2019 U.S. Automotive Sales by Brand – The Best-Selling Automotive Brands By Sales Volume
Automotive sales broken down into individual brands presents a clear picture of which brands are selling well and which just happened to have a good month in December. December proved to be a trying month for the industry, with the vast majority of brands seeing declines in sales when compared with December of 2018. Only seven brands actually saw sales rise during the month. Overall the industry was down by about 150,000.
When you look at 2019 numbers as a whole, the sales increases and decreases by brand were a bit more of a mixed bag. Despite this, the industry was down by over 407,000 sales. This shows that 2019 wasn’t a great year overall for car sales. This doesn’t necessarily bode well for 2020. As we enter a new year, it will be interesting to see if the sales trends continue or if there is a shift in the new year.
Beginning Q4 of 2019, Tesla sales will be reported quarterly joining GM, Ford, and FCA. Below you will find US sales figures for all of the major auto brands broken down by month and by quarter. Brands differ from Manufacturers, for example, Ford Motor Co manufacturers both Ford and Lincoln brands. If you are looking for U.S. sales figures by auto manufacturer check out this page instead.
Data will trickle in throughout the day with the numbers being finalized by EOD. GCBC is also happy to announce that we will be adding quarterly sales reports and comparisons in addition to monthly sales comparisons beginning this quarter. We will also be adding monthly sales tables and charts to the mix as well.
Note: FCA US LLC will end its practice of reporting U.S. and Canada sales on a monthly basis following June results. FCA US and FCA Canada will report monthly sales for May and June. The first quarterly report will occur on October 1, 2019, covering the months of July, August, and September.
2019 Best Selling Car Brands In the U.S
This data table looks at last month’s total automotive brand volumes in the United States by model. We compare U.S automotive brand sales for last month with the same month last year. We also include the year to date sales numbers and compare with the same year to date numbers from last year. With both monthly and YTD sales numbers we have a growth rate column so you can better gauge an individual automotive brands sales success in the U.S market.
| Brand | Month | LY | Change | YTD | YTD Last Year | YTD Change | Month Share | YTD Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acura | 16,133 | 16,774 | -3.82 | 157,385 | 158,934 | -0.97 | 1.00 | 0.91 |
| Alfa Romeo | 1,629 | 1,946 | -16.29 | 18,294 | 23,800 | -23.13 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Audi | 25,850 | 22,765 | 13.55 | 224,111 | 223,068 | 0.47 | 1.61 | 1.30 |
| BMW | 35,746 | 34,357 | 4.04 | 324,825 | 311,014 | 4.44 | 2.23 | 1.88 |
| Buick | 16,158 | 17,305 | -6.63 | 206,926 | 207,223 | -0.14 | 1.01 | 1.20 |
| Cadillac | 13,380 | 14,001 | -4.44 | 156,250 | 153,863 | 1.55 | 0.83 | 0.91 |
| Chevrolet | 164,022 | 179,212 | -8.48 | 1,942,039 | 2,017,205 | -3.73 | 10.21 | 11.26 |
| Chrysler | 10,868 | 12,425 | -12.53 | 126,972 | 165,964 | -23.49 | 0.68 | 0.74 |
| Dodge | 29,846 | 32,528 | -8.25 | 422,888 | 459,324 | -7.93 | 1.86 | 2.45 |
| Fiat | 573 | 977 | -41.35 | 9,204 | 15,521 | -40.70 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Ford | 199,511 | 244,194 | -18.30 | 2,297,776 | 2,422,676 | -5.16 | 12.42 | 13.33 |
| Genesis | 2,225 | 614 | 262.38 | 21,237 | 9,940 | 113.65 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| GMC | 48,362 | 54,203 | -10.78 | 564,950 | 556,451 | 1.53 | 3.01 | 3.28 |
