June 2012 Small Car Sales, Midsize Car Sales, Large Car Sales In America

June 2012 Small Car Sales Chart
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Say what you will about the new Honda Civic not being as much of a Honda as the eighth-gen car, North American consumers don't seem to care. It's Canada's best-selling car, the Civic is, and it's the best-selling Honda and best-selling small car in the United States. By some margin.

Honda's own Accord is 7404 sales back of the Civic through June 2012. Toyota's Corolla (and its Matrix sibling) are now nearly 11,000 sales behind the Honda Civic. The two American challengers best equipped to challenge the Civic in 2012, the Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus, are respectively down 7% to 113,884 sales and up 34% to 131,423 sales, 49K and 31K sales behind the Honda.

June 2012 Midsize Car Sales Chart

Beyond the fact that it may be losing sales to the larger and newly inexpensive Americanized Passat, what's lost in the discussion about Volkswagen's sliding Jetta sales are rising Golf sales. With help from the GTI and R, the overall Golf family is up by 3115 sales so far this year. That doesn't make up for all of the 8549 lost Jetta sales which Volkswagen had collected in the first half of 2011, but it says something about the Golf's future. 52.4% of the Golf's U.S. sales total between January and June was GTI and R-derived. Which is wonderful.

There are detailed sales figures for all small cars in the table after the jump. You can also click any of the accompanying charts for a larger view. And as always, use the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or at the top right of this page to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any vehicle currently on sale in North America. Before you examine other sales figures, check out the U.S. performances of the midsize and large car segments in the tables below. 

June 2012 Large Car Sales Chart

With 15,503 sales between them, the surging Chrysler 300 and improving Dodge Charger couldn't catch the value-driven Chevrolet Impala. Sales of the Toyota Avalon were down in June 2012, but the Buick LaCrosse, Impala, 300, Charger, Ford Taurus, Hyundai Azera, and Nissan Maxima all reported gains.

Strong as the Accord was in June, the Toyota Camry was able to fend off its Japanese challengers - and its American rivals - last month. One year ago the Chevrolet Cruze was America's best-selling car. A month before the leader was Chevy's Malibu. Now the new Malibu is taking over while deals on the old car helped drive sales upward in June. The Camry, Accord, Malibu are just a sampling of how strong the midsize segment was in June; how strong it's been all year. Of the 17 cars which have posted improved sales, the average year-over-year YTD gain now stands at 1512%. Not that that's skewed by the Volkswagen Passat or anything.

Midsize Car	June 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Buick Regal	2326	- 34.2%	14,828	- 32.6%
Chevrolet Malibu	31,402	+ 32.3%	141,437	+ 15.2%
Chevrolet Volt	1760	+ 214%	8817	+ 221%
Chrysler 200	10,871	+ 50.6%	69,102	+ 98.3%
Dodge Avenger	9404	+ 67.8%	52,862	+ 73.5%
Ford Fusion	24,433	+ 17.4%	136,849	+ 3.9%
Honda Accord	28,924	+ 84.1%	155,178	+ 22.1%
Honda Crosstour	1826	+ 30.9%	8963	- 10.7%
Honda Insight	494	- 51.6%	4041	- 63.8%
Hyundai Sonata	20,931	+ 12.3%	117,412	+ 2.1%
Kia Optima	13,393	+ 88.7%	73,158	+ 99.8%
Mazda 6	1410	- 28.4%	25,369	+ 62.9%
Mitsubishi Galant	1534	+ 116%	10,626	+ 3.1%
Nissan Altima	21,812	+ 11.7%	157,101	+ 19.2%
Nissan LEAF	535	- 68.7%	3148	- 18.8%
Subaru Legacy	3894	+ 12.2%	24,272	+ 14.0%
Subaru Outback	9254	+ 16.9%	54,054	+ 5.5%
Suzuki Kizashi	524	- 5.1%	3018	- 19.4%
Toyota Camry	32,107	+ 50.2%	213,903	+ 45.0%
Toyota Prius	19,150	+ 341%	126,654	+ 90.4%
* Prius C	3657	-----	16,231	-----
* Prius V	3284	-----	n/a	-----
* Prius Plug-In	695	-----	4333	-----
Toyota Venza	4210	+ 24.4%	19,503	+ 8.7%
Volkswagen Passat	10,252	+ 512,500%	55,065	+ 24,930%
Volkswagen CC	1859	- 41.1%	8757	- 46.4%

