Small Car Sales In America – December 2018

Best Selling Small Cars in America for December 2018

Here you will find the small car sales leaders in the United States for December 2018. Each month we compile the small car model sales data and reports for North American markets and analyze it to create the best selling list below.

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Our Take On The Small Cars Sales Numbers

December was not a great month for small car sales. In fact, 2018 didn’t turn out to be a great year for small car sales.

City cars were up slightly for the year but down for the month of December. The significant increases in sales of the Mitsubishi Mirage were the most notable in that category with a 70.9 percent increase for the month of December over last year and an 8.6 percent increase for the entire year.

The Ford Fiesta is another car that stands out as a vehicle that saw increases in both December and for the year. It sold 17.8 percent more cars in December than it did this month last year. On the year as a whole, sales increased 11.9 percent.

Aside from that, the only other notable vehicle was the Kia Rio. Although its December sales were down 0.6 percent, sales for the year were up by an impressive 37.1 percent.

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Top Small Cars Sales Figures – This Month

This sales table of shows the top small car sales performers in the United States, including their year on year growth rates both for the most recent month and year to date figures. Note that this table is sortable and that it fees the chart below. You can easily change the chart by filtering and sorting the below table.

For reference US = United States Sales for the month, US LY = Last Year’s United States Sales for the month, US vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate, YTD = United States Sales Year to Date, YTD LY = Last Year’s United States Year to Date Sales, YTD vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate.

All Small Car Sales

Model	US	US LY	% Change	YTD	YTD LY	% Change
Mazda 3	5,277	5,669	-6.9	64,638	75,018	-13.8
Fiat 500	418	667	-37.3	5,370	12,685	-57.7
Fiat 500L	39	111	-64.9	1,413	1,664	-15.1
Hyundai Accent	3,830	5,205	-26.4	29,090	58,955	-50.7
Volkswagen Beetle	917	835	9.8	14,411	15,166	-5.0
Honda Civic	26,384	31,406	-16.0	325,760	377,286	-13.7
Mini Cooper	1,619	3,070	-47.3	26,119	32,239	-19.0
Toyota Corolla	25,439	19,969	27.4	303,732	329,196	-7.7
Honda CR-Z	1	0	0.0	30	0	0.0
Chevrolet Cruze	11,128	13,406	-17.0	142,618	184,751	-22.8
Dodge Dart	2	139	-98.6	389	10,082	-96.1
Hyundai Elantra	15,076	21,350	-29.4	200,415	198,210	1.1
Ford Fiesta	4,309	3,657	17.8	51,730	46,249	11.9
Honda Fit	768	3,434	-77.6	35,030	47,647	-26.5
Ford Focus	3,661	11,237	-67.4	114,045	158,385	-28.0
Kia Forte	7,709	7,922	-2.7	101,890	117,596	-13.4
Smart ForTwo	122	166	-26.5	1,276	3,071	-58.5
Volkswagen Golf	2,425	4,529	-46.5	42,271	68,978	-38.7
Subaru Impreza	5,880	8,037	-26.8	76,400	86,043	-11.2
Volkswagen Jetta	10,261	7,233	41.9	90,794	115,807	-21.6
Mitsubishi Mirage	1,748	1,023	70.9	24,316	22,386	8.6
Kia Rio	1,608	1,618	-0.6	22,975	16,760	37.1
Nissan Sentra	17,567	16,834	4.4	213,046	218,451	-2.5
Chevrolet Sonic	934	1,946	-52.0	20,613	30,290	-31.9
Kia Soul	10,128	7,610	33.1	104,709	115,712	-9.5
Chevrolet Spark	1,747	3,079	-43.3	23,603	22,589	4.5
Hyundai Veloster	1,161	755	53.8	10,871	12,658	-14.1
Nissan Versa	6,735	7,125	-5.5	75,809	106,772	-29.0
Toyota Yaris	1,252	2,111	-40.7	27,209	44,380	-38.7
	∑ = 168,145	∑ = 190,143		∑ = 2,150,572	∑ = 2,529,026

Compact Car Sales

Model	US	US LY	% Change	YTD	YTD LY	% Change
Mazda 3	5,277	5,669	-6.9	64,638	75,018	-13.8
Honda Civic	26,384	31,406	-16.0	325,760	377,286	-13.7
Toyota Corolla	25,439	19,969	27.4	303,732	329,196	-7.7
Honda CR-Z	1	0	0.0	30	0	0.0
Chevrolet Cruze	11,128	13,406	-17.0	142,618	184,751	-22.8
Dodge Dart	2	139	-98.6	389	10,082	-96.1
Hyundai Elantra	15,076	21,350	-29.4	200,415	198,210	1.1
Ford Focus	3,661	11,237	-67.4	114,045	158,385	-28.0
Kia Forte	7,709	7,922	-2.7	101,890	117,596	-13.4
Volkswagen Golf	2,425	4,529	-46.5	42,271	68,978	-38.7
Subaru Impreza	5,880	8,037	-26.8	76,400	86,043	-11.2
Volkswagen Jetta	10,261	7,233	41.9	90,794	115,807	-21.6
Nissan Sentra	17,567	16,834	4.4	213,046	218,451	-2.5
	∑ = 130,810	∑ = 147,731		∑ = 1,676,028	∑ = 1,939,803

Subcompact Car Sales

Model	US	US LY	% Change	YTD	YTD LY	% Change
Hyundai Accent	3,830	5,205	-26.4	29,090	58,955	-50.7
Ford Fiesta	4,309	3,657	17.8	51,730	46,249	11.9
Honda Fit	768	3,434	-77.6	35,030	47,647	-26.5
Kia Rio	1,608	1,618	-0.6	22,975	16,760	37.1
Chevrolet Sonic	934	1,946	-52.0	20,613	30,290	-31.9
Nissan Versa	6,735	7,125	-5.5	75,809	106,772	-29.0
Toyota Yaris	1,252	2,111	-40.7	27,209	44,380	-38.7
	∑ = 19,436	∑ = 25,096		∑ = 262,456	∑ = 351,053