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2022 Best Selling Passenger Cars In the United States (All Models Ranked)

The Toyota Camry was the most popular passenger car in the United States for 2022. Toyota sold 295,201 units for the year, a decline of almost 6% versus 2021. The Toyota Corolla comes in second for the year with 222,216 units sold, basically flat year on year.

Third place was the amazing Tesla Model 3, which sold almost 200,000 units and grew a whopping 61% versus last year as production capability grew and the brand picked up even more steam. The Tesla Model 3 is a fully electric midsize sedan. It offers impressive performance, a long range, and a state-of-the-art infotainment system. The Model 3 is more expensive than the other cars on this list, but it offers a unique driving experience and a number of advanced features.

The Honda Accord had another great year despite a decline in sales as people expect the updated model. The Accord offers a comfortable ride, spacious interiors, and a variety of features. The Camry is known for its reliability and fuel efficiency, while the Accord is known for its sporty handling and performance, but the Camry once again takes the crown.

The Toyota Corolla and Nissan Altima are two of the most popular compact sedans on the market. The Corolla is known for its affordability, fuel efficiency, and reliability. The Altima is known for its stylish design, spacious interior, and comfortable ride. Again however, the mighty Toyota wins out in terms of sheer sales performance.

Here Are The Most Popular Passenger Cars in the U.S for 2022

This data table looks at full year passenger car sales volumes in the United States by model. We compare U.S market passenger car model sales for the full year versus the full year last year. The biggest losers for the year were the Volkswagen Arteon and Nissan Versa, both down almost 80% year on year. The biggest winner in terms of growth was the Toyota GR86 (new model) and the Mercedes-Benz EQS-Sedan (new model). In terms of existing models, the Tesla Model S sold over 90k units, up 683%, while the Chevrolet Malibu grew from 29k units in 2021 to over 115k units in 2022, almost 200% growth.

