What is the Number One Car Brand in America?

Brand reputation is an important factor when buying a new car. Here are the ten best car brands in the American market. Can you guess which is the number one car brand in the U.S.?

#10 Buick

Buick is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors. Buick is one of the model lines GM decided to keep when it dropped Pontiac and Saturn.

#9 Cadillac

Like Lincoln, Cadillac sales have failed to keep up with the leading German imports. General Motors, which is the largest U.S. auto maker, manufacturers Cadillac.

#8 Hyundai

Hyundai is one of the two large Korean brands sold in the United States, the other being Kia.

#7 Toyota

Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Year after year, Toyota is the leading Japanese car company in the United States.

#6 BMW

BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke. The German luxury automaker is based in Munich, Germany and owns both the Mini and Rolls-Royce brands. BMW is the world’s largest luxury brand based on unit sales.

#5 Subaru

Subaru is the automotive division of Japanese conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries. It offers family-friendly all-wheel drive SUV and cars with maximum safety. Subaru was long considered an also-ran among Japanese car companies. That perception has changed somewhat as sales increased in recent years.

#4 Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz combines luxury with performance across the full line of luxury cars, sedans, SUVs, coupes, roadsters, convertibles & more. Mercedes-Benz has perennially been the leading premium car in the U.S. market, often changing places with BMW for the honor.

#3 Lincoln

The Lincoln Motor Company is a division of the U.S.-based Ford Motor Company that sells luxury vehicles under the Lincoln brand. One of Ford's oldest brands, Lincoln has struggled in the United States to match sales of German leaders in luxury brands, BMW and Mercedes.

#2 Acura

Acura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. Acura holds the distinction of being the first Japanese automotive luxury brand. Honda launched Acura because it did not have a premium car brand in the United States.

#1 Lexus

Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. Lexus was created by Toyota to compete with BMW, Mercedes, Lincoln, and Cadillac in the United States.