June's Fastest- and Slowest-Selling Cars

June sales soared to the highest rate since 2007 as Detroit automakers piled on the deliveries, but foreign-based companies still had the balance of fastest-selling cars. Detroit automakers built just five of the 17 fastest sellers in June — a list long on SUVs and pickups, which accounted for more than two-thirds of its cars.

The redesigned Acura MDX, which hit dealerships June 20, rocketed to the top of the list. It took just five days to turn. So did the 2014 Ford Explorer and Escape, despite few changes for 2014 to the popular SUVs. Further down the list, perennial fast-sellers from Audi (the Q5 and Q7) ranked alongside new regulars like the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class and Hyundai Santa Fe.

BMW’s gambit on an entry-level 3 Series appears to have paid off: The new 320i averaged just 14 days to sell. The sport sedan, which has similar equipment to last year’s 328i but 60 fewer horsepower in exchange for a starting price that’s $2,320 lower, including destination, accounts for 11% of all new 2013 3 Series inventory on Cars.com. It went on sale last spring — and each car stayed on dealer lots about as long as “Pacific Rim” appears likely to stay in theaters.

That’s well below the month’s overall average of 59 days to sell, which tracks near May 2013’s 56 days. It’s a bit slower than June 2012’s 53 days.

Some slow-moving redesigns fall below that average. Hyundai’s full-size Azera sedan, redesigned for 2013, averaged 82 days in June to sell. Ditto the redesigned Acura RDX and all-new Cadillac ATS, which sat on dealer lots an average of 87 days and 90 days, respectively. Sales results, however, were mixed: The ATS was Cadillac’s second-best-selling model for the month, and RDX sales rose 30.2%. Only the Azera fell, with sales at a trickle — just 813 cars for the month, or one-eighth as many as the rival Toyota Avalon.

Here are June 2013’s fastest- and slowest-selling cars:

June Movers

2014 Acura MDX: 5 days
2014 Ford Explorer: 5 days
2014 Ford Escape: 6 days
2014 Subaru Forester: 9 days
2014 Subaru Outback: 9 days
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab: 10 days
2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab: 10 days
2013 BMW 320i sedan: 14 days
2013 Mercedes-Benz GL450: 14 days
2014 BMW X1: 15 days
2014 BMW X3: 16 days
2013 Audi Q5: 16 days
2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid: 17 days
2013 Audi Q7: 18 days
2013 Subaru BRZ: 18 days
2013 Toyota RAV4: 18 days
2013 Hyundai Santa Fe (non-Sport): 19 days

June Losers

2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco: 243 days
2013 Smart ForTwo convertible: 201 days
2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback: 179 days
2013 Jaguar XKR coupe: 171 days
2013 Volkswagen Golf R four-door: 154 days
2013 Jaguar XK coupe: 150 days
2013 Acura ILX Hybrid: 150 days
2013 Chevrolet Corvette convertible: 147 days
2013 Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid: 144 days
2013 Chevrolet Corvette coupe: 144 days

Cars.com Picks

2013 Volkswagen GTI four-door: 67 days
2013 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: 68 days
2013 Dodge Charger: 70 days
2013 Chevrolet Volt: 71 days
2013 Ford F-150 Crew Cab: 75 days
2013 Hyundai Accent hatchback: 82 days

About the Lists
The Fastest- and Slowest-Selling Cars list reports the average number of days it takes to sell models from the day they arrive on the lot until the final paperwork is signed by a buyer. This is not a days-of-inventory list like you may find on other websites. We look at 2013 and a number of 2014s now, calling the fastest sellers Movers and the slowest ones Losers.

For Movers, we only list vehicles that pass a certain threshold of sales in order to weed out limited editions, ultra-high-performance cars and others that might skew the numbers or otherwise inaccurately portray popularity. To highlight all slow sellers, losers have no such threshold.

Our Picks highlight cars that take a significant time before they’re sold and might be overlooked by shoppers. Dealers could be more motivated to sell these cars.