Model	Month	Month LY	Change	This Year Sales	Last Year Sales	YTD Change
BMW 2-Series	822	1,044	-21.26	11,551	15,684	-26.35
Mazda 3	1,986	2,019	-1.63	27,767	41,845	-33.64
BMW 3-Series	3,721	4,031	-7.69	30,400	49,458	-38.53
Chrysler 300	808	677	19.35	14,087	16,662	-15.45
Nissan 370Z	61	0	0.00	262	37	608.11
BMW 4-Series	4,698	2,211	112.48	36,952	22,938	61.10
BMW 5-Series	2,243	1,995	12.43	20,857	24,523	-14.95
Volvo 60-Series	822	2,482	-66.88	7,536	14,846	-49.24
BMW 7-Series	718	573	25.31	5,974	7,705	-22.47
Porsche 718	367	497	-26.16	3,485	4,656	-25.15
BMW 8-Series	610	720	-15.28	7,308	7,763	-5.86
Volvo 90-Series	166	147	12.93	1,821	1,495	21.81
Porsche 911	954	813	17.34	10,172	9,167	10.96
Mercedes-Benz A-Class	135	409	-66.99	5,831	8,108	-28.08
Audi A3	953	328	190.55	11,349	2,387	375.45
Audi A4	1,530	579	164.25	15,239	16,263	-6.30
Audi A5	1,654	977	69.29	18,349	17,128	7.13
Audi A6	597	316	88.92	6,005	9,543	-37.07
Audi A7	181	104	74.04	2,240	3,080	-27.27
Audi A8	197	102	93.14	1,593	2,068	-22.97
Hyundai Accent	154	844	-81.75	17,823	18,868	-5.54
Honda Accord	18,606	14,435	28.90	154,612	202,676	-23.71
Lucid Air	295	0	0.00	1,949	0	0.00
Nissan Altima	11,729	9,423	24.47	139,956	103,776	34.86
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT	191	101	89.11	2,968	3,109	-4.54
Volkswagen Arteon	82	224	-63.39	1,178	5,537	-78.72
Toyota Avalon	12	1,122	-98.93	12,215	18,280	-33.18
Chevrolet Bolt	5,584	8	69,700.00	38,122	24,827	53.55
Subaru BRZ	325	1,069	-69.60	3,345	2,320	44.18
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	2,797	577	384.75	26,161	30,816	-15.11
Chevrolet Camaro	1,898	2,270	-16.39	24,652	21,893	12.60
Toyota Camry	25,906	20,074	29.05	295,201	313,795	-5.93
Dodge Challenger	4,495	3,391	32.56	55,245	54,315	1.71
Dodge Charger	6,037	5,630	7.23	80,365	78,388	2.52
Honda Civic	14,909	20,886	-28.62	133,932	263,787	-49.23
Mercedes-Benz CLA	1,198	514	133.07	8,766	6,823	28.48
Mini Cooper	2,276	1,741	30.73	20,012	22,970	-12.88
Toyota Corolla	17,982	13,940	29.00	222,216	223,215	-0.45
Chevrolet Corvette	3,165	2,764	14.51	37,510	33,042	13.52
Cadillac CT4	756	465	62.58	9,270	7,254	27.79
Cadillac CT5	1,869	603	209.95	15,896	9,448	68.25
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	1,784	1,104	61.59	18,415	20,946	-12.08
Audi e-Tron GT	109	255	-57.25	2,301	1,227	87.53
Audi e-Tron Sportback	133	128	3.91	2,893	505	472.87
Hyundai Elantra	11,743	5,193	126.13	117,177	127,360	-8.00
Mercedes-Benz EQE Sedan	384	0	0.00	384	0	0.00
Mercedes-Benz EQS-Sedan	1,504	443	239.50	7,054	443	1,492.33
Lexus ES	3,395	4,028	-15.71	41,465	45,406	-8.68
