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U.S. Small Car Sales Chart Click Chart For A Larger View |
Car & Driver insists Honda is in deep trouble, and writer Dave Mable makes some good points. Honda’s current lineup leaves much to be desired. But the Civic is still the Civic, and Civics are wildly popular in America. It’s not just an up-83%-in-May-2012-after-a-bad-May-2011 kind of thing. U.S. Civic sales are up 23% this year compared with the first five months of 2011 when, in fact, Civic sales had risen 2.8%.
Honda small car success is not guaranteed. The Fit, a car many in the industry believe to be better than the Civic at actually being a Honda, is down 33% this year. May 2012 Fit sales slid 35%. Combined, Honda sold 37,369 Civics and Fits. Ford sold 30,849 Foci and Fiestas. Toyota sold 35,368 Corollas, Matrices, and Yari. Korea’s two deeply connected manufacturers, Hyundai and Kia, found 46,990 buyers for the Accent, Elantra, Forte, Rio, and Soul. Toyota, it should be said, also sold 3771 non-FR-S Scions and 3693 Prius C hatchbacks, taking Toyota May 2012 U.S. small car total up to 42,832.
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U.S. Midsize Car Sales Chart |
Honda’s aging midsizer wasn’t the class leader in May, but the Toyota Camry was the only midsize car to sell more often in May. Accord sales jumped 75%; Camry sales more than doubled from May of last year when supply was terribly restricted. The Chrysler 200, Dodge Avenger, Honda Crosstour, Kia Optima, and Mazda 6 reported huge year-over-year increases, as well. None compared to the Volkswagen Passat’s 1,017,700% jump. Volkswagen sold one Passat in May 2011.
After ending 2011 6563 sales behind the Dodge Charger, May was the first time in 2012 that the Ford Taurus outsold either the Charger or Chrysler 300. Indeed, the Taurus outsold both cars last month as a result of its 24% jump. The Taurus even sold well in large car-averse Canada, where sales jumped 339% in May.
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U.S. Large Car Sales Chart |
According to Automotive News, passenger car sales increased 24% in May compared with the same period a year earlier. Cars carried more than their fair share of the load, accounting for 52% of the overall market.
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for these cars and every other automobile on sale in North America can be accessed through the first dropdown menu at GoodCarBadCar’s Sales Stats home or at the top right of this page. The three accompanying charts, which you can click in order to gain a larger view, rank these small, midsize, and large cars by volume, rather than alphabetically as the tables do after the jump.
Small Car
|
May 2012
|
%
Change |
Year To Date
|
YTD
% Change |
Buick Verano
|
3609
|
—– | 11,578 | —– |
Chevrolet Sonic/Aveo
|
7210
|
+ 58.9% | 35,508 | + 104% |
Chevrolet Cruze
|
19,613
|
– 13.6% | 94,901 | – 3.2% |
Dodge Caliber
|
1341
|
– 66.5% | 7987 | – 54.6% |
Fiat 500
|
4003
|
+ 128% | 16,702 | + 432% |
Ford Fiesta
|
6080
|
– 14.6% | 26,737 | – 26.9% |
Ford Focus
|
24,769
|
+ 11.1% | 110,237 | + 43.8% |
Honda Civic
|
33,490
|
+ 82.6% | 135,082 | + 22.7% |
Honda Fit
|
3879
|
– 34.5% | 19,706 | – 33.2% |
Hyundai Accent
