Top 20 Worst-Selling Vehicles In America - January 2014

Although the January 2014 edition of America's 20 worst-selling vehicles has plenty of expired or soon-to-expire vehicles to display, there are a fair number of continuing nameplates which simply sold far less often last month than in the equivalent period one year ago.

The GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado are on hiatus. The Hyundai Veracruz is dead. The Mitsubishi Galant is gone, at least for a while. Acura is slowly getting rid of surplus ZDXs. 

• All 248 Vehicle Ranked By January 2014 U.S. Sales

But the Toyota Yaris, Mitsubishi Lancer, and Ford C-Max have not been killed off by their parent companies. Yet they sold far, far, far less often in January 2014 than in January 2013.

Granted, from a strictly low-volume basis, the Yaris, Lancer, and C-Max weren't among the rarest of new vehicle purchases in January 2014. There were only 41 Cadillac ELRs sold, for example; only 113 Audi TTs, only 86 copies of the Subaru Tribeca. 

GCBC made changes to America's worst-selling vehicles list late in 2013 in order to avoid arbitrary price distinctions, intended sales volumes, and production delays and departures. Every vehicle is eligible, save for limited market cars like the Honda FCX and cars which sold not at all in January, all of which are mentioned at the bottom of this post.

You can always select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures from both Canada and the United States. Pertinent links are clickable at the bottom of this post, but you can also find related links at the Best Sellers page.

January 2015 • December 2013 • January 2013

Rank	Worst-Selling Vehicle  By Percentage Decline	% Change	January 2014	Janaury 2013
#1	GMC Canyon	-99.7%	1	302
#2	Mitsubishi i MiEV	-99.6%	1	257
#3	Chevrolet Avalanche	-98.4%	31	1939
#4	Chevrolet Colorado	-98.3%	14	822
#5	Hyundai Veracruz	-96.9%	1	32
#6	Volvo C30	-92.8%	12	166
#7	Mitsubishi Galant	-92.4%	17	224
#8	BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *	-75.3%	75	304
#9	Mercedes-Benz R-Class	-71.4%	2	7
#10	Toyota Yaris	-65.3%	1005	2897
#11	Mitsubishi Lancer	-59.0%	900	2196
#12	Acura ZDX	-54.8%	14	31
#13	Infiniti G/Q60 ^	-53.3%	1315	2815
#14	Dodge Avenger	-50.2%	4795	9628
#15	Ford C-Max	-48.0%	1418	2725
#16	Subaru Tribeca	-45.9%	86	159
#17	Scion iQ	-43.7%	166	295
#18	Volkswagen Touareg	-43.5%	544	962
#19	Mazda 2	-41.2%	907	1543
#20	Lexus LS	-41.1%	634	1077

Rank	Worst-Selling Vehicle By Volume	January 2014	January 2014	% Change
T1	GMC Canyon	1	302	-99.7%
T1	Mitsubishi i MiEV	1	257	-99.6%
T1	Hyundai Veracruz	1	32	-96.9%
#4	Mercedes-Benz R-Class	2	7	-71.4%
#5	Volvo C30	12	166	-92.8%
T6	Chevrolet Colorado	14	822	-98.3%
T6	Acura ZDX	14	31	-54.8%
#8	Mitsubishi Galant	17	224	-92.4%
#9	Chevrolet Avalanche	31	1939	-98.4%
#10	Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	33	54	-38.9%
#11	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	35	36	-2.8%
#12	Cadillac ELR	41	---	---
#13	Dodge (SRT) Viper	47	---	---
#14	BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *	75	304	-75.3%
#15	Nissan GT-R	79	48	64.6%
#16	Audi R8	81	49	65.3%
#17	Subaru Tribeca	86	159	-45.9%
#18	Audi TT	113	127	-11.0%
#19	Jaguar XK	118	117	0.9%
T20	Mercedes-Benz G-Class	122	176	-30.7%
T20	Volvo C70	122	173	-29.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
Vehicles which sold at least once in January 2013 but didn't sell at all in January 2014: Mitsubishi Eclipse, Mitsubishi Endeavor, Mazda RX-8, Chevrolet HHR, Cadillac DTS, Buick Lucerne, Jeep Liberty, Dodge Caliber, Audi A3, Lexus LFA, Suzuki Grand Vitara, Suzuki Equator, Suzuki SX4, Suzuki Kizashi
Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce do not release monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati do not report model-specific sales data.
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to display 1-Series and 2-Series sales together.
^ Infiniti also sold 2949 Q50 sedans in December 2013. G sedan sales slid 58.7% to 902, Q60 sales were down 34.5% to 413.

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