Small Car	June 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Buick Verano	4091	-----	15,669	-----
Chevrolet Sonic/Aveo	6788	+ 75.4%	42,296	+ 98.9%
Chevrolet Cruze	18,983	- 23.8%	113,884	- 7.4%
Chevrolet HHR	11	- 98.7%	20	- 99.9%
Dodge Caliber	995	- 74.7%	8982	- 58.2%
Dodge Dart	202	-----	202	-----
Fiat 500	4004	+ 122%	20,706	+ 319%
Ford Fiesta	4589	- 17.1%	31,326	- 25.6%
Ford Focus	21,186	- 0.9%	131,423	+ 34.1%
Honda Civic	27,500	+ 57.3%	162,582	+ 27.4%
Honda Fit	4584	- 6.7%	24,290	- 29.4%
Hyundai Accent	5660	+ 56.7%	36,470	+ 51.8%
Hyundai Elantra	17,655	- 11.7%	97,769	- 5.4%
Kia Forte	7461	- 8.9%	40,800	- 5.2%
Kia Rio	3668	+ 87.7%	22,396	+ 87.7%
Kia Soul	10,199	- 9.9%	63,635	+ 15.7%
Mazda 2	938	- 13.2%	10,151	+ 36.4%
Mazda 3	8835	+ 2.6%	59,527	+ 15.5%
Mini Cooper	4176	+ 9.8%	22,799	+ 5.2%
Mitsubishi i MiEV	33	-----	333	-----
Mitsubishi Lancer	1529	- 21.0%	8495	- 18.4%
Nissan Cube	711	- 45.8%	4085	- 64.5%
Nissan Sentra	9211	+ 14.0%	55,984	- 14.0%
Nissan Versa	8746	+ 101%	60,919	+ 32.8%
Scion iQ	702	-----	5084	-----
Scion xB	1869	+ 126%	10,206	+ 19.0%
Scion xD	1017	+ 76.9%	5502	+ 6.7%
smart fortwo	1017	+ 208%	4748	+ 85.8%
Subaru Impreza	6319	+ 129%	46,702	+ 121%
Suzuki SX4	1161	+ 5.1%	6457	+ 6.7%
Toyota Corolla/Matrix	26,647	+ 41.2%	151,726	+ 11.0%
Toyota Prius C	3657	-----	16,231	-----
Toyota Yaris	2007	+ 43.2%	19,971	+ 70.9%
Volkswagen Beetle	2914	+ 145,600%	12,654	+ 1116%
Volkswagen Golf	4092	+ 23.6%	20,882	+ 17.5%
Volkswagen Jetta	13,604	- 20.5%	83,203	- 9.3%

Large Car	June 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Buick LaCrosse	7206	+ 20.8%	30,892	+ 5.3%
Buick Lucerne	21	- 98.5%	943	- 93.4%
Chevrolet Impala	17,274	+ 5.8%	98,495	- 5.0%
Chrysler 300	6971	+ 179%	40,701	+ 198%
Dodge Charger	8532	+ 18.3%	45,763	+ 20.9%
Ford Taurus	8328	+ 24.8%	38,221	+ 13.5%
Hyundai Azera	1001	+ 351%	3166	+ 189%
Nissan Maxima	4605	+ 1.5%	30,104	+ 13.5%
Toyota Avalon	1768	- 18.6%	16,651	+ 23.9%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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