Year-over-year, MX-5 sales jumped 23% to 1345 units, a pre-summer boost bolstered by increasing availability of the retractable hardtop MX-5 Miata RF. It was the best March for the MX-5 since 2008.
U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2017 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - March 2017 YTD
But sales of the MX-5 actually increased at an even greater rate, if you factor in the number of Mazdas sold in another showroom.
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Combined, the duo produced 1764 sales in March 2017, a 62% year-over-year improvement.
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 now sortable, so you can rank sports cars, coupes, and GTs any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • February 2017 • March 2016
American Muscle | March 2017 | March 2016 | % Change | 2017 YTD | 2016 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7052 | 6879 | 2.5% | 15,298 | 18,581 | -17.7% | |
6225 | 5325 | 16.9% | 15,725 | 16,128 | -2.5% | |
9120 | 12,563 | -27.4% | 22,464 | 30,136 | -25.5% | |
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Total | 22,397 | 24,767 | -9.6% | 53,487 | 64,845 | -17.5% |
Euro Sports Cars | March 2017 | March 2016 | % Change | 2017 YTD | 2016 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 | 43 | 65.1% | 140 | 158 | 11.4% | |
267 | 308 | -13.3% | 621 | 663 | -6.3% | |
111 | 120 | -7.5% | 269 | 217 | 24.0% | |
492 | 426 | 15.5% | 1166 | 1124 | 3.7% | |
361 | 314 | 15.0% | 865 | 850 | 1.8% | |
149 | 249 | -40.2% | 438 | 685 | -36.1% | |
188 | 384 | -51.0% | 668 | 809 | -17.4% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 1639 | 1844 | -11.1% | 4167 | 4506 | -7.5% |
Misc. Sporty Cars | March 2017 | March 2016 | % Change | 2017 YTD | 2016 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
674 | 784 | -14.0% | 1311 | 1901 | -31.0% | |
993 | 1606 | -38.2% | 2249 | 3401 | -33.9% | |
498 | 814 | -38.8% | 1442 | 1397 | 3.2% | |
2460 | 2753 | -10.6% | 5804 | 6370 | -8.9% | |
419 | --- | --- | 961 | --- | --- | |
129 | 163 | -20.9% | 336 | 483 | -30.4% | |
1829 | 105 | 1642% | 3371 | 409 | 724% | |
619 | 1194 | -48.2% | 1561 | 2869 | -45.6% | |
1345 | 1090 | 23.4% | 3382 | 2409 | 40.4% | |
500 | 576 | -13.2% | 1248 | 1344 | -7.1% | |
439 | 425 | 3.3% | 987 | 1211 | -18.5% | |
3050 | 2737 | 11.4% | 7690 | 7453 | 3.2% | |
705 | 669 | 5.4% | 1782 | 1730 | 3.0% | |
--- | 109 | -100% | --- | 342 | -100% | |
2010 | 1968 | 2.1% | 5605 | 5097 | 10.0% | |
521 | 404 | 29.0% | 1461 | 1173 | 24.6% | |
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Total | 16,191 | 15,397 | 5.2% | 39,190 | 37,589 | 4.3% |
Premium Sporty Cars | March 2017 | March 2016 | % Change | 2017 YTD | 2016 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | --- | --- | 133 | --- | --- | |
69 | 7 | 886% | 199 | 27 | 637% | |
134 | 91 | 47.3% | 260 | 168 | 54.8% | |
49 | 89 | -44.9% | 157 | 175 | -10.3% | |
2 | 104 | -98.1% | 5 | 262 | -98.1% | |
71 | 65 | 9.2% | 178 | 137 | 29.9% | |
2 | --- | --- | 5 | --- | --- | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | 2 | -100% | |
--- | 2 | -100% | --- | 5 | -100% | |
68 | 190 | -64.2% | 244 | 364 | -33.0% | |
103 | 140 | -26.4% | 277 | 360 | -23.1% | |
262 | 304 | -13.8% | 724 | 887 | -18.4% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | 1 | -100% | |
75 | 66 | 13.6% | 195 | 162 | 20.4% | |
652 | 938 | -30.5% | 2018 | 2159 | -6.5% | |
--- | 1 | -100% | --- | 1 | -100% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 1524 | 1997 | -23.7% | 4395 | 4710 | -6.7% |
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales figures of the 1-Series and 2-Series.
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the 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. The BMW 6-Series has been removed from the premium list because we don't use this space as a showcase for sedans (unless automakers release data for high-end sporting models like the Lexus ISF, as Toyota Canada does) and the 6-Series lineup now relies heavily on a sedan variant. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for Aston Martin and Lotus in the first three months of 2017 were 171 and 9, respectively. Figures through the first three months of 2017 for Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Rolls-Royce were 552, 732, 229, and 359, respectively.
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