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| Sporty Car Sales Chart Click Either Chart For Larger View |
Year-to-date, sales of the Camaro are down 4% while sales of the Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang are up 8% and 19%, respectively. 2012 will end as the Mustang's best American sales year since 2008.
Because BMW has chosen to rename the coupe and convertible 3-Series' as the 4-Series, we are assured that sales figures for these cars will be available sometime next year. Presently, GoodCarBadCar groups the 3-Series with small/entry luxury cars alongside the Audi A4, the full Infiniti G family, and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
The majority of sporting automobiles don't line up directly with one another. One group that does appear to form a competitive set is the German quintet: TT, Z4, SLK, Boxster, Cayman. That sales race could have been called long before the end of November. With one of 2012's months remaining, the Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class is very nearly as popular as the TT and Z4 combined. The Benz easily outsells the Porsche duo. There is one change to report. As a result of the recent surge by the third-generation 981 Boxster, it now ranks second in the group.
As much as GoodCarBadCar would prefer to include the Hyundai Veloster Turbo and not the whole Veloster range, Hyundai doesn't release sales figures that way. Neither does any other automaker. The Veloster, full Mini Cooper range, and Volkswagen Beetle are also listed in the small car section of GoodCarBadCar. New to this month's sporty car sales chart is the cushy Volkswagen Beetle Convertible. Four were sold in November. We only hope Volkswagen USA continues to offer this breakdown. 1983 Beetle hardtops were sold, as well.
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| Premium Sporty Car Sales Chart |
Click either of the two accompanying charts for a larger view. In those charts, cars are ranked by volume - they're listed alphabetically in the tables below.
Sporty Car | November 2012 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
1385 | + 39.3% | 15,698 | + 11.2% | |
216 | + 31.7% | 2031 | + 0.5% | |
619 | - 6.8% | 6932 | - 12.4% | |
229 | + 46.8% | 2427 | - 23.7% | |
4464 | - 12.9% | 78,554 | - 3.6% | |
1104 | + 21.3% | 12,841 | + 5.9% | |
2868 | - 4.3% | 39,177 | + 8.1% | |
5309 | + 37.4% | 77,458 | + 18.5% | |
244 | - 20.0% | 3949 | - 63.3% | |
2084 | - 17.9% | 32,886 | + 363% | |
978 | + 10.5% | 11,982 | - 10.3% | |
369 | + 25.5% | 5911 | + 10.8% | |
427 | + 107% | 4150 | + 40.5% | |
325 | + 19.9% | 4488 | - 3.8% | |
149 | - 47.9% | 2702 | + 286% | |
196 | ----- | 2098 | ----- | |
26 | - 83.2% | 1153 | - 84.4% | |
450 | + 26.4% | 6932 | + 0.8% | |
467 | + 765% | 2519 | + 45.2% | |
4 | - 96.5% | 452 | - 65.5% | |
1350 | ----- | 9922 | ----- | |
1493 | - 5.4% | 21,283 | + 2.1% | |
527 | ----- | 3647 | ----- | |
1353 | + 10.0% | 11,982 | - 4.5% | |
4 | ----- | 4 | - 99.5% | |
313 | - 18.7% | 5842 | - 17.9% | |
1003 | - 11.5% | 15,229 | - 2.0% | |
277 | ----- | 3602 | ----- | |
292 | - 14.9% | 4233 | - 9.1% |
Premium Sporty Car | November 2012 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
50 | - 40.5% | 751 | - 25.8% | |
919 | + 67.4% | 7171 | + 126% | |
106 | - 24.8% | 1500 | - 4.2% | |
4 | 0.0% | 40 | - 23.1% | |
63 | - 20.3% | 652 | - 26.4% | |
573 | + 625% | 4396 | + 226% | |
28 | - 83.4% | 762 | + 19.8% | |
85 | + 51.8% | 1139 | - 9.5% | |
765 | + 93.7% | 8009 | + 43.2% |
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two 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.
Related From GoodCarBadCar.net
Sporty Car & Premium Sporty Car Sales In America - December & 2012 Year End
U.S. Sporty Car & Premium Sporty Car Sales - October 2012
U.S. Sporty Car & Premium Sporty Car Sales - November 2011
Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - November 2012
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - November 2012
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