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As the American auto industry declined 1% on pure volume terms in August 2015, the passenger car sector suffered a 10% year-over-year plunge.
Popular cars like the Honda Accord, America's best-selling car last month, Toyota Camry, and Ford Fusion slid noticeably. Compacts, meanwhile, led this year by the Toyota Corolla and in August 2015 by the Honda Civic, fell 10% in keeping with the overall car market.
By the standards of other small cars, this wasn't such a bad outcome. Subcompact cars took a 26% dive. The Chevrolet Sonic slid 63.5%. The Honda Fit lost more than half its August volume. The Kia Rio very nearly lost half its volume. The Mazda 2, not to be replaced, nearly disappeared. Toyota's Prius C was down 12%.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
City cars fell 19%. Coupe-like small cars tumbled 17%.
The redeeming factors? Urban crossovers based on many of these small cars – the Sonic-based Trax and Impreza-based XV Crosstrek and Fit-based HR-V – continued to expand their share of the market, aided by the introduction of the Mazda 2-based CX-3.
The 2 on which it's based, as already mentioned, won't be coming to America.
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.
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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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- Small Car Sales In Canada - August 2015 Ytd
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- Small Suv Sales In America - August 2015 Ytd
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- Midsize Car Sales In America - August 2015 Ytd
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- Small Car Sales In America - July 2015 Ytd
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Small Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD
Popular cars like the Honda Accord, America's best-selling car last month, Toyota Camry, and Ford Fusion slid noticeably. Compacts, meanwhile, led this year by the Toyota Corolla and in August 2015 by the Honda Civic, fell 10% in keeping with the overall car market.
By the standards of other small cars, this wasn't such a bad outcome. Subcompact cars took a 26% dive. The Chevrolet Sonic slid 63.5%. The Honda Fit lost more than half its August volume. The Kia Rio very nearly lost half its volume. The Mazda 2, not to be replaced, nearly disappeared. Toyota's Prius C was down 12%.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
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The redeeming factors? Urban crossovers based on many of these small cars – the Sonic-based Trax and Impreza-based XV Crosstrek and Fit-based HR-V – continued to expand their share of the market, aided by the introduction of the Mazda 2-based CX-3.
The 2 on which it's based, as already mentioned, won't be coming to America.
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.
Compact | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura ILX * | 1660 | 1798 | -7.7% | 11,744 | 11,390 | 3.1% |
Buick Verano | 2648 | 5134 | -48.4% | 22,625 | 30,414 | -25.6% |
Chevrolet Cruze | 14,661 | 23,435 | -37.4% | 163,938 | 189,699 | -13.6% |
Dodge Dart | 6154 | 8390 | -26.7% | 61,075 | 53,840 | 13.4% |
Ford Focus | 16,321 | 22,079 | -26.1% | 150,427 | 160,759 | -6.4% |
Honda Civic | 32,031 | 34,032 | -5.9% | 221,471 | 231,167 | -4.2% |
Hyundai Elantra | 22,405 | 22,845 | -1.9% | 173,238 | 157,555 | 10.0% |
Kia Forte | 6862 | 5759 | 19.2% | 57,912 | 49,276 | 17.5% |
Mazda 3 | 10,161 | 10,871 | -6.5% | 74,543 | 72,400 | 3.0% |
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1240 | 1097 | 13.0% | 13,154 | 11,123 | 18.3% |
Nissan Sentra | 15,662 | 17,182 | -8.8% | 140,074 | 128,659 | 8.9% |
Subaru Impreza | 10,441 | 7412 | 40.9% | 67,025 | 59,119 | 13.4% |
