We continue to digest the sales number by segment for all of 2021, with all automakers reporting. No surprise, the Toyota Camry ended up in first place for the 15th straight year. Honda Civic ended the year in the #2 slot, but a full 50,000 vehicles behind Camry. Toyota Corolla, Honda Accord, and Nissan Sentra rounded out the top five.
Overall, passenger car sales fell about 200,000 units from the full year of 2020. That was partly due to the microchip shortage, but also due to automakers like Ford getting out of the passenger car segment, along with the American migration over to SUVs.
In the American muscle car race, Dodge Challenger ended up #15 on this list, Ford Mustang was #16, and the Chevy Camaro ended way down the list at #35.
Here are your top 20 best-selling passenger cars for 2021 and how they fared versus the full year of 2020:
| 1. | Toyota Camry | 313,795 | 7% |
| 2. | Honda Civic | 263,787 | 1% |
| 3. | Toyota Corolla | 223,215 | 6% |
| 4. | Honda Accord | 202,676 | 2% |
| 5. | Nissan Sentra | 127,862 | 35% |
| 6. | Hyundai Elantra | 127,360 | 21% |
| 7. | Kia Forte | 113,051 | 33% |
| 8. | Nissan Altima | 103,776 | 25% |
| 9. | Hyundai Sonata | 83,434 | 8% |
| 10. | Dodge Charger | 78,388 | 1% |
| 11. | Kia Soul | 75,126 | 5% |
| 12. | Nissan Versa | 60,913 | 26% |
| 13. | Toyota Prius | 59,010 | 36% |
| 14. | VW Jetta | 55,113 | 39% |
| 15. | Dodge Challenger | 54,315 | 3% |
| 16 | Ford Mustang | 52,384 | 14% |
| 17. | Lexus ES | 45,406 | 5% |
| 18. | Mazda3 | 41,845 | 38% |
| 19. | Chevrolet Malibu | 39,376 | 61% |
| 20. | Subaru Impreza | 34,791 | 20% |
Photo Credit: Toyota.
