Sporty Car Sales In America – February 2014 YTD

U.S. sales of Detroit muscle cars slid 5% in February 2014 even as Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang volume increased. The Dodge Challenger plunged 25%, a loss of 1217 units, enough to bring the trio down.

Small Euro sports cars jumped 39% thanks to the Jaguar F-Type’s 322 sales – the F-Type wasn’t on sale at this time last year – and the Porsche Cayman’s 35,300% year-over-year increase. The first-generation Cayman was approaching replacement in February 2014. The F-Type and Cayman were the segment’s leaders in February. Look for the Audi TT, recently introduced in 2015 form, to shake up the category next year.

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It’s worth noting that the F-Type can be priced in a stratospheric fashion, however, making it as much a 911 rival as it is a Cayman/Boxster alternative. 911 sales were level in February, but at 856 units, the iconic Porsche outsold the Audi R8, Cadillac ELR, SRT Viper, Jaguar XK, Lexus LFA, Mercedes-Benz CL/SL/SLS, and Nissan GT-R combined. With 151 units to spare.

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 now sortable, so you can rank sports cars and wanna-be sports cars of all kinds any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • February 2015 • March 2014 • January 2014 • February 2013

Sporty Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	6211	6171	0.6%	10,944	11,096	-1.4%
Dodge Challenger	3694	4911	-24.8%	6152	8408	-26.8%
Ford Mustang	6410	6024	6.4%	10,291	9632	6.8%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	16,315	17,106	-4.6%	27,387	29,136	-6.0%

Sporty Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi TT	118	147	-19.7%	231	274	-15.7%
BMW Z4	91	156	-41.7%	257	308	-16.6%
Jaguar F-Type	322	—	—	499	—	—
Mercedes-Benz SLK	292	356	-18.0%	550	681	-19.2%
Porsche Boxster	284	391	-27.4%	604	783	-22.9%
Porsche Cayman	354	1	35,300%	634	2	31,600%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	1461	1051	39.0%	2775	2048	35.5%

Other Sporty Cars	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	1030	1173	-12.2%	1955	2373	-17.6%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series ^	272	393	-30.8%	347	697	-50.2%
Chevrolet Corvette	2438	980	149%	4699	1888	149%
Honda CR-Z	318	381	-16.5%	585	739	-20.8%
Infiniti Q60 & G37 Coupe/Convertible *	411	859	-52.2%	824	1490	-44.7%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	293	347	-15.6%	505	662	-23.7%
Mazda RX-8	—	—	—	1	1	0.0%
Mitsubishi Eclipse	—	13	-100%	—	27	-100%
Nissan 370Z	501	378	32.5%	941	709	32.7%
Scion FR-S	1040	1369	-24.0%	1961	2812	-30.3%
Subaru BRZ	617	420	46.9%	1209	883	36.9%
Subaru Impreza WRX *	1801	1486	21.2%	3334	2792	19.4%
Volkswagen Eos	197	324	-39.2%	380	574	-33.8%
Volkswagen GTI *	893	1038	-14.0%	1758	1953	-10.0%
Volkswagen Golf R *	2	262	-99.2%	10	464	-97.8%
Volvo C70	146	168	-13.1%	268	341	-21.4%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	9959	9591	3.8%	18,777	18,405	2.0%

Sporty Hatchbacks	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2664	3302	-19.3%	5157	5805	-11.2%
Hyundai Veloster *	2083	1905	9.3%	3904	3664	6.6%
Mini Cooper *	963	2460	-63.5%	2321	4906	-52.7%
Scion tC *	1363	1244	9.6%	2470	2508	-1.5%
Volkswagen Beetle *	2701	3696	-26.9%	4735	5928	-20.1%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	9774	12,607	-22.5%	18,587	22,811	-18.5%

Premium Sporty Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	70	50	40.0%	151	99	52.5%
Cadillac ELR	58	—	—	99	—	—
Dodge (SRT) Viper	44	1	4300%	91	1	9000%
Jaguar XK	75	156	-51.9%	193	273	-29.3%
Lexus LFA	2	2	0.0%	2	5	-60.0%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	15	48	-68.8%	48	102	-52.9%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	353	435	-18.9%	692	825	-16.1%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	22	39	-43.6%	57	75	-24.0%
Nissan GT-R	66	98	-32.7%	145	146	-0.7%
Porsche 911	856	855	0.1%	1648	1732	-4.8%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	1561	1684	-7.3%	3126	3258	-4.1%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales figures of the 1-Series and 2-Series.
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don’t know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. The BMW 6-Series has been removed from the premium list because we don’t use this space as a showcase for sedans (unless automakers release data for high-end sporting models like the Lexus ISF, as Toyota Canada does) and the 6-Series lineup now relies heavily on a sedan variant. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. estimates say sales for those brands in February 2014 were 70, 164, 59, 23, and 86, respectively. Bentley sales rose 6% to 191; Maserati sales jumped 426% to 837.

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