I wonder if Mirage sales reflect normie response to gas prices... It's North America's most efficient non-hybrid car, and one of the cheapest to buy.
Last month's sales surpassed 3000 for only the 6th time since the current model was re-introduced to the U.S. in 2014. That's a
32% year-over-year increase for May.
On the other hand, sales of almost all other small cars & econoboxes
fell, year-over-year:
- Fiat 500: 264 sales (OUCH!) (down from 1240 year over year)
- Chevrolet Sonic: 1187 (down from 2143) *
- Chevrolet Spark: 638 (up from 357, but 2017's May figure was during a stop-sale & recall. Down from 3495 in May 2016) *
(* Not sure how reliable these GM figures are -- got them from Chevrolet US car sales figures -- but GM stopped releasing monthly sales info in April.)
- Toyota Prius C: 818 (down from 1121)
- Toyota Yaris: 139 OUCH! (down from 852)
- Toyota iA (Yaris sedan AKA Mazda 2 sedan): 2,861 (down from 3,444)
- Mini Cooper: 926 (down from 983)
- Hyundai Accent: 2,471 (down from 5,773 -- and this is with a brand new model for 2018)
- Nissan Versa (sedan + Note): 6,576 (down from 9,006)
- Honda Fit 4,976 (down from 5,105)
Noteworthy: more than a few of these cars are being cancelled in the U.S., as buyers flock to CUV's / crossovers / SUV's:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tch-36518.html
A couple of other small cars
increased sales, year-over-year in May:
- Kia Rio: 2,181 (up from 1187 -- brand new model for 2018)
- Ford Fiesta 5,110 (up from 4,181)
That last one's ironic, considering
Ford has axed the Fiesta and the rest of its car line-up.
Also noteworthy: Prius liftback sales continued to plunge, though Toyota is selling a record number of RAV4 hybrids these days.