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America's passenger car market grew by less than 2% in 2014, but compact car volume was up 3% and subcompact volume jumped 4%.
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
From the best-selling compact, Toyota's Corolla (up 12% to 339,498 units), to the top-selling Nissan Versa subcompact (up 19% to a record-high 139,781 units), to off-beat small cars like the Kia Soul (up 23% to a record-high 145,316), a wide variety of small cars posted meaningful improvements compared with 2013.
But there were also cars which struggled to match 2013's pace. The Honda Civic slid 3% in 2014. Ford Focus volume fell 6%. The Mitsubishi Lancer, already wildly unpopular, fell 15%. The Ford Fiesta, Kia Rio, and two Toyota subcompacts posted losses, as well. Outside the mainstream, the Fiat 500, Hyundai Veloster, Mini Cooper, Scion tC, and Volkswagen Beetle combined for an 18% year-over-year decline.
2015 will be a year of great change, as many of these mainstream, high-volume cars face new challengers from subcompact utility vehicles like the Honda HR-V, Chevrolet Trax, Jeep Renegade, and Fiat 500X, a segment of crossover that's already begun eating into conventional small car volume.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank small cars of all kinds any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small SUVs, too, and the Acura ILX shown with mainstream cars is also displayed with luxury cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2014 & Year End
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Small Car Sales In America - December 2014 And 2014 Year End
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
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But there were also cars which struggled to match 2013's pace. The Honda Civic slid 3% in 2014. Ford Focus volume fell 6%. The Mitsubishi Lancer, already wildly unpopular, fell 15%. The Ford Fiesta, Kia Rio, and two Toyota subcompacts posted losses, as well. Outside the mainstream, the Fiat 500, Hyundai Veloster, Mini Cooper, Scion tC, and Volkswagen Beetle combined for an 18% year-over-year decline.
2015 will be a year of great change, as many of these mainstream, high-volume cars face new challengers from subcompact utility vehicles like the Honda HR-V, Chevrolet Trax, Jeep Renegade, and Fiat 500X, a segment of crossover that's already begun eating into conventional small car volume.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank small cars of all kinds any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013
Compact | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura ILX * | 1730 | 1573 | 10.0% | 17,854 | 20,430 | -12.6% |
Buick Verano | 3017 | 2929 | 3.0% | 43,743 | 45,527 | -3.9% |
Chevrolet Cruze | 17,800 | 18,162 | -2.0% | 273,060 | 248,224 | 10.0% |
Dodge Dart | 6881 | 5449 | 26.3% | 83,858 | 83,388 | 0.6% |
Ford Focus | 14,883 | 15,569 | -4.4% | 219,634 | 234,570 | -6.4% |
Honda Civic | 25,337 | 29,000 | -12.6% | 325,981 | 336,180 | -3.0% |
Hyundai Elantra | 18,860 | 21,692 | -13.1% | 222,023 | 247,912 | -10.4% |
Kia Forte | 5306 | 4302 | 23.3% | 69,336 | 66,146 | 4.8% |
Mazda 3 | 9719 | 7669 | 26.7% | 104,985 | 104,713 | 0.3% |
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1547 | 1362 | 13.6% | 16,495 | 19,451 | -15.2% |
Nissan Sentra | 15,393 | 10,799 | 42.5% | 183,268 | 129,143 | 41.9% |
Subaru Impreza | 8624 | 6629 | 30.1% | 83,488 | 76,825 | 8.7% |
Suzuki SX4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2859 | -100% |
Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 30,125 | 22,562 | 33.5% | 339,498 | 302,180 | 12.4% |
Volkswagen Golf | 4405 | 1852 | 138% | 33,675 | 30,931 | 8.9% |
Volkswagen Jetta | 15,578 | 15,393 | 1.2% | 160,873 | 163,793 | -1.8% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 179,205 | 164,942 | 8.6% | 2,177,771 | 2,112,272 | 3.1% |
Subcompact | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Aveo | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2 | -100% |
Chevrolet Sonic | 5456 | 4435 | 23.0% | 93,518 | 85,646 | 9.2% |
Ford Fiesta | 3724 | 4476 | -16.8% | 63,192 | 71,073 | -11.1% |
Honda Fit | 6450 | 4617 | 39.7% | 59,340 | 53,513 | 10.9% |
Hyundai Accent | 8566 | 7100 | 20.6% | 63,309 | 60,458 | 4.7% |
Kia Rio | 1924 | 2156 | -10.8% | 35,933 | 40,742 | -11.8% |
Mazda 2 | 159 | 1228 | -87.1% | 13,615 | 11,757 | 15.8% |