Jaguar F-Type	101	233	-56.65	1,366	2,112	-35.32
Kia Forte	7,693	8,639	-10.95	97,303	113,051	-13.93
Genesis G70	1,054	681	54.77	12,649	10,718	18.02
Genesis G80	345	421	-18.05	4,125	6,031	-31.60
Genesis G90	133	171	-22.22	1,172	1,821	-35.64
Alfa Romeo Giulia	496	507	-2.17	5,091	7,635	-33.32
Volkswagen Golf	111	270	-58.89	7,893	6,537	20.74
Toyota GR86	860	107	703.74	11,996	109	10,905.50
Karma GS-6	3	0	0.00	99	0	0.00
Subaru Impreza	2,495	4,156	-39.97	30,846	34,791	-11.34
Acura Integra	2,103	0	0.00	13,027	0	0.00
Lexus IS	1,922	1,393	37.98	21,386	21,998	-2.78
Volkswagen Jetta	363	3,082	-88.22	34,032	55,113	-38.25
Kia K5	3,352	0	0.00	66,310	77,195	-14.10
Lexus LC	178	145	22.76	1,387	2,782	-50.14
Nissan Leaf	1,084	1,388	-21.90	12,026	14,237	-15.53
Subaru Legacy	2,125	1,729	22.90	22,605	22,766	-0.71
Lexus LS	223	178	25.28	2,679	3,739	-28.35
Chevrolet Malibu	12,365	2,407	413.71	115,468	39,376	193.24
Nissan Maxima	719	1,264	-43.12	7,110	16,386	-56.61
Mitsubishi Mirage	1,058	1,384	-23.55	15,814	22,743	-30.47
Toyota Mirai	303	28	982.14	2,094	2,629	-20.35
Tesla Model 3	19,968	11,233	77.76	195,698	121,610	60.92
Tesla Model S	3,051	1,233	147.45	90,473	11,556	682.91
Ford Mustang	3,861	4,564	-15.40	47,566	52,384	-9.20
Mazda MX-5 Miata	738	211	249.76	6,172	10,470	-41.05
Acura NSX	17	1	1,600.00	298	124	140.32
Porsche Panamera	437	250	74.80	4,226	3,555	18.87
Polestar Polestar 1	7	0	0.00	231	0	0.00
Polestar Polestar 2	721	0	0.00	6,729	0	0.00
Toyota Prius	4,907	3,946	24.35	33,352	59,010	-43.48
Infiniti Q50	191	837	-77.18	4,780	13,894	-65.60
Infiniti Q60	71	175	-59.43	1,846	2,729	-32.36
Audi R8	37	51	-27.45	299	648	-53.86
Lexus RC	207	94	120.21	2,648	2,987	-11.35
Karma Revero	2	0	0.00	49	0	0.00
Kia Rio	2,358	2,800	-15.79	27,065	31,362	-13.70
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1,578	1,700	-7.18	15,056	14,284	5.40
Nissan Sentra	4,917	5,680	-13.43	77,124	127,862	-39.68
Mercedes-Benz SL	417	1	41,600.00	2,027	460	340.65
Hyundai Sonata	6,881	3,514	95.82	52,140	83,434	-37.51
Kia Soul	4,543	3,987	13.95	56,740	75,126	-24.47
Chevrolet Spark	1,138	484	135.12	13,708	24,460	-43.96
Kia Stinger	394	918	-57.08	7,809	13,517	-42.23
Toyota Supra	258	483	-46.58	4,952	6,830	-27.50
Porsche Taycan	519	506	2.57	7,272	8,747	-16.86
Acura TLX	814	653	24.66	11,508	26,100	-55.91
Audi TT	40	54	-25.93	461	987	-53.29
Hyundai Veloster	19	71	-73.24	1,920	1,942	-1.13
Nissan Versa	1,408	3,448	-59.16	13,399	60,913	-78.00
Subaru WRX	2,196	2,037	7.81	18,662	27,141	-31.24
Jaguar XF	9	133	-93.23	809	1,183	-31.61
BMW Z4	126	214	-41.12	1,565	2,412	-35.12
	∑ = 263,457	∑ = 208,717		∑ = 2,922,923	∑ = 3,163,878

