Here's the "better-late-than-never edition" of the monthly subcompact sales. Sorry it wasn't out immediately, but I've been traveling a lot and haven't had a minute to sit down and do this. But enough about me ...
What the heck is up with the Chevy Aveo sales? This marks two months in a row of enormous gains compared to this time last year. Overall sales are up more than a quarter, too. Of course the Kia Soul is also rockin' it with sales up more than 100% year to date. Of course, the YTD champ is still the Versa which is more than 80,000 units this year.
The biggest loser this month happened to be Kia's aging Rio line. Year to date loser is unsurprisingly the Smart ForTwo.
Also of note is Suzuki, which despite its SX4 sales being down 19% managed to post its first positive overall sales gain (17%) in 27 months. Also, the Fiesta is selling well with more than 14,000 units sold. The Mazda 2—a personal favorite—has been selling rather slowly, having sold just over 1,700 units.
| Make/Model | Sept. '10 vs. Sept. '09 | Units Sept. '10 | YTD '10 vs. '09 | YTD sold '10 |
| Chevrolet Aveo | +329.2% | 6,038 | +25.2% | 41,324 |
| Kia Soul | +197.5% | 6,137 | +109.7% | 55,116 |
| Honda Fit | +22.7% | 4,378 | -22.8% | 45,314 |
| MINI Cooper/S Hardtop | +20.4% | 2,779 | +3.3% | 25,060 |
| Hyundai Accent | +17.3% | 5,372 | -24.9% | 45,139 |
| MINI Cooper S/Convertible | +6.7% | 496 | +16.7% | 6,297 |
| Nissan Versa | -10.9% | 6,044 | +17.3% | 82,780 |
| Scion xD | -11.4% | 874 | -32.8% | 8,476 |
| Suzuki SX4 | -19.0% | 994 | -50.0% | 9,240 |
| Nissan Cube | -35.2% | 1,359 | +23.9% | 20,880 |
| Toyota Yaris | -36.0% | 2,707 | -37.0% | 34,500 |
| Smart ForTwo | -44.5% | 367 | -60.7% | 5,146 |
| MINI Cooper S/Clubman | -51.7% | 675 | -24.6% | 7,181 |
| Kia Rio | -54.6% | 1,818 | -16.6% | 22,709 |
| Ford Fiesta | -- | 3,846 | -- | 14,588 |
| Mazda2 | -- | 629 | -- | 1,725 |
4 comments:
Local dealer has an Aveo advertised for under $9000 new. That probably has something to do with it!
that & rental car fleets
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I hadn't thought of the rental fleet part of the equation. I know the Aveo is in fleets—I had one in Detroit a couple weeks ago (Thrifty Rental Car).
I was given an Aveo as a rental car last week. How could anyone want to buy one? I'm sure it's ages beyond the Geo Metro, but still it feels way dated.
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