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As automakers are preparing to release sales figures for October,
Toyota is looking a little further ahead by claiming that the
Camry is the
best-selling car in the US for the 11th straight year a full two months early. Based on sales figures through September, Toyota thinks that its 67,000-unit lead over the closest competitor is big enough to make a fourth-quarter comeback statistically impossible.
Camry sales are up about 37 percent through September with 314,788 units sold compared to 247,847 units for the next-closest car, the
Honda Accord. The Accord would have to double the Camry's sales for the rest of the year in order to vie for the "best-selling car" title, and so far in 2012 Accord hasn't even been able to match the Camry's numbers. That being said,
Automotive News does say that the stellar Camry's 2012 sales also include higher-than-normal fleet sales accounting for 15 percent of the total - or around 60,000 units-compared to 10 percent that the article states is where Camry fleet sales usually are. The
Nissan Altima (234,040),
Honda Civic (234,029) and
Toyota Corolla (222,703) round out the top five cars of 2012 so far.
Next year will likely prove to be a little more challenging for the Toyota with redesigned midsize competitors such as the
Ford Fusion, Altima, Accord,
Chevrolet Malibu and
Mazda6 all looking to put some added heat on the Camry - not to mention a substantially updated Civic will be hitting the scene as well.
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