Strong Auto Sales Reported in June: Here Are the 10 Cars That Sold the Most
- Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:07pm by
Becket Adams
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Following June’s impressive boost in auto sales, we thought it timely and appropriate to bring you a “top whatever” list ranking last month’s bestselling cars.
“Sales for major automakers improved more than 20 percent,” according to Cars.com, “Toyota gained 60.3%; Honda picked up 48.8%, and Nissan added 28.2% … Ford sales improved 7.0% last month, while GM and Chrysler both piled on double-digit gains of 15.5% and 20.3%, respectively.”
June’s big winners include Chrysler, which reported its best June since before the recession (2007), family cars, and luxury vehicles. In fact, luxury vehicles have been doing so well that they might actually be “pulling the tide of overall car prices higher.”
“A number of premium brands gained steam: Cadillac gained 11.6%, Buick and Audi rose more than 25%, Infiniti soared 66.2% and Acura jumped 76.5%. Lexus sales doubled,” the report adds.
Well, that seems a little odd. Keep in mind June’s increases are only improvements when compared to 2011’s sales. What makes June 2012 so much different from June 2011 that people are willing to spend more on cars?
“[D]espite four consecutive months of falling consumer confidence amid renewed fears of economic headwinds,” the report adds, “Shoppers are spending more.”
This could mean one of two things: a) consumer confidence is slowly but surely creeping back or b) people have finally lost it and they‘re spending their life savings on luxury vehicles they’ve always wanted.
Here are June’s top 10 best-selling cars [via Cars.com]:
10. Ram 1500/HD
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 23,951
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 12.1 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 138,581
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 23.8 Percent
9. Ford Fusion
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 24,433
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 17.4 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 136,849
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 3.9 Percent
8. Toyota Corolla/Matrix
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 26,647
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 41.2 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 151,726
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 11.0 Percent
7. Honda Civic
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 27,500
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 57.3 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 162,582
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 27.4 Percent
6. Ford Escape
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 28,500
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 28.0 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 127,167
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 3.7 Percent
5. Honda Accord
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 28,924
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 84.1 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 155,178
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 22.1 Percent
4. Chevrolet Malibu
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 31,402
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 32.3 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 141,437
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 15.2 Percent
3. Toyota Camry
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 32,107
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 50.2 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 213,903
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 45.0 Percent
2. Chevy Silverado
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 33,566
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 3.0 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 194,508
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 6.4 Percent
1. Ford F-Series
Monthly Sales For June 2012: 55,025
Monthly Change vs. 2011: 10.9 Percent
Year-to-Date for 2012: 301,141
Year-to-Date Change vs. 2011: 14.0 Percent
Image courtesy Cars.com
All photos courtesy Edmunds.
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Comments (97)
teddrunk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:55pmI‘d trade ’em all for a ‘67 Scout & a ‘67 GTO convertible. (Or a ‘36 Cord or ’37 Auburn Boat-tail Speedster)
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:48pm69 Malibu SS with a 396, or a 70 Firebird Formula 400, or how about a 64 GTO , these were cars. Anyway glad to see the F150 maintains its spot .
Report Post »EODGhost
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:05amMy parents had a scout when I was young. Those were great old SUVs
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:37amMake you wonder… Exactly whom are making the Vehicles for… the Designers or the public?
Report Post »Gorp
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:17amI still would like to have again a 1966 Pontiac Tempest 2 door hardtop or a 1950 Ford with a Flathead-6. I had them both and they were great cars. Lots of fond memories.
Also my Dad’s 1955 Nash Statesman with the fold down seats(if you get my drift).
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:59amAnd most of the suckers that bought, didn’t “buy” they were shackled to a lender like the slave to a slave owner…Good job guys! People wonder why we‘re in the situation we’re in, buying things we can’t afford, then over extending our credit…gee somehow this sounds real familiar!
Report Post »zorro
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:36am“MittensKittens
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:59am
And most of the suckers that bought, didn’t ‘buy’ they were shackled to a lender like the slave to a slave owner…Good job guys! People wonder why we‘re in the situation we’re in, buying things we can’t afford, then over extending our credit…gee somehow this sounds real familiar!”
Exactly. All this “end the fed” garbage would solve itself if we only paid for things we could afford instead of putting everything on credit.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:49amRecent whitehouse meeting. “Damn we should have kept gas prices higher”!
Report Post »stubob
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:45pmHonda’s and Infinities have had big promotional offers. Perhaps that’s why unit sales are up. Are they measuring “sales” in auto unit’s sold or in dollar sales?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:57amWe just bought a previously owned 2007 Honda Ridgeline and love it. It’s a truck, but has a tailgate that swings out or drops down. If you swing it out, there‘s a trunk to store stuff when you don’t want to just leave it lying in the bed of the truck. It’s also 4 door, seating 5 comfortably. I have a 22 year old and a 13 year old that’s almost as big as me. It also has 3 charging ports. Can’t wait to go on vacation and try it out….
Report Post »zorro
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:38am“Previously owned”? You mean “used”. There is nothing wrong with “used”. They call it “previously owned” so they can justify adding 10% to the price.
