Sporty Car Sales In America - May 2015 YTD

Ford sold more Mustangs in the company's home market during the first five months of 2015 than during the same period of each of the previous seven years. 

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

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The 55% year-over-year increase to 56,571 units placed the Mustang nearly 23,000 sales ahead of the Chevrolet Camaro. The Mustang is all-new; the Camaro has reached the end of its fifth-generation.

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U.S. sales of most of Europe's most noteworthy sports cars and GTs decreased on a year-over-year basis in May 2015. The BMW Z4, Jaguar F-Type, Mercedes-Benz SLK and SL, and the Porsche Boxster and Cayman and 911 were all less commonly purchased/leased in May 2015 than they were in May 2014. 

There are new Euro sports cars, however, including the Alfa Romeo 4C (supremely rare), Mercedes-Benz's AMG GT (more popular in May than the SLS AMG ever was), and Volkswagen's Golf R, an all-wheel-drive $37,000 hot hatch.

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 • May 2016 • June 2015 • April 2015 • May 2014

American Muscle	May 2015	May 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	9753	10,340	-5.7%	33,982	38,951	-12.8%
Dodge Challenger	7438	5748	29.4%	30,166	21,904	37.7%
Ford Mustang	13,616	9761	39.5%	56,571	36,600	54.6%
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Total	30,807	25,849	19.2%	120,719	97,455	23.9%

Euro Sports Cars	May 2015	May 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	40	---	---	295	---	--
Audi TT	1	189	-99.5%	14	745	-98.1%
BMW Z4	78	108	-27.8%	967	1099	-12.0%
Jaguar F-Type	369	431	-14.4%	1701	1309	29.9%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	411	453	-9.3%	1659	1978	-16.1%
Porsche Boxster	307	411	-25.3%	1245	1772	-29.7%
Porsche Cayman	304	312	-2.6%	1376	1562	-11.9%
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Total	1510	1904	-20.7%	7257	8465	-14.3%

Misc. Sporty Cars	May 2015	May 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	1341	1914	-29.9%	5618	6984	-19.6%
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^	1119	957	16.9%	4275	2588	65.2%
Chevrolet Corvette	3514	3328	5.6%	15,500	15,021	3.2%
Honda CR-Z	246	389	-36.8%	1088	1697	-35.9%
Infiniti Q60	367	1004	-63.4%	1926	3268	-41.1%
Lexus RC	1343	---	---	5601	---	---
Mazda MX-5 Miata	449	530	-15.3%	2214	2251	-1.6%
Nissan 370Z	800	927	-13.7%	3335	3452	-3.4%
Scion FR-S	1274	1664	-23.4%	4745	6534	-27.4%
Subaru BRZ	606	852	-28.9%	2259	3738	-39.6%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	2895	2957	-2.1%	12,869	11,170	15.2%
Volkswagen Eos	349	467	-25.3%	1088	1540	-29.4%
Volkswagen GTI *	1826	1108	64.8%	9485	4844	95.8%
Volkswagen Golf R *	312	---	---	1479	14	10,464%
Volvo C70	---	91	-100%	7	675	-99.0%
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Total	16,441	16,188	1.6%	71,489	63,776	12.1%

Warm Hatches	May 2015	May 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2614	3337	-21.7%	13,107	14,851	-11.7%
Hyundai Veloster *	2249	2971	-24.3%	9136	12,416	-26.4%
Mini Cooper *	3814	3244	17.6%	17,259	9366	84.3%
Scion tC *	1878	1921	-2.2%	7944	7854	1.1%
Volkswagen Beetle *	2685	2729	-1.6%	10,809	13,543	-20.2%
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Total	13,240	14,202	-6.8%	58,255	58,030	0.4%

Premium Sporty Cars	May 2015	May 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	73	52	40.4%	312	357	-12.6%
BMW i8	117	---	---	596	---	---
Cadillac ELR	116	52	123%	531	293	81.2%
Dodge Viper	58	63	-7.9%	289	318	-9.1%
Jaguar XK	30	121	-75.2%	227	701	-67.6%
Lexus LFA	---	1	-100%	4	10	-60.0%
Mercedes-AMG GT	296	---	---	501	---	---
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	---	18	-100%	52	133	-60.9%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	420	458	-8.3%	1898	2173	-12.7%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	3	35	-91.4%	23	142	-83.8%
Nissan GT-R	111	94	18.1%	667	481	38.7%
Porsche 911	841	864	-2.7%	4259	4359	-2.3%
Porsche 918 Spyder	20	---	---	106	---	---
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Total	2085	1758	18.6%	9465	8967	5.5%

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 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 the first five months of 2015 were 425, 885, 315, 61, and 475, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but Automotive News now issues estimates for the brand, and those estimates say Tesla sold 1700 cars in May; 8500 YTD. HybridCars.com, which typically estimated much lower Model S sales, estimates 2300 May sales; 9100 YTD.

