Best-Selling Cars in the World (Q1 2017)

The first quarter of 2017 is a thing of the past. Which cars sold the best globally? We investigate.

According to Jato Dynamics, the Chinese market racked up 6 184 706 sales in the first 3 months of the year (an average of 2 million cars a month!). Even the United States – the 2nd largest market – is nowhere near that number with 4 026 256 for the same period. Japan maintained its status as the third-largest car market with 1 553 605 units for the first 3 months.

Compared with last year’s top-selling vehicles, the biggest winner is the Ford F-Series pickup, which has moved up 3 spots to take the top spot after the first quarter of this year. The Toyota Corolla slips to second, while the Volkswagen Golf slips 2 places to 4th. Surprisingly, Nissan’s X-Trail has shot up the leaderboard to take 3rd spot. Ford’s local problems with the Kuga have not hindered sales globally... in fact, the Blue Oval has moved into the Top 30 list, ranking as the 13th-most-sold vehicle worldwide.

Top 30 Best-Selling Cars

1	Ford F-Series	243 978
2	Toyota Corolla	214 618
3	Nissan X-Trail/Rogue	212 244
4	Volkswagen Golf	209 764
5	Honda Civic	178 605
6	Honda CR-V	177 473
7	Wuling Hongguang	175 945
8	Volkswagen Tiguan	172 623
9	Toyota RAV4	170 362
10	Honda HR-V/XR-V/Vezel	167 051
11	Ford Focus	166 290
12	Hyundai Elantra/Avante/i35	159 112
13	Ford Kuga/Escape	153 835
14	Volkswagen Polo	148 331
15	Dodge Ram	145 326
16	Chevrolet Silverado	142 705
17	Toyota Camry/Aurion	131 807
18	Volkswagen Lavida	130 032
19	Suzuki Swift	128 025
20	Hyundai Tucson	127 587
21	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	127 485
22	Volkswagen Jetta/Bora/Sagitar/Vento	127 179
23	Ford Fiesta	125 625
24	Nissan Qashqai/Rogue Sport	124 996
25	Haval/Hover H6	119 946
26	Honda Jazz/Fit	109 949
27	Mazda3/Axela	108 808
28	Honda Accord	108 613
29	Skoda Octavia	103 378
30	Volkswagen Passat/Magotan	102 067

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Ashley Oldfield

Ashley has been riding or driving some sort of motorised vehicle since his 4th birthday when he got a Yamaha PW50. Equipped with years of racing experience, Ashley took up journalism and became a writer for some of South Africa’s best motoring magazines and online publications. He is SA’s first (and only) GT Academy winner having raced professionally overseas. He now serves as Road Test Editor at Cars.co.za, putting his wealth of racing and driving experience to good use.

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