Wednesday, June 2, 2010

May 2010 subcompact sales



What an interesting month May was for subcompact sales. Some of the "big names" such as Yaris, Fit, and Accent didn't do well at all. Unsurprisingly, the big winner was again Nissan's Versa. Sales continue to skyrocket and are approaching 50,000 sales, which we should see by July. The Chevy Aveo also did very well last month—possibly a pro-American car push? Of particular note: The Kia Soul, which is is now outselling many of the more established nameplates including Fit and Yaris. By the way, the hyper-huge number for the Nissan Cube should mellow out in the coming months, since Nissan didn't sell scads of Cubes when they first came out.

Back to the Yaris: It was the big loser this month—down more than 58% vs. this time '09. It, however, holds onto a No. 4 spot in overall sales (1. Versa, 2. Accent, 3. Soul, 4. Yaris, 5. Fit). Overall Smart sales are still in the toilet; down nearly 63%; only 2,772 of them have been sold all year.

FYI: Since the data is available, I've split the MINI brand into its respective models for your statistical enjoyment.






























































































Make/ModelMay '10 vs May '09Total '09 vs. '10Total sold in '10
Nissan Versa+95.6%+81.0%47,775
Chevrolet Aveo+81.1%+52.514,749
Kia Soul+59.1%165.6%22,208
Kia Rio+38.9%+28.7%11,932
Nissan Cube+31.5%+681.3%13,634
MINI Convertible/S+15.5+64.22,861
MINI Clubman/S+10.1-2.53,896
Scion xD-14.1%-18.9%3,860
MINI Cooper/S-20.9%-9.010,047
Honda Fit-23.5%-19.1%19,374
Suzuki SX4-23.0%-47.0%5,026
Hyundai Accent-28.8%-9.4%22,463
Smart ForTwo
-40.6%-62.8%2,772
Toyota Yaris-58.5%-37.8%20,577

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is the total 2010 sales figure for the Aveo right?

Andy Lilienthal said...

No, it wasn't; my "1" got deleted. It is fixed now (14,749). Thanks for the heads up!

Anonymous said...

I wish that we could break this down with fleet sales.

I see a TON of Versas and Aveos on rental lots.