This is frustrating. With gas prices low and the Prius charging a premium, GM ought to do better than this.

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2009/10/top-10-bestselling-cars-september-2009.html

On to our best-sellers. The list is nearly the same as last month with lower overall sales and mostly the same players. The Toyota Prius would have been No. 11 with 10,984 units but just missed the cut. It barely outsold both the Ford Fusion (10,834 units) and Chevy Malibu (10,479).
Top 10 Best-Sellers

Ford F -Series: 33,877
Toyota Camry: 25,745
Honda Accord: 20,826
Toyota Corolla; 20,741
Chevy Silverado: 19,401
Honda Civic: 16,093
Honda CR-V: 14,554
Dodge Ram: 13,452
Chevy Impala: 13,047
Nissan Altima: 12,149

Yea but look at how stylish our new Bu's are!! Would you rather be driving a box on wheels or a classy car?? Think about it....we made the right choice.

The Impala beat the Malibu, must be AVIS needed a bunch of cars.

How does the Impala outsell the Malibu? It's a large size, ugly, dated, Sedan, usually should lose out to a newer, more stylish, safer, more economical, Mid-Size? :confused:

Not surprised the Prius is climbing though, it's a popular car, "en-vogue", economical, and remember, the new body-style just launched, which as usual is a big Sales booster off the bat.

The Impala thing has been mentioned repeatedly in these forums. People seem to know the car and buy it year after year despite the lack of advertising or any sense of style. It simply has a large following of people who are familiar with it. That's why they can't kill it off even though it should be completely replaced by the Malibu (which is roughly the same size) in the "New GM" lineup.

and its a rental car