Nissan Versa | 9129 | 8864 | 3.0% | 139,781 | 117,352 | 19.1% |
Toyota Prius C | 2839 | 2810 | 1.0% | 40,570 | 41,979 | -3.4% |
Toyota Yaris | 1605 | 601 | 167.1% | 13,274 | 21,342 | -37.8% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 39,852 | 36,287 | 9.8% | 522,532 | 503,864 | 3.7% |
City Car | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Spark | 3007 | 1712 | 75.6% | 39,159 | 34,130 | 14.7% |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 1135 | 1388 | -18.2% | 16,708 | 2935 | 469% |
Scion iQ | 87 | 201 | -56.7% | 2040 | 4046 | -49.6% |
Smart Fortwo | 973 | 855 | 13.8% | 10,453 | 9264 | 12.8% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 5202 | 4156 | 25.2% | 68,360 | 50,375 | 35.7% |
Warm Hatches | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat 500 * | 2302 | 2324 | -0.9% | 33,708 | 35,834 | -5.9% |
Hyundai Veloster * | 1685 | 3047 | -44.7% | 27,598 | 30,711 | -10.1% |
Mini Cooper * | 4545 | 3887 | 16.9% | 31,385 | 41,915 | -25.2% |
Scion tC * | 1128 | 1143 | -1.3% | 17,947 | 19,094 | -6.0% |
Volkswagen Beetle * | 2270 | 2819 | -19.5% | 29,182 | 43,134 | -32.3% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 11,930 | 13,220 | -9.8% | 139,820 | 170,688 | -18.1% |
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Encore * | 3102 | 2761 | 12.4% | 48,892 | 31,956 | 53.0% |
Chevrolet HHR | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3 | -100% |
Chevrolet Trax * | 739 | --- | --- | 739 | --- | --- |
Dodge Caliber | --- | --- | --- | --- | 45 | -100% |
Fiat 500L | 1482 | 1421 | 4.3% | 12,413 | 7402 | 67.7% |
Kia Soul | 9906 | 6345 | 56.1% | 145,316 | 118,079 | 23.1% |
Mini Countryman * | 1941 | 2055 | -5.5% | 22,645 | 21,325 | 6.2% |
Mini Paceman * | 129 | 650 | -80.2% | 2082 | 3262 | -36.2% |
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport * | 2755 | 2358 | 16.8% | 31,054 | 24,951 | 24.5% |
Nissan Cube | 186 | 432 | -56.9% | 3785 | 5461 | -30.7% |
Nissan Juke * | 2155 | 3076 | -29.9% | 38,184 | 38,157 | 0.1% |
Scion xB | 1480 | 1288 | 14.9% | 16,583 | 17,849 | -7.1% |
Scion xD | 288 | 662 | -56.5% | 7377 | 9005 | -18.1% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek * | 5482 | 5525 | -0.8% | 70,956 | 53,741 | 32.0% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 29,645 | 26,573 | 11.6% | 400,026 | 331,236 | 20.8% |
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small SUVs, too, and the Acura ILX shown with mainstream cars is also displayed with luxury cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
RECOMMENDED READING
Small Car Sales In America - January 2015
Small Car Sales In America - November 2014 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - December 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - December 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2014 & Year End
Midsize Car Sales In America - December 2014 & Year End
- Small Car Sales In Canada - January 2015
The Hyundai Elantra was Canada's best-selling compact car in January 2015 and thus the country's best-selling car overall. • Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2015 • Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - January...
- Small Car Sales In Canada - December 2014 And 2014 Year End
In a stagnant passenger car market, subcompacts and even smaller cars represented a growth market in Canada in 2014. • Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2014 Year End • Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year...
- Small Car Sales In America - November 2014 Ytd
In an American car market which failed to produce any growth in November 2014, compact car sales were up 8%. A gain of 12,000 units was powered by a large number of nameplates, from the 26% improvements from the Chevrolet Cruze and Volkswagen Jetta to...
- Small Car Sales In Canada - January 2014
Although Canadian passenger car sales dipped in the always low month of January, many of the cars that were capable of selling better in January 2014 than January 2013 were small. Canada's best-selling car, the Honda Civic, led all compacts with...
- Small Car Sales In Canada - December 2013 And 2013 Year End
Combined, Ford Focus And Fiesta Sales Were Down 10% In Canada In 2013, A Loss Of 4121 Units, Yet Ford Canada Had Its Best Year Since 1997. Thank The F-Series, Escape, And Fusion.The Honda Civic was the best-selling small car in Canada in 2013...