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Sporty Car Sales In America - April 2015 YTD

The Ford Mustang U.S. sales boom continued in April 2015 with sales of Ford's pony car/muscle car/sports car rising 4% compared with the prior month. Remember March? Mustang sales in March were the highest they'd been since June 2007. April volume marked the best fourth month of the year since 2006.

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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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It was a great month for the Dodge Challenger, as well. Taking advantage of the Chevrolet Camaro's fast approach to the end of its fifth-gen tenure, Challenger sales increased to the highest monthly level ever. Keep in mind, while the Challenger is the low-volume player in this three-car category, it's not a low-volume car in the United States. Year-to-date, the Dodge ranks 34th among cars overall. And since the nameplate's rebirth, Challenger sales have only ever increased on an annual basis.

Among truer sports cars, Jaguar F-Type volume tripled in April 2015, but only in comparison to April 2014, by far the lowest-volume month in the F-Type's history. Aprils don't appear to be big F-Type sales months. The Mercedes-Benz SLK outsold the F-Type by a wide margin in April; the Porsche Boxster and Cayman combined to outsell the F-Type by more than two-to-one.

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Yet the third table below, which displays a handful of moderately affordable European sports cars, displays a total of 1429 units, less than half the total achieved by the Chevrolet Corvette. 

Newly welcomed to this post with its first results was the Mercedes-AMG GT. Mercedes-Benz reported 205 AMG GT sales in April, more than its SLS AMG predecessor ever managed in a single month.

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 • April 2016 • May 2015 • March 2015 • April 2014

American Muscle	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	6909	9043	-23.6%	24,229	28,611	-15.3%
Dodge Challenger	6771	5122	32.2%	22,728	16,156	40.7%
Ford Mustang	13,144	7243	81.5%	42,955	26,839	60.0%
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Total	26,824	21,408	25.3%	89,912	71,606	25.6%

Euro Sports Cars	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	38	---	---	255	---	---
Audi TT	2	173	-98.8%	13	556	-97.7%
BMW Z4	87	142	-38.7%	889	991	-10.3%
Jaguar F-Type	274	92	198%	1332	878	51.7%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	431	530	-18.7%	1248	1525	-18.2%
Porsche Boxster	305	428	-28.7%	938	1361	-31.1%
Porsche Cayman	292	328	-11.0%	1072	1250	-14.2%
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Total	1429	1693	-15.6%	5747	6561	-12.4%

Other Sporty Cars	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	1300	1579	-17.7%	4277	5070	-15.6%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^	1009	727	38.8%	3156	1631	93.5%
Chevrolet Corvette	3469	3514	-1.3%	11,986	11,693	2.5%
Honda CR-Z	216	369	-41.5%	842	1308	-35.6%
Infiniti Q60	379	846	-55.2%	1559	2264	-31.1%
Lexus RC	1226	---	---	4258	---	---
Mazda MX-5 Miata	384	465	-17.4%	1765	1721	2.6%
Mazda RX-8	---	---	---	---	1	-100%
Nissan 370Z	768	791	-2.9%	2535	2525	0.4%
Scion FR-S	1026	1445	-29.0%	3471	4870	-28.7%
Subaru BRZ	494	820	-39.8%	1653	2886	-42.7%
Subaru Impreza WRX *	2713	2698	0.6%	9974	8213	21.4%
Volkswagen Eos	252	365	-31.0%	739	1073	-31.1%
Volkswagen GTI *	1905	966	97.2%	7659	3736	105%
Volkswagen Golf R *	327	--	---	1167	14	8.2%
Volvo C70	---	168	-100%	7	584	-98.8%
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Total	15,468	14,753	4.8%%	55,048	47,589	15.7%

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%

Premium Sporty Cars	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	69	80	-13.8%	239	305	-21.6%
BMW i8	138	---	---	479	---	---
Cadillac ELR	104	61	70.5%	415	241	72.2%
Dodge Viper	56	97	-42.3%	231	255	-9.4%
Jaguar XK	43	156	-72.4%	197	580	-66.0%
Lexus LFA	---	5	-100%	4	9	-55.6%
Mercedes-AMG GT	205	---	---	205	---	---
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	---	39	---	52	115	-54.8%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	434	570	-23.9%	1478	1715	-13.8%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	4	28	-85.7%	20	107	-81.3%
Nissan GT-R	162	123	31.7%	556	387	43.7%
Porsche 911	897	960	-6.6%	3418	3495	-2.2%
Porsche 918 Spyder	28	---	---	86	---	---
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Total	2140	2119	1.0%	7380	7209	2.4%

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 the first four months of 2015 were 412, 708, 252, 48, and 380, respectively. 

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