New Passenger Car Sales Data by Month in the U.S

This sales data table looks at monthly sales performance for the passenger car segment in the United States on a month to month basis for the entire year. It includes all major passenger car models sold in the U.S market and you can see that the monthly passenger car sales trends clearly. Seeing the individual passenger car model sales performance in this way gives you a good sense of the momentum (good or bad).

Model	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Acura ILX	1,045	1,223	1,493	1,445	853	208	26	3	0	0	0	0
Acura Integra	0	0	0	0	9	1,487	1,429	1,573	1,540	2,638	2,248	2,103
Acura NSX	0	21	25	21	20	36	34	31	23	25	45	17
Acura RLX	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acura TLX	224	985	1,782	1,921	1,146	1,064	859	602	571	866	674	814
Alfa Romeo Giulia	366	366	412	403	388	388	440	457	440	477	458	496
Audi A3	438	438	492	2,372	781	781	1,085	1,127	1,085	917	880	953
Audi A4	1,233	1,233	1,387	1,172	1,129	1,129	1,166	1,211	1,166	1,471	1,412	1,530
Audi A5	1,229	1,229	1,383	1,635	1,574	1,574	1,630	1,693	1,630	1,591	1,527	1,654
Audi A6	408	408	459	495	477	477	513	533	513	574	551	597
Audi A7	161	161	181	218	210	210	190	197	190	174	167	181
Audi A8	75	75	84	139	134	134	126	131	126	190	182	197
Audi e-Tron GT	183	183	206	287	276	276	207	188	181	105	100	109
Audi e-Tron Sportback	209	209	234	420	404	404	207	215	207	128	123	133
Audi R8	22	22	24	31	30	30	16	0	16	36	35	37
Audi TT	39	39	44	42	40	40	51	0	51	38	37	40
BMW 2-Series	1,288	1,288	1,449	1,224	1,179	1,179	518	538	518	790	758	822
BMW 3-Series	2,610	2,610	2,936	2,110	2,032	2,032	1,756	1,824	1,756	3,578	3,435	3,721
BMW 4-Series	2,361	2,361	2,656	2,271	2,187	2,187	3,086	3,205	3,086	4,517	4,337	4,698
BMW 5-Series	1,806	1,806	2,032	1,424	1,371	1,371	1,506	1,564	1,506	2,157	2,071	2,243
BMW 7-Series	479	479	539	475	458	458	334	347	334	690	663	718
BMW 8-Series	448	448	504	747	718	719	646	671	646	587	564	610
BMW i3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BMW i8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BMW Z4	89	89	100	163	157	157	147	153	147	121	116	126
Cadillac CT4	606	606	681	894	861	861	849	882	849	727	698	756
Cadillac CT5	1,070	1,070	1,203	1,426	1,373	1,373	984	1,022	984	1,797	1,725	1,869
Chevrolet Bolt	115	115	129	2,374	2,286	2,286	4,841	5,027	4,841	5,369	5,155	5,584
Chevrolet Camaro	2,147	2,147	2,416	1,553	1,496	1,496	2,607	2,708	2,607	1,825	1,752	1,898
Chevrolet Corvette	2,820	2,820	3,172	2,949	2,840	2,840	2,613	2,713	2,613	6,043	2,922	3,165
Chevrolet Malibu	8,218	8,218	9,246	11,103	10,692	10,692	7,119	7,393	7,119	11,889	11,414	12,365
Chevrolet Sonic	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chevrolet Spark	89	89	100	1,319	1,270	1,270	2,069	2,149	2,069	1,095	1,051	1,138
Chrysler 200	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chrysler 300	878	878	988	1,653	1,592	1,592	1,374	1,427	1,374	777	746	808
Dodge Challenger	3,560	3,560	4,005	4,976	4,976	4,791	5,401	5,609	5,401	4,322	4,149	4,495
Dodge Charger	4,940	4,940	5,558	7,868	7,868	7,576	7,965	8,271	7,965	5,805	5,572	6,037
Dodge Dart	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dodge Viper	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiat 124 Spider	2	2	2	1	1	1	6	6	6	0	0	0
Fiat 500	107	107	120	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Fiat 500L	0	0	0	1	81	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Ford GT	4	19	13	11	7	4	6	7	4	8	6	0
Ford Mustang	5,671	4,700	3,615	4,377	3,234	4,647	3,367	3,533	3,454	3,848	3,259	3,861
Genesis G70	681	895	1,297	1,264	1,485	1,140	1,142	1,103	945	687	956	1,054
Genesis G80	405	263	380	445	422	260	283	302	335	336	349	345
Genesis G90	187	145	97	82	48	21	22	80	104	103	150	133
Honda Accord	10,410	13,971	17,658	16,788	11,066	10,529	7,299	11,619	11,123	11,751	13,792	18,606
Honda Civic	13,599	14,472	10,444	14,040	8,147	9,633	9,243	7,327	9,381	11,347	11,390	14,909
Honda Clarity FCV	30	41	83	48	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Honda Insight	556	546	763	861	1,850	1,146	1,175	379	263	84	5	0
Hyundai Accent	507	744	1,446	1,372	1,273	2,088	3,910	2,174	1,785	1,683	687	154
Hyundai Elantra	5,081	6,786	10,205	10,669	7,731	8,372	12,021	14,238	10,761	8,530	11,040	11,743
Hyundai Ioniq	1,415	1,269	860	104	14	0	6	1	0	1	2	0
Hyundai Sonata	0	3,037	1,716	2,062	5,053	4,736	4,633	4,833	6,177	6,796	6,216	6,881
Hyundai Veloster	86	171	205	279	191	197	174	281	209	83	25	19
Infiniti Q50	777	777	874	440	424	424	169	175	169	184	176	191
Infiniti Q60	246	246	276	217	209	209	78	81	78	69	66	71
Jaguar F-Type	128	128	144	97	93	93	129	134	129	97	93	101
Jaguar XE	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaguar XF	128	128	144	109	109	105	20	21	20	8	8	9
