World Best Selling Compact Cars ranking up to August 2024. Toyota Corolla still leading the rankings, followed by the Honda Civic (+6.1%). BYD Destroyer 05 rose 24 spots into 9th.
Looking at the global ranking for compact cars, autos with a size around 4.5 meters in sedan or hatch body, we keep celebrating the success of the model leading this segment since over 25 years.
Looking at cumulative data up to August 2024, the Toyota Corolla was still the top model, with 711,658 cumulative sales (+0.8%). Produced in Japan since 1966, the Corolla has been the best-selling nameplate in the World for 25 years and is also the best-selling car in all history, with over 60 million units sold so far.
In second place there was the Honda Civic with 307,286 cumulative registrations (+6.1%). Launched in 1972, it is actually at the 11th generation (since 2021), available as both sedan and liftback. The last generation is the only Civic not to offer a coupe version since the second generation because of its declining sales.
In third position ranked the Hyundai Elantra with 200,945 sales (-10%), followed by the Nissan Sentra -up 6 spots- with 154,031 (+36.8%), the Lada Granta -up 3 spots- with 151,192 (+12.8%), and the Volkswagen Sagitar -down 2 spot- with 147,168 (-12.4%).
The Audi A3 down 2 spots- with 142,147 registrations ranked in seventh place (-0.3%) ahead of the Volkswagen Golf -down 2 spot- with 140,772 (+3.2%), the