USA October 2012 Hybrid and Electric cars: Ford C-Max #3!
Ford C-Max
* See the Top 47 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! *
After looking at overall October and 10 months 2012 US rankings, let’s explore in detail the best-selling Hybrid and Electric cars. This segment has seen its sales nearly double year-on-year at 40,678 units, up 95% on October 2011… This brings the year-to-date total to 393,326 sales, up a mammoth 76% on 2011. In other words, if all Hybrid and Electric cars sold in the US were one model it would rank #2 behind only the Ford F-Series… Note 2 in 3 Hybrid and Electric cars sold in the country in 2012 so far is a Toyota or a Lexus…
But this may be about to change: October 2012 marks the first true success for Ford in the segment: the C-Max hybrid and Energi plug-in sell a combined 3,182 units for their first full month in the country, putting the model in third position overall, and most importantly to Ford, above their direct competitor the Toyota Prius V which sold 2,769 units this month…
Other interesting developments include the Toyota Prius C gaining one spot to land in 2nd position below the unattainable (for now) Toyota Prius, the Chevrolet Volt breaking its monthly volume record once again at #5 with 2,961 sales, the Nissan Leaf back up to #7 and +86% year-on-year with 1,579 units, the Lexus ES stable at an excellent 8th place and the BMW 1 Series Active E 671 leased units now taken into account, but whether they all got registered this month is unclear.
Previous post: USA September 2012 Hybrid and Electric cars: Lexus ES shoots up
Overall October 2012 post: USA October 2012: Ford F-Series up, Subaru breaks record
Overall 10 months 2012 post: USA 10 months 2012: Discover the Top 277 All-models ranking!
Full October 2012 Top 47 All-models Ranking Table below.
USA October 2012 – Hybrid and Electric cars:
| Pos | Model | Oct-12 | /11 | Sep | 10m 2012 | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Toyota Prius/Prius V | 8,795 | -20% | 1 | 161,074 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Toyota Prius c | 3,328 | new | 3 | 29,438 | 3 | 35 |
| 3 | Ford C-Max Hybrid | 3,038 | new | 11 | 4,007 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | Toyota Camry Hybrid | 2,986 | 797% | 2 | 37,277 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Chevrolet Volt | 2,961 | 167% | 4 | 19,309 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Toyota Prius V | 2,769 | new | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| 7 | Toyota Prius Plug-in | 1,882 | new | 6 | 9,602 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | Nissan LEAF | 1,579 | 86% | 10 | 6,791 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | Lexus ES300h | 1,520 | new | 8 | 3,751 | 19 | 37 |
| 10 | Hyundai Sonata Hybrid | 1,510 | -25% | 7 | 17,291 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid | 1,266 | new | 5 | 14,242 | 7 | 32 |
| 12 | Lexus CT200h | 1,199 | -21% | 9 | 14,811 | 6 | 5 |
| 13 | Lexus RX400h | 997 | 16% | 12 | 9,858 | 9 | 7 |
| 14 | Buick LaCrosse eAssist | 978 | 229% | 15 | 10,467 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | Ford Fusion Hybrid | 956 | 12% | 14 | 9,022 | 11 | 6 |
| 16 | Kia Optima Hybrid | 745 | new | 13 | 8,652 | 12 | 21 |
| 17 | BMW 1 Series Active E | 671 | new | 671 | 25 | - | |
| 18 | Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 466 | 95% | 19 | 4,848 | 17 | 13 |
| 19 | Lincoln MKZ Hybrid | 465 | -3% | 16 | 5,464 | 15 | 12 |
| 20 | Honda Civic Hybrid | 453 | -6% | 17 | 6,114 | 14 | 14 |
| 21 | Buick Regal eAssist | 287 | new | 18 | 2,172 | 21 | 39 |
| 22 | Honda Insight | 251 | -49% | 21 | 5,298 | 16 | 3 |
| 23 | Honda CR-Z | 244 | -16% | 20 | 3,705 | 20 | 4 |
| 24 | BMW 5 Series ActiveHybrid | 184 | new | 33 | 249 | 36 | - |
| 25 | Acura ILX Hybrid | 144 | new | 22 | 679 | 24 | 40 |
| 26 | Ford C-Max Energi Plug-in | 144 | new | - | 144 | 41 | - |
| 27 | BMW 3 Series ActiveHybrid | 135 | new | 38 | 148 | 40 | - |
| 28 | Ford Focus EV | 118 | new | 28 | 346 | 35 | 43 |
| 29 | Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid | 106 | -1% | 25 | 988 | 23 | 17 |
| 30 | Lexus GS450h | 68 | 258% | 23 | 495 | 28 | 27 |
| 31 | Infiniti M35h | 66 | 100% | 30 | 544 | 27 | 24 |
| 32 | GMC Sierra Hybrid | 56 | 1300% | 41 | 156 | 39 | 28 |
| 33 | GMC Yukon Hybrid | 53 | 130% | 31 | 425 | 32 | 19 |
| 34 | Porsche Panamera S Hybrid | 48 | new | 24 | 457 | 31 | 41 |
| 35 | Toyota RAV4 EV | 47 | new | 27 | 108 | 43 | 42 |
| 36 | Audi Q5 Hybrid | 33 | new | 35 | 58 | 47 | - |
| 37 | Mitsubishi i-MiEV | 30 | new | 32 | 469 | 30 | 44 |
| 38 | Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid | 16 | -67% | 36 | 404 | 33 | 18 |
| 39 | Honda Fit EV | 16 | new | 37 | 48 | 48 | - |
| 40 | VW Touareg Hybrid | 11 | -39% | 43 | 188 | 38 | 22 |
| 41 | Mercedes S400 Hybrid | 10 | 11% | 40 | 107 | 44 | 26 |
| 42 | Ford Escape Hybrid | 9 | -98% | 26 | 1,338 | 22 | 9 |
| 43 | Lexus LS600h | 5 | -125% | 44 | 46 | 49 | 30 |
| 44 | Nissan Altima Hybrid | 3 | -94% | 39 | 102 | 45 | 15 |
| 45 | Lexus HS250h | 3 | -99% | 42 | 644 | 26 | 16 |
| 46 | BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid | 2 | -78% | - | 220 | 37 | 25 |
| 47 | Honda FCX Clarity | 2 | 100% | - | 5 | 51 | 33 |
Source: Manufacturers, www.goodcarbadcars.net
Hi Matt, what about adding natural gas- and clean diesel-sales like hybridcars com does every month ?