Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: Toyota Prius King Of California

After traveling to Iran, Japan, and Russia, after having a peak at what cars the wealthiest Americans buy and hopping across the Caribbean Sea to land in Puerto Rico last week, I am now taking you to California. Don't feel like 'California dreaming' today? No worries. You can discover the best-selling models in 169 additional countries and territories in my blog. Or look at a more general view of the US market with the Top 277 best-selling models in the USA over the first 9 months 2012… Back to California. In America's biggest state, the 6 best-selling cars are Japanese and there are only two Americans in the Top 15… The Toyota Prius is the best-selling car in California You can check out the California Top 15 best-sellers and each segment's Top 5 here. We already know the US new car market is on fire in 2012 with registrations up 14.5 percent year-on-year after 9 months to 10,899,949 units. Well the Californian new car market does even better: it is up a huge 38 percent year-on-year in September to 165,422 registrations and 26 percent year-to-date at 1,245,700 – meaning California captures 11% of the US market and is larger than Italy or Australia. Similarly to the Puerto Rican models ranking we explored a few of days ago, the best-selling models in California are Japanese… Honda Civic Whereas in the overall US ranking the Ford F-Series is by far the #1 vehicle, in California it only ranks #7 with just 1.5% market share, but is still the favourite US model. This means the Top 6 best-sellers are 100% Japanese! The Toyota Prius is the most popular car in the State with 46,380 sales and 3.7 percent share, followed by the Honda Civic at 43,143 and 3.5 percent and the Honda Accord at 39,027 and 3.1 percent. California Top 7 best-sellers over 9 months 2012: You can check out the California Top 15 best-sellers and each segment's Top 5 here. Pos Model 9m 2012 % US 1 Toyota Prius 46,380 3.7% 17 2 Honda Civic 43,143 3.5% 6 3 Honda Accord 39,027 3.1% 4 4 Toyota Camry 37,888 3.0% 2 5 Toyota Corolla 29,743 2.4% 7 6 Honda CR-V 22,475 1.8% 9 7 Ford F-Series 18,862 1.5% 1 You can check out the California Top 15 best-sellers and each segment's Top 5 here. The Toyota Camry, #2 overall in the US, ranks 4th in California at 37,888 units ahead of the Toyota Corolla/Matrix at 29,743 sales, making it 3 Toyotas in the Top 5. With the Honda CR-V at #6 and 22,475 sales, there are 3 Hondas in the Top 6. Below the Ford F-Series, there is one more Japanese model in the Top 10 – the Nissan Altima at #8, one Korean – the Hyundai Sonata at #9 and one German – the VW Jetta at #10, but no American model until the #15 spot (Chevrolet Silverado). The Toyota Tacoma is #11 in California vs. #29 in the overall US ranking Notice also the Toyota Tacoma at an excellent 11th spot and 2nd best-selling pick-up truck in the state after the F-Series, the BMW 3 Series up to #13 vs. #49 overall and the Mercedes C-Class up to #16 vs. #61. Scion tC Further down, the Mercedes E-Class sells 11,369 units (or 25% of its overall US sales), the Honda Fit 7,735 (20%), the BMW 5 Series 7,487 (20% also), the Fiat 500 6,336 (19%), the Lexus IS 5,443 (26%), the Scion tC 3,764 (21%) and the Porsche 911 1,515 (23%). You can check out the California Top 15 best-sellers and each segment's Top 5 here. Source: California New Car Dealers Association, AutoCount. Matt Gasnier, based in Sydney, Australia, runs a blog named Best Selling Cars, dedicated to counting cars all over the world. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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