Despite tumbling 13%, year-over-year, the Ford Mustang was still America’s top-selling sporty car in 2016, and by a wide margin.
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – 2016 Year End
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – 2016 Year End
Ford reported 105,932 Mustang sales in 2016. Last year aside – 2015 was the first year for the hyped sixth-gen Mustang – that was the highest total since 2007.
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The bigger story throughout the year, however, was GM’s inability to sell the newer, sixth-gen Camaro in numbers that resembled the fifth-gen Camaro’s output. At least until incentives ramped up in the final third of the year.
After outselling the Mustang in five consecutive years and predictably being outsold by the Mustang in 2015, the Camaro came up short again in 2016. 33,227 sales short.
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, coupes, and GTs any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015
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American Muscle
|
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
|
2015
|
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7000
|
5366 | 30.5% | 72,705 | 77,502 | -6.2% | |
|
5257
|
4564 | 15.2% | 64,433 | 66,377 | -2.9% | |
|
7064
|
8742 | -19.2% | 105,932 | 122,349 | -13.4% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
19,321
|
18,672 | 3.5% | 243,070 | 266,228 | -8.7% |
|
Euro Sports Cars
|
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
|
2015
|
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23
|
56 | -58.9% | 480 | 659 | -27.2% | |
|
252
|
238 | 5.9% | 3044 | 1167 | 161% | |
|
75
|
253 | -70.4% | 1187 | 1829 | -35.1% | |
|
388
|
430 | -9.8% | 4069 | 4629 | -12.1% | |
|
330
|
290 | 13.8% | 3397 | 4182 | -18.8% | |
|
149
|
214 | -30.4% | 2670 | 3102 | -13.9% | |
|
224
|
200 | 12.0% | 3590 | 3561 | 0.8% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1441
|
1681 | -14.3% | 18,437 | 19,129 | -3.6% |
|
Misc. Sporty Cars
|
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
|
2015
|
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
591
|
1000 | -40.9% | 8354 | 12,934 | -35.4% | |
|
1085
|
2143 | -49.4% | 15,519 | 13,020 | 19.2% | |
|
629
|
— | — | 7153 | — | — | |
|
2709
|
2453 | 10.4% | 29,995 | 33,329 | -10.0% | |
|
250
|
— | — | 2475 | — | — | |
|
160
|
316 | -49.4% | 2338 | 3073 | -23.9% | |
|
1018
|
290 | 251% | 3970 | 3949 | 0.5% | |
|
1042
|
1711 | -39.1% | 11,165 | 14,784 | -24.5% | |
|
733
|
706 | 3.8% | 9465 | 8591 | 10.2% | |
|
368
|
481 | -23.5% | 5913 | 7391 | -20.0% | |
|
557
|
588 | -5.3% | 7457 | 10,507 | -29.0% | |
|
214
|
413 | -48.2% | 4141 | 5296 | -21.8% | |
|
2938
|
3089 | -4.9% | 33,279 | 33,734 | -1.3% | |
|
—
|
242 | -100% | 387 | 2993 | -87.1% | |
|
2777
|
2369 | 17.2% | 23,934 | 23,669 | 1.1% | |
|
546
|
649 | -15.9% | 4493 | 4141 | 8.5% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 7 | -100% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
15,617
|
16,450 | -5.1% | 170,038 | 177,418 | -4.2% |
|
Premium Sporty Cars
|
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
|
2015
|
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
68
|
— | — | 269 | — | — | |
|
82
|
15 | 447% | 736 | 495 | 48.7% | |
|
123
|
344 | -64.2% | 1144 | 1701 | -32.7% | |
|
133
|
656 | -79.7% | 1594 | 2265 | -29.6% | |
|
3
|
135 | -97.8% | 534 | 1024 | -47.9% | |
|
59
|
63 | -6.3% | 630 | 690 | -8.7% | |
|
—
|
1 | -100% | 3 | 293 | -99.0% | |
|
—
|
1 | -100% | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | |
|
148
|
129 | 14.7% | 1249 | 1373 | -9.0% | |
|
99
|
162 | -38.9% | 1227 | 1277 | -3.9% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 52 | -100% | |
|
304
|
380 | -20.0% | 3722 | 4060 | -8.3% | |
|
—
|
— | — | 1 | 29 | -96.6% | |
|
46
|
84 | -45.2% | 698 | 1105 | -36.8% | |
|
711
|
654 | 8.7% | 8901 | 9898 | -10.1% | |
|
—
|
— | — | 1 | 203 | -99.5% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1776
|
2624 | -32.3% | 20,715 | 24,474 | -15.4% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the 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 Aston Martin and Lotus in 2016 were 1032 an 168, respectively.
RECOMMENDED READING
Sporty Car Sales In America – January 2017
Sporty Car Sales In America – November 2016
Sporty Car Sales In America – December 2015
Top 25 Best-Selling Cars In America In 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – 2016 Year End