Sporty Car Sales In America - October 2014 YTD

Even with a 25% year-over-year decline compared with its first month of C7 availability in October 2013, October 2014's U.S. Chevrolet Corvette sales results were startlingly high. With 2959 units, the Corvette reached a three-month high and the fifth-highest total in the last ten months.

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• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2014 YTD
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Dodge Challenger volume was particularly healthy in October, as well, though Dodge needs to sell even more Challengers in the next two months if 2014 is going to be the nameplate's sixth consecutive year of growth.

Jaguar reported its second F-Type year-over-year decline, a slight 3% (or nine-unit) drop to 342, in excess of the Porsche Cayman's total but well back of the Mercedes-Benz SLK.  

Porsche's best-selling model in October was the 911, a rare feat for a sports car in a company now controlled by SUVs. The 911 took advantage of a model year changeover month for the Cayenne while recording its second-best sales month of the year. 

BMW sold more than 200 i8 hybrids, a number that's all the more impressive when one realizes that the Z4 generated fewer than 200 October sales.

Subaru's WRX and STi combined for 2085 October sales, 361 more than Volkswagen managed with their Golf-based GTI. Combined, Scion and Subaru sold 1546 copies of the FR-S and BRZ.

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 • October 2015 • November 2014 • September 2014 • October 2013

American Muscle	October 2014	October 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	5406	5669	-4.6%	75,284	70,484	6.8%
Dodge Challenger	4140	3256	27.1%	42,516	45,833	-7.2%
Ford Mustang	4565	6918	-34.0%	64,396	66,083	-2.6%
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Total	14,111	15,843	-10.9%	182,196	182,400	-0.1%

Euro Sports Cars	October 2014	October 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi TT	32	209	-84.7%	1130	1739	-35.0%
BMW Z4	198	174	13.8%	1815	2127	-14.7%
Jaguar F-Type	342	353	-3.1%	3287	1843	78.4%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	441	444	-0.7%	4036	4013	0.6%
Porsche Boxster	370	297	24.6%	3394	4056	-16.3%
Porsche Cayman	332	347	-4.3%	2900	2778	4.4%
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Total	1715	1824	-6.0%	16,562	16,556	0.1%

Other Sporty Cars	October 2014	October 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	1101	1487	-26.0%	14,266	15,975	-10.7%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^	672	588	14.3%	5975	5482	9.0%
Chevrolet Corvette	2959	3929	-24.7%	28,909	11,759	146%
Honda CR-Z	205	325	-36.9%	3150	3871	-18.6%
Infiniti Q60 & G37 Coupe/Convertible *	496	657	-24.5%	6254	8816	-51.1%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	288	377	-23.6%	4143	5167	-19.8%
Mazda RX-8	---	---	---	1	1	0.0%
Mitsubishi Eclipse	---	---	---	---	109	-100%
Nissan 370Z	464	537	-13.6%	6402	5648	13.3%
Scion FR-S	1111	1233	-9.9%	12.293	16,000	-23.2%
Subaru BRZ	435	780	-44.2%	6680	7126	-6.3%
Subaru Impreza WRX *	2085	1356	53.8%	19,969	14,782	35.1%
Volkswagen Eos	202	261	-22.6%	3021	3718	-18.7%
Volkswagen GTI *	1724	1032	67.1%	13,848	11,287	22.7%
Volkswagen Golf R *	---	48	-100%	15	1536	-99.0%
Volvo C70	2	276	-99.3%	776	2826	-72.5%
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Total	11,744	12,886	-8.9%	113,421	114,103	-0.6%

Warm Hatches	October 2014	October 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2806	2378	18.0%	29,422	31,372	-6.2%
Hyundai Veloster *	1652	2175	-24.0%	24,617	25,448	-3.3%
Mini Cooper *	3082	3145	-2.0%	23,647	35,519	-33.4%
Scion tC *	1235	1499	-17.6%	15,695	16,505	-4.9%
Volkswagen Beetle *	1941	2555	-24.0%	25,247	37,473	-32.6%
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Total	10,716	11,752	-8.8%	118,628	146,317	-18.9%

Premium Sporty Cars	October 2014	October 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	40	65	-38.5%	620	665	-6.8%
BMW i8	204	---	---	271	---	---
Cadillac ELR	152	---	---	1037	---	---
Dodge Viper	80	69	15.9%	626	495	26.5%
Jaguar XK	77	97	-20.6%	1269	1138	11.5%
Lexus LFA	---	2	-100%	15	20	-25.0%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	18	34	-47.1%	196	395	-50.4%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	347	521	-33.4%	4105	6091	-32.6%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	11	42	-73.8%	223	366	-39.1%
Nissan GT-R	140	111	26.1%	1158	1063	8.9%
Porsche 911	974	748	30.2%	8732	8246	5.9%
Porsche 918 Spyder	5	---	---	37	---	---
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Total	2048	1689	21.3%	18,289	18,479	-1.0%

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 October 2014 were 102, 175, 59, 15, and 75 respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1300 October Tesla sales, 13,200 YTD.

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