(February 9, 2022) Driven by the popularity of the all-new 11th-generation Civic, recently named the 2022 North American Car of the Year, the Honda Civic is the best-selling retail passenger car in the U.S. for the sixth year in a row, according to statistics by Urban Science DataHub retail sales . Civic has dominated the compact car segment for 12 consecutive years and in 2021, captured one in four retail sales in the category.