Small Car Sales In America – February 2019

Best Selling Small Cars in America for February 2019

Here you will find the small car sales leaders in the United States for February 2019. 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

Overall Small Car sales in the U.S. didn’t do so well in February. Roughly 5,600 fewer small cars were sold than this time last year, which suggests more people are opting for a different vehicle type of some kind, likely a crossover or SUV.

While the segment as a whole saw a sales decrease, the Toyota Corolla, which was the sales leader for the month saw a 16 percent increase. It’s one of the few models that actually saw a positive bump in sales over this time last year.

The vast majority of small cars for sale in the U.S. not only saw sales decreases but dramatic decreases. Many saw percentage drops of well over 25 percent.

The story was similar for the YTD numbers, too. It would appear that this year is shaping up to be a rough one for small cars.

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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.

Important note: Both Ford and GM have switched to quarterly reporting, making it more difficult to accurately gauge crossover sales. We won’t have results to report for Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Ford or Lincoln until April 2019.

All Small Car Sales

Model	US	US LY	% Change	YTD	YTD LY	% Change
Mazda 3	4,610	6,070	-24.1	9,206	11,895	-22.6
Fiat 500	207	416	-50.2	468	870	-46.2
Fiat 500L	51	118	-56.8	107	222	-51.8
Hyundai Accent	1,790	2,080	-13.9	3,615	4,509	-19.8
Volkswagen Beetle	1,457	1,007	44.7	2,428	2,119	14.6
Honda Civic	22,979	25,816	-11.0	44,532	49,565	-10.2
Mini Cooper	1,681	1,708	-1.6	3,267	3,160	3.4
Toyota Corolla	29,016	25,021	16.0	54,129	46,428	16.6
Honda CR-Z	1	9	-88.9	1	9	-88.9
Chevrolet Cruze	7,361	12,875	-42.8	15,029	23,733	-36.7
Dodge Dart	3	82	-96.3	6	165	-96.4
Hyundai Elantra	10,304	15,724	-34.5	20,246	29,741	-31.9
Ford Fiesta	5,035	3,559	41.5	10,279	7,334	40.2
Honda Fit	1,745	3,834	-54.5	3,150	6,771	-53.5
Ford Focus	3,268	12,999	-74.9	6,672	19,609	-66.0
Kia Forte	6,953	7,662	-9.3	12,908	14,350	-10.0
Smart ForTwo	58	106	-45.3	141	211	-33.2
Volkswagen Golf	2,070	3,601	-42.5	3,844	7,142	-46.2
Subaru Impreza	4,291	5,130	-16.4	8,474	10,481	-19.1
Volkswagen Jetta	7,109	4,592	54.8	13,984	9,123	53.3
Mitsubishi Mirage	1,792	1,323	35.4	3,362	2,426	38.6
Kia Rio	1,822	1,539	18.4	3,430	2,878	19.2
Nissan Sentra	17,072	17,148	-0.4	31,160	34,879	-10.7
Chevrolet Sonic	1,408	1,081	30.2	2,875	2,049	40.3
Kia Soul	8,592	6,631	29.6	15,693	12,569	24.9
Chevrolet Spark	2,028	2,000	1.4	4,141	3,558	16.4
Hyundai Veloster	981	851	15.3	1,836	1,595	15.1
Nissan Versa	7,410	7,196	3.0	14,059	14,444	-2.7
Toyota Yaris	2,572	2,592	-0.8	3,895	4,898	-20.5
	∑ = 153,666	∑ = 172,770		∑ = 292,937	∑ = 326,733

Compact Car Sales

Model	US	US LY	% Change	YTD	YTD LY	% Change
Mazda 3	4,610	6,070	-24.1	9,206	11,895	-22.6
Honda Civic	22,979	25,816	-11.0	44,532	49,565	-10.2
Toyota Corolla	29,016	25,021	16.0	54,129	46,428	16.6
Honda CR-Z	1	9	-88.9	1	9	-88.9
Chevrolet Cruze	7,361	12,875	-42.8	15,029	23,733	-36.7
Dodge Dart	3	82	-96.3	6	165	-96.4
Hyundai Elantra	10,304	15,724	-34.5	20,246	29,741	-31.9
Ford Focus	3,268	12,999	-74.9	6,672	19,609	-66.0
Kia Forte	6,953	7,662	-9.3	12,908	14,350	-10.0
Volkswagen Golf	2,070	3,601	-42.5	3,844	7,142	-46.2
Subaru Impreza	4,291	5,130	-16.4	8,474	10,481	-19.1
Volkswagen Jetta	7,109	4,592	54.8	13,984	9,123	53.3
Nissan Sentra	17,072	17,148	-0.4	31,160	34,879	-10.7
	∑ = 115,037	∑ = 136,729		∑ = 220,191	∑ = 257,120

Subcompact Car Sales

Model	US	US LY	% Change	YTD	YTD LY	% Change
Hyundai Accent	1,790	2,080	-13.9	3,615	4,509	-19.8
Ford Fiesta	5,035	3,559	41.5	10,279	7,334	40.2
Honda Fit	1,745	3,834	-54.5	3,150	6,771	-53.5
Kia Rio	1,822	1,539	18.4	3,430	2,878	19.2
Chevrolet Sonic	1,408	1,081	30.2	2,875	2,049	40.3
Nissan Versa	7,410	7,196	3.0	14,059	14,444	-2.7
Toyota Yaris	2,572	2,592	-0.8	3,895	4,898	-20.5
	∑ = 21,782	∑ = 21,881		∑ = 41,303	∑ = 42,883