|
6166
|
+ 303% | 30,810 | + 51.0% |
Hyundai Elantra
|
18,877
|
– 5.6% | 80,114 | – 3.8% |
Kia Forte
|
7782
|
– 4.3% | 33,339 | – 4.3% |
Kia Rio
|
4019
|
+ 59.5% | 18,728 | + 87.7% |
Kia Soul
|
10,146
|
– 9.1% | 53,436 | + 22.4% |
Mazda 2
|
901
|
– 21.1% | 9213 | + 44.9% |
Mazda 3
|
8474
|
– 3.6% | 50,692 | + 18.1% |
Mini Cooper
|
4377
|
+ 7.0% | 18,623 | + 4.2% |
Mitsubishi i MiEV
|
85
|
—– | 300 | —– |
Mitsubishi Lancer
|
1405
|
– 34.7% | 6966 | – 17.9% |
Nissan Cube
|
724
|
– 51.8% | 3374 | – 66.9% |
Nissan Sentra
|
7600
|
– 1.3% | 46,773 | – 18.0% |
Nissan Versa
|
8643
|
+ 80.3% | 52,173 | + 25.6% |
Scion iQ
|
897
|
—– | 4382 | —– |
Scion xB
|
1855
|
+ 57.5% | 8337 | + 7.5% |
Scion xD
|
1019
|
+ 19.3% | 4485 | – 2.1% |
smart fortwo
|
703
|
+ 42.9% | 3731 | + 67.6% |
Subaru Impreza
|
8311
|
+ 218% | 40,383 | + 120% |
Suzuki SX4
|
1101
|
– 1.0% | 5296 | + 7.0% |
Toyota Corolla/Matrix
|
31,847
|
+ 87.5% | 125,079 | + 6.1% |
Toyota Yaris
|
3521
|
+ 108% | 17,964 | + 74.6% |
Volkswagen Beetle
|
3002
|
+ 74,950% | 9740 | + 837% |
Volkswagen Golf
|
3878
|
+ 11.1% | 16,790 | + 16.1% |
Volkswagen Jetta
|
15,175
|
– 9.0% | 69,599 | – 6.8% |
Midsize Car
|
May 2012
|
%
Change |
Year To Date
|
YTD
% Change |
Buick Regal
|
2550
|
– 40.0% | 12,502 | – 32.3% |
Chevrolet Malibu
|
29,579
|
+ 15.5% | 110,035 | + 11.1% |
Chevrolet Volt
|
1680
|
+ 249% | 7057 | + 223% |
Chrysler 200
|
13,250
|
+ 85.3% | 58,231 | + 111% |
Dodge Avenger
|
10,682
|
+ 92.7% | 43,458 | + 74.8% |
Ford Fusion
|
26,857
|
+ 8.9% | 112,416 | + 1.4% |
Honda Accord
|
29,737
|
+ 74.7% | 126,254 | + 13.3% |
Honda Crosstour
|
2015
|
+ 72.7% | 7137 | – 17.5% |
Honda Insight
|
512
|
– 64.3% | 3547 | – 65.0% |
Hyundai Sonata
|
20,765
|
– 8.7% | 96,481 | + 0.1% |
Kia Optima
|
13,364
|
+ 79.8% | 59,765 | + 103% |
Mazda 6
|
2294
|
+ 40.0% | 23,959 | + 76.1% |
Mitsubishi Galant
|
1895
|
+ 31.3% | 9092 | – 5.3% |
Nissan Altima
|
22,690
|
– 11.1% | 135,289 | + 20.5% |
Nissan LEAF
|
510
|
– 55.3% | 2613 | + 20.6% |
Subaru Legacy
|
4462
|
+ 23.3% | 20,378 | + 14.4% |
Subaru Outback
|
9192
|
+ 9.0% | 44,800 | + 3.4% |
Suzuki Kizashi
|
599
|
– 3.7% | 2494 | – 21.9% |
Toyota Camry
|
39,571
|
+ 110% | 181,796 | + 44.2% |
Toyota Prius
|
21,477
|
+ 210% | 107,504 | + 72.9% |
Toyota Venza
|
3608
|
+ 12.5% | 15,293 | + 5.0% |
Volkswagen Passat
|
10,178
|
+ 1,017,700% | 44,813 | + 20,456% |
Volkswagen CC
|
1607
|
– 59.6% | 6898 | – 47.7% |
Large Car
|
May 2012
|
%
Change |
Year To Date
|
YTD
% Change |
Buick LaCrosse
|
5663
|
+ 18.6% | 23,686 | + 1.4% |
Buick Lucerne
|
34
|
– 98.5% | 922 | – 92.9% |
Chevrolet Impala
|
15,879
|
– 5.0% | 81,221 | – 7.0% |
Chrysler 300
|
6101
|
+ 140% | 33,830 | + 203% |
Dodge Charger
|
6735
|
– 14.0% | 37,231 | + 21.6% |
Ford Taurus
|
7783
|
+ 24.0% | 29,893 | + 10.7% |
Hyundai Azera
|
1053
|
+ 558% | 2165 | + 148% |
Nissan Maxima
|
4565
|
+ 6.3% | 25,499 | + 16.0% |
Toyota Avalon
|
1959
|
– 7.3% | 14,883 | + 32.1% |
Source: Manufacturers
Five of the Sonic/Aveos sold in May were Aveos; 53 year-to-date. Prius Sales: 13,053 Liftback plus 1086 Plug-In equal 14,139 Prius sales without the Prius V or Prius C, which sold 3645 and 3693 times, respectively, in May 2012.
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