Report Post »LIBERTARIAN T38
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:33pmI bought a 2007 Accord last September and just bought a 2003 Accura MDX. I will never ever buy “American” again, with the possible exception of Ford. I have owned Mazdas, Toyotas, a Mitsubishi, Datsuns and now Hondas. I can sleep at night knowing these companies weren’t “bailed out” in a corrupt scheme to get campaign money from the unions in support of a socialist dictator. Face it, if you buy a Chrysler or GM product you are not only buying expensive crap, you are supporting corruption. Sooner or later, you have to take a stand.
Report Post »WLBCO
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:31pmBought my last GM car in 1997 buying a POS Malibu. Shortly after purchase it developed ignition system problems. After several attempts by “Mr Goodwrench” at changing parts with no correction, we took the car to a local garage where they diagnosed the problem and replaced the ignition module. No more ignition problems. It was the last GM car I will ever own now that GM is lock, stock and barrell in China’s back pocket. We replaced the POS with a Honda Accord and have had Accords ever since.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:29pmTime for a inFUSION of Ford.. the American company that thumbed their nose at Obama.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:14pmMy wife just bought a Fusion and I will be going Monday to get an F150! I agree! Buy what works! Just because the unions are shady doesn’t mean the guys making them are!
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:26amford is a murder corperation (FACT)
Report Post »poster
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:52am2 cars in 22 years… both purchased new.
1990 – Honda Accord – drove for 10 years, 150,000+ miles, no major repair issues – none.
2000 – Honda Civic – still driving, 130,000+ miles, no major repair issues – none.
Just go watch the videos of those Chrysler workers drinking beer and smoking pot on their lunch breaks. Now, tell me, why would anyone buy a Chrysler product?
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:23pmWhere is the Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf? Obama, you better get some more taxpayer funded Obama-money to prop up the green energy industry. I am sure you can get some campaign donations in return for this.
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:22pmThe Volt – the hibachi of the auto industry.
Report Post »whocares99
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:56pmWell I bought a 2009 GMC Sierra (same as silverado) it is a piece of crap, wholly and completely I ca, GMC Garbabage Motors Crapola, hard down shift into ifrst (yes it s automatic) drive link klunk thump, slop in driveline, seats well they feel like worn out recycle diarhea, seriously now, at 1,000 miles the frim comfortable seats start to trun soft, and now my butt sinks in it.
dealers reply we can fis by selling you a new one, or the seats are better than were 2 years ago, heck the 1989 had great firm seats in th whwole life then the embysols changed to soft in 1990 and keep going round and round trying to fix the problem instead of going back to 1989 foam compound and and improving on it, quit insisting on using soft crap, driveline problems the slop and hard down shift GM technical service bulleting (which takes thousand and thousand of complaints to look into and write) says it is normal oh yeah since when, stop thump had it in 5 times everytime theys ay it ready never say it is fixed I pick it up same crap.
Everyone I know will tell that GM, FORD and CHRYSLER are crap, if these embysols are ignorant enough to by one more power to their ignorance keeps my resale and trade in value up, keep doing it dummies until I can get rid of mine.
Report Post »SpeckChaser
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:58pmI have heard just about every complaint with vehicles but this is the first complaint I have heard about garbage crapola seats. Does it by chance have anything to do with the weight of the object you are placing in the seat?
Also, the correct spelling is imbecile, in case you plan on highlighting the ignorance of others in the future.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:36pm@SPECKCHASER.. I agree, LOL. To top it off, he complained about “one” brand.. GM, and then lumped the #1 selling truck for 35 straight years in a row in with them.
Report Post »RT4
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:25pmHow soon you forgot tha GMC got our money they are not going something goog they are parasites. Sorry for you!!!!!!
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:37amsay what you will (chevy will out run you ) 100% out perform you $ for 113.000 I can run 112 mph
Report Post »match me ?
hempstead1944
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:55pmDon’t know where your info is coming from but auto sales were not strong in June……wait until the “revision” this month.
Report Post »S.Sailor
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:51pmF-150 !
As soon as I wear this one out, I’m getting another……
( I’ll keep my gun-rack in it too…..scares the hell out of the Lefty-Loon-******** ;-)
Report Post »TimCotter
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:26pmRoger that Sailor!
Report Post »The F-150 kicks butt! Had a 1974 model and hated getting rid of it. Just bought a 2011 and love it.
Cabo King
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:37pmchevrolet = obamalet–gov motors, BOYCOTT!!!! we the people own 500,000,000 shares of that junk……pay us back
Report Post »PALEHORSE
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:09pmI haven’t bought a GM product since 1990. They wouldn’t honor their warranty on a Camero I bought. I called them up and told them I would never buy a GM product again. Now I call them everytime I buy a car and let them know it wasn’t a GM. Who says boycotts don’t work. They would have been out of business if it weren’t for the Socialist.
Report Post »txjb
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:34pmWhy is it called preventive maintenance ? if you prevent maintenance then you start having shut downs and problems .
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:31pmFord truck is good for moving around when the jobs move from apartment to apartment.
