May 2013 Subcompact Sales

I'd say May has shaped up to be an interesting month in terms of small car sales. Honda's low-volume CR-Z had a spike to make it sell 44.3% better than this time last year. Chevrolet's popular Sonic also had a good month, up 32.2%. Also, Kia's Rio is up nearly 28%.

The big loser this month was again a Toyota product, this time the Toyota's Yaris, now in its second year of a redesign. It was down nearly 50%. Last month's biggest loser, the Scion iQ—also a Toyota product—was down 41.4%. Nissan's Cube, which has been a slow seller, rounds out the bottom three.

Of the new-for-2013 makes, the pint-sized Spark continues to sell surprisingly well, followed by Buick's Encore luxury compact SUV, and finally MINI's Paceman.

Make/Model	May '13 vs. May '12	Units, May '13	YTD 2013 vs. 2012	YTD
Honda CR-Z	+44.3%	427	+1.4%	2002
Chevrolet Sonic	+32.2%	8412	+6.6%	37783
Kia Rio	+27.9%	5142	+4.1%	19491
Honda Fit	+20.3%	4667	+4.0%	20486
MINI Roadster	+18.5%	301	+61.7%	1239
Smart ForTwo	+16.4%	818	-1.4%	3678
Kia Soul	+12.6%	11420	-3.2%	51744
Ford Fiesta	+10.1%	6693	+7.7%	28801
Mazda MX-5 Miata	+8.2%	672	-9.0%	2519
Fiat 500	+1.0%	4051	+5.0%	17562
MINI Countryman	-0.3%	1771	+13.9%	8474
Nissan Versa	-0.3%	8614	+5.5%	55056
MINI Cooper/S Hardtop	-5.9%	2521	-6.2%	11380
MINI Cooper/S Convertible	-8.6%	594	-15.5%	1820
Hyundai Accent	-9.5%	5578	-21.4%	24222
Mazda2	-12.2%	791	-47.3%	4851
Nissan Juke	-13.1%	2868	-7.7%	14418
MINI Cooper/S Clubman	-18.8%	415	-27.0%	1653
Scion xD	-20.8%	807	-21.0%	18644
Hyundai Veloster	-22.0%	2826	-21.1%	12303
MINI Coupe	-29.6%	202	-37.9%	815
Nissan Cube	-36.6%	459	-14.7%	2878
Scion iQ	-41.1%	526	-56.2%	1919
Toyota Yaris	-49.5%	1778	-37.8%	11179
Chevrolet Spark	--	2581	--	14484
Buick Encore	--	2103	--	9972
MINI Paceman	--	140	--	404

Numbers reflect sales in the United States.