Jaguar XJ	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karma GS-6	0	0	60	0	0	0	10	10	10	3	3	3
Karma Revero	0	0	30	0	0	0	5	5	5	1	1	2
Kia Cadenza	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kia Forte	5,748	8,141	9,609	9,798	9,211	0	10,016	10,016	8,404	8,942	9,725	7,693
Kia K5	5,794	6,558	5,470	5,554	6,014	5,922	6,440	6,440	5,383	4,863	4,520	3,352
Kia Rio	1,633	2,045	2,829	2,215	3,210	2,986	1,992	1,992	1,447	1,767	2,591	2,358
Kia Soul	3,890	5,059	5,175	4,414	4,116	4,954	5,322	5,322	5,113	4,782	4,050	4,543
Kia Stinger	991	1,090	1,026	895	448	713	513	513	454	430	342	394
Lexus ES	2,944	3,284	3,823	4,004	4,113	3,710	3,926	3,056	3,512	3,001	2,697	3,395
Lexus GS	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lexus IS	1,708	1,184	1,570	2,196	2,243	2,010	1,948	1,799	1,673	1,488	1,645	1,922
Lexus LC	146	143	153	147	141	103	61	28	71	102	114	178
Lexus LS	203	200	186	228	157	274	243	231	267	234	233	223
Lexus RC	159	137	165	189	181	319	236	281	283	205	286	207
Lucid Air	0	0	0	0	0	500	197	205	197	283	272	295
Mazda 3	3,470	2,969	3,053	3,594	904	865	1,165	2,100	1,860	2,778	3,023	1,986
Mazda 6	256	55	14	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mazda MX-5 Miata	386	556	663	658	405	132	268	752	752	413	449	738
Mercedes-Benz A-Class	360	360	405	993	956	956	465	483	465	129	124	135
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT	301	301	339	329	317	317	169	176	169	183	176	191
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	158	158	178	2,926	2,847	2,847	2,955	3,069	2,955	2,689	2,582	2,797
Mercedes-Benz CLA	340	340	383	663	639	639	759	788	759	1,152	1,106	1,198
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	1,514	1,514	1,703	1,735	1,671	1,671	1,272	1,321	868	1,715	1,647	1,784
Mercedes-Benz EQE Sedan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	384
Mercedes-Benz EQS-Sedan	0	0	443	670	645	645	560	581	560	1,446	0	1,504
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1,541	1,541	1,734	1,340	1,290	1,290	868	901	0	1,517	1,456	1,578
Mercedes-Benz SL	1	1	1	0	0	0	270	281	270	401	385	417
Mini Cooper	1,241	1,241	1,396	1,407	1,355	1,355	1,794	1,863	1,794	2,189	2,101	2,276
Mitsubishi Mirage	1,573	1,573	1,770	1,578	1,520	1,520	1,062	1,103	1,062	1,018	977	1,058
Nissan 370Z	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	29	28	59	57	61
Nissan Altima	12,254	12,254	13,786	13,779	13,268	13,268	9,055	9,403	9,055	11,278	10,827	11,729
Nissan GT-R	16	16	18	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0
Nissan Leaf	1,399	1,399	1,574	1,111	1,070	1,070	420	436	420	1,042	1,001	1,084
Nissan Maxima	918	918	1,033	302	291	291	422	438	422	692	664	719
Nissan Sentra	8,682	8,682	9,767	5,894	5,675	5,675	6,110	6,345	6,110	4,728	4,539	4,917
Nissan Versa	746	746	839	1,126	1,085	1,085	1,221	1,268	1,221	1,354	1,300	1,408
Polestar Polestar 1	0	0	10	0	0	100	33	34	33	7	7	7
Polestar Polestar 2	0	0	250	0	0	2,200	724	752	724	693	665	721
Porsche 718	250	250	282	329	317	317	224	233	224	353	339	367
Porsche 911	682	682	768	1,043	1,004	1,004	736	764	736	918	881	954
Porsche Panamera	252	252	283	385	371	371	346	359	346	420	404	437
Porsche Taycan	616	616	693	863	831	831	436	453	436	499	479	519
Subaru BRZ	331	349	291	298	201	193	228	308	231	278	312	325
Subaru Impreza	2,939	3,520	2,329	1,671	1,743	2,124	2,228	3,449	2,626	2,861	2,861	2,495
Subaru Legacy	1,492	1,417	2,611	2,397	2,392	2,026	1,610	1,896	1,318	1,155	2,166	2,125
Subaru WRX	341	31	204	1,497	2,674	1,465	2,530	2,304	1,676	1,664	2,080	2,196
Tesla Model 3	13,739	13,230	13,230	17,054	16,423	16,423	15,797	16,405	15,797	19,200	18,432	19,968
Tesla Model S	3,930	3,785	57,158	3,008	2,896	2,896	2,633	2,734	2,633	2,933	2,816	3,051
Toyota Avalon	892	537	726	1,627	2,119	2,219	2,374	1,490	160	46	13	12
Toyota Camry	19,665	15,612	26,228	26,323	24,905	23,192	25,119	25,500	27,859	29,707	25,185	25,906
Toyota Corolla	15,368	15,222	16,911	24,516	25,099	19,716	18,206	17,644	18,874	16,663	16,015	17,982
Toyota GR86	1,331	925	1,001	689	925	1,306	1,432	1,217	865	660	785	860
Toyota Mirai	134	175	406	123	267	253	62	10	7	152	202	303
Toyota Prius	0	3,080	3,631	4,243	3,743	1,950	1,617	2,603	2,574	2,936	2,068	4,907
Toyota Supra	370	298	439	474	540	563	538	413	220	486	353	258
Volkswagen Arteon	15	15	17	42	40	40	254	264	254	79	76	82
Volkswagen Golf	743	743	836	1,049	1,010	1,010	718	745	718	107	103	111
Volkswagen Jetta	3,481	3,481	3,916	4,413	4,250	4,250	3,026	3,142	3,026	349	335	363
Volkswagen Passat	750	750	844	22	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Volvo 60-Series	1,263	592	965	471	280	433	530	536	451	648	545	822
Volvo 90-Series	154	147	197	219	184	183	137	99	84	113	138	166
	∑ = 206,297	∑ = 216,749	∑ = 299,695	∑ = 268,912	∑ = 248,283	∑ = 234,937	∑ = 236,796	∑ = 244,352	∑ = 233,963	∑ = 250,746	∑ = 239,940	∑ = 263,457