World Best Selling Mid Size Cars. The top in the 2018

January 3, 2019

World Best Selling Mid Size Cars in the 2018 fell 3.3% at 9.52 million units. On top of the list again the Toyota Camry while the “Chinese” Volkswagen Lavida gains the second place ahead of the Honda Accord.

Global Sales

In the 2018, the “Mid Size Cars” segment, accounted for 9.52 million vehicles, down 3.3% from the previous year. The top three markets for this segment are China, USA and Canada.

	Sales 2016	Sales 2017	Sales 2018	Mix 2018	'+/- 2018 vs 2017	'+/- 2018 vs 2014
Segment D	10.313.955	9.851.842	9.522.593	100,00%	-3,3%	-9,6%

Global Mid Size Cars sales by Brand

Volkswagen is the global leader within the Mid Size Cars segment with 1.63 million units sold in the 2018 (-0.9%), followed by Nissan with 877.267 (+0.1%) and Toyota with 739.943 (+2.8%).

In fourth place Buick with 728.239 sales, down a disappointing 11.4%, followed by Honda loosing -2.9% with 659.037 units and Mercedes with 628.034 (+2.1%).

Rank 2018	Rank 2017	Brand	2016	2017	2018	'+/- 2018
1	1	Volkswagen	1.744.955	1.647.777	1.632.201	-0,9%
2	2	Nissan	896.463	875.998	877.267	0,1%
3	4	Toyota	779.495	719.643	739.943	2,8%
4	3	Buick	889.994	822.167	728.239	-11,4%
5	5	Honda	704.349	678.864	659.037	-2,9%
6	6	Mercedes	609.106	615.334	628.034	2,1%
7	7	BMW	522.028	521.024	496.827	-4,6%
8	8	Audi	414.510	442.734	467.521	5,6%
9	10	Skoda	447.960	421.965	401.292	-4,9%
10	9	Hyundai	557.033	439.143	347.749	-20,8%

Global Mid Size Cars sales by Manufacturer

The global leader in the City Cars segment is Volkswagen Group with 2.5 million sales in 2018 (-0.5%), ahead of General Motors with 1.09 million – down 12.1% – and Renault Nissan Alliance with 1 million (-3.8%).

In fourth place Toyota Group with 885.124 units sold (+1.8%), followed by Honda Motor with 673.741 (-2.8%) and Hyundai-Kia loosing volume – down 14.9% – with 641.022.

Rank 2018	Rank 2017	Group	2016	2017	2018	'+/- 2018
1	1	Volkswagen Group	2.607.428	2.512.476	2.501.015	-0,5%
2	2	General Motors	1.346.611	1.239.511	1.089.486	-12,1%
3	3	Renault Nissan Alliance	1.075.147	1.040.482	1.000.987	-3,8%
4	4	Toyota Group	933.977	869.641	885.125	1,8%
5	6	Honda Motor	723.404	692.951	673.741	-2,8%
6	5	Hyundai-Kia	905.713	753.231	641.023	-14,9%
7	7	Mercedes Daimler	609.106	615.334	628.034	2,1%
8	8	BMW	522.028	521.024	496.827	-4,6%
9	9	Ford Group	481.027	416.910	311.047	-25,4%
10	11	Geely Group	222.953	275.974	281.439	2,0%

Best Selling Models

On top of the list, as in the previous year, a Japanese vehicles, very popular in US & Canada, the Toyota Camry sales have been 672.594, up 4.2%.

In second place Volkswagen Lavida, a vehicle produced and sold just in China, sold in 513.359 units (-0.8%), followed by the Honda Accord with 506.921 (-4.7%).

In fourth place the Nissan Sylphy with 476.252 sales (+15.5%) followed by the Mercedes C Class with 470.644 sales (-3.6%), the Volkswagen Passat with 439.925 sales (-2.5%) and the Skoda Octavia with 398.713 (-4.9%).

In eight place the BMW 3 Series with 367606 (-3.7%) ahead of the Audi A4 with 316.677 (+6.7%) and in 10th place the Chevrolet Malibu with 316.199 (-12.4%).

In the table below, data for the others models between 11th and 100th place are hidden. Wishing to know more, please contact us.

Data Source

This report is done utilizing data extracted from our GAD (Global Auto Database) the wider Auto Sales Database actually existing in the World, with sales data by region/area/country broken down by type/size/body-style/brand/model from January 2010 to the last month. Data are collected by over 300 sources, including all the official providers (local Minister of Transportations or Associations of car Manufacturers).

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Rank 2018	Rank 2017	Model	2016	2017	2018	'+/- 2018
1	1	Toyota Camry	661.201	645.397	672.594	4,2%
2	3	Volkswagen Lavida	548.321	517.255	513.359	-0,8%
3	2	Honda Accord	544.568	531.721	506.921	-4,7%
4	8	Nissan Sylphy	376.874	412.282	476.253	15,5%
5	4	Mercedes C Class	459.427	488.342	470.644	-3,6%
6	5	Volkswagen Passat	519.453	451.289	439.925	-2,5%
7	7	Skoda Octavia	444.695	419.070	398.713	-4,9%
8	9	BMW 3 Series	389.032	381.924	367.606	-3,7%
9	11	Audi A4	301.456	296.834	316.678	6,7%
10	10	Chevrolet Malibu	372.568	360.997	316.199	-12,4%
11	12
12	169
13	16
14	14
15	13
16	17
17	15
18	19
19	26
20	29
21	22
22	20
23	24
24	28
25	21
26	18
27	25
28	23
29	33
30	30
31	31
32	27
33	75
34	32
35	38
36	65
37	34
38	36
39	6
40	39
41	35
42	41
43	57
44	44
45	43
46	37
47	46
48	48
49	83
50	40
51	71
52	49
53	42
54	73
55	54
56	45
57	62
58	51
59	56
60	60
61	53
62	50
63	113
64	47
65	67
66	52
67	66
68	170
69	64
70	58
71	63
72	70
73	72
74	111
75	55
76	68
77	110
78	61
79	170
80	69
81	90
82	170
83	170
84	152
85	170
86	170
87	74
88	170
89	81
90	87
91	105
92	88
93	77
94	89
95	82
96	170
97	86
98	170
99	80
100	93