Sporty Car Sales In America - September 2014 YTD

The Chevrolet Corvette's seventh-generation surge continued in the United States in September 2014. Corvette sales nearly tripled to 2467 units, the twelfth consecutive month in which Corvette sales have risen above 2000.

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• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD

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It's not just sports cars and wannabe sports cars that the Corvette is routinely outselling. More mainstream cars - Infiniti Q50, Cadillac CTS, Cadillac ATS, Hyundai Genesis, GMC Yukon XL, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Tiguan, Lincoln MKX, Ford Flex, Cadillac XTS, Buick Regal, Chevrolet Volt, to name a few - are among the Corvette's underlings. 

In the lead-up to the launch of the new 2015 Mustang, Ford sold only 3158 Mustangs in America in September 2014, a number that was outdone by the Dodge Challenger, consistently the third-best-selling car in a three-car category. 

This was just the sixth time in the last 45 months that Mustang volume has fallen below 4000 units. Sales of the Challenger decreased in September, as well, as did sales of Detroit's top-selling muscle car, the Chevrolet Camaro.

And Porsche USA delivered another 13 918 Spyders. To indiduals other than you, we're guessing.

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. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • September 2015 • October 2014 • August 2014 • September 2013

Sporty Car	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	5111	5659	-9.7%	69,878	64,815	7.8%
Dodge Challenger	3619	3932	-8.0%	38,376	42,577	-9.9%
Ford Mustang	3158	4420	-28.6%	59,831	59,165	1.1%
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Total	11,888	14,011	-15.1%	168,085	166,557	0.9%

Sporty Car	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi TT	42	178	-76.4%	1098	1530	-28.2%
BMW Z4	170	163	4.3%	1617	1953	-17.2%
Jaguar F-Type	329	172	91.3%	2945	1490	97.7%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	489	404	21.0%	3595	3569	0.7%
Porsche Boxster	275	302	-8.9%	3024	3759	-19.6%
Porsche Cayman	245	311	-21.2%	2568	2431	5.6%
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Total	1550	1530	1.3%	14,847	14,732	0.8%

Other Sporty Cars	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	1204	1511	-20.3%	13,165	14,488	-9.1%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^	740	468	58.1%	5303	4894	8.4%
Chevrolet Corvette	2467	831	197%	25,950	7830	231.4%
Honda CR-Z	248	264	-6.1%	2945	3546	-16.9%
Infiniti Q60 & G37 Coupe/Convertible *	454	844	-46.2%	5758	8159	-29.4%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	414	400	3.5%	3855	4790	-19.5%
Mazda RX-8	---	---	---	1	1	0.0%
Mitsubishi Eclipse	---	---	---	---	109	-100%
Nissan 370Z	497	551	-9.8%	5938	5111	16.2%
Scion FR-S	920	1230	-25.2%	11,182	14,767	-24.3%
Subaru BRZ	506	704	-28.1%	6245	6346	-1.6%
Subaru Impreza WRX *	1170	1167	0.3%	17,884	13,426	33.2%
Volkswagen Eos	216	297	-27.3%	2819	3457	-18.5%
Volkswagen GTI *	1600	1084	47.6%	12,124	10,255	18.2%
Volkswagen Golf R *	---	66	-100%	15	1488	-99.0%
Volvo C70	5	240	-97.9%	774	2550	-69.6%
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Total	10,441	9657	8.1%	113,958	101,217	12.6%

Sporty Hatchbacks	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2737	2126	28.7%	26,616	28,994	-8.2%
Hyundai Veloster *	2777	2268	22.4%	22,965	23,273	-1.3%
Mini Cooper *	2116	3636	-41.8%	20,565	32,374	-36.5%
Scion tC *	1404	1659	-15.4%	14,460	15,006	-3.6%
Volkswagen Beetle *	1821	3554	-48.8%	23,306	34,918	-33.3%
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Total	10,855	13,243	-18.0%	107,912	134,565	-19.8%

Premium Sporty Car	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	55	53	3.8%	580	600	-3.3%
BMW i8	58	---	---	67	---	---
Cadillac ELR	111	---	---	885	---	---
Dodge Viper	108	45	140%	546	426	28.2%
Jaguar XK	99	67	47.8%	1192	1041	14.5%
Lexus LFA	---	1	-100%	15	18	-16.7%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	7	42	-83.3%	178	361	-50.7%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	584	535	9.2%	3758	5570	-32.5%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	8	23	-65.2%	212	324	-34.6%
Nissan GT-R	159	76	109%	1018	952	6.9%
Porsche 911	726	609	19.2%	7758	7498	3.5%
Porsche 918 Spyder	13	---	---	32	---	---
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Total	1928	1451	32.9%	16,241	16,790	-3.3%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales figures of the 1-Series and 2-Series.
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two 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. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in through the first nine months of 2014 were 918, 1575, 531, 127, and 675, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1300 September Tesla sales, 11,900 YTD.

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