The 2015 Versa Note SR brings a dash of hot - hatch excitement to what's already the best -
selling subcompact family in the country, although folks should know that, despite the dynamic design upgrade, the new model does not offer a corresponding performance upgrade.On the other hand, it does enjoy fuel - economy marks of 31 mpg city / 40 mpg highway / 35 mpg combined.
Media Awards: Cars.com - Corolla the Best Deal for Commuters in 2010 MotorIntellegence - Best
Selling Subcompact in America, 2010 Safety Awards: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)- 2010 IIHS Top Safety Pick, Highest - possible frontal crash test rating in its class, Highest - possible side crash test rating in its class, Five - star rating in driver...
Media Awards: Cars.com - Corolla the Best Deal for Commuters in 2010 MotorIntellegence - Best
Selling Subcompact in America, 2010 Safety Awards: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)- 2010 IIHS Top Safety Pick, Highest - possible frontal crash test rating in its class, Highest - possible side crash test rating in its class, Five - star rating in driver side - impact crash test.
After all, the Crosstrek has been the best -
selling subcompact crossover in the US for three years in a row.
The Fiesta is Ford's top - selling passenger car in Europe and was the second best -
selling subcompact car in the region through October after the Volkswagen Polo with sales of 253,180 through October (down 5.8 percent), according to data from JATO Dynamics market researchers.
-- February 2016 YTD Sales: 1,214 — Canada's top -
selling subcompact crossover, the Fit - based Honda HR - V is now only nine months into its run.
The 5 - star safety rated Chevrolet Trax and its cousin the Buick Encore were among the best -
selling subcompact crossovers in America in 2016.
The best -
selling subcompact sedan in the U.S. is getting a makeover and what better place to unveil a makeover than New York's Manhattan Island?
-- February 2018 YTD Sales: +43 % to 681 — Boosted by the arrival of an all - new fourth - gen model (with standard heated front seats and heated steering wheel), the Kia Rio is a handful of sales ahead of the Honda Fit as Canada's third - best -
selling subcompact car.
The company, which initially
sold subcompact Hyundai Excel models in America, was a phenomenal success.
Not exact matches
Buick's best -
selling model is the
subcompact Encore crossover, and Cadillac's biggest debut this year has been the XT4, a model the company is making to finally catch up with rivals already in the luxury crossover segment.
Now that General Motors has given the Wankel its seal of approval by indicating that some versions of its Vega
subcompact will be
sold with rotary engines as early as Spring 1974, there is little question that automobiles of every size and nationality will be humming along under «R.C. Power» by the end of the decade.
Citing «senior sources,» the report suggests that the car could be based on the i20, which is closely related to the Accent
subcompact sold in North America, and that it could join Hyundai's lineup instead of Kia's.
According to recent reports, it's possible the car could be based on the global i20, which is closely related to the Accent
subcompact sold in the U.S..
Over the years, the Scion lineup had its ups and downs, with highs like the sporty FR - S coupe and lows like the poorly received and slow -
selling iQ
subcompact hatchback.
The cheeky little Spark, for its part, seems to have struck a chord with a sizable slice of the
subcompact buying segment,
selling some 3000 to 5000 units a month and enjoying special popularity in crowded urban centers like Chicago.
As much as I like the interior, the leather and how nice it looks in general, if I were
sold on having a
subcompact SUV, I'd find it hard to walk past the Trax and buy the Encore.
The
subcompact Sonic continues to
sell briskly, having moved 7525 copies last month (up a whopping 427.7 percent); just launched earlier this year, the diminutive Spark had strong sales of 2223 units in September.
Look no further than Opel, whose Adam premium minicar and Mokka
subcompact crossover (
sold here as a Buick Encore) have been popular with buyers.
Fiat currently
sells an electric version of its iconic 500
subcompact only in its North American market.
Like the Nissan Leaf (which
sold 470 copies), the Mitsu EV is pricey: at $ 32,998, it's about twice the cost of a better - equipped and roomier gas - only
subcompact.
The new Jeep Renegade isn't exactly what most people picture when the word «Jeep» is uttered, but so far in 2016 it has been among the best -
selling of the entire
subcompact crossover segment.
The Sonic is the only
Subcompact car
sold in North America that is built in the United States.
With only 168 copies
sold last year, the pure - electric Mitsubishi i - MiEV
subcompact five - door hatchback was not only one of the worst -
selling cars in Canada it was also the worst -
selling electric vehicle in Canada, too.