| Honda | 120,433 | 138,341 | -12.94 | 1,450,985 | 1,445,627 | 0.37 | 7.50 | 8.42 |
| Hyundai | 64,720 | 65,107 | -0.59 | 688,771 | 679,127 | 1.42 | 4.03 | 4.00 |
| Infiniti | 11,243 | 18,065 | -37.76 | 117,708 | 149,280 | -21.15 | 0.70 | 0.68 |
| Jaguar | 3,265 | 3,462 | -5.69 | 31,005 | 30,254 | 2.48 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
| Jeep | 72,945 | 80,449 | -9.33 | 923,292 | 973,227 | -5.13 | 4.54 | 5.36 |
| Kia | 66,435 | 65,356 | 1.65 | 630,544 | 607,601 | 3.78 | 4.14 | 3.66 |
| Land Rover | 10,490 | 10,617 | -1.20 | 94,736 | 92,143 | 2.81 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| Lexus | 35,325 | 35,524 | -0.56 | 298,112 | 298,302 | -0.06 | 2.20 | 1.73 |
| Lincoln | 10,984 | 11,526 | -4.70 | 112,107 | 103,587 | 8.22 | 0.68 | 0.65 |
| Mazda | 26,491 | 25,870 | 2.40 | 278,550 | 300,325 | -7.25 | 1.65 | 1.62 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 35,279 | 36,132 | -2.36 | 352,129 | 349,084 | 0.87 | 2.20 | 2.04 |
| Mini | 2,310 | 2,797 | -17.41 | 36,165 | 43,684 | -17.21 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
| Mitsubishi | 9,915 | 8,986 | 10.34 | 121,049 | 118,074 | 2.52 | 0.62 | 0.70 |
| Nissan | 93,538 | 130,655 | -28.41 | 1,227,973 | 1,344,597 | -8.67 | 5.82 | 7.12 |
| Porsche | 4,733 | 4,086 | 15.83 | 61,568 | 59,116 | 4.15 | 0.29 | 0.36 |
| Ram | 62,777 | 68,195 | -7.94 | 703,023 | 597,368 | 17.69 | 3.91 | 4.08 |
| Subaru | 62,364 | 64,541 | -3.37 | 700,117 | 680,135 | 2.94 | 3.88 | 4.06 |
| Tesla | 18,612 | 32,600 | -42.91 | 195,125 | 197,517 | -1.21 | 1.16 | 1.13 |
| Toyota | 172,047 | 185,384 | -7.19 | 2,085,206 | 2,219,625 | -6.06 | 10.71 | 12.10 |
| Volkswagen | 27,877 | 32,047 | -13.01 | 363,322 | 354,053 | 2.62 | 1.74 | 2.11 |
| Volvo | 12,360 | 8,826 | 40.04 | 108,227 | 98,786 | 9.56 | 0.77 | 0.63 |
| ∑ = 1,488,446 | ∑ = 1,659,867 | ∑ = 17,052,571 | ∑ = 17,466,495 |
2019 Auto Brand Market Share Dynamics
This chart gives you a view of the year to date automotive sales volumes by brand and how they make up the U.S automotive market in terms of market share. You can see in this handy chart that the big brands continue to make up a disproportionate amount of the market for new car sales.
2019 vs 2018 Brand Sales
This chart simply takes each brand and compares their year to date sales with the year to date sales for the same time last year. Brands where the dark green bar is lower than the light green have seen declines in sales year on year whereas brands with a higher dark green bar and lower light green bar are seeing growth in volumes year on year.
2019 Automotive Brand Sales Analysis
This chart might seem a little complicated at first but once you understand it is very helpful. First, the size of the area for each brand refers to their market share (i.e size). The bigger the circle the larger the brand in terms of sales volumes (YTD). The position of the circle in the chart along the left axis looks at the year to date growth of that brand. The higher the brand is on the chart, the more year to date growth it is seeing in sales volumes. Along the bottom axis you can see the total volumes shipped by that brand year to date.
Automotive Data Disclosures
Important note: Both Ford, GM, and FCA have switched to quarterly reporting, making it more difficult to accurately gauge sales. We won’t have results to report for Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Ford, Lincoln, Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Dodge, and Ram until the end of each quarter.
