(KRON) — Latest information from Experian Automotive that was printed by the California New Automotive Sellers Affiliation (CNCDA) revealed 2024’s best-selling new automobile fashions within the state. The automobile topped because the best-seller is a repeat of final yr and the yr earlier than.
For the third straight yr, the Tesla Mannequin Y was the best-selling new car in California — and it wasn’t even shut. In response to information from the CNCDA, 128,923 new Tesla Mannequin Ys had been bought in 2024 and registered within the Golden State. The mid-size SUV blew the competitors away because it had 63,882 extra gross sales than the subsequent automobile mannequin: Toyota RAV4.
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High Promoting New Automobile Fashions in CA (2024)**
Tesla Mannequin Y: 128,923
Toyota RAV4: 65,041
Toyota Camry: 55,027
Tesla Mannequin 3: 53,056
Honda Civic: 42,564
New Tesla vehicles are displayed at a Tesla dealership on December 20, 2024 in Corte Madera, California. (Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Pictures)
One cause contributing to a different yr of excessive Mannequin Y gross sales is aggressive worth cuts for its outgoing 2025 design and providing beneath 1% APR financing. An all-new redesigned Tesla Mannequin Y is ready to be launched in March.
The Mannequin Y’s success within the state doesn’t shock California New Automotive Sellers Affiliation (CNCDA) President Brian Maas. Regardless of being primary once more, CA gross sales of the Mannequin Y dipped from final yr (132,636).
“The Model Y has consistently been a top seller in California for a while, and California, unsurprisingly, is still supportive of electric vehicles,” Maas informed KRON4. “People like compact SUVs, so I think if you’re looking at the list, two things. One, we support electrification in California. And two, compact SUVs are very popular.”
The Biden-induced $7,500 federal tax credit score, Maas alludes to, has helped Mannequin Y gross sales. Nonetheless, that incentive is prone to go away beneath the Trump administration, which might have an effect on gross sales in 2025.
The RAV4, one other compact SUV, got here in second in new automobile gross sales within the state, which isn’t shocking given the car’s reputation nationwide. In response to experiences from Forbes and MotorTrend, the RAV4 (475,193 bought) surpassed the Ford F-150 (460,915) in 2024 because the best-selling automobile in america.
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It is a 2024 Toyota Rav4 Prime XSE AWD SUV on show on the Pittsburgh Worldwide Auto Present in Pittsburgh, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photograph/Gene J. Puskar)
New CA Automotive Registrations By Automaker (2024)
Toyota: 289,258
Tesla: 203,223
Honda: 192,166
Ford: 129,798
Chevrolet: 108,258
Prefer it did final yr, Toyota stays the highest automaker in California. Maas stated the Japanese automaker has the sting over Tesla due to its broad vary of fashions for customers — in comparison with the American automaker’s basically two-model lineup: Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y.
“Toyota offers a broad range of vehicles for consumers, and they’ve traditionally been very popular vehicles in California,” Maas stated. “(Toyota is) going to be able to satisfy every place in the market. Whereas Tesla, their market potential (is essentially) with those two vehicles is much narrower.”
View all the Experian Automotive Revealed by the California New Automotive Sellers Affiliation report HERE.
*The information solely tracks new vehicles bought in 2024 and doesn’t embody newly registered used vehicles.
**Supply: Experian Automotive Revealed by the California New Automotive Sellers Affiliation
