95.7%.

See where all the other vehicles landed on the top 20 best selling list below.

Competition Between Dealers Always Gets You the Best Price

When negotiating a new car’s price, it’s important to know the dealer invoice price and what other people are paying for the same vehicle in your local area. Otherwise, you won’t know what’s a good price to pay for the vehicle. I highly recommend using an online referral service such as Ryde Shopper or Motor Trend, their quotes will automatically include any discounts or cash-back incentives currently available in the marketplace.

Top 20 Best-Selling New Cars for September 2015

Rank	New Car Model	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	YTD 2015	YTD 2014	% Change
1	Toyota Camry	34,487	28,507	21.0%	326,330	334,978	-2.6%
2	Honda Accord	33,641	32,956	2.1%	264,814	304,382	-13.0%
3	Honda Civic	28,278	22,263	27.0%	249,749	253,430	-1.5%
4	Toyota Corolla	26,636	20,530	29.7%	278,742	258,805	7.7%
5	Ford Fusion	24,942	21,693	15.0%	231,475	240,585	-3.8%
6	Nissan Altima	24,224	21,675	11.8%	262,424	256,935	2.1%
7	Hyundai Elantra	20,724	18,848	10.0%	193,962	176,403	10.0%
8	Nissan Versa	18,053	12,072	49.5%	109,832	110,272	-0.4%
9	Chevrolet Malibu	17,066	15,186	12.4%	147,161	148,574	-1.0%
10	Hyundai Sonata	16,124	14,918	8.1%	157,680	164,934	-4.4%
11	Subaru Outback	15,126	11,315	33.7%	108,419	97,266	11.5%
12	Nissan Sentra	14,196	12,557	13.1%	154,270	141,216	9.2%
13	Chevrolet Cruze	14,032	18,415	-23.8%	177,970	208,114	-14.5%
14	Kia Soul	13,614	10,802	26.0%	112,683	115,579	-2.5%
15	Ford Focus	13,437	15,397	-12.7%	163,864	176,156	-7.0%
16	Kia Optima	11,719	10,908	7.4%	118,301	122,646	-3.5%
17	Chrysler 200	11,364	10,995	3.4%	147,073	75,142	95.7%
18	Toyota Prius	10,168	8,339	21.9%	89,812	110,455	-18.7%
19	Ford Mustang	9,456	3,158	199%	96,225	59,831	60.8%
20	Chevrolet Impala	9,359	9,225	1.5%	85,466	107,162	-20.2%