June 2012 subcompact sales

Quite a bit of numbers in the green this month. The Fiat 500 was flexing its Italian-bred muscles this month with a sales increase of more than 122% vs. a year ago; year-to-date sales are up a staggering 319%. In a distant second is Nissan's Versa, still up an impressive 101.3%, and Kia's quick-selling Rio over +87.7%. It should be noted that Chevrolet's Sonic is quite popular: It's now the third best selling b-segment vehicle. Not bad for the new kid on the block.

Again, the big loser was Honda's CR-Z hybrid declining more than 50% vs. June '11, and is down 70% year to date.

In other sales news, the Smart ForTwo outsold the Scion iQ this month, but year-to-date sales still have the iQ in the lead.

Also, Suzuki, is only reporting that overall brand sales are up 1%, and that increase was led by the SX4, which was up 5%. No year-to-date info was given.

Make/Model	June '12 vs. June '11	Units, June '12	YTD June '12 vs. June '11	YTD
Fiat 500	+122.2%	4004	+319%	20706
Nissan Versa	+101.3%	8746	+32.7%	60919
Kia Rio	+87.7%	3668	+87.7%	22396
Scion xD	+76.9%	1017	+6.7%	5502
Hyundai Accent	+56.9%	5660	+51.8%	36470
Nissan Juke	+52.7%	3101	+7.2%	18728
Toyota Yaris	+43.3%	2007	+70.9%	19971
MINI Countryman	+27.6%	1819	+13.7%	9260
Suzuki SX4**	+5.0%	NA	NA	NA
MINI Cooper/S Convertible	+6.7%	539	+2.9%	2692
MINI Cooper/S Hardtop	+4.6%	2601	-2.5%	14729
Honda Fit	-6.7%	4584	-29.4%	24290
Kia Soul	-9.9%	10199	+15.7%	63635
Mazda2	-13.2%	938	+34.7%	10151
Ford Fiesta	-17.1%	4589	-25.6%	31326
MINI Cooper/S Clubman	-30.9%	560	-28.5%	2823
Nissan Cube	-45.8%	711	-64.5%	4085
Honda CR-Z	-57.7%	409	-70.0%	2404
Chevrolet Sonic	--	6785	--	42240
Smart ForTwo	--	1017	--	4748
Scion iQ	--	702	--	5084
MINI Coupe	--	252	--	1565
MINI Roadster	--	224	--	990

Numbers reflect sales in the United States.
**Suzuki is only reporting that June, 2012 SX4 sales were up. No year-to-date info was given.