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Small Car Sales In America – August 2017

The Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers segment overtook its YTD from 2016 in the eighth month of 2017, as the Honda HR-V put in another strong month. August was the HR-V’s 2nd month in a row in which more than 9,000 were sold – can it make it three in a row in September?

Subaru’s offering continues its charge, with the Impreza only 10 cars short of the 10,000 sales mark in August. Its monthly total is now within 1,000 cars of the next-best-selling Kia Forte, which has also seen growth this year, though not at the same steep rate as the Subaru.

With the 2018-model Golf shortly due to go on sale, the hatchback’s sales have slightly increased again year-on-year, though sales are still less than half of the brand’s Jetta small sedan.

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 sortable, so you can rank small cars of all kinds any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. 


Click Column Headers To Sort • July 2017August 2016

Compact
Aug.
2017
Aug.
2016
%
Change
2017
YTD
2016
YTD

Change
Acura ILX 1380 1,172 17.7% 7,851 10,831 -27.5%
Buick Verano 143 4,652 -96.9% 3,951 21,439 -81.6%
Chevrolet Cruze 16,500 22,342 -26.1% 133,966 122,796 9.1%
Dodge Dart 430 2,906 -85.0% 9,385 34,670 -73.0%
Ford Focus 12,850 11,772 9.2% 112,076 128,889 -13.0%
Honda Civic 36,482 32,807 11.2% 248,928 255,599 -2.6%
Hyundai Elantra 15,127 20,733 -27.0% 128,666 138,668 -7.2%
Kia Forte 10,693 8,307 28.7% 81,461 71,352 14.2%
Mazda 3 6,754 7,297 -7.4% 53,995 66,781 -19.1%
Mitsubishi Lancer 979 1089 -10.1% 9,821 10,616 -7.5%
Nissan Sentra 15,285 14,256 7.2% 146,583 155,806 -5.9%
Subaru Impreza 9,990 8,513 17.4% 79,911 62,772 27.3%
Toyota Corolla 27,644 32,138 -14.0% 232,504 256,730 -9.4%
Toyota Corolla iM * 1,649 1,397 18.0% 14,313 12,079 18.5%
Toyota Corolla Sedan * 25,995 30,741 -15.4% 218,181 244,651 -10.8%
Volkswagen Golf 5,961 4,840 23.2% 49,791 36,513 36.4%
Volkswagen Jetta 12,409 11,720 5.9% 78,957 81,449 -3.1%
Total
172,627 184,544 -6.5% 1,377,846 1,454,911 -5.3%

 

Subcompact
Aug.
2017
Aug.
2016
%
Change
2017
YTD
2016
YTD
%
Change
Chevrolet Sonic 2,181 4,122 -47.1% 22,691 37,258 -39.1%
Ford Fiesta 4,247 4,946 -14.1% 32,409 34,577 -6.3%
Honda Fit 4,850 5,370 -9.7% 35,976 38,187 -5.8%
Hyundai Accent 2,632 8,329 -68.4% 37,262 54,705 -31.9%
Kia Rio 1,643 3,325 -50.6% 9,915 22,024 -55.0%
Nissan Versa 6,759 10,585 -36.1% 71,216 94,902 -25.0%
Toyota Yaris 4,020 2,955 36.0% 33,318 29,767 11.9%
Toyota Yaris Hatchback * 629 440 43.0% 7,846 7,818 0.4%
Toyota Yaris iA * 3,391 2,515 34.8% 25,472 21,949 16.1%
Total
26,332 39,632 -33.6% 242,787 311,420 -22%

 

City Car
Aug.
2017
Aug.
2016
%
Change
2017
YTD
2016
YTD
%
Change
Chevrolet Spark 1855 2,938 -36.9% 11,827 25,458 -53.5%
Mitsubishi Mirage 1,557 1,541 -1.0% 16,804 15,994 5.1%
Scion iQ 0 0 0.0% 0 6 -100.0%
Smart Fortwo 229 353 -35.1% 2,394 3,439 -30.4%
Total
3,641 4,832 -24.7% 31,025 44,897 -30.9%

 

Warm Hatches
Aug.
2017
Aug.
2016
%
Change
2017
YTD
2016
YTD
%
Change
Fiat 500 937 1,246 -25.0% 9,419 10,122 -7.0%
Hyundai Veloster 1018 1,986 -48.7% 9,841 16,917 -41.8%
Mini Cooper 3,083 3,651 -15.6% 21,851 25,810 -15.3%
Scion tC 8 1,062 -99.2% 189 7,952 -97.6%
Volkswagen Beetle 1,224 1,519 -19.4% 11,404 9,820 16.1%
Total
6,270 9,464 -33.8% 52,704 70,621 -25.4%

 

Tall Hatchbacks & Subcompact Crossovers
Aug.
2017
Aug.
2016
%
Change
2017
YTD
2016
YTD
%
Change
Buick Encore 7,682 5,843 31.5% 56,501 49,187 14.9%
Chevrolet
Trax
8,171 6,997 16.8% 51,654 45,598 13.3%
Fiat
500L
141 131 8.0% 1058 2,698 -61.0%
Fiat
500X
660 899 -27.0% 5,237 8,425 -38.0%
Honda
HR-V
9,603 7,580 26.7% 66,010 51,417 28.4%
Kia Soul 14,151 12,253 15.5% 80,228 95,938 -16.4%
Mazda
CX-3
1,436 1,492 -3.8% 10,258 12,494 -15.7%
Mini
Countryman
1,365 1,312 4.0% 9,191 9,014 2.0%
Mini
Paceman
0 6 -100.0% 9 63 -85.7%
Mitsubishi
Outlander Sport
2,898 2,572 12.7% 20,874 22,948 -9.0%
Nissan
Cube
0 0 0.0% 0 15 -100.0%
Nissan
Juke
571 1,143 -50.0% 8,555 15,267 -44.0%
Scion xB 0 14 -100.0% 0 2,672 -100.0%
Scion xD 0 1 -100.0% 0 9 -100.0%
Subaru
Crosstrek
12,823 8,787 45.9% 64,323 60,549 6.2%
Toyota
C-HR
2,901 0 0.0% 11,843 0 0.0%
Total
62,402 49,030 27.3% 385,741 376,294 2.5%
Source: Automakers
* 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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