Small Car Sales In America January 2015

In what was a best-ever January for the Toyota Corolla, first month U.S. sales of compact cars jumped 16% compared with January 2014. 

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• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2015
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - January 2015

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Huge increases from the Dodge Dart, Ford Focus, Nissan Sentra, and Volkswagen Golf – together with otherwise quite meaningful jumps from the Chevrolet Cruze, Kia Forte, Mazda 3, Mitsubishi Lancer, Subaru Impreza, and the Corolla itself - translated to nearly 22,000 extra sales for our strictly defined compact category.

Subcompact cars, meanwhile, despite disastrous results from the Chevrolet Sonic (worst month since its first full month on sale, September 2011), Ford Fiesta (fourth consecutive month below 4K), Kia Rio (worst month for the current-gen model), and Mazda 2 (replace me now!) were nearly cancelled out by Fit, Accent, Versa, and Toyota gains. 

Elsewhere in the small car world, Minis selling a fair number of new Coopers, the Hardtop models, not the dying Clubmans and Roadsters and Coupes. Buick and Chevrolet combined to sell more than 5000 copies of their small urban crossover twins, the Encore and Trax. And in addition to the 7527 Imprezas, WRXs, and STis sold in January, Subaru also sold 6513 XV Crosstreks.

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 GCBCs 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 • February 2015 • December 2014 • January 2014

Compact	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	%  Change
Acura ILX *	992	1157	-14.3%	992	1157	-14.3%
Buick Verano	2776	3120	-11.0%	2776	3120	-11.0%
Chevrolet Cruze	18,693	16,828	11.1%	18,693	16,828	11.1%
Dodge Dart	8136	5051	61.1%	8136	5051	61.1%
Ford Focus	18,478	12,003	53.9%	18,478	12,003	53.9%
Honda Civic	18,699	21,824	-14.3%	18,699	21,824	-14.3%
Hyundai Elantra	12,240	15,326	-20.1%	12,240	15,326	-20.1%
Kia Forte	6422	4724	35.9%	6422	4724	35.9%
Mazda 3	7896	6234	26.7%	7896	6234	26.7%
Mitsubishi Lancer	1515	900	68.3%	1515	900	68.3%
Nissan Sentra	14,395	9127	57.7%	14,395	9127	57.7%
Subaru Impreza	7527	5785	30.1%	7527	5785	30.1%
Toyota Corolla/Matrix	27,357	22,753	20.2%	27,357	22,753	20.2%
Volkswagen Golf	4199	1712	145%	4199	1712	145%
Volkswagen Jetta	8969	9768	-8.2%	8969	9768	-8.2%
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Total	158,294	136,312	16.1%	158,294	136,312	16.1%

Subcompact	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Sonic	3521	6587	-46.5%	3521	6587	-46.5%
Ford Fiesta	3454	4162	-17.0%	3454	4162	-17.0%
Honda Fit	5802	3122	85.8%	5802	3122	85.8%
Hyundai Accent	4438	4240	4.7%	4438	4240	4.7%
Kia Rio	1572	3162	-50.3%	1572	3162	-50.3%
Mazda 2	112	907	-87.7%	112	907	-87.7%
Nissan Versa	10,546	8524	23.7%	10,546	8524	23.7%
Toyota Prius C	2614	2467	6.0%	2614	2467	6.0%
Toyota Yaris	1442	1005	43.5%	1442	1005	43.5%
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Total	33,501	34,176	-2.0%	33,501	34,176	-2.0%

City Car	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Spark	3170	1848	71.5%	3170	1848	71.5%
Mitsubishi Mirage	1705	1170	45.7%	1705	1170	45.7%
Scion iQ	77	166	-53.6%	77	166	-53.6%
Smart Fortwo	492	521	-5.6%	492	521	-5.6%
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Total	5444	3705	46.9%	5444	3705	46.9%

Warm Hatches	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	2386	2493	-4.3%	2386	2493	-4.3%
Hyundai Veloster *	1302	1821	-28.5%	1302	1821	-28.5%
Mini Cooper *	2401	1358	76.8%	2401	1358	76.8%
Scion tC *	1219	1107	10.1%	1219	1107	10.1%
Volkswagen Beetle *	1389	2034	-31.7%	1389	2034	-31.7%
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Total	8697	8813	-1.3%	8697	8813	-1.3%

Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	3465	2366	46.5%	3465	2366	46.5%
Chevrolet Trax *	1839	---	---	1839	---	---
Fiat 500L	869	729	19.2%	869	729	19.2%
Kia Soul	8142	8092	0.6%	8142	8092	0.6%
Mini Countryman *	745	1074	-30.6%	745	1074	-30.6%
Mini Paceman *	82	111	-26.1%	82	111	-26.1%
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport *	2267	1838	23.3%	2267	1838	23.3%
Nissan Cube	156	402	-61.2%	156	402	-61.2%
Nissan Juke *	2001	3442	-41.9%	2001	3442	-41.9%
Scion xB	1428	1225	16.6%	1428	1225	16.6%
Scion xD	220	592	-62.8%	220	592	-62.8%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	6513	4801	35.7%	6513	4801	35.7%
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Total	27,727	24,672	12.4%	27,727	24,672	12.4%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
GCBC isnt 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 youll 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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