February 2015 Subcompact Sales

By Andy Lilienthal

The second month of 2015 is now under our belt, and February proved to a pretty good month for the small cars. If you bought a MINI Cooper Hardtop, you helped propel the brand to a 445% increase increase compared to 2014. Other big sellers were Honda's Fit and the Mazda Miata. Also, Mitsubishi's Mirage continues to surprise with sales up nearly 67% compared to last year. And yes, the Mirage outsold a number of other vehicles on the list. (Overall Mitsubishi sales were up 26%.)

While the MINI Cooper Hardtop is at the top of the sales chart this month, the not-long-for-this-world MINI Coupe is at the bottom, down 63.3% compared to last year. Oddly, Chevy's Sonic was also down—and down a lot—to the tune of 61.8%. Nissan's Juke CUV and the Smart ForTwo round out the other bottom spots. Oh, and down 50% is yet another MINI, the Paceman.

Make/Model	% Feb. '15 vs. Feb. '14	Units Feb. '15	% YTD Feb. '15 v. '14	Units YTD
MINI Cooper /S Hardtop	445.0	2420	259.4	4589
Honda Fit	81.0	5652	83.5	11454
Mazda MX-5 Miata	74.4	511	68.1	849
Mitsubishi Mirage	66.9	1863	56.1	3568
Buick Encore	59.9	4921	54.0	8386
MINI Cooper/S Convertible	45.0	187	13.4	331
Fiat 500L	19.0	956	19.0	1825
Nissan Versa	15.8	11909	19.4	22455
Chevrolet Spark	3.9	2674	32.1	5844
Toyota Yaris	2.2	1364	20.0	2806
Toyota Prius c	0.7	2701	1.2	5315
Kia Soul	-5.8	9965	-3.0	18107
Fiat 500	-12.0	2333	-8.0	4719
MINI Roadster	-14.7	81	-4.6	146
Hyundai Accent	-17.9	4867	-8.5	9305
Ford Fiesta	-23.5	3708	-20.5	7162
Hyundai Veloster	-25.3	1555	-26.8	2857
Kia Rio	-31.4	1943	-41.1	3515
MINI Countryman	-31.5	938	-31.1	1683
Honda CR-Z	-45.0	175	-36.6	371
Scion iQ	-45.8	90	-49.7	167
MINI Paceman	-50.0	63	-38.8	145
Smart Fortwo	-51.3	458	-35	950
Nissan Juke	-58.0	2183	-51.6	4184
Chevrolet Sonic	-61.8	2900	-54.7	6421
MINI Coupe	-63.3	29	-68.7	51
Chevrolet Trax	0	3821	0	5660
BMW i3	0	1089	0	1759