The Soul is wildly popular with buyers,
selling 115,000 a year, beating and out even the more mainstream
subcompact vehicles.
It may be more difficult these days to buy a $ 12,000
subcompact car than it is a $ 60,000 luxury machine.There are dozens of small cars that
sell for between $ 10,000 and $ 12,000.
There's no doubt that
subcompact enthusiasts were severely disappointed when Mazda announced that it had no immediate plans of bringing the next - gen 2016 Mazda2 to the U.S. Fortunately, there's another viable option for passionate small - car fans that doesn't involve stepping foot into a Scion dealership (where the new 2015 Mazda 2 sedan is
sold as the 2016 Scion iA).
The Mitsubishi Mirage, a five - door
subcompact, also added to the party, with 1,451 units
sold in June.
The third - generation Kia Rio
subcompact (known as the Pride in Korea and K2 in China) is a global vehicle
sold in three body styles: three - door hatchback, five - door hatchback, and four - door sedan.
More than 450,000 small and
subcompact sport - utility vehicles were
sold in 2016, with the segment up seven per cent, and
subcompact sport - utes up roughly...
B - segments, city cars,
subcompacts — whatever you call the really tiny cars they're
selling here now, they're still sort of coming into their own.
In terms of interior space, the CX - 3 trails some of its
subcompact rivals, but in terms of the fun - to - drive factor it's hard to beat — Mazda works hard to make sure every vehicle they
sell is worthy of the «Zoom - Zoom» tagline.
The Plymouth Colt - a true world car also
sold in this country as the Dodge Colt, Mitsubishi Mirage and Eagle Summit - is a reasonably comfortable little
subcompact, but one that doesn't offer much more than reliable commuting.
The 2016 Toyota Yaris is in a similar situation: Two thirds of the way through the 2015
selling season, the Toyota Camry was the No. 1 midsize sedan in the country, the Toyota Corolla was the No. 1 compact, and the Yaris was... dead last among the eight mainstream
subcompact nameplates.
Today, Toyota
sells three main versions of this 4 - door, 5 - passenger car: the «traditional» compact hatchback discussed here, the
subcompact Prius c hatchback, and the larger, midsize Prius v wagon.
Introduced in September 1975, the Chevette superseded the Vega as Chevrolet's entry - level
subcompact, and
sold 2.8 million units over 12 years.
The Demio is Mazda's mainstay
subcompact car and is
sold overseas as the Mazda2.
The Acura CDX is a
subcompact crossover based on the Honda HR - V that's currently
sold in China only.
This new Insight seems to be about the same size as the Honda Fit, which is similar in size to the Toyota Matrix or Echo, but Toyota so far has not introduced hybrid technology for its smaller sized cars, atleast not here in the USA, perhaps because their marketing testing tells them such smaller
subcompact hybrids would not
sell well here.
At that time, AMC
sold its successful line of Jeeps, Eagle four - wheel drive wagons and the Renault Alliance
subcompacts.
Subcompacts are an increasing force in 2014, but so is Honda's Civic, the best -
selling car in Canada.
In line with continued consumer demand, sales of Mazda's
subcompact crossover SUV, Mazda CX - 3, rose 38.1 percent YOY, with 1,728 vehicles
sold in the month of March.
- October 2014 YTD Sales: down 39.5 % to 2130 — No
subcompact in Canada
sells less often than the 2, a car which is marketed in Canada with some last - gen tech.
Currently, compact SUVs have become the top -
selling segment in Canada — led by the Nissan Rogue through the end of March — and the
subcompact SUV segment has followed that ascension, too.
Realizing that 70 percent of
subcompacts sold in the U.S. are of the hatchback variety, Toyota has killed off the sedan model, offering only a 3 - door and 5 - door hatch.
Nissan's new Sentra - even with its buzzy engine - should prove to be a viable competitor to the Saturn SL2, Dodge and Plymouth Neon and the other best -
selling cars in the
subcompact / compact class.
Fiat dealers in America are unsurprisingly finding it difficult to turn a profit by
selling just a
subcompact, and are hoping that the new products hitting the US will help boost sales.
Similar to Ford, Toyota is late to the
subcompact SUV game, but experts say it's better now than never as competing brand models (such as the Nissan Juke) are
selling particularly well.
Scion will
sell its all - new iA sedan south of the border, while
subcompact sedans - loving Canadians will essentially get the same car badged as a Toyota Yaris sedan.
The 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport extends the Rogue brand down to the
subcompact crossover market and gives Nissan a chance to
sell a half - million Rogues in the next year.