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Best-selling Car Brands in the US in 2025 Quiz

How well do you know the best-selling car brands in the US in 2025? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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You get a few guesses per floor. Land it on your first guess for 10 points; a near miss still scores. After the US car brands round, four more lists keep the ride going.

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  1. Toyota 2,147,811 sold
    The founders were the Toyoda family; Toyota was picked partly because it takes 8 lucky strokes in katakana.
  2. Ford 2,086,115 sold
    Ford built the Model T from 1908 to 1927, making more than 15 million of them.
  3. Chevrolet 1,816,979 sold
    Its bowtie logo may have been inspired by wallpaper William Durant saw in a French hotel room.
  4. Honda 1,297,144 sold
    Honda's first production car was the T360, a tiny pickup truck launched in 1963.
  5. Hyundai 901,686 sold
    Hyundai means 'modernity' in Korean.
  6. Nissan 873,307 sold
    Nissan's US cars wore Datsun badges until the switch to the Nissan name was finished for 1984.
  7. Kia 852,155 sold
    Kia started out in 1944 making steel tubing and bicycle parts.
  8. GMC 652,394 sold
    GMC grew out of the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company, which General Motors took control of in 1909.
  9. Subaru 643,591 sold
    Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster, shown on the brand's six-star badge.
  10. Jeep 593,399 sold
    Early military Jeeps had nine grille slots; Willys cut two in 1945 to fit larger headlights.
  11. Tesla 544,500 sold
    Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning; Elon Musk came in as an investor in 2004.
  12. Ram 431,670 sold
    Ram's ram-head logo was first used by Dodge, which spun Ram off as its own truck brand in 2009.
  13. Mazda 410,346 sold
    Mazda says its name comes from Ahura Mazda, a god of wisdom, and founder Jujiro Matsuda.
  14. BMW 388,897 sold
    BMW's first products were aircraft engines for the German air force in World War I.
  15. Lexus 370,260 sold
    The name grew out of 'Alexis', dropped for sounding like a character from the TV show Dynasty.
  16. Mercedes-Benz 343,200 sold
    Named after Mercedes Jellinek, daughter of an early dealer who later added her name to his own.
  17. Volkswagen 329,813 sold
    In 1948 the British offered Volkswagen to Ford for free, and Ford turned it down.
  18. Buick 198,155 sold
    About 80% of Buick's production is sold in China.
  19. Cadillac 173,515 sold
    Named after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the French explorer who founded Detroit in 1701.
  20. Audi 164,942 sold
    Founder August Horch's surname means 'listen' in German; Audi is the Latin translation.
  21. Acura 133,433 sold
    Honda launched Acura in 1986, the first luxury division set up by a Japanese automaker.
  22. Chrysler 126,372 sold
    Walter Chrysler paid for the Chrysler Building himself, as an investment for his children.
  23. Volvo 121,607 sold
    Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin invented the modern three-point seatbelt, and the patent was shared for free.
  24. Lincoln 106,868 sold
    Founder Henry Leland named it after Abraham Lincoln, the first president he ever voted for.
  25. Land Rover 106,708 sold
    The first Land Rover prototype had its steering wheel mounted in the middle of the car.

Source: Automotive News Research & Data Center: U.S. car and light-truck sales by make, 12 months 2025 · as of 2025

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