Small Car Sales In America - February 2017

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Compact cars continued their U.S. decline in February 2017, but their collective rate of decline continued to be less severe than the decline affecting America's passenger car market at large.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD
U.S. Car Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD

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Compact car sales slid 8% in February 2017 and are down 7% through the first one-sixth of 2017. That slide occurred in a car market that fell 12% in February and is down nearly 13% so far this year.

Led by the Toyota Corolla in February and the Honda Civic so far this year, compact car sales are down by roughly 22,000 units this year. 

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Much of the blame can be laid at the feet, or rather the wheels, of Detroit nameplates: the Ford Focus and a pair of discontinued cars from Buick and Dodge. Those three cars alone combined to lose 22,380 sales in the first two months of 2017. 

The Nissan Sentra, Toyota Corolla, Volkswagen Jetta, and Acura ILX all reported double-digit percentage losses through the end of last month, year-over-year, and Honda Civic and Mazda 3 sales are in decline, as well.

Subcompact cars, meanwhile, slid further and faster than the market at large in February. The segment's 18% drop was caused by a sharp drop in sales of the segment-leading Nissan Versa plus declines from the Chevrolet Sonic, Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, and Toyota Prius C.

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 sortable, so you can rank small cars of all kinds any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Compact	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	%  Change
Acura ILX *	739	1500	-50.7%	1432	2733	-47.6%
Buick Verano	488	3066	-84.1%	898	5925	-84.8%
Chevrolet Cruze	15,367	12,998	18.2%	35,316	27,360	29.1%
Dodge Dart	1683	5824	-71.1%	3080	11,104	-72.3%
Ford Focus	12,691	18,620	-31.8%	22,268	31,597	-29.5%
Honda Civic	27,039	27,707	-2.4%	50,134	54,448	-7.9%
Hyundai Elantra	15,954	11,973	33.3%	29,139	21,858	33.3%
Kia Forte	8506	8187	3.9%	14,773	13,516	9.3%
Mazda 3	6846	7275	-5.9%	13,469	14,826	-9.2%
Mitsubishi Lancer	2225	1997	11.4%	3693	3520	4.9%
Nissan Sentra	16,010	20,599	-22.3%	29,454	36,743	-19.8%
Subaru Impreza	8324	6812	22.2%	15,571	13,530	15.1%
Toyota Corolla	27,161	30,659	-11.4%	48,728	54,271	-10.2%
Toyota Corolla Sedan °	25,395	29,342	-13.5%	45,502	51,704	-12.0%
Toyota Corolla iM/Scion iM °	1766	1317	34.1%	3226	2567	25.7%
Volkswagen Golf	5842	3645	60.3%	11,608	7638	52.0%
Volkswagen Jetta	8017	9375	-14.5%	14,863	17,552	-15.3%
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Total	156,892	170,237	-7.8%	294,426	316,621	-7.0%

Subcompact	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Sonic	2140	4241	-49.5%	4235	7919	-46.5%
Ford Fiesta	3981	3754	6.0%	7556	6314	19.7%
Honda Fit	3764	3647	3.2%	6842	6742	1.5%
Hyundai Accent	3352	4897	-31.6%	10,414	9947	4.7%
Kia Rio	840	1461	-42.5%	1826	2891	-36.8%
Nissan Versa	9869	12,249	-19.4%	18,739	20,255	-7.5%
Toyota Prius C	1372	2263	-39.4%	2515	4026	-37.5%
Toyota Yaris	3858	3213	20.1%	7139	5601	27.5%
Toyota Yaris °	1057	908	16.4%	2387	1456	63.9%
Toyota Yaris iA/Scion iA °	2801	2305	21.5%	4752	4145	14.6%
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Total	29,176	35,725	-18.3%	59,266	63,695	-7.0%

City Car	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Spark	2139	1761	21.5%	3834	2882	33.0%
Mitsubishi Mirage	2835	1156	145%	4146	2119	95.7%
Scion iQ	---	1	-100%	---	3	-100%
Smart Fortwo	348	422	-17.5%	672	821	-18.1%
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Total	5322	3340	59.3%	8652	5825	48.5%

Warm Hatches	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500	1131	1120	1.0%	2349	2101	11.8%
Hyundai Veloster	1724	2101	-17.9%	4162	4124	0.9%
Mini Cooper	1964	2251	-12.7%	3951	4977	-20.6%
Scion tC	39	917	-95.7%	111	1632	-93.2%
Volkswagen Beetle	1330	912	45.8%	2411	1851	30.3%
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Total	6188	7301	-15.2%	12,984	14,685	-11.6%

Tall Hatchbacks & Subcompact Crossovers	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	6528	5873	11.2%	11,786	10,793	9.2%
Chevrolet Trax *	6606	4814	37.2%	11,863	8560	38.6%
Fiat 500L	72	370	-80.5%	178	727	-75.5%
Fiat 500X *	640	1161	-44.9%	1240	2202	-43.7%
Honda HR-V *	6354	4940	28.6%	12,043	9117	32.1%
Kia Soul	7702	11,842	-35.0%	15,494	21,033	-26.3%
Mazda CX-3 *	1279	1793	-28.7%	2463	3169	-22.3%
Mini Countryman *	188	581	-67.6%	1310	1085	20.7%
Mini Paceman *	2	7	-71.4%	3	15	-80.0%
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport *	1824	1684	8.3%	3742	3045	22.9%
Nissan Cube	---	7	-100%	---	10	-100%
Nissan Juke *	1297	1863	-30.4%	2601	3373	-22.9%
Scion xB	---	787	-100%	---	1569	-100%
Scion xD	---	1	-100%	---	4	-100%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	6611	6129	7.9%	13,118	12,577	4.3%
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Total	39,103	41,852	-6.6%	75,841	77,279	-1.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small SUVs, too, and the Acura ILX shown with mainstream cars is also displayed with luxury cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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