Camry stays on top of midsize sedan sales for November, regains overall lead [News]

Toyota Camry

Thanks to a soft sales month by the Honda CR-V, the Toyota Camry regained the overall sales lead for the month in November, and is poised to lead midsize sedan sales by year’s end.

Camry sales were off nearly 9 percent over November 2015, and for the year sales are off more than 9 percent. However, it’s still good enough to give it a commanding lead going into the final sales month of the year.

The only competition it has for the overall sales lead is its stablemate, the Corolla. As of November, the Camry had roughly a 6,000 over its smaller brethren. While it’s still unlikely that the Corolla will surpass the Camry in one month, stranger things have happened. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Camry is actually ahead of the Civic, not the Corolla. Toyota is now combining Corolla and Corolla iM sales together, and the wrong number was used for comparison.

2017 Honda Accord Hybrid

Honda’s Accord nearly stole the month with one of its strongest sales months of the year, only 1,000 less than the Camry. It was also the highest selling Honda for the month as both the CR-V and Civic couldn’t keep up.

Further down the list, the Chevy Malibu was the most improved for the month and is on track to be the most improved for the year. VW’s Passat is also starting to crawl back from its post-dieselgate drop by more than doubling last year’s monthly sales.

Midsize Sedan Sales – November 2016

Nov 2016 # Oct 2016 # Nov ’16/Oct ’16 % Nov 2016/2015 YTD 2016 # YTD 2016/2015 %
Toyota Camry 28,189 29,562 -4.6% -8.9% 355,204 -9.4%
Honda Accord 27,182 25,551 6.4% 6.3% 311,352 -2.9%
Nissan Altima 20,039 20,257 -1.1% -2.6% 282,617 -7.0%
Chevrolet Malibu 18,577 16,151 15.0% 71.8% 205,117 12.3%
Ford Fusion 17,560 18,686 -6.0% -9.7% 246,708 -10.2%
Hyundai Sonata 15,363 14,972 2.6% -8.2% 185,614 -2.6%
Kia Optima 12,330 9,974 23.6% -5.5% 111,631 -23.4%
VW Passat 6,441 6,234 3.3% 133.5% 65,761 -11.9%
Subaru Legacy 5,814 6,136 -5.2% 21.9% 59,346 8.5%
Mazda Mazda6 3,046 2,924 4.2% -1.4% 41,832 -22.1%
Chrysler 200 2,849 2,843 0.2% -72.0% 54,651 -65.0%
Buick Regal 1,746 1,317 32.6% 49.0% 18,524 9.4%

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