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Which were the best-performing brands and automakers in 2011? We’ll tell you, and the answers may be surprising. The top two best-performing brands surprised us. Jeep led the pack with a 44.04-percent sales increase for the year, followed by Mitsubishi, whose sales jumped 40.07 percent.
Behind those two are the two brands we knew early on would have great years: Kia and Volkswagen. Kia gained significant ground on fellow South Korean automaker Hyundai last year by posting a larger sales increase for the year, 36.27 percent to 19.97 percent, respectively. Volkswagen, meanwhile, proved everyone wrong who questioned its decision to make the redesigned Jetta more cost competitive with a sales gain of 26.21 percent for the year on the back of that little compact car’s 54.5-percent increase in sales.
The bottom of our table is also not surprisingly occupied almost entirely by Toyota, Honda and their luxury brands, which are joined by Infiniti and Lincoln. One could too easily argue that Toyota’s and Honda’s sales trouble in the U.S. last year had everything to do with natural disasters and their effect on production, but that would be ignoring their aging fleet of products, some not-so-well-received redesigns and how much more fierce their competition has become.
Finally, since we teased you last month with a select group of particular sales races we were interested in, we thought we’d let you know which models won.
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2011 Best-Selling Minivan: [Toyota Sienna](http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/sienna/) (111,429), [Dodge Caravan](http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/grand+caravan/) (110,862) -
2011 Best-Selling Pony Car: [Chevrolet Camaro](http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/camaro/) (88,249), [Ford Mustang](http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang) (70,438) -
2011 Best-Selling Small Car: [Toyota Corolla](http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/corolla) (240,258) vs. [Chevy Cruze](http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/cruze) (231,732) -
2011 Best-Selling Mid-Size Sedan behind Camry (308,510) and Altima (268,981): [Ford Fusion](http://www.autoblog.com/ford/fusion/) (248,067), [Honda Accord](http://www.autoblog.com/honda/accord) (235,625)NYR = Not Yet Reported
[TABLE="width: 628"] **Brand/Company** **Vol.%** **2011** **2010** **DSR*%** **2011** **2010** **Jeep** 44.04 419,349 291,138 43.57 1,366 951 **Mitsubishi** 40.07 77,995 55,683 39.61 254 182 **Kia** 36.27 485,492 356,268 35.83 1,581 1,164 **Volkswagen** 26.31 324,402 256,830 25.90 1,057 839 **Volvo** 24.64 67,240 53,948 24.23 219 176 **Ram** 20.97 257,610 212,952 20.58 839 696 **Hyundai** 19.97 645,691 538,228 19.58 2,103 1,759 **Land Rover** 19.57 38,099 31,864 19.18 124 104 **GMC** 18.81 397,986 334,981 18.42 1,296 1,095 **Dodge** 17.56 451,040 383,675 17.17 1,469 1,254 **Ford** 17.45 2,062,915 1,756,439 17.07 6,720 5,740 **Nissan** 17.25 944,073 805,159 16.87 3,075 2,631 **Audi** 15.68 117,561 101,629 15.30 383 332 **Porsche** 14.62 29,023 25,320 14.25 95 83 **Buick** 14.32 177,633 155,389 13.94 579 508 **Chevrolet** 13.42 1,775,812 1,565,632 13.06 5,784 5,116 **Chrysler** 12.10 221,346 197,446 11.74 721 645 **Suzuki** 10.94 26,618 23,994 10.57 87 78 **Mazda** 9.09 250,426 229,566 8.73 816 750 **Cadillac** 3.72 152,389 146,925 3.38 496 480 **Saab** 3.01 5,610 5,446 2.68 18 18 **Subaru** 1.20 266,989 263,820 0.87 870 862 **Lincoln** -0.22 85,643 85,828 -0.54 279 280 **Infiniti** -4.79 98,461 103,411 -5.10 321 338 **Toyota** -5.75 1,446,109 1,534,266 -6.05 4,710 5,014 **Honda** -6.65 1,023,986 1,096,874 -6.95 3,335 3,585 **Acura** -7.71 123,299 133,606 -8.02 402 437 **Jaguar** -7.98 12,276 13,340 -8.28 40 44 **Lexus** -13.42 198,552 229,329 -13.70 647 749 **Fiat** NA 19,769 NA NA 64 NA **BMW** NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR **Mini** NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR **Mercedes-Benz** NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR **Smart** NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR **COMPANIES** **Chrysler Group** 26.16 1,369,114 1,085,211 25.75 4,460 3,546 **Nissan NA** 14.74 1,042,534 908,570 14.37 3,396 2,969 **General Motors** 13.66 2,503,820 2,202,927 13.29 8,156 7,199 **Jag Land Rover** 11.44 50,375 45,204 11.08 164 148 **Ford Mo Co** 11.02 2,148,806 1,935,462 10.66 6,999 6,325 **Toyota Mo Co** -6.74 1,644,661 1,763,595 -7.05 5,357 5,763 **American Honda** -6.76 1,147,285 1,230,480 -7.06 3,737 4,021 **BMW Group** NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR NYR
*Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were 307 selling days in 2011 and 306 selling days in 2010, so the change in monthly sales volume will be different than the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company.2011: Onward and Upward Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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