Sporty Car Sales Figures In America – October 2013 YTD

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The Jaguar F-Type is no longer the sports car story in America. It’s been on sale for six months, 1843 have been sold. Whatever.

The fact that Porsche’s Cayman outsold Porsche’s own Boxster is not America’s leading sports car story in October. This was the third time the Cayman has accomplished this feat since arriving in America in 981 form in April.

Ford’s Mustang outsold the Chevrolet Camaro in October. That didn’t put the Mustang over the top in the year-to-date standings, but it brought it within 4401 units of the leading pony car. However, this isn’t our headline, either.

You see, Chevrolet’s seventh-generation Corvette arrived in showrooms in October 2013. And the Corvettes that arrived in showrooms were promptly driven out of showrooms, not just on test drives, but on drives that would take the Corvettes to driveways and garages across America. Corvette volume more than tripled in October, rising 237%, or 2762 units. 

True, for the most part, the Corvette and Viper compete in slightly different markets. The Corvette verges on affordability; the Viper does not. But if you were an automaker, if you could morph into General Motors or the Chrysler Group, wouldn’t you want to be selling the $51,000-$67,800 car (before options and hi-po derivatives arrive) that has the potential to generate 3929 sales in a single month than the car which, while listed at $102,485, hardly generates two sales per day? 

Dodge sold 2103 Vipers in the United States in 2003. They’ll be lucky to sell 700 in 2013. It’s not as though General Motors is selling Corvettes the way they used to: more than 30,000 were sold in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Even with repeats of October, Chevrolet won’t sell 20,000 in 2013. But it’s certainly shaking its money maker.

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, roadsters, coupes, and muscle cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. The + icon has been removed from year-over-year improvements. Look for red font to designate year-over-year declines. When BMW USA begins reporting 4-Series sales figures outside of the 3-Series’ total – as BMW Canada has already done – we’ll display the 4-Series here.

Click Column Headers To Sort • October 2014 • November 2013 • September 2013 • October 2012

Sporty Car	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	1487	1308	13.7%	15,975	14,313	11.6%
Audi TT	209	129	62.0%	1739	1815	– 4.2%
BMW 1-Series *	588	778	– 24.4%	5482	6313	– 13.2%
BMW Z4	174	246	– 29.3%	2127	2198	– 3.2%
Chevrolet Camaro	5669	5122	10.7%	70,484	74,090	– 4.9%
Chevrolet Corvette	3929	1167	237%	11,759	11,737	0.2%
Dodge Challenger	3256	2686	21.2%	45,833	36,309	26.2%
Fiat 500 *	2378	3720	– 36.1%	31,372	36,462	– 14.0%
Ford Mustang	6918	5328	29.8%	66,083	72,149	– 8.4%
Honda CR-Z	325	244	33.2%	3871	3705	4.5%
Honda S2000	—	—	—	2	—	—
Hyundai Veloster *	2175	2464	– 11.7%	25,448	30,802	– 17.4%
Infiniti G37 Coupe/Convertible & Q60	657	718	– 8.5%	8816	11,004	– 19.9%
Jaguar F-Type	353	—	—	1843	—	—
Mazda MX-5 Miata	377	461	– 18.2%	5167	5542	– 6.8%
Mazda RX-8	—	—	—	1	79	– 98.7%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	444	435	2.1%	4013	3723	7.8%
Mini Cooper *	3145	4052	– 22.4%	35,519	37,239	– 4.6%
Mini Cooper Hardtop **	1679	2434	– 31.0%	22,232	23,777	– 6.5%
Mini Cooper Clubman **	947	595	59.2%	4446	4844	– 8.2%
Mini Cooper Convertible **	283	371	– 23.7%	3946	4163	– 5.2%
Mini Cooper Coupe **	91	347	– 73.8%	2332	2553	– 8.7%
Mini Cooper Roadster **	145	306	– 52.6%	2563	1902	34.8%
Mitsubishi Eclipse	—	28	– 100%	109	1127	– 90.3%
Nissan 370Z	537	383	40.2%	5648	6482	– 12.9%
Porsche Boxster	297	453	– 34.4%	4056	2052	97.7%
Porsche Cayman	347	4	8575%	2778	448	520%
Scion FR-S	1233	1107	11.4%	16,000	8572	86.7%
Scion tC *	1499	1654	– 9.4%	16,505	19,790	– 16.6%
Subaru BRZ	780	402	94.0%	7126	3120	128%
Subaru Impreza WRX *	1356	1100	23.3%	14,782	10,629	39.1%
Volkswagen Beetle *	2555	2439	4.8%	37,473	24,005	56.1%
Volkswagen Beetle  Hardtop **	1312	2439	– 46.2%	21,411	24,005	– 10.8%
Volkswagen Beetle Convertible **	1243	—	—	16,062	—	—
Volkswagen Eos	261	331	– 21.1%	3718	5529	– 32.8%
Volkswagen GTI *	1032	966	6.8%	11,287	14,226	– 20.7%
Volkswagen Golf R *	48	274	– 82.5%	1536	3325	– 53.8%
Volvo C70	276	200	38.0%	2826	3941	– 28.3%
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Total	43,205	38,199	13.1%	459,378	450,726	1.9%