Sporty Car Sales In America - December 2016 & 2016 Year End

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Despite tumbling 13%, year-over-year, the Ford Mustang was still America's top-selling sporty car in 2016, and by a wide margin.

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U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End

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Ford reported 105,932 Mustang sales in 2016. Last year aside – 2015 was the first year for the hyped sixth-gen Mustang – that was the highest total since 2007.

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The bigger story throughout the year, however, was GM's inability to sell the newer, sixth-gen Camaro in numbers that resembled the fifth-gen Camaro's output. At least until incentives ramped up in the final third of the year. 

After outselling the Mustang in five consecutive years and predictably being outsold by the Mustang in 2015, the Camaro came up short again in 2016. 33,227 sales short.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank sports cars, coupes, and GTs any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015

American Muscle	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	7000	5366	30.5%	72,705	77,502	-6.2%
Dodge Challenger	5257	4564	15.2%	64,433	66,377	-2.9%
Ford Mustang	7064	8742	-19.2%	105,932	122,349	-13.4%
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Total	19,321	18,672	3.5%	243,070	266,228	-8.7%

Euro Sports Cars	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	23	56	-58.9%	480	659	-27.2%
Audi TT	252	238	5.9%	3044	1167	161%
BMW Z4	75	253	-70.4%	1187	1829	-35.1%
Jaguar F-Type	388	430	-9.8%	4069	4629	-12.1%
Mercedes-Benz SLC/SLK	330	290	13.8%	3397	4182	-18.8%
Porsche Boxster	149	214	-30.4%	2670	3102	-13.9%
Porsche Cayman	224	200	12.0%	3590	3561	0.8%
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Total	1441	1681	-14.3%	18,437	19,129	-3.6%

Misc. Sporty Cars	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Audi A5	591	1000	-40.9%	8354	12,934	-35.4%
BMW 2-Series *	1085	2143	-49.4%	15,519	13,020	19.2%
Buick Cascada	629	---	---	7153	---	---
Chevrolet Corvette	2709	2453	10.4%	29,995	33,329	-10.0%
Fiat 124 Spider	250	---	---	2475	---	---
Honda CR-Z	160	316	-49.4%	2338	3073	-23.9%
Infiniti Q60	1018	290	251%	3970	3949	0.5%
Lexus RC	1042	1711	-39.1%	11,165	14,784	-24.5%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	733	706	3.8%	9465	8591	10.2%
Nissan 370Z	368	481	-23.5%	5913	7391	-20.0%
Scion FR-S/Toyota 86	557	588	-5.3%	7457	10,507	-29.0%
Subaru BRZ	214	413	-48.2%	4141	5296	-21.8%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	2938	3089	-4.9%	33,279	33,734	-1.3%
Volkswagen Eos	---	242	-100%	387	2993	-87.1%
Volkswagen GTI *	2777	2369	17.2%	23,934	23,669	1.1%
Volkswagen Golf R *	546	649	-15.9%	4493	4141	8.5%
Volvo C70	---	---	---	---	7	-100%
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Total	15,617	16,450	-5.1%	170,038	177,418	-4.2%

Premium Sporty Cars	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Acura NSX	68	---	---	269	---	---
Audi R8	82	15	447%	736	495	48.7%
Bentley Continental GT	123	344	-64.2%	1144	1701	-32.7%
BMW i8	133	656	-79.7%	1594	2265	-29.6%
Cadillac ELR	3	135	-97.8%	534	1024	-47.9%
Dodge Viper	59	63	-6.3%	630	690	-8.7%
Jaguar XK	---	1	-100%	3	293	-99.0%
Lexus LFA	---	1	-100%	6	9	-33.3%
Maserati GranTurismo	148	129	14.7%	1249	1373	-9.0%
Mercedes-AMG GT	99	162	-38.9%	1227	1277	-3.9%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class	---	---	---	---	52	-100%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	304	380	-20.0%	3722	4060	-8.3%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	---	---	---	1	29	-96.6%
Nissan GT-R	46	84	-45.2%	698	1105	-36.8%
Porsche 911	711	654	8.7%	8901	9898	-10.1%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	---	---	1	203	-99.5%
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Total	1776	2624	-32.3%	20,715	24,474	-15.4%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. The BMW 6-Series has been removed from the premium list because we don't use this space as a showcase for sedans (unless automakers release data for high-end sporting models like the Lexus ISF, as Toyota Canada does) and the 6-Series lineup now relies heavily on a sedan variant. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for Aston Martin and Lotus in 2016 were 1032 an 168, respectively. 

RECOMMENDED READING
Sporty Car Sales In America - January 2017
Sporty Car Sales In America - November 2016
Sporty Car Sales In America - December 2015
Top 25 Best-Selling Cars In America In 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - 2016 Year End

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