Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: New Yorkers Love Hondas

by Matt Gasnier

Published: June 1st, 2013

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After California, let’s go all the way to the East Coast and the Big Apple because I have some exclusive, rare and detailed car sales data for New York!

One thing is certain, New York loves Japan and Honda… and not so much cowboys pick-up trucks…

New Yorkers prefer the Honda Accord

See the Top 5 best-selling models, brands and automakers in New York here

For the very first time on The TruthAboutCars, I can share with you detailed car sales data for New York City, the largest of 211 DMA (Designated Market Areas) in the USA, representing 7.8 percent of overall US sales in 2012, 1.8 point more than runner-up Los Angeles.

And what a different market it is!

Structurally, one the main characteristics of the New York market is its bias towards luxury vehicles and leases. The luxury segment is twice as big in New York as it is everywhere else, representing one in every four sales, and 45 percent of all new vehicle transactions in New York are leases vs. 16 percent elsewhere.

The Honda CR-V is #2 in New York

If General Motors and Ford are the two biggest automakers (not brands) outside of New York, they are nowhere to be seen in the New York Top 5, with Fiat-Chrysler passing them to rank #5 below 4 Asian makers: Honda dominates with 17.6% share followed by Toyota at 14.3%, Nissan at 11.2% and Hyundai at 9.5%… The brands ranking is very similar and crowns Honda at 15.1% ahead of Toyota at 11.3% and Nissan at 9.2%… Not particularly fans of American cars, those New Yorkers!

#1 overall in the US, the Ford F-Series is a very rare sight in New York…

In terms of formats, here too are some significant differences between New York and the rest of the US. For example, pick-up trucks are the 4th most popular segment overall in the US but only 14th in New York. Illustrating this, if the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado frankly dominate the sales charts outside of New York, they rank respectively #32 and #53 in New York…

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Hemi on Jun 02, 2013

Just to add, many people here would rather drive "entry" level vehicles vs a decently loaded non luxury vehicle. I can't wait to see the explosion of CLA's and 320's...

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Volt 230 on Jun 02, 2013

NY cars take such a beating due to potholed streets, weather, crawling traffic, lots of fender benders, I too wonder where all those Sonatas are gonna be in a few years, surprised there are not more Subies around,

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- Bd2 on Jun 04, 2013
  
  Probably will be more Sonatas running around 15 years from now than Fusions.
  
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