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The Honda Civic took control of the small car market in October 2013 and, as a result, has now all but secured its lead among small cars in the United States on year-to-date terms, as well.
The Civic, available as both a sedan and as a coupe, outsold the Toyota Corolla (and the Matrix with which Toyota combines Corolla sales figures) by 3691 units and leads the Toyota tandem by 23,705 units through ten months.
It's been a decent year for compact car sales in the United States. Their sales aren't growing as fast as the overall industry, however, and October sales weren't noteworthy at all. Eight different compacts reported substantial losses, and that doesn't include the disappearance of 1072 Suzuki SX4 sales.
The subcompact segment wasn't booming in October, either, as ten nameplates combined for a 1.3% year-over-year increase. The segment was boosted by the Chevrolet Sonic's 25% increase, the best-selling Nissan Versa's 315-unit gain, and 475 Mitsubishi Mirage sales. But Toyota Yaris volume plunged and the Mazda 2 suffered a 35% decline.
The Mirage is just as likely to have stolen 475 sales from the Chevrolet Spark as it was to have added 475 sales to the subcompact category's total. With Scion iQ sales tumbling and the Smart Fortwo declining sharply in October, the smallest small cars were down 21%. Sales of coupeesque small cars, meanwhile - 500, Cooper, Veloster, tC, Beetle - fell 18%.
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 compacts, subcompacts, and city cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. The + icon has been removed from year-over-year improvements. Look instead for red font to designate year-over-year declines. We've also added prior year data so you won't have to hunt around for historical figures.
Click Column Headers To Sort • October 2014 • November 2013 • September 2013 • October 2012
Source: Automakers & ANDC* indicates a vehicle which is also shown 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, right? 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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Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - October 2013
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- Small Car Sales In America - November 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In Canada - September 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In America - September 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In America - August 2013 Ytd
The Honda Civic was America's best-selling small car and second-best-selling car overall in August 2013. The Civic's 58% year-over-year improvement was unmatched by any compact car other than the Dodge Dart, which was a three-month-old nameplate...
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Small Car Sales Figures In America - October 2013 YTD
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The Civic, available as both a sedan and as a coupe, outsold the Toyota Corolla (and the Matrix with which Toyota combines Corolla sales figures) by 3691 units and leads the Toyota tandem by 23,705 units through ten months.
It's been a decent year for compact car sales in the United States. Their sales aren't growing as fast as the overall industry, however, and October sales weren't noteworthy at all. Eight different compacts reported substantial losses, and that doesn't include the disappearance of 1072 Suzuki SX4 sales.
The subcompact segment wasn't booming in October, either, as ten nameplates combined for a 1.3% year-over-year increase. The segment was boosted by the Chevrolet Sonic's 25% increase, the best-selling Nissan Versa's 315-unit gain, and 475 Mitsubishi Mirage sales. But Toyota Yaris volume plunged and the Mazda 2 suffered a 35% decline.
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The Mirage is just as likely to have stolen 475 sales from the Chevrolet Spark as it was to have added 475 sales to the subcompact category's total. With Scion iQ sales tumbling and the Smart Fortwo declining sharply in October, the smallest small cars were down 21%. Sales of coupeesque small cars, meanwhile - 500, Cooper, Veloster, tC, Beetle - fell 18%.
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 compacts, subcompacts, and city cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. The + icon has been removed from year-over-year improvements. Look instead for red font to designate year-over-year declines. We've also added prior year data so you won't have to hunt around for historical figures.
Click Column Headers To Sort • October 2014 • November 2013 • September 2013 • October 2012
Compact | October 2013 | October 2012 | % Change | 2013 YTD | 2012 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura ILX * | 2005 | 1529 | 31.1% | 17,275 | 7658 | 126% |
Buick Verano | 3306 | 3502 | - 5.6% | 39,874 | 32,648 | 22.1% |
Chevrolet Cruze | 16,087 | 19,121 | -15.9% | 211,862 | 199,721 | 6.1% |
Dodge Dart | 5617 | 5455 | 3.0% | 71,453 | 14,710 | 386% |
