2026 U.S. Small Car Sales Figures – By Model
This page ranks 2026 United States sales for the small car grouping. Small car is the parent here, so the field covers city cars, subcompacts, compacts and warm hatchbacks together rather than any one of them alone. Each nameplate with its own GCBC sales history page links to it from the rankings table, and the tables and charts update automatically as each new month of data is reported.
Through September 2026, the Toyota Corolla leads the rankings table at 195,141 sales, six units ahead of the Honda Civic at 195,135. The Hyundai Elantra is third at 128,603 and the Nissan Sentra fourth at 112,439.
The Mazda3 has grown fastest of the twelve, up 42.3 percent to 32,486, and the Corolla has added the most units, 15,158. The Nissan Versa is down 62.7 percent to 15,356 and the Kia Soul 91.4 percent. Between them the twelve have sold 5.5 percent fewer cars in 2026 than a year ago.
- Sales Rankings Table
- Market Share Over Time
- Quarterly Sales With Quarter Over Quarter Change
- Month By Month Sales
Sales Rankings Table
The table below ranks the twelve small cars in the September table by U.S. sales, with monthly and year-to-date totals and year-over-year changes. In September 2026 the Corolla led with 19,365 sales, ahead of the Civic at 17,724. The table sorts by year-to-date sales, so the September column does not always descend. The Volkswagen Jetta and Golf are not in the table and appear in the quarterly table and the month-by-month matrix below.
| # | Model | Sep 2026 | Sep YoY | 2026 YTD | YTD YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Toyota Corolla | 19,365 | +4.9% | 195,141 | +8.4% |
| 2 | 2. Honda Civic | 17,724 | +8.4% | 195,135 | +5.4% |
| 3 | 3. Hyundai Elantra | 13,902 | +0.7% | 128,603 | +10.7% |
| 4 | 4. Nissan Sentra | 11,746 | -10.0% | 112,439 | -9.6% |
| 5 | 5. Kia K4 / Forte | 12,658 | +43.4% | 111,212 | +3.3% |
| 6 | 6. Mazda Mazda3 | 3,704 | +146.9% | 32,486 | +42.3% |
| 7 | 7. Nissan Versa | 169 | -95.2% | 15,356 | -62.7% |
| 8 | 8. Subaru Impreza | 1,343 | -36.3% | 12,739 | -42.4% |
| 9 | 9. Mini Cooper | 1,283 | +0.1% | 11,578 | -4.0% |
| 10 | 10. Kia Soul | 0 | -100.0% | 3,480 | -91.4% |
| 11 | 11. Fiat 500 | 18 | -81.1% | 201 | -81.2% |
| 12 | 12. Mitsubishi Mirage | 1 | -99.9% | 44 | -99.7% |
| Total | 81,913 | -2.5% | 818,414 | -5.5% |
YoY compares September 2026 with September 2025, and January through September of both years. Totals cover every row, not just the visible page.
Market Share Over Time
This chart shows how the leading small cars’ share of the segment has shifted quarter by quarter over the past five years. In the third quarter of 2026 the Toyota Corolla held 23.5 percent of the segment, the Honda Civic 23.2 percent and the Hyundai Elantra 18.0 percent.
Toyota Corolla 23.5%Honda Civic 23.2%Hyundai Elantra 18.0%Kia K4 / Forte 13.9%Nissan Sentra 13.6%Mazda Mazda3 4.4%Subaru Impreza 1.6%Mini Cooper 1.5%Nissan Versa 0.2%Fiat 500 0.0%Other 0.0%
Share of the tracked total by quarter, 2022 through Q3 2026. Legend shows the latest quarter.
