During a month in which overall U.S. passenger car sales slipped by more than 3%, compact cars didn’t fare quite so badly.
The Toyota Corolla-led compact car category fell 2.4% in May 2015, and if we subtract the Chevrolet Cruze from the equation, the remainder of the segment actually increased 1.5%, a gain of around 3000 units.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – May 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – May 2015 YTD
Subcompact cars, meanwhile, were up 2%, making May 2015 the second consecutive month in which the Nissan Versa-led segment posted improved sales on a year-over-year basis.
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The Versa actually tumbled 10%, but its loss – and declines from the discontinued Mazda 2, the Hyundai Accent/Kia Rio fraternal twins, and the Toyota Prius C – didn’t offset the big gains made by the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, and Ford Fiesta. May 2015 was the best month for the aging Fiesta since March 2011.
Mini USA sold 3814 copies of its cars in May 2015, plus another 2019 Countryman and Paceman “crossovers”. Incidentally, aside from a few remaining sales (505) of last-gen Mini Coopers (Convertible, Clubman, Coupe, Roadster), Mini Cooper sales were very evenly divided between the 2-Door and 4-Door. 1731 copies of the 2-Door were sold, a 23% decline, as Mini attracted 1578 buyers to the new, more practical, more flexible 4-Door.
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 small 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 • May 2016 • June 2015 • April 2015 • May 2014
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Compact
|
May
2015 |
May
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1673
|
1629 | 2.7% | 6809 | 7429 | -8.3% | |
|
3246
|
3816 | -14.9% | 15,279 | 18,106 | -15.6% | |
|
23,752
|
32,393 | -26.7% | 105,291 | 119,330 | -11.8% | |
|
8667
|
8644 | 0.3% | 42,353 | 30,742 | 37.8% | |
|
23,934
|
23,683 | 1.1% | 95,028 | 94,690 | 0.4% | |
|
34,472
|
36,089 | -4.5% | 129,574 | 134,796 | -3.9% | |
|
23,432
|
21,867 | 7.2% | 102,085 | 95,329 | 7.1% | |
|
8584
|
7196 | 19.3% | 35,275 | 32,105 | 9.9% | |
|
10,317
|
10,682 | -3.4% | 45,627 | 43,324 | 5.3% | |
|
1463
|
1422 | 2.9% | 9367 | 7696 | 21.7% | |
|
20,616
|
21,932 | -6.0% | 88,701 | 76,801 | 15.5% | |
|
8538
|
8616 | -0.9% | 39,109 | 36,992 | 5.7% | |
|
36,768
|
36,611 | 0.4% | 159,486 | 143,409 | 11.2% | |
|
6308
|
1793 | 252% | 24,579 | 8941 | 175% | |
|
12,875
|
13,915 | -7.5% | 55,938 | 64,217 | -12.9% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
224,645
|
230,288 | -2.4% | 954,501 | 913,907 | 4.4% |
|
Subcompact
|
May
2015 |
May
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9067
|
8784 | 3.2% | 29,082 | 40,672 | -28.5% | |
|
9426
|
7209 | 30.8% | 27,518 | 28,631 | -3.9% | |
|
6342
|
3485 | 82.0% | 30,965 | 18,126 | 70.8% | |
|
4428
|
6117 | -27.6% | 29,435 | 28,544 | 3.1% | |
|
3615
|
3929 | -8.0% | 12,415 | 16,709 | -25.7% | |
|
10
|
1294 | -99.2% | 259 | 5854 | -95.6% | |
|
10,121
|
11,243 | -10.0% | 56,765 | 56,327 | 0.8% | |
|
3763
|
4590 | -18.0% | 16,165 | 16,992 | -4.9% | |
|
2401
|
1616 | 48.6% | 9878 | 7210 | 37.0% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
49,173
|
48,267 | 1.9% | 212,482 | 219,065 | -3.0% |
|
City Car
|
May
2015 |
May
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2705
|
5177 | -47.8% | 15,552 | 18,591 | -16.3% | |
|
3369
|
1700 | 98.2% | 11,832 | 6816 | 73.6% | |
|
64
|
241 | -73.4% | 369 | 1028 | -64.1% | |
|
837
|
689 | 21.5% | 2850 | 3974 | -28.3% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
6975
|
7807 | -10.7% | 30,603 | 30,409 | 0.6% |
|
Warm Hatches
|
May
2015 |
May
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fiat 500 *
|
2614
|
3337 | -21.7% | 13,107 | 14,851 | -11.7% |
|
2249
|
2971 | -24.3% | 9136 | 12,416 | -26.4% | |
|
3814
|
3244 | 17.6% | 17,259 | 9366 | 84.3% | |
|
Scion tC *
|
1878
|
1921 | -2.2% | 7944 | 7854 | 1.1% |
|
2685
|
2729 | -1.6% | 10,809 | 13,543 | -20.2% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
13,240
|
14,202 | -6.8% | 58,255 | 58,030 | 0.4% |
|
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers
|
May
2015 |
May
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5400
|
4475 | 20.7% | 25,023 | 19,515 | 28.2% | |
|
5707
|
— | — | 18,844 | — | — | |
|
1245
|
1434 | -13.2% | 5546 | 5643 | -1.7% | |
|
8
|
— | — | 8 | — | — | |
|
6381
|
— | — | 6381 | — | — | |
|
13,886
|
15,606 | -11.0% | 56,142 | 62,677 | -10.4% | |
|
1768
|
2315 | -23.6% | 6237 | 8665 | -28.0% | |
|
251
|
170 | 47.6% | 590 | 745 | -20.8% | |
|
3384
|
2820 | 20.0% | 13,945 | 12,889 | 8.2% | |
|
108
|
354 | -69.5% | 675 | 1958 | -65.5% | |
|
2625
|
3825 | -31.4% | 12,080 | 23,202 | -47.9% | |
|
1498
|
1532 | -2.2% | 7376 | 7000 | 5.4% | |
|
92
|
823 | -88.8% | 659 | 3608 | -81.7% | |
|
7876
|
5778 | 36.3% | 34,893 | 28,331 | 23.2% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
50,229
|
39,132 | 28.4% | 188,399 | 174,233 | 8.1% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* 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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