October was definitely an interesting mix of sales in the subcompact segment. There's more red and green on this chart than a Christmas tree. And talk about unusual first and second place finishers. The Smart ForTwo, for the third month in a row, shows impressive gains (top three in the segment) This month's gain was up more than 200% versus October 2011. Also, the slow-selling Nissan Cube is up over 139%, granted Nissan only sold 198 Cubes in October, 201. The Fiat 500 takes third with a very healthy gain of 89%, and moving 36,462 units today, showing that the tiny Italian has gotten traction on the U.S. market.The Toyota Yaris is this month's big loser, down 62% compared to October, 2011. It still remains up for the year, however. The Hyundai Veloster and Accent also had slower sales in October. The year-to-date sales were mixed throughout the boards.
FYI, as Suzuki has officially pulled out of the U.S. market, this may be its last month reporting sales. Its last official month on the books showed a 16% increase in SX4 sales. No other sales data was given. Sad.
| Make/Model | Oct. '12 vs. Oct. '11 | Units, Oct. '12 | YTD Oct. '12 vs. Oct. '11 | YTD |
| Smart ForTwo | +205.2% | 998 | +443.8% | 8309 |
| Nissan Cube | +139.9% | 475 | -54.6% | 6287 |
| Fiat 500 | +89.0% | 3720 | +130.0% | 36462 |
| Scion xD | +36.1% | 855 | +17.2% | 9280 |
| Honda Fit | +33.7% | 3773 | -16.9% | 42351 |
| Kia Rio | +30.8% | 2623 | +124.3% | 35438 |
| Mazda2 | +17.8% | 1124 | +17.3% | 13853 |
| MINI Cooper /S Hardtop | +17.2% | 2434 | +3.7% | 22922 |
| MINI Cooper / S Clubman | +16.0% | 595 | -19.7% | 4844 |
| Suzuki SX4 | +15.0% | NA | NA | NA |
| Kia Soul | +12.4% | 7988 | +18.1% | 101344 |
| Ford Fiesta | -3.2% | 3991 | -22.6% | 47475 |
| Nissan Versa | -6.5% | 8311 | +16.6% | 93883 |
| MINI Cooper /S Convertible | -7.0% | 371 | -5.3% | 4163 |
| MINI Cooper /S Coupe | -9.5% | 417 | -23.0% | 4249 |
| MINI Countryman | -8.8% | 1835 | +29.3% | 17180 |
| Nissan Juke | -12.7% | 2520 | +0.9% | 30616 |
| Honda CR-Z | -15.6% | 224 | -64.7% | 10461 |
| MINI Coupe | -16.2% | 347 | +516.7% | 2553 |
| Hyundai Accent | -30.2% | 3373 | +20.2% | 54811 |
| Hyundai Veloster | -33.8% | 2464 | +575.8% | 30802 |
| Toyota Yaris | -62.0% | 2579 | +16.9% | 26397 |
| Chevrolet Sonic | -- | 5495 | -- | 70241 |
| Chevrolet Spark | -- | 2134 | -- | 8447 |
| Scion iQ | -- | 808 | -- | 7680 |
| MINI Roadster | -- | 306 | -- | 1902 |
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