Ford Focus | 15,108 | 18,320 | - 17.5% | 203,762 | 205,006 | - 0.6% |
Honda Civic | 27,328 | 20,687 | 32.1% | 280,889 | 254,716 | 10.3% |
Hyundai Elantra | 14,876 | 14,512 | 2.5% | 209,469 | 167,087 | 25.4% |
Kia Forte | 4706 | 5911 | - 20.4% | 57,421 | 67,139 | - 14.5% |
Mazda 3 | 7674 | 9518 | - 19.4% | 89,288 | 103,223 | - 13.5% |
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1161 | 1256 | - 7.6% | 16,581 | 14,024 | 18.2% |
Nissan Sentra | 8399 | 5624 | 49.3% | 106,680 | 91,464 | 16.6% |
Subaru Impreza | 4923 | 4738 | 3.9% | 64,922 | 68,389 | - 5.1% |
Suzuki SX4 | --- | 1072 | - 100% | 2859 | 10,633 | - 73.1% |
Toyota Corolla/Matrix | 23,637 | 20,949 | 12.8% | 257,184 | 243,652 | 5.6% |
Volkswagen Golf | 2249 | 2914 | - 22.8% | 26,836 | 35,322 | - 24.0% |
Volkswagen Jetta | 11,710 | 13,476 | - 13.1% | 135,983 | 140,504 | - 3.2% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 148,786 | 148,584 | 0.1% | 1,792,338 | 1,648,238 | 8.7% |
Subcompact | October 2013 | October 2012 | % Change | 2013 YTD | 2012 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Aveo | --- | 2 | - 100% | 2 | 63 | - 96.8% |
Chevrolet Sonic | 6850 | 5495 | 24.7% | 76,499 | 70,241 | 8.9% |
Ford Fiesta | 4337 | 3991 | 8.7% | 61,955 | 47,475 | 30.5% |
Honda Fit | 3735 | 3773 | - 1.0% | 44,756 | 42,351 | 5.7% |
Hyundai Accent | 3605 | 3373 | 6.9% | 48,717 | 54,811 | - 11.1% |
Kia Rio | 2874 | 2623 | 9.6% | 36,112 | 35,438 | 1.9% |
Mazda 2 | 736 | 1124 | - 34.5% | 9805 | 13,853 | - 29.2% |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 475 | --- | --- | 495 | --- | --- |
Nissan Versa | 8626 | 8311 | 3.8% | 100,161 | 93,883 | 6.7% |
Toyota Prius C | 3035 | 3328 | - 8.8% | 36,168 | 29,458 | 22.8% |
Toyota Yaris | 775 | 2579 | - 69.9% | 20,029 | 26,397 | - 24.1% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 35,048 | 34,599 | 1.3% | 434,699 | 413,790 | 5.1% |
City Car | October 2013 | October 2012 | % Change | 2013 YTD | 2012 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Spark | 2353 | 2134 | 10.3% | 30,677 | 8447 | 263% |
Mitsubishi i MiEV | 28 | 30 | - 6.7% | 1006 | 469 | 114% |
Scion iQ | 246 | 808 | - 69.6% | 3611 | 7680 | - 53.0% |
Smart Fortwo | 513 | 998 | - 48.6% | 7450 | 8309 | - 10.3% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 3140 | 3970% | - 20.9% | 42,744 | 24,905 | 71.6% |
Sporty Hatchbacks | October 2013 | October 2012 | % Change | 2013 YTD | 2012 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat 500 * | 2378 | 3720 | - 36.1% | 31,372 | 36,462 | - 14.0% |
Hyundai Veloster * | 2175 | 2464 | - 11.7% | 25,448 | 30,802 | - 17.4% |
Mini Cooper * | 3145 | 4053 | - 22.4% | 35,519 | 37,239 | - 4.6% |
Scion tC * | 1499 | 1654 | - 9.4% | 16,505 | 19,790 | - 16.6% |
Volkswagen Beetle * | 2555 | 2439 | 4.8% | 37,473 | 24,005 | 56.1% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 11,752 | 14,330 | -18.0% | 146,317 | 148,298 | - 1.3% |
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers | October 2013 | October 2012 | % Change | 2013 YTD | 2012 YTD | YTD % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Encore * | 3602 | --- | --- | 26,532 | --- | --- |
Chevrolet HHR | --- | --- | --- | 3 | 21 | - 85.7% |
Dodge Caliber | --- | 92 | - 100% | 45 | 10,113 | - 99.6% |
Fiat 500L | 1296 | --- | --- | 5044 | --- | --- |
Kia Soul | 8240 | 7988 | 3.2% | 98,864 | 101,344 | - 2.4% |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class * | --- | 3 | - 100% | --- | 23 | - 100% |
Mini Countryman * | 2239 | 1835 | 22.0% | 17,835 | 17,180 | 3.8% |
Mini Paceman * | 316 | --- | --- | 1981 | --- | --- |
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport * | 2009 | 1675 | 19.9% | 20,534 | 14,801 | 38.7% |
Nissan Cube | 297 | 475 | - 37.5% | 4719 | 6287 | - 24.9% |
Nissan Juke * | 3328 | 2520 | 32.1% | 31,635 | 30,616 | 3.3% |
Scion xB | 1246 | 1463 | - 14.8% | 15,238 | 17,055 | - 10.7% |
Scion xD | 716 | 855 | - 16.3% | 7676 | 9280 | - 17.3% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek * | 4886 | 1735 | 182% | 42,905 | 1927 | 2127% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 28,175 | 18,641 | 51.1% | 273,011 | 208,647 | 30.8% |
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, right? 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 - October 2014 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - November 2013 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - September 2013 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - October 2012 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - October 2013
Midsize Car Sales In America - October 2013 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - October 2013 YTD
- Small Car Sales In America - November 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In Canada - October 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In Canada - September 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In America - September 2013 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales Figures In America - August 2013 Ytd
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