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Sporty Car Sales In America August 2014 YTD

2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata red rear
Although 2014 is the year in which the new Mustang debuted, it appears as though well have to wait until 2015 to see if Fords pony car can outsell the Chevrolet Camaro, something the Mustang hasnt done since 2009, before the Camaro was available for a full calendar year.

• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD

USA sports car sales chart August 2014
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The Mustang, now in production in sixth-generation form, posted a slight increase in U.S. August sales but trailed the declining Camaro by 2256 units. Chevrolet thus expanded its year-to-date lead over the Mustang to 8094 units. For the fifth and sixth-gen Mustangs to overcome that deficit by years end, the Mustang would need to outsell the Camaro by an average of 2024 units in each of the remaining four months.

 For Dodge to turn 2014 into the sixth consecutive year of Challenger sales growth, Dodge will need to sell 16,706 more Challengers this year during a period in which only 12,817 Challengers were sold a year ago, a 30% rate of growth.

The Jaguar F-Type once again outsold a handful of its less costly European rivals in August 2014, besting the next-best-selling Porsche Boxster by 31 units last month. Porsche also sold 1015 911s, the first time Porsche crested the 1000-unit mark since April 2012. 

 BMW USA reported their first nine i8 sales in August 2014. Among the early deliveries, i8s found owners in Roger Penske, Rick Hendrick, and Tony Fadell, the founder of Nest.
2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata cutaway
Besides the release of U.S. sales figures for August and the first eight months of 2014, last week also saw the introduction of Mazdas fourth-generation MX-5 Miata, the ND. Its an attention-grabber.

 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 GCBCs Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank sports cars, coupes, and GTs any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

 Click Column Headers To Sort • September 2014 • July 2014 • August 2013
Sporty Car
August
2014
August
2013
%
Change
2014
YTD
2013
YTD
%
Change
Chevrolet Camaro
8134
8875-8.3%64,767 59,1569.5%
Dodge Challenger
4182
4392-4.8%34,757 38,645-10.1%
Ford Mustang
5878
58660.2%56,67354,7453.5%
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Total
18,194
19,133-4.9%156,197 152,546 2.4%

Sporty Car
August
2014
August
2013
%
Change
2014
YTD
2013
YTD
%
Change
Audi TT
86
198-56.6%10561352-21.9%
BMW Z4
114
177-35.6%14471790-19.2%
Jaguar F-Type
378
401-5.7%2616 131898.5%
Mercedes-Benz SLK
341
385-11.4%3106 3165-1.9%
Porsche Boxster
347
348-0.3%2749 3457-20.5%
Porsche Cayman
280
321-12.8%2323 21209.6%
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Total
1546
1830-15.5%13,297 13,202 0.7%

Other Sporty Cars
August
2014
August
2013
%
Change
2014
YTD
2013
YTD
%
Change
Audi A5
1813
17573.2%11,96112,977-7.8%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^
657
6284.6%456344263.1%
Chevrolet Corvette
2679
655309.0%23,4836999 235.5%
Honda CR-Z
342
483-29.2%2697 3282 -17.8%
Infiniti Q60 & G37 Coupe/Convertible *
602
1054-42.9%53047315-27.5%
Mazda MX-5 Miata
379
578-34.4%3441 4390-21.6%
Mazda RX-8
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Mitsubishi Eclipse
---
--------- 109 -100.0%
Nissan 370Z
691
853-19.0%5441 456019.3%
Scion FR-S
1429
1902-24.9%10,262 13,537 -24.2%
Subaru BRZ
720
868-17.1%5739 56421.7%
Subaru Impreza WRX *
1474
123519.4%16,714 12,25936.3%
Volkswagen Eos
302
382-20.9%26033160-17.6%
Volkswagen GTI *
2026
138146.7%10,524 917114.8%
Volkswagen Golf R *
---
117-100.0%15 1422-98.9%
Volvo C70
13
541-97.6%7692310-66.7%
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Total
13,127
12,4345.6%103,517 91,560 13.1%

Sporty Hatchbacks
August
2014
August
2013
%
Change
2014
YTD
2013
YTD
%
Change
Fiat 500 *
3329
297611.9%23,87926,868 -11.1%
Hyundai Veloster *
2981
3093-3.6%20,18821,005 -3.9%
Mini Cooper *
2366
4146-42.9%18,44928,738 -35.8%
Scion tC *
2128
2546-16.4%13,056 13,347 -2.2%
Volkswagen Beetle *
2905
4921-41.0%21,48531,364 -31.5%
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Total
13,709
17,682-22.5%97,057 121,322 -20.0%

Premium Sporty Car
August
2014
August
2013
%
Change
2014
YTD
2013
YTD
%
Change
Audi R8
50
76-34.2%525547-4.0%
BMW i8
9
------9------
Cadillac ELR
196
------774------
Dodge Viper
38
61-37.7%43838115.0%
Jaguar XK
136
66106.1%1093 97412.2%
Lexus LFA
3
------15 17-11.8%
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class
17
27-37.0%171319-46.4%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
314
716-56.1%31745035-37.0%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
26
32-18.8%204 301-32.2%
Nissan GT-R
208
12369.1%859876-1.9%
Porsche 911
1015
76932.0%7032 68892.1%
Porsche 918 Spyder
15
------19 ------
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Total
2027
18708.4%14,313 15,339 -6.7%
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* 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 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 dont 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 dont 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 those brands in August 2014 were 102, 175, 59, 14, and 75, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesnt release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1200 August Tesla sales, 10,600 YTD.

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Sporty Car Sales In America - September 2014 YTD
Sporty Car Sales In America - July 2014 YTD
Sporty Car Sales In America - August 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - August 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - August 2014 YTD
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