Report Post »65Plus
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:16pmBut….but…where’s the Volt?? Where’s all the…Green Jobs? Where are the propeller-beanie driven cars?
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:29pmits way to expensive there like 45-60k big fat rip off and its kind of small inside.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:48pmThe Volt aka electric BBQ
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:07pmWhat no electric cars??? LOL hahahahahahaaha!
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:28pmthere way to expensive, a rav 4 small suv electric car starts off bottom line at 50,000 and the little bug sized cars start at 35,000 bottom line, RIP OFF
Report Post »liberum1776
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:05pmYea, I think the issue isn’t that American want to spend money, it is they have realized socking it away is costing them about 15% of the value of a dollar every year and so if they don’t dump the money now it will be worth much less next year. Heck, if you are borrowing money from someone and the amount you are paying effectively reduces each year then why not do it. I’m waiting for the inflation to really kick off (and hopefully the pay increase happens as well) and then we can all pay our houses off with a single days wages…won’t those government backed banks love that. Then again, it is the master government bank that is causing it.
Report Post »fidel1234
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:13pmThe problem is wages are always the last thing inflation effects.
Report Post »PuntoVistaSur
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:50pmHas Chrysler ever paid back their bailout money?
Report Post »RLNoland
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:53pmNo……
Report Post »intercepter
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:45pmI drive a twenty one year old ranger,and my other is a thirty six year old f-250 and when they wear out I will buy another ford ,I keep the f-250 around to help off set the lack of carbon from those little electric cars
Report Post »Tom
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:15pmI have 4 cases of 100 watt light bulbs for the same reason.
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:16pmThat’s a good one.
Report Post »Blazebanned
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:36pmTake it from someone who was a chevy mechanic for more than 20 years, mostly in dealerships, buy Ford!
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:51pmEspecially since GM raped the public and their own bond holders. They have a moral problem as well as quality problem.
Report Post »DEITY
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:34pmhttp://www.freep.com/article/20120112/BUSINESS0102/201120601/Ford-not-GM-or-Chrysler-go
I just bought a new Dodge RAM 1500 ,my last one was extrememly reliable 160,000 trouble free miles,tires,washes,waxes,oil changes and nothing else !!! My brother just purchased a new 2012 Dodge Challenger R/T very nice car !! Chrysler is on a roll….By the way the Ford F-150 was always the best selling price as it is the lowest price full size on the market !! Ford Fusion always sold well.Chrysler overall picked up the most in car sales,sales constantely up month to month..Awesome…My niece is getting a new Chrysler 200 in a few weeks for her Graduation gift,allowing her to drive reliably to University in the fall..Had to wait 3 weeks to get the color of her choice as it is a hot seller as well .Sales are so good at Chrysler ,they cant build enough cars fast enough as they have less plants than GM/FORD and TOYOTA…if Chrysler had more plants,more sales would follow ! Another interesting tidbit http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120619/COPY01/306199973/1490
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:30pmGuess how many Chevy and other GM cars were purchased by government agencies? hahaha
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:32pmhttp://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/09/obama-orders-government-to-buy-more-gm-cars/ in case you DOUBT it! http://www.ihatethemedia.com/government-subsidized-ge-to-buy-government-mandated-chevy-volt
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:19pmI support American motors (i.e., not government motors) by owning Fords. In certain parts of America, they like to think that the Silverado competes with the F-150 in sales and ownership. These numbers seem to tell a different story. Go Ford.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:38pmOnly RICH people (not including all the ones purchased by gov’t agencies) get Chevy Volt and the $7,500.00 tax credit that comes along with the over $40,000.00 price tag! They say the rich don’t pay enough taxes then turn around and give them a TAX CREDIT when THEY want to SELL something. SEE, rich people DO stimulate the economy! Oops.
Report Post »T-2
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:22pmI wonder how much of Ford’s sale have to do with them not taking the bail out?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:32pmWhen my Chevy truck dies, I’m giong to buy a Ford truck.
Report Post »patspeak
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:21pmWere all these sales cash or credit?
Report Post »ricksaint
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:18pm#1 & #2, the Ford F-150 and the Chevy Silverado! Hmmm, V8 power, American made, guess that’s where all that global warming is coming from! Just goes to show you, Americans love their trucks, I know I love mine! Don‘t see any Volts or Prius’s on this list, things that make you go hmmm…
Report Post »bobbyjoe
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:16pmI’ve bought 8 new Chevys in my life. The last one in 2007. and I do mean the last I’ll ever buy
Report Post »Wino911
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:22pmYep! We just bought our first Ford F350 crew cab. So long Chevy…..
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:16pmI love my 10 y/o Ford F-150. Its been a great truck.
Report Post »jsciai
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:16pmThe article is a bit misleading. It reports the % increase in sales from a prior time. If I was strong in the past, a good increase now might only reflect a single digit increase. Still, it is good to see the increase in sales in a sector that was hit hard. A special note: Ford garnered 3 of the top 10 spots and the #1 spot in this report. Of course, Ford never took bailout money and really benefited from their decision.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:36pmAnd three of the top ten cars are from companies that did take bailout money. Man, I bet they are wishing they didn’t take it now!
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