Every Automaker's Best-Selling Model in America

Lawrence Hodge

February 28, 2023 at 9:15 AM·5 min read

Twenty-twenty-two was a year of rising car prices, continuing inventory shortages, and record sales for some brands. Despite the problems plaguing some automakers had, sales for many brands and their models set records. While the usual models like the Ford F-150 and Toyota Camry were best sellers, what about everyone else?

We compiled a list of every automaker’s best-selling model in 2022 just in case you were wondering what the answer to that question is.

Disclaimer: All brands here are ones that sell cars in the U.S., so to reiterate, these are U.S. sales only. If a brand isn’t listed here, it’s because there was either no sales data available, there was no sales data for the U.S. by specific model, or there was no sales data for the U.S. specifically.

Acura MDX

46,425 units

Acura’s seven-seater family crossover leads the brand’s sales with the smaller RDX coming in a close second.

Alfa Romeo Stelvio

7,752 units

Alfa doesn’t sell many cars in the U.S. Case in point: the Stelvio, and it’s 7,752 sold made up just over 60 percent of all the brands U.S. sales in 2022.

Audi Q5

62,912 units

Despite selling a record number of EVs worldwide in 2022, U.S. buyers still flock to the midsize Q5 crossover more than any other vehicle in its lineup.

BMW X5

82,372 units

You’d think the X3 would be BMW’s bestseller. That used to be the case, but the X5 has stolen the X5's U.S. sales crown. The X3 came in a close second with just under 66,000 sales.

Chrysler Pacifica

98,624 units

Remember, this is nearly 100,000 vans sold in a lineup of two cars, one of which is on its way out.

Dodge Charger

80,074 units

Buying over 80,000 muscle cars on the eve of an EV transition is still crazy to me. But buyers continue to show they can’t get enough of Dodge’s throw-a-V8-in-everything attitude.

Fiat 500X

875 units

Fiat is in an even sadder state than Chrysler. The 500X is the only vehicle the brand sells in the U.S. until the 500 EV makes its return. Whats worse is those 875 sold is still down 26 percent from 2021's sales.

Ford F Series

653,957 units (15,617 F-150 Lightnings were sold)

It’s not even a contest compared to Americans and their insatiable need for the F-150. Not only was it Ford’s best-seller, it was the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., again.

Genesis GV70

5,834 units

Genesis’ driver-focused crossover was off to a decent start for its first year on the market.

Honda CR-V

238,155 units

It should be no surprise that the Honda CR-V was not only the best-selling car at Honda, but the best-selling vehicle in the entire company. Even with over 238,000 units sold, the CR-V wasn’t immune to market forces as that number is down 34.3 percent from the year prior.

Hyundai Tuscon

175,307 units

People can’t get enough of the Tuscon. Surprisingly, it was one of two other models that sold over six figures for Hyundai in 2022; the others being the Santa Fe and Elantra (see, sedans aren’t dead) respectively.

Infiniti QX60

16,573 units

Another sad model lineup, the QX60 represented nearly 36 percent of all of Infiniti’s sales in the U.S. in 2022.

Jeep Grand Cherokee

223,354 units

The new Grand Cherokee has been a big hit for Jeep, outselling even the Wrangler in 2022 which came in second place.

Kia Sportage

125,245 units

The Sportage was a big seller for Kia in 2022. Just a few months into the new generations debut, Kia reps told me last spring that it was already the brand’s best seller.

Lexus RX

96,041 units

The RX continued its bestseller streak in 2022 with Lexus moving nearly 100,000 units. The NX was a close second with just over 49,000 sold.

Lincoln Corsair

27,668 units

Buyers seemed to really like the recently updated Corsair as it outsold every other Lincoln in 2022.

Lucid

7,180 units

While Lucid built 7,180 vehicles in 2022, it should be pointed out that the company says they only delivered 4,369.

Mazda CX-5

151,594 units

The CX-5 blew the rest of the Mazda lineup out of the water in sales. No other model had sales that even touch the six figure mark.

Mercedes Benz GLC Class

65,531 units

The crossover sales onslaught continues at Mercedes, with the midsize GLC crossover beating even the GLE in sales in 2022.

Mini Cooper 2 Door Hardtop

10,197 units

The “original” Mini — as in, the two door hard top — is still the brand bestseller. Compared to other brands though, just over 10,000 sold is small potatoes.

Mitsubishi Outlander

40,942 units

The recently redesigned Outlander is proving to be a hit for Mitsubishi. But the brand needs more vehicles that people will actually buy as having one model make up over 47 percent of all sales for a year isn’t necessarily a good thing.

Nissan Rogue

186,480 units

The redesigned Rouge has proven to be popular with buyers. Not only were sales up over 10 percent compared to 2021, it outsold the shaky credit favorite, the Altima, by over 46,000 units

Ram Pickups

468,344 units

While the Ram was the No. 3 selling truck on the market, it was the best selling vehicle out of all the Stellantis brands and the third best selling vehicle in the U.S.

Subaru Crosstrek

155,142 units

Even with a new generation right on the horizon, Subaru managed to move over 155,000 of the small crossover.

Toyota RAV4

399,941 units

The RAV4 wasn’t immune from the issues affecting supply and production in 2022. But it was barely affected, with its near 400,000 sales being a 2.2 percent drop from the year prior.

Volkswagen Tiguan (Long Wheelbase)

88,577 units

The Tiguan taking the top sales spot at VW in 2022 is a bit strange. Buyers love the long wheelbase version, which is available with a third row. However, the Atlas exists and is way bigger with an actual, usable third row. Maybe it has to do with affordability the reason the Tiguan sold 35,032 more units than the Atlas.