Small Car Sales In America - April 2015 YTD

In a declining passenger car market, U.S. sales of compact cars grew faster than the overall industry in April 2015, rising 6% to more than 190,000 units. 

April wasn't an anomaly. In a flat car market through the first one-third of 2015, compact car sales are up 7%, not only bucking the trend of the passenger car category but growing faster than the industry as a whole.

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

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Subcompact sales, meanwhile, are declining this year but surged 9% in April 2015 as the Chevrolet Sonic returned to healthy volume; despite a decline in sales of the segment-leading Nissan Versa.

Powering the compact category were gains from the class-leading Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, and Hyundai Elantra. The Dodge Dart's rapid rate of expansion continues, and a tripling of Golf sales at Volkswagen overcame a Jetta deficit. (SportWagen sales, remember, are migrating from the Jetta nameplate to the Golf. Jetta sedan sales were up 5% to 11,440 in April.)

Among subcompacts, the Chevrolet Sonic recorded its best month since August of last year, the Ford Fiesta reported increased sales for the first time since May of last year, Honda Fit volume improved for the eighth consecutive month, the Hyundai Accent posted its second-best month of the last three years, and Toyota Yaris volume exceeded 2000 units for just the second time since September 2013.

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.

Click Column Headers To Sort • April 2016 • May 2015 • March 2015 • April 2014

Compact	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	%  Change
Acura ILX *	1631	1659	-1.7%	5136	5800	-11.4%
Buick Verano	2954	3409	-13.3%	12,033	14,290	-15.8%
Chevrolet Cruze	20,947	21,752	-3.7%	81,539	86,937	-6.2%
Dodge Dart	8571	6024	42.3%	33,686	22,098	52.4%
Ford Focus	18,100	19,104	-5.3%	71,094	71,007	0.1%
Honda Civic	28,380	27,611	2.8%	95,102	98,707	-3.7%
Hyundai Elantra	21,911	20,225	8.3%	78,653	73,462	7.1%
Kia Forte	7183	7624	-5.8%	26,691	24,909	7.2%
Mazda 3	8006	8586	-6.8%	35,310	32,642	8.2%
Mitsubishi Lancer	1865	1432	30.2%	7904	6274	26.0%
Nissan Sentra	17,059	14,080	21.2%	68,085	54,869	24.1%
Subaru Impreza	8024	8142	-1.4%	30,571	28,376	7.7%
Toyota Corolla	31,990	29,061	10.1%	122,718	106,798	14.9%
Volkswagen Golf	5508	1798	206%	18,271	7148	156%
Volkswagen Jetta	11,700	12,934	-9.5%	43,063	50,302	-14.4%
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Total	193,829	183,441	5.7%	729,856	683,619	6.8%

Subcompact	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Sonic	8700	7655	13.7%	20,015	31,888	-37.2%
Ford Fiesta	5982	5824	2.7%	18,092	21,422	-15.5%
Honda Fit	6529	4197	55.6%	24,623	14,641	68.2%
Hyundai Accent	8208	6419	27.9%	25,007	22,427	11.5%
Kia Rio	2802	3214	-12.8%	8800	12,780	-31.1%
Mazda 2	21	752	-97.2%	249	4560	-94.5%
Nissan Versa	9646	10,481	-8.0%	46,644	45,084	3.5%
Toyota Prius C	3523	3569	-1.3%	12,402	12,402	0.0%
Toyota Yaris	2153	1450	48.5%	7477	5594	33.7%
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Total	47,564	43,561	9.2%	163,309	170,798	-4.4%

City Car	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Spark	3743	3873	-3.4%	12,847	13,414	-4.2%
Mitsubishi Mirage	2407	1331	80.8%	8463	5116	65.4%
Scion iQ	73	196	-62.8%	305	787	-61.2%
Smart Fortwo	480	1048	-54.2%	2013	3285	-38.7
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Total	6703	6448	3.9%	23,628	22,602	4.5%

Warm Hatches	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2498	3041	-17.9%	10,493	11,514	-8.9%
Hyundai Veloster *	1650	2759	-40.2%	6887	9445	-27.1%
Mini Cooper *	4150	2176	90.7%	13,445	6122	120%
Scion tC *	1693	1603	5.6%	6066	5933	2.2%
Volkswagen Beetle *	2389	2647	-9.7%	8124	10,814	-24.9%
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Total	12,380	12,226	1.3%	45,015	43,828	2.7%

Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	5587	4317	29.4%	19,623	15,040	30.5%
Chevrolet Trax *	3451	---	---	13,137	---	---
Fiat 500L	1258	1257	0.1%	4301	4209	2.2%
Kia Soul	11,418	14,403	-20.7%	42,256	47,071	-10.2%
Mini Countryman *	1244	2045	-39.2%	4469	6350	-29.6%
Mini Paceman *	82	169	-51.5%	339	575	-41.0%
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport *	2674	2619	2.1%	10,561	10,069	4.9%
Nissan Cube	113	356	-68.3%	567	1604	-64.7%
Nissan Juke *	2433	3795	-35.9%	9455	19,377	-51.2%
Scion xB	1406	1411	-0.4%	5878	5468	7.5%
Scion xD	111	731	-84.8%	567	2785	-79.6%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	6936	5678	22.2%	27,017	22,553	19.8%
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Total	33,262	36,781	-9.6%	125,033	135,101	-7.4%

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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