Corolla Beats Civic, Versa Beats Soul in February Compact and Subcompact Car Sales Report

Toyota Corolla Kia Soul

Toyota’s Corolla fended off the hard-charging Honda Civic to take the compact car sales crown for February, with a month that made it the second-best-selling car behind its midsize stablemate, the Camry.

More than 29,000 Corollas sold in February, which also outsold any compact crossover, for a five percent increase over February 2015. Yearly sales are still off from last year, with a six percent decrease.

2016 ford_focus titanium
2016 Ford Focus

The new and much-improved Civic, which charged out of the gate in January, still had a strong month, increasing more than 30 percent for the month and the year. Its sales of nearly 28,000 also surpassed any compact crossover and it beat out the Accord for the second straight month.

The third- and fourth-place cars, the Nissan Sentra and Ford Focus, also rode 30-plus-percent increases in February. Sentra sales are up for the year, but the Focus is down nearly three percent.

Further down the list, only the Kia Forte had sales gains for the month and year. The rest of the cars are down for the month and the year. The Chevrolet Cruze had the biggest monthly drop, and the Cruze and the Dodge Dart had the biggest yearly drop.

Compact Car Sales – February 2016

Feb 2016 # Jan 2016 # Feb ’16/Jan ’16 % Feb 2016/2015 YTD 2016 # YTD 2016/2015 %
Toyota Corolla 29,342 22,362 31.2% 5.4% 51,704 -6.3%
Honda Civic 27,707 26,741 3.6% 31.7% 54,448 37.0%
Nissan Sentra 20,599 16,144 27.6% 34.2% 36,743 23.5%
Ford Focus 18,620 12,977 43.5% 32.8% 31,579 -2.8%
Chevrolet Cruze 12,998 14,362 -9.5% -29.0% 27,360 -26.0%
Hyundai Elantra 11,973 9,885 21.1% -23.8% 21,858 -21.8%
VW Jetta 9,375 8,177 14.7% -13.3% 17,552 -11.3%
Kia Forte 8,187 5,329 53.6% 47.5% 13,516 12.9%
Mazda 3 7,275 7,551 -3.7% -18.0% 14,826 -11.6%
Dodge Dart 6,771 4,748 42.6% -9.0% 11,519 -26.0%
Subaru Impreza 4,432 4,382 1.1% -8.2% 8,814 -11.2%
VW Golf 3,645 3,993 -8.7% -7.0% 7,638 -5.9%
Buick Verano 3,066 2,859 7.2% -10.8% 5,925 -4.6%
Mitsubishi Lancer 1,997 1,523 31.1% -4.9% 3,520 -2.6%
Scion iM 1,317 1,250 5.4% NEW 2,567 NEW

 

2016 Nissan Versa Sedan
2016 Nissan Versa Sedan

The Nissan Versa took the February subcompact car sales crown, narrowly beating out the Kia Soul.

The Versa’s sales were up three percent for the month, but a yearly decrease of nearly 10 percent kept it behind the Soul for the yearly sales race.

The Soul’s numbers were strong across the board, with double-digit increases for the month and the year.

2016 MINI Clubman ALL4
2016 MINI Clubman ALL4

Sales drop substantially after the Big Two. The third-place Hyundai Accent sold less than half of the Soul’s numbers, and from there it keeps dropping. The MINI Clubman’s inflated percentages come from the fact that they only sold two of them for the month and three total for the year last February.

Subcompact Car Sales – February 2016

Feb 2016 # Jan 2016 # Feb ’16/Jan ’16 % Feb 2016/2015 YTD 2016 # YTD 2016/2015 %
Nissan Versa 12,249 8,006 53.0% 2.9% 20,255 -9.8%
Kia Soul 11,842 9,191 28.8% 18.8% 21,033 16.2%
Hyundai Accent 4,897 5,050 -3.0% 0.6% 9,947 6.9%
Chevrolet Sonic 4,241 3,678 15.3% 46.2% 7,919 23.3%
Ford Fiesta 3,754 2,560 46.6% 1.2% 6,314 -11.8%
Honda Fit 3,647 3,095 17.8% -35.5% 6,742 -41.1%
Scion iA 2,305 1,840 25.3% NEW 4,145 NEW
Chevrolet Spark 1,761 1,121 57.1% -34.1% 2,882 -50.7%
Kia Rio 1,461 1,430 2.2% -24.8% 2,891 -17.8%
Mitsubishi Mirage 1,156 963 20.0% -37.9% 2,119 -40.6%
Fiat 500 1,081 1,207 -10.4% -54.0% 2,288 -52.0%
MINI Cooper 2-door 948 1,216 -22.0% -27.6% 2,164 -22.8%
MINI Cooper 4-door 920 1,232 -25.3% -17.1% 2,152 20.6%
Toyota Yaris 908 548 65.7% -33.4% 1,456 -48.1%
MINI Clubman 381 277 37.5% 18950.0% 658 21833.3%
Fiat 500L 365 369 -1.1% -62.0% 734 -60.0%

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