The last couple of months have not been good for subcompact car sales. However, buyers in April turned things around for many makes. The venerable Honda Fit, although an aging design, was up a healthy 28.5% from last year, and is even looking to sell better than last year overall. Chevrolet's Sonic is also up quite a bit, and is on par with sales from 2012. The MINI Countryman was also up more than 20%, and several others were also showing positive results.The big loser for a second consecutive month was Scion's tiny A-segment iQ, which is down more than 60% for April and 60% from this time last year. The iQ's target competitor, the Smart ForTwo, sold nearly twice as well. The iQ's subcompact family member, the Toyota Yaris, was also down a lot—more than 50%. The fun but slow-selling Mazda2 was also down significantly.
| Make/Model | Apr. '13 vs. Apr. '12 | Units, Apr. '13 | YTD 2013 vs. 2012 | YTD |
| Honda Fit | +28.5% | 4286 | -0.1% | 15819 |
| Chevrolet Sonic | +27.6% | 8151 | 0% | 28260 |
| MINI Countryman | +21.6% | 1864 | +18.3% | 6703 |
| Honda CR-Z | +16.4% | 405 | -6.1% | 1595 |
| Ford Fiesta | +18.4% | 6080 | +7.0% | 22108 |
| Kia Rio | +13.1% | 4531 | -2.4% | 14349 |
| MINI Roadster | +9.7% | 283 | +82.2% | 938 |
| Kia Soul | +5.6% | 11311 | -6.9% | 40324 |
| Fiat 500 | +1.0% | 3899 | +6.0% | 13511 |
| Hyundai Veloster | -2.2% | 3120 | -20.8% | 9477 |
| MINI Cooper /S Hardtop | -2.7% | 507 | -18.4% | 1226 |
| MINI Cooper /S Clubman | -5.8% | 2469 | -6.2% | 8859 |
| Mazda MX-5 Miata | -11.6% | 612 | -13.9% | 1847 |
| Smart ForTwo | -12.7% | 667 | -5.5% | 2860 |
| Nissan Versa | -14.2% | 7155 | +6.7% | 46442 |
| Nissan Juke | -15.3% | 2445 | -6.3% | 11511 |
| Nissan Cube | -18.3% | 468 | -8.7% | 2419 |
| MINI Cooper /S Convertible | -21.3% | 400 | -29.5% | 1238 |
| Hyundai Accent | -23.2% | 4730 | -24.3% | 18644 |
| Scion xD | -26.1% | 705 | -21.0% | 2737 |
| MINI Coupe | -42.1% | 168 | -40.3% | 613 |
| Mazda2 | -46.2% | 564 | -51.2% | 4060 |
| Toyota Yaris | -53.6% | 2066 | -34.9% | 9401 |
| Scion iQ | -61.7% | 384 | -60.0% | 1393 |
| Chevrolet Spark | -- | 3121 | -- | 11903 |
| Buick Encore | -- | 2916 | -- | 7869 |
| MINI Paceman | -- | 95 | -- | 264 |
Numbers reflect sales in the United States.
1 comment:
These monthly sales figures are very nice to have; thank you!
The Nissan Versas have been top sellers for some time; any way to know whether the sedan or the hatch is the most popular?
I see a new Nissan Versa is coming out this summer; the "Note". Hope you can get us some info about it.
I think the Sonic figures will continue to go up due to the availability now of the turbo with auto tranny.
Too bad they can't 1)take some weight off the Sonic, and 2) improve the coefficient of drag which is a bit high at .33. The latter could be accomplished somewhat by covering the headlight housings with clear glass/plastic.
A pet peeve with regard to the subcompacts: the exterior colors are by and large pretty bad and cheap looking. The interiors too are limited often to black; BLACK?-are you kidding me! How much more pleasant are the beige/tan interiors, but just try and find them!. Gray interiors are OK but uninspiring.
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