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Small Car Sales In America - April 2015 YTD
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.
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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.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 • April 2014 Compact | April 2015 | April 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
Acura ILX * | 1631
| 1659 | -1.7% | 5136 | 5800 | -11.4% |
Buick Verano | 2954
| 3409 | -13.3% | 12,033 | 14,290 | -15.8% |
Chevrolet Cruze | 20,947
| 21,752 | -3.7% | 81,539 | 86,937 | -6.2% |
Dodge Dart | 8571
| 6024 | 42.3% | 33,686 | 22,098 | 52.4% |
Ford Focus | 18,100
| 19,104 | -5.3% | 71,094 | 71,007 | 0.1% |
Honda Civic | 28,380
| 27,611 | 2.8% | 95,102 | 98,707 | -3.7% |
Hyundai Elantra | 21,911
| 20,225 | 8.3% | 78,653 | 73,462 | 7.1% |
Kia Forte | 7183
| 7624 | -5.8% | 26,691 | 24,909 | 7.2% |
Mazda 3 | 8006
| 8586 | -6.8% | 35,310 | 32,642 | 8.2% |
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1865
| 1432 | 30.2% | 7904 | 6274 | 26.0% |
Nissan Sentra | 17,059
| 14,080 | 21.2% | 68,085 | 54,869 | 24.1% |
Subaru Impreza | 8024
| 8142 | -1.4% | 30,571 | 28,376 | 7.7% |
Toyota Corolla | 31,990
| 29,061 | 10.1% | 122,718 | 106,798 | 14.9% |
Volkswagen Golf | 5508
| 1798 | 206% | 18,271 | 7148 | 156% |
Volkswagen Jetta | 11,700
| 12,934 | -9.5% | 43,063 | 50,302 | -14.4% |
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Total | 193,829 | 183,441 | 5.7% | 729,856 | 683,619 | 6.8% |
Subcompact | April 2015 | April 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
Chevrolet Sonic | 8700
| 7655 | 13.7% | 20,015 | 31,888 | -37.2% |
Ford Fiesta | 5982
| 5824 | 2.7% | 18,092 | 21,422 | -15.5% |
Honda Fit | 6529
| 4197 | 55.6% | 24,623 | 14,641 | 68.2% |
Hyundai Accent | 8208
| 6419 | 27.9% | 25,007 | 22,427 | 11.5% |
Kia Rio | 2802
| 3214 | -12.8% | 8800 | 12,780 | -31.1% |
Mazda 2 | 21
| 752 | -97.2% | 249 | 4560 | -94.5% |
Nissan Versa | 9646
| 10,481 | -8.0% | 46,644 | 45,084 | 3.5% |
Toyota Prius C | 3523
| 3569 | -1.3% | 12,402 | 12,402 | 0.0% |
Toyota Yaris | 2153
| 1450 | 48.5% | 7477 | 5594 | 33.7% |
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Total | 47,564 | 43,561 | 9.2% | 163,309 | 170,798 | -4.4% |
City Car | April 2015 | April 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
Chevrolet Spark | 3743
| 3873 | -3.4% | 12,847 | 13,414 | -4.2% |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 2407
| 1331 | 80.8% | 8463 | 5116 | 65.4% |
Scion iQ | 73
| 196 | -62.8% | 305 | 787 | -61.2% |
Smart Fortwo | 480
| 1048 | -54.2% | 2013 | 3285 | -38.7 |
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Total | 6703 | 6448 | 3.9% | 23,628 | 22,602 | 4.5% |
Warm Hatches | April 2015 | April 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
Fiat 500 * | 2498
| 3041 | -17.9% | 10,493 | 11,514 | -8.9% |
Hyundai Veloster * | 1650
| 2759 | -40.2% | 6887 | 9445 | -27.1% |
Mini Cooper * | 4150
| 2176 | 90.7% | 13,445 | 6122 | 120% |
Scion tC * | 1693
| 1603 | 5.6% | 6066 | 5933 | 2.2% |
Volkswagen Beetle * | 2389
| 2647 | -9.7% | 8124 | 10,814 | -24.9% |
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Total | 12,380 | 12,226 | 1.3% | 45,015 | 43,828 | 2.7% |
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers | April 2015 | April 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
Buick Encore * | 5587
| 4317 | 29.4% | 19,623 | 15,040 | 30.5% |
Chevrolet Trax * | 3451 | --- | --- | 13,137 | --- | --- |
Fiat 500L | 1258
| 1257 | 0.1% | 4301 | 4209 | 2.2% |
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% | 339 | 575 | -41.0% |
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport * | 2674
| 2619 | 2.1% | 10,561 | 10,069 | 4.9% |
Nissan Cube | 113
| 356 | -68.3% | 567 | 1604 | -64.7% |
Nissan Juke * | 2433
| 3795 | -35.9% | 9455 | 19,377 | -51.2% |
Scion xB | 1406
| 1411 | -0.4% | 5878 | 5468 | 7.5% |
Scion xD | 111
| 731 | -84.8% | 567 | 2785 | -79.6% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek * | 6936
| 5678 | 22.2% | 27,017 | 22,553 | 19.8% |
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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 breakdownGCBC 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 READINGSmall Car Sales In America - May 2015 YTDSmall Car Sales In America - March 2015 YTDSmall Car Sales In America - April 2014 YTDTop 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - April 2015U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2015 YTDMidsize Car Sales In America - April 2015 YTD
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