2011′s Top 10 Best-Selling Cars

by Kyle Woodley | January 10, 2012 8:51 am

2011’s list of the year’s 10 best-selling cars didn’t see much movement at the top since last year, but Ford (NYSE:F[1]) came out the clear winner after a shake-up in the middle.

The top three looked just like they did in 2010. Trucks took gold and silver, with the Ford F-Series at 584,917 and the Chevrolet Silverado at 415,130 — both up in double digits from last year. The Toyota (NYSE:TM[2]) Camry remained on the podium with 308,510, but that represented a 6% drop from 2010, affected mostly by the March earthquake and tsunami that wreaked havoc for Japanese automakers.

Particularly hard-hit were the two Japanese majors, Toyota and Honda (NYSE:HMC[3]), who watched their respective Corolla and Accord slide down the list, and Honda’s Civic and CR-V dropped out of the top 10 altogether. Toyota also had the dubious distinction of putting out one of the five worst-selling cars of 2011[4].

Reaping the benefits was Ford, with its Escape SUV — which was on the outside looking in for 2010 — finishing fifth and its Fusion jumping to sixth. Japanese also-ran Nissan (PINK:NSANY[5]) gained ground, with its Altima jumping from seventh to fourth.

In addition to the Silverado, General Motors (NYSE:GM[6]) landed a new vehicle on the list, with its Cruze compact car bottoming out the top 10.

The North American Car of the Year[7], the Hyundai Elantra, was unable to crack the list but saw sales spike 41% to 186,361 in 2011.

The complete top 10 list is as follows:

Rank	Model	2011 Sales	Change from 2010	2010 Rank
1	Ford F-Series	584,917	+10.7%	1
2	Chevy Silverado	415,130	+12.2%	2
3	Toyota Camry	308,510	-5.9%	3
4	Nissan Altima	268,981	+17.3%	7
5	Ford Escape	254,293	+33.1%	NR
6	Ford Fusion	248,067	+13.2%	8
7	Dodge Ram	244,763	+22.6%	10
8	Toyota Corolla/ Matrix	240,259	-9.7%	5
9	Honda Accord	235,625	-16.6%	4
10	Chevy Cruze	231,732	NA*	NR
* First full year of production in U.S.

As of this writing, Kyle Woodley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned stocks.

Source URL: https://investorplace.com/2012/01/top-10-best-selling-cars-of-2011/

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