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Ford only needs the Mustang to outsell the Chevrolet Camaro by 628 units in August in order for the company's pony car to take over the U.S. year-to-date lead through eight months. In July, Camaro sales slid 10%, Mustang sales jumped 8%, and the Ford outsold the Chevy by 445 units.
For coupe buyers who aren't so power-hungry, the Scion FR-S satisfied the requirements of 1649 U.S. buyers in July 2012. This means the FR-S outsold the Volkswagen GTI by 81 units. Throw the Golf R in with the GTI and the FR-S's lead disappears. Meanwhile, Subaru sold 925 Impreza WRXs and 498 BRZs, equaling 5.7% of the brand's total U.S. volume.
Among small German coupes and roadsters, the new Porsche Boxster cruised to victory over the Audi TT, BMW Z4, Mercedes-Benz SLK, and Porsche's own Cayman, all four of which recorded year-over-year declines. The Z4 and SLK both made it onto GoodCarBadCar's list of the 10 worst-selling cars in America in July.
At the high end, Porsche wasn't able to secure a victory over the BMW 6-Series, sales of which shot up 51% last month. The 6er ended July 31st 159 sales ahead of the Porsche 911, although the 911's lead through seven months remains more than 1000-units strong.
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for all the vehicles you'll see after the jump (and in the two accompanying charts) can be accessed free of charge through the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or near the top right of this page. Pertinent links to other editions of this story can be clicked at the bottom of this post.
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above.
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July 2012 Sporty Car Sales And Premium Sporty Car Sales In America
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| Sporty Car Sales Chart Click Either Chart For A Larger View |
Among small German coupes and roadsters, the new Porsche Boxster cruised to victory over the Audi TT, BMW Z4, Mercedes-Benz SLK, and Porsche's own Cayman, all four of which recorded year-over-year declines. The Z4 and SLK both made it onto GoodCarBadCar's list of the 10 worst-selling cars in America in July.
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| Premium Sporty Car Sales Chart |
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for all the vehicles you'll see after the jump (and in the two accompanying charts) can be accessed free of charge through the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or near the top right of this page. Pertinent links to other editions of this story can be clicked at the bottom of this post.
Sporty Car | July 2012 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
Audi A5 | 1732 | + 31.9% | 9734 | + 6.6% |
Audi TT | 169 | - 5.1% | 1311 | + 7.4% |
BMW 1-Series | 379 | - 42.9% | 4543 | - 13.6% |
BMW Z4 | 173 | - 61.9% | 1585 | - 36.3% |
Chevrolet Camaro | 6926 | - 9.7% | 56,623 | + 0.3% |
Chevrolet Corvette | 987 | - 23.5% | 8009 | - 2.2% |
Dodge Challenger | 3631 | + 3.5% | 27,082 | + 14.4% |
Ford Mustang | 7371 | + 8.3% | 55,995 | + 22.1% |
Honda CR-Z | 330 | - 62.4% | 2734 | - 69.2% |
Hyundai Veloster | 2781 | ----- | 21,610 | ----- |
Infiniti G37 Coupe/Convertible | 1287 | + 1.3% | 8278 | - 10.6% |
Mazda MX-5 Miata | 590 | + 3.7% | 4016 | + 9.9% |
Mazda RX-8 | ----- | - 100% | 80 | - 85.3% |
Mercedes-Benz SLK | 235 | - 78.9% | 2499 | + 13.2% |
Mini Convertible | 383 | - 23.2% | 3075 | - 1.3% |
Mini Coupe | 229 | ----- | 1794 | ----- |
Mini Roadster | 179 | ----- | 1169 | ----- |
Mitsubishi Eclipse | 93 | - 88.1% | 977 | - 84.0% |
Nissan 370Z | 654 | + 18.9% | 5127 | + 0.6% |
Porche Boxster | 359 | + 76.8% | 983 | - 25.2% |
Porsche Cayman | 14 | - 88.7% | 415 | - 51.3% |
Scion FR-S | 1649 | ----- | 4419 | ----- |
Scion tC | 2013 | + 26.6% | 13,572 | - 6.2% |
Subaru BRZ | 498 | ----- | 1587 | ----- |
Subaru Impreza WRX | 925 | - 15.8% | 7769 | + 6.9% |
Volkswagen Eos | 533 | - 53.8% | 4221 | - 13.3% |
Volkswagen GTI | 1568 | + 0.8% | 10,554 | + 1.0% |
Volkswagen Golf R | 382 | ----- | 2339 | ----- |
Volvo C70 | 306 | - 27.0% | 3170 | - 6.3% |
Premium Sporty Car | July 2012 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
Audi R8 | 55 | - 32.9% | 558 | - 18.2% |
BMW 6-Series | 843 | + 50.5% | 4420 | + 164% |
Jaguar XK | 105 | - 16.7% | 970 | - 10.7% |
Lexus LFA | 3 | - 57.1% | 27 | - 25.0% |
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class | 39 | + 62.5% | 426 | - 19.9% |
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 449 | + 383% | 2024 | + 94.1% |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 59 | + 20.4% | 618 | + 55.7% |
Nissan GT-R | 128 | + 129% | 711 | - 19.5% |
Porsche 911 | 684 | + 42.5% | 5517 | + 45.8% |
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above.
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