Quarterly Sales With Quarter Over Quarter Change
The quarterly table below breaks each nameplate’s 2026 sales into quarters with quarter-over-quarter changes. Among nameplates with third-quarter figures, the field moved from 291,029 units in the second quarter to 270,804 in the third, down 6.9 percent. The Elantra added the most units, 1,988, and the Civic gave up the most, 12,145. The Volkswagen Jetta and Golf show no third-quarter sales in the table because their figures are not yet in GCBC’s data, and they update when they are.
| # | Model | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | QoQ | Q3 2025 | Quarter YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Corolla | 63,738 | 68,829 | -7.4% | 59,931 | +6.4% |
| 2 | Honda Civic | 62,695 | 74,840 | -16.2% | 56,989 | +10.0% |
| 3 | Hyundai Elantra | 48,764 | 46,776 | +4.3% | 41,444 | +17.7% |
| 4 | Kia K4 / Forte | 37,633 | 36,359 | +3.5% | 32,108 | +17.2% |
| 5 | Nissan Sentra | 36,890 | 39,817 | -7.4% | 38,918 | -5.2% |
| 6 | Mazda Mazda3 | 12,034 | 11,143 | +8.0% | 5,891 | +104.3% |
| 7 | Subaru Impreza | 4,357 | 4,470 | -2.5% | 7,126 | -38.9% |
| 8 | Mini Cooper | 4,141 | 4,051 | +2.2% | 3,820 | +8.4% |
| 9 | Nissan Versa | 499 | 4,649 | -89.3% | 10,494 | -95.2% |
| 10 | Fiat 500 | 52 | 81 | -35.8% | 280 | -81.4% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Mirage | 1 | 14 | -92.9% | 2,676 | -100.0% |
| 12 | Fiat 500L | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | -100.0% |
| 13 | Kia Soul | 0 | 181 | -100.0% | 14,282 | -100.0% |
| 14 | Volkswagen Golf | 0 | 3,182 | -100.0% | 2,877 | -100.0% |
| 15 | Volkswagen Jetta | 0 | 15,949 | -100.0% | 10,923 | -100.0% |
QoQ compares Q3 2026 with Q2 2026. Quarter YoY compares Q3 2026 with Q3 2025.
Month By Month Sales
The matrix below shows U.S. sales month by month through 2026 for every small car with a 2026 sale, fourteen in all. The Corolla’s biggest month of 2026 so far was April, at 25,312 sales.
| Model | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | 2026 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Corolla | 19,420 | 19,944 | 23,210 | 25,312 | 23,644 | 19,873 | 22,601 | 21,772 | 19,365 | – | – | – | 195,141 |
| Honda Civic | 16,563 | 18,225 | 22,812 | 25,040 | 26,995 | 22,805 | 22,995 | 21,976 | 17,724 | – | – | – | 195,135 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 9,091 | 10,089 | 13,883 | 14,778 | 16,819 | 15,179 | 17,115 | 17,747 | 13,902 | – | – | – | 128,603 |
| Nissan Sentra | 12,224 | 11,284 | 12,224 | 13,445 | 12,928 | 13,444 | 13,460 | 11,684 | 11,746 | – | – | – | 112,439 |
| Kia K4 / Forte | 11,642 | 11,864 | 13,714 | 13,214 | 12,592 | 10,553 | 12,094 | 12,881 | 12,658 | – | – | – | 111,212 |
| Mazda Mazda3 | 2,473 | 3,129 | 3,707 | 3,235 | 4,121 | 3,787 | 3,903 | 4,427 | 3,704 | – | – | – | 32,486 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 3,956 | 3,652 | 3,957 | 5,181 | 5,636 | 5,132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27,514 |
| Nissan Versa | 3,492 | 3,224 | 3,492 | 1,570 | 1,509 | 1,570 | 172 | 158 | 169 | – | – | – | 15,356 |
| Subaru Impreza | 1,156 | 1,258 | 1,498 | 1,444 | 1,577 | 1,449 | 1,458 | 1,556 | 1,343 | – | – | – | 12,739 |
| Mini Cooper | 1,158 | 1,069 | 1,159 | 1,316 | 1,432 | 1,303 | 1,417 | 1,441 | 1,283 | – | – | – | 11,578 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 783 | 723 | 784 | 1,034 | 1,125 | 1,023 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,472 |
| Kia Soul | 1,731 | 1,025 | 543 | 171 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3,480 |
| Fiat 500 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 18 | – | – | – | 201 |
| Mitsubishi Mirage | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 44 |
2026 data reported through September.
For more 2026 U.S. sales data, see the Compact Car rankings, the Midsize Car rankings, the Warm Hatchback rankings and the complete by-model rankings pages.
