Sporty Car Sales In America - June 2016 YTD

U.S. sales of Detroit's still popular trio of muscle cars took a 26% dive in June 2016, a sharp decline caused by all three models, but the Chevrolet Camaro most especially.

Camaro sales plunged 42%, a loss of 3642 units. The Camaro's lack of sales momentum is a topic we discussed a month ago and delved into more deeply on TTAC a couple of weeks ago. Regardless of the reasons for its rapid decline, June marked a 19-month low for the Camaro. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - June 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - June 2016 YTD

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Chevrolet averaged 8235 June Camaro sales over the previous five years. Mustang sales were almost twice as high in June 2016.

June also hosted the arrival new sports cars from Fiat and Acura. Incidentally, the Japanese-branded second-generation Acura NSX is very much an American Honda creation, not only in design but in assembly. 

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The Fiat 124 Spider, on the other hand, wears an Italian suit but takes its underpinnings from the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata. 

June sales were inconsequential for both. IHS estimates Fiat USA will sell 500 124 Spiders per month. 

Mazda currently sells roughly 900 MX-5s per month, down from 1400 in 2006.

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.

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American Muscle	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	4969	8611	-42.3%	36,834	42,593	-13.5%
Dodge Challenger	5479	6845	-20.0%	34,607	37,011	-6.5%
Ford Mustang	9776	11,719	-16.6%	62,965	68,290	-7.8%
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Total	20,224	27,175	-25.6%	134,406	147,894	-9.1%

Euro Sports Cars	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	36	25	44.0%	309	320	-3.4%
Audi TT	233	2	11,550%	1478	16	9138%
BMW Z4	104	105	-1.0%	551	1072	-48.6%
Jaguar F-Type	306	451	-32.2%	2006	2152	-6.8%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	168	421	-60.1%	1737	2080	-16.5%
Porsche Boxster	343	310	10.6%	1379	1555	-11.3%
Porsche Cayman	344	257	33.9%	1983	1633	21.4%
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Total	1534	1571	-2.4%	9443	8828	7.0%

Misc. Sporty Cars	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	802	1101	-27.2%	4334	6719	-35.5%
BMW 2-Series *	2554	1067	139%	9057	5342	69.5%
Buick Cascada	755	---	---	4071	---	---
Chevrolet Corvette	2483	2807	-11.5%	14,668	18,307	-19.9%
Fiat 124 Spider	1	---	---	1	---	---
Honda CR-Z	235	204	15.2%	1205	1292	-6.7%
Infiniti Q60	79	366	-78.4%	685	2292	-70.1%
Lexus RC	787	1129	-30.3%	5292	6730	-21.4%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	889	440	102%	5384	2654	103%
Nissan 370Z	593	666	-11.0%	2980	4001	-25.5%
Scion FR-S	688	1003	-31.4%	3783	5748	-34.2%
Subaru BRZ	347	550	-36.9%	2407	2809	-14.3%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	3130	2166	44.5%	16,006	15,035	6.5%
Volkswagen Eos	---	258	-100%	387	1346	-71.2%
Volkswagen GTI *	2032	1820	11.6%	10,852	11,305	-4.0%
Volkswagen Golf R *	286	192	49.0%	2570	1671	53.8%
Volvo C70	---	---	---	---	7	-100%
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Total	15,661	13,769	13.7%	83,682	85,258	-1.8%

Premium Sporty Cars	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura NSX	2	---	---	2	---	---
Audi R8	72	51	41.2%	262	363	-27.8%
BMW i8	169	137	23.4%	620	733	-15.4%
Cadillac ELR	94	62	51.6%	496	593	-16.4%
Dodge Viper	57	62	-8.1%	298	351	-15.1%
Jaguar XK	---	11	-100%	3	238	-98.7%
Lexus LFA	1	1	0.0%	6	5	20.0%
Mercedes-AMG GT	79	106	-25.5%	678	607	11.7%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	---	---	---	---	52	-100%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	191	303	-37.0%	1798	2201	-18.3%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	---	4	-100%	1	27	-96.3%
Nissan GT-R	44	93	-52.7%	315	760	-58.6%
Porsche 911	852	813	4.8%	5026	5072	-0.9%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	29	-100%	1	135	-99.3%
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Total	1561	1672	-6.6%	9506	11,137	-14.6%

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.

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Sporty Car Sales In America - May 2016 YTD

All three of America's most popular sports coupes posted sharp U.S. sales declines in May 2016. Through the first five months of 2016, all three are selling less often this year than they were last year.

That makes sense when it comes to the Ford Mustang, which last year sold at a pace more torrid than anything achieved by the Mustang since before the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger returned in the latter part of the last decade. The Mustang was brand new last year. Now, today, in early 2016, the Mustang isn't the freshest piece of metal on the dealer forecourt. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - May 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - May 2016 YTD

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Moreover, it's still selling really, really well. Ford reported more than 10,000 Mustang sales in May 2016, the third consecutive five-digit sales month for the Blue Oval pony car. The Mustang is America's 15th-best-selling car overall.

