Large Car Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

U.S. sales of full-size, volume brand sedans slid 3% in April 2016 in large part due to sharp decreases at General Motors. Both the Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Impala, presumably due to GM's de-emphasized fleet business, lost significant numbers of April sales in 2016: 1772 for the Buick; 2689 for the Chevrolet.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - April 2016 YTD

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But U.S. sales of the Dodge Charger, Ford Taurus, Kia Cadenza, and Toyota Avalon all fell below their April 2015 totals. And the Hyundai Azera, which Hyundai-Kia will soon forget in the U.S. in favour of the Cadenza – just as the partners have already done in Canada – tumbled 44% in April.

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On the flip side, April 2016 was the Chevrolet SS's best sales month yet. The SS remains a low-volume car – only 592 were sold in April. But the SS has historically averaged barely more than 200 monthly SS sales.

The Chrysler 300 also continued its upward trend, and the Nissan Maxima – all-new for model year 2015 – has more than doubled its April and year-to-date sales.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. This table is sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Large Car	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick LaCrosse	1813	3585	-49.4%	10,788	13,784	-21.7%
Chevrolet Impala	8249	10,938	-24.6%	38,803	38,159	1.7%
Chevrolet SS	592	299	98.0%	1131	893	26.7%
Chrysler 300	5570	3801	46.5%	21,487	16,708	28.6%
Dodge Charger	8213	9063	-9.4%	35,959	35,281	1.9%
Ford Taurus	4365	4416	-1.2%	17,821	14,985	18.9%
Hyundai Azera	510	915	-44.3%	1865	2872	-35.1%
Hyundai Genesis *	3374	3159	6.8%	12,019	11,589	3.7%
Kia Cadenza	533	598	-10.9%	2085	2404	-13.3%
Nissan Maxima	4573	1696	170%	20,798	8890	134%
Toyota Avalon	4032	4590	-12.2%	16,233	18,194	-10.8%
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Total	41,824	43,060	-2.9%	178,989	163,759	9.3%

Source: Automakers
* Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with these volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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