USA Car Sales - Brand / 2016

By Daljit Kalsi Tuesday, 18 April 2017

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The USA just had its seventh consecutive year of increase, although this year was just under half a percent of sales on the plus side of the ledger. Some pundits are saying 2017 will be lower, but if so not by much you would think.

Bearing in mind this is nameplates and not companies, Ford was the largest selling for yet another year and has been so since 2010. It's two closest rival makes made no real impression on Ford's lead either. Toyota was just above zero growth, but not enough to reach the average total figure. However, that was enough to pip Chevrolet.

Further down Ram went well but not so Chrysler. Volvo had a good year and Tesla did too. There is some conjecture as to how many the latter did actually sell because Tesla do not released this information to the public, so that is the figure I felt was closest. Jaguar came of age in the US with an 116% increase. 2017 will be even better for the Leaping Cat. At the bottom of the list, both Aston Martin and Lotus are estimates.

In the chart below, pale yellow represents a reduction in registrations, pale blue is increase but lost market share. Green is for those exceeding the market growth and finally the salmon colour for those with over 100% increase.

	12	13	14	15	16	Brand	2016	%	+/-
	1	1	1	1	1	Ford	2,487,487	14.2%	-1%
	3	3	3	3	2	Toyota	2,106,374	12.0%	0%
	2	2	2	2	3	Chevrolet	2,096,510	11.9%	-1%
	4	4	4	4	4	Honda	1,476,582	8.4%	5%
	5	5	5	5	5	Nissan	1,426,130	8.1%	6%
	9	9	7	6	6	Jeep	926,376	5.3%	7%
	6	6	6	7	7	Hyundai	768,057	4.4%	1%
	7	8	8	8	8	Kia	647,598	3.7%	3%
	12	11	10	9	9	Subaru	615,132	3.5%	6%
	11	10	11	10	10	GMC	546,628	3.1%	-2%
	14	13	12	12	11	Ram	545,851	3.1%	11%
	8	7	9	11	12	Dodge	506,858	2.9%	-2%
	15	14	14	13	13	Mercedes	374,541	2.1%	0%
	18	18	16	16	14	Lexus	331,228	1.9%	-4%
	10	12	13	14	15	VW	322,948	1.8%	-8%
	16	15	15	15	16	BMW	313,174	1.8%	-9%
	17	17	18	18	17	Mazda	297,773	1.7%	-7%
	13	16	17	17	18	Chrysler	231,972	1.3%	-29%
	19	19	19	19	19	Buick	229,631	1.3%	3%
	22	22	20	20	20	Audi	210,213	1.2%	4%
	21	20	21	22	21	Cadillac	170,006	1.0%	-3%
	20	21	22	21	22	Acura	161,360	0.9%	-9%
	23	23	23	23	23	Infiniti	138,293	0.8%	4%
	24	24	24	24	24	Lincoln	111,724	0.6%	10%
	28	27	25	25	25	Mitsubishi	96,267	0.5%	1%
	26	28	27	27	26	Volvo	82,724	0.5%	18%
	30	29	29	26	27	Land Rover	73,861	0.4%	5%
	31	31	30	30	28	Porsche	54,280	0.3%	5%
	27	26	28	28	29	MINI	52,030	0.3%	-11%
	38	32	32	32	30	Tesla	39,975	0.2%	68%
	29	30	31	31	31	Fiat	32,742	0.2%	-23%
	33	33	33	33	32	Jaguar	31,243	0.2%	116%
	35	36	34	34	33	Maserati	12,534	0.1%	7%
	25	25	26	29	34	Scion	12,028	0.1%	-79%
	-	-	-	-	35	Genesis	6,948		n/a
	34	34	35	35	36	smart	6,211		-17%
	36	37	36	36	37	Bentley	2,581		-4%
	37	38	37	37	38	Ferrari	2,398		6%
	41	40	40	39	39	Lamborghini	1,041		3%
	39	39	38	38	40	Aston Martin	1,032		1%
	42	41	39	40	41	Rolls Royce	921		10%
	-	-	42	41	42	Alfa Romeo	516		-22%
	43	42	41	42	43	Lotus	168		68%

Data source: goodcarbadcar.
Text source: RayCee.