But the Chevrolet Camaro's 40% drop in May – Camaro sales are down 6% so far this year – is more disturbing. 

Yes, General Motors has decided to become a less fleet-friendly company. GM sold 22,000 fewer new vehicles to daily rental fleets in May 2016 than in May 2015. 

But the Camaro is also a brand new car. And May is typically a particularly strong month for sales of the Camaro, America's best-selling sporting car in five consecutive years between 2010 and 2014. In 2014 and 2015, in fact, May was the highest-volume month on the calendar for the Chevrolet Camaro. 

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But Chevrolet reported only 5827 Camaro sales in May 2016. Each month that we see relatively low figures for the Camaro, we make mention of the ramp-up and/or the de-emphasizing of fleet at GM. But we're beginning to wonder if complaints we levelled against the latest Camaro – admittedly an improved car underneath those clothes – when the new car debuted are complaints which carry weight in the marketplace. 

The sixth-gen Camaro does not look like a strikingly new car. Yes, the Camaro cognoscenti will note the difference when one new Camaro headlight peeks around a corner. But the cognoscenti is not a 560,000-person-strong group. Of the 560,000 fifth-gen Camaros sold in America, many thousands were sold to people who have perhaps not noticed that the new car is, well, all that new. 

And that may be part of the problem for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, which sold just once for every 1.8 Mustangs in May 2016.

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 • June 2016 • April 2016 • May 2015

American Muscle	May 2016	May 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	5827	9753	-40.3%	31,865	33,982	-6.2%
Dodge Challenger	6677	7438	-10.2%	29,128	30,166	-3.4%
Ford Mustang	10,327	13,616	-24.2%	53,189	56,571	-6.0%
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Total	22,831	30,807	-25.9%	114,182	120,719	-5.4%

Euro Sports Cars	May 2016	May 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	44	40	10.0%	273	295	-7.5%
Audi TT	279	1	27,800%	1245	14	8793%
BMW Z4	126	78	61.5%	447	967	-53.8%
Jaguar F-Type	281	369	-23.8%	1700	1701	-0.1%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	254	411	-38.2%	1569	1659	-5.4%
Porsche Boxster	127	307	-58.6%	1036	1245	-16.8%
Porsche Cayman	381	304	25.3%	1639	1376	19.1%
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Total	1492	1510	-1.2%	7909	7257	9.0%

Misc. Sporty Cars	May 2016	May 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi A5	818	1341	-39.0%	3532	5618	-37.1%
BMW 2-Series *	1322	1119	18.1%	6503	4275	52.1%
Buick Cascada	829	---	---	3316	---	---
Chevrolet Corvette	2673	3514	-23.9%	12,185	15,500	-21.4%
Honda CR-Z	234	246	-4.9%	970	1088	-10.8%
Infiniti Q60	103	367	-71.9%	606	1926	-68.5%
Lexus RC	823	1343	-38.7%	4505	5601	-19.6%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	1000	449	123%	4495	2214	103%
Nissan 370Z	554	800	-30.8%	2387	3335	-28.4%
Scion FR-S	681	1274	-46.5%	3095	4745	-34.8%
Subaru BRZ	383	606	-36.8%	2060	2259	-8.8%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	2327	2895	-19.6%	12,876	12,869	0.1%
Volkswagen Eos	6	349	-98.3%	387	1088	-64.4%
Volkswagen GTI *	1735	1826	-5.0%	8820	9485	-7.0%
Volkswagen Golf R *	433	312	38.8%	2284	1479	54.4%
Volvo C70	---	---	---	---	7	-100%
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Total	13,921	16,441	-15.3%	68,021	71,489	-4.9%

Premium Sporty Cars	May 2016	May 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	67	73	-8.2%	190	312	-39.1%
BMW i8	146	117	24.8%	451	596	-24.3%
Cadillac ELR	45	116	-61.2%	402	531	-24.3%
Dodge Viper	47	58	-19.0%	241	289	-16.6%
Jaguar XK	---	30	-100%	3	227	-98.7%
Lexus LFA	---	---	---	5	4	25.0%
Mercedes-AMG GT	99	296	-66.6%	599	501	19.6%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	---	---	---	---	52	-100%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	408	420	-2.9%	1607	1898	-15.3%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	---	3	-100%	1	23	-95.7%
Nissan GT-R	63	111	-43.2%	271	667	-59.4%
Porsche 911	993	841	18.1%	4174	4259	-2.0%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	20	-100%	1	106	-99.1%
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Total	1868	2085	-10.4%	7945	9465	-16.1%

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 Aston Martin and Lotus in the first five months of 2016 were 430 and 70, respectively. Figures through the first five months of 2016: Bentley (484), Ferrari (960), Lamborghini (436), and Rolls-Royce (374).

RECOMMENDED READING
Sporty Car Sales In America - June 2016
Sporty Car Sales In America - April 2016
Sporty Car Sales In America - May 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - May 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - May 2016