Small Car Sales In America - April 2015 YTD
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Small Car Sales In America - April 2015 YTD


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In a declining passenger car market, U.S. sales of compact cars grew faster than the overall industry in April 2015, rising 6% to more than 190,000 units. 

April wasn't an anomaly. In a flat car market through the first one-third of 2015, compact car sales are up 7%, not only bucking the trend of the passenger car category but growing faster than the industry as a whole.


U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD


Subcompact sales, meanwhile, are declining this year but surged 9% in April 2015 as the Chevrolet Sonic returned to healthy volume; despite a decline in sales of the segment-leading Nissan Versa.

USA April 2015 small car sales chart
Powering the compact category were gains from the class-leading Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, and Hyundai Elantra. The Dodge Dart's rapid rate of expansion continues, and a tripling of Golf sales at Volkswagen overcame a Jetta deficit. (SportWagen sales, remember, are migrating from the Jetta nameplate to the Golf. Jetta sedan sales were up 5% to 11,440 in April.)

Among subcompacts, the Chevrolet Sonic recorded its best month since August of last year, the Ford Fiesta reported increased sales for the first time since May of last year, Honda Fit volume improved for the eighth consecutive month, the Hyundai Accent posted its second-best month of the last three years, and Toyota Yaris volume exceeded 2000 units for just the second time since September 2013.

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 • May 2015 • March 2015 â€¢ April 2014
Compact
April
2015
April
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD

Change
Acura ILX *
1631
1659-1.7% 51365800-11.4%
Buick Verano
2954
3409-13.3%12,03314,290-15.8%
Chevrolet Cruze
20,947
21,752-3.7%81,53986,937-6.2%
Dodge Dart
8571
602442.3%33,68622,09852.4%
Ford Focus
18,100
19,104-5.3%71,09471,0070.1%
Honda Civic
28,380
 27,611 2.8%95,102 98,707-3.7%
Hyundai Elantra
21,911
20,2258.3%78,65373,4627.1%
Kia Forte
7183
7624-5.8%26,69124,9097.2%
Mazda 3
8006
8586-6.8%35,310 32,6428.2%
Mitsubishi Lancer
1865
143230.2%7904   6274 26.0%
Nissan Sentra
17,059
14,08021.2%68,085 54,86924.1%
Subaru Impreza
8024
8142  -1.4%30,57128,3767.7%
Toyota Corolla
31,990
29,06110.1%122,718106,798 14.9%
Volkswagen Golf
5508
1798206%18,2717148 156%
Volkswagen Jetta
11,700
12,934-9.5%43,06350,302-14.4%
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Total
193,829
183,4415.7%729,856 683,619 6.8%

Subcompact
April
2015
April
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Chevrolet Sonic
8700
765513.7%20,015 31,888 -37.2%
Ford Fiesta
5982
58242.7%18,09221,422-15.5% 
Honda Fit
6529
419755.6%24,62314,64168.2%
Hyundai Accent
8208
641927.9%25,00722,42711.5%
Kia Rio
2802
3214-12.8%880012,780-31.1%
Mazda 2
21
752-97.2%249 4560-94.5%
Nissan Versa
9646
10,481-8.0%46,64445,0843.5%
Toyota Prius C
3523
3569-1.3%12,402  12,4020.0%
Toyota Yaris
2153
  145048.5%7477559433.7%
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Total
47,564
43,5619.2%163,309 170,798 -4.4%

City Car
April
2015
April
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Chevrolet Spark
3743
3873-3.4%12,84713,414-4.2%
Mitsubishi Mirage
2407
133180.8%8463  511665.4%
Scion iQ
73
196-62.8%305787-61.2%
Smart Fortwo
480
1048-54.2%20133285-38.7
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Total
6703
64483.9%23,628 22,602 4.5%

Warm Hatches
April
2015
April
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Fiat 500 *
2498
3041  -17.9%10,49311,514 -8.9%
Hyundai Veloster *
1650
2759-40.2%68879445 -27.1%
Mini Cooper *
4150
217690.7%13,4456122 120%
Scion tC *
1693
16035.6%6066 5933 2.2%
Volkswagen Beetle *
2389
2647-9.7%812410,814 -24.9%
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Total
12,380
12,2261.3%45,015 43,828 2.7%

Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers
April
2015
April
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Buick Encore *
5587
431729.4%19,62315,04030.5%
Chevrolet Trax *
3451
------13,137------
Fiat 500L
1258
12570.1%4301 42092.2%
Kia Soul
11,418
14,403-20.7%42,256 47,071-10.2%
Mini Countryman *
1244
2045-39.2%4469 6350-29.6%
Mini Paceman *
82
169-51.5%339575-41.0%
Mitsubishi
Outlander Sport *
2674
26192.1%10,56110,0694.9%
Nissan Cube
113
356-68.3%5671604-64.7%
Nissan Juke *
2433
3795-35.9%945519,377-51.2%
Scion xB
1406
1411-0.4%587854687.5%
Scion xD
111
731-84.8%5672785-79.6%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *
6936
567822.2%27,01722,55319.8%
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Total
33,262
36,781-9.6%125,033 135,101 -7.4%
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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