Small Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD

As the American auto industry declined 1% on pure volume terms in August 2015, the passenger car sector suffered a 10% year-over-year plunge. 

Popular cars like the Honda Accord, America's best-selling car last month, Toyota Camry, and Ford Fusion slid noticeably. Compacts, meanwhile, led this year by the Toyota Corolla and in August 2015 by the Honda Civic, fell 10% in keeping with the overall car market. 

By the standards of other small cars, this wasn't such a bad outcome. Subcompact cars took a 26% dive. The Chevrolet Sonic slid 63.5%. The Honda Fit lost more than half its August volume. The Kia Rio very nearly lost half its volume. The Mazda 2, not to be replaced, nearly disappeared. Toyota's Prius C was down 12%. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD

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City cars fell 19%. Coupe-like small cars tumbled 17%. 

The redeeming factors? Urban crossovers based on many of these small cars – the Sonic-based Trax and Impreza-based XV Crosstrek and Fit-based HR-V – continued to expand their share of the market, aided by the introduction of the Mazda 2-based CX-3. 

The 2 on which it's based, as already mentioned, won't be coming to America.

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.

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Compact	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	%  Change
Acura ILX *	1660	1798	-7.7%	11,744	11,390	3.1%
Buick Verano	2648	5134	-48.4%	22,625	30,414	-25.6%
Chevrolet Cruze	14,661	23,435	-37.4%	163,938	189,699	-13.6%
Dodge Dart	6154	8390	-26.7%	61,075	53,840	13.4%
Ford Focus	16,321	22,079	-26.1%	150,427	160,759	-6.4%
Honda Civic	32,031	34,032	-5.9%	221,471	231,167	-4.2%
Hyundai Elantra	22,405	22,845	-1.9%	173,238	157,555	10.0%
Kia Forte	6862	5759	19.2%	57,912	49,276	17.5%
Mazda 3	10,161	10,871	-6.5%	74,543	72,400	3.0%
Mitsubishi Lancer	1240	1097	13.0%	13,154	11,123	18.3%
Nissan Sentra	15,662	17,182	-8.8%	140,074	128,659	8.9%
Subaru Impreza	10,441	7412	40.9%	67,025	59,119	13.4%
Toyota Corolla	31,726	33,088	-4.1%	252,106	238,275	5.8%
Volkswagen Golf	7075	3799	86.2%	44,516	17,714	151%
Volkswagen Jetta	11,112	15,361	-27.7%	89,692	104,810	-14.4%
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Total	190,159	212,282	-10.4%	1,543,540	1,516,200	1.8%

Subcompact	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Sonic	4677	12,799	-63.5%	46,755	69,619	-32.8%
Ford Fiesta	5892	5592	5.4%	46,872	48,218	-2.8%
Honda Fit	2901	6051	-52.1%	42,867	32,990	29.9%
Hyundai Accent	4733	4724	0.2%	44,985	42,743	5.2%
Kia Rio	1734	3390	-48.9%	18,796	27,147	-30.8%
Mazda 2	5	1080	-99.5%	288	11,112	-97.4%
Nissan Versa	14,875	14,630	1.7%	91,779	98,200	-6.5%
Toyota Prius C	3844	4389	-12.4%	26,282	28,372	-7.4%
Toyota Yaris	858	523	64.1%	14,949	9741	53.5%
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Total	39,519	53,178	-25.7%	333,573	368,142	-9.4%

City Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Spark	2772	2896	-4.3%	25,468	28,910	-11.9%
Mitsubishi Mirage	1569	1666	-5.8%	16,623	11,526	44.2%
Scion iQ	9	219	-95.9%	458	1620	-71.7%
Smart Fortwo	617	1334	-53.7%	4682	7332	-36.1%
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Total	1242	1529	-18.8%	11,808	12,347	-4.4%

Warm Hatches	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2054	3329	-38.3%	19,403	23,879	-18.7%
Hyundai Veloster *	2276	2981	-23.7%	15,537	20,188	-23.0%
Mini Cooper *	3429	2366	44.9%	28,466	18,449	54.3%
Scion tC *	1534	2128	-27.9%	12,317	13,056	-5.7%
Volkswagen Beetle *	2127	2905	-26.8%	17,527	21,485	-18.4%
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Total	11,420	13,709	-16.7%	93,250	97,057	-3.9%

Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	6286	4867	29.2%	43,661	32,585	34.0%
Chevrolet Trax *	5985	---	---	36,911	---	---
Fiat 500L	305	33	824%	6695	8262	-19.0%
Fiat 500X *	1029	---	---	2323	---	---
Honda HR-V *	4567	---	---	24,617	---	---
Kia Soul	17,108	15,069	13.5%	99,069	104,777	-5.4%
Mazda CX-3 *	698	---	---	698	---	---
Mini Countryman *	1398	2412	-42.0%	10,879	15,216	-28.5%
Mini Paceman *	282	228	23.7%	1215	1304	-6.8%
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport *	3286	2869	14.5%	24,421	20,801	17.4%
Nissan Cube	46	347	-86.7%	888	2965	-70.1%
Nissan Juke *	2360	2353	0.3%	19,354	30,439	-36.4%
Scion xB	1376	1621	-15.1%	11,384	11,254	1.2%
Scion xD	16	789	-98.0%	766	5757	-86.7%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	8799	8244	6.7%	59,324	48,612	22.0%
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Total	53,541	38,832	37.9%	342,205	281,972	21.4%

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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