Toyota Corolla | 31,726 | 33,088 | -4.1% | 252,106 | 238,275 | 5.8% |
Volkswagen Golf | 7075 | 3799 | 86.2% | 44,516 | 17,714 | 151% |
Volkswagen Jetta | 11,112 | 15,361 | -27.7% | 89,692 | 104,810 | -14.4% |
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Total | 190,159 | 212,282 | -10.4% | 1,543,540 | 1,516,200 | 1.8% |
Subcompact | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Sonic | 4677 | 12,799 | -63.5% | 46,755 | 69,619 | -32.8% |
Ford Fiesta | 5892 | 5592 | 5.4% | 46,872 | 48,218 | -2.8% |
Honda Fit | 2901 | 6051 | -52.1% | 42,867 | 32,990 | 29.9% |
Hyundai Accent | 4733 | 4724 | 0.2% | 44,985 | 42,743 | 5.2% |
Kia Rio | 1734 | 3390 | -48.9% | 18,796 | 27,147 | -30.8% |
Mazda 2 | 5 | 1080 | -99.5% | 288 | 11,112 | -97.4% |
Nissan Versa | 14,875 | 14,630 | 1.7% | 91,779 | 98,200 | -6.5% |
Toyota Prius C | 3844 | 4389 | -12.4% | 26,282 | 28,372 | -7.4% |
Toyota Yaris | 858 | 523 | 64.1% | 14,949 | 9741 | 53.5% |
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Total | 39,519 | 53,178 | -25.7% | 333,573 | 368,142 | -9.4% |
City Car | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Spark | 2772 | 2896 | -4.3% | 25,468 | 28,910 | -11.9% |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 1569 | 1666 | -5.8% | 16,623 | 11,526 | 44.2% |
Scion iQ | 9 | 219 | -95.9% | 458 | 1620 | -71.7% |
Smart Fortwo | 617 | 1334 | -53.7% | 4682 | 7332 | -36.1% |
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Total | 1242 | 1529 | -18.8% | 11,808 | 12,347 | -4.4% |
Warm Hatches | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat 500 * | 2054 | 3329 | -38.3% | 19,403 | 23,879 | -18.7% |
Hyundai Veloster * | 2276 | 2981 | -23.7% | 15,537 | 20,188 | -23.0% |
Mini Cooper * | 3429 | 2366 | 44.9% | 28,466 | 18,449 | 54.3% |
Scion tC * | 1534 | 2128 | -27.9% | 12,317 | 13,056 | -5.7% |
Volkswagen Beetle * | 2127 | 2905 | -26.8% | 17,527 | 21,485 | -18.4% |
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Total | 11,420 | 13,709 | -16.7% | 93,250 | 97,057 | -3.9% |
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Encore * | 6286 | 4867 | 29.2% | 43,661 | 32,585 | 34.0% |
Chevrolet Trax * | 5985 | --- | --- | 36,911 | --- | --- |
Fiat 500L | 305 | 33 | 824% | 6695 | 8262 | -19.0% |
Fiat 500X * | 1029 | --- | --- | 2323 | --- | --- |
Honda HR-V * | 4567 | --- | --- | 24,617 | --- | --- |
Kia Soul | 17,108 | 15,069 | 13.5% | 99,069 | 104,777 | -5.4% |
Mazda CX-3 * | 698 | --- | --- | 698 | --- | --- |
Mini Countryman * | 1398 | 2412 | -42.0% | 10,879 | 15,216 | -28.5% |
Mini Paceman * | 282 | 228 | 23.7% | 1215 | 1304 | -6.8% |
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport * | 3286 | 2869 | 14.5% | 24,421 | 20,801 | 17.4% |
Nissan Cube | 46 | 347 | -86.7% | 888 | 2965 | -70.1% |
Nissan Juke * | 2360 | 2353 | 0.3% | 19,354 | 30,439 | -36.4% |
Scion xB | 1376 | 1621 | -15.1% | 11,384 | 11,254 | 1.2% |
Scion xD | 16 | 789 | -98.0% | 766 | 5757 | -86.7% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek * | 8799 | 8244 | 6.7% | 59,324 | 48,612 | 22.0% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 53,541 | 38,832 | 37.9% | 342,205 | 281,972 | 21.4% |
* 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 - September 2015 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - July 2015 YTD
Small Car Sales In America - August 2014 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - August 2015
Midsize Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - August 2015 YTD
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- Small Car Sales In Canada - August 2015 Ytd
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- Small Suv Sales In America - August 2015 Ytd
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- Midsize Car Sales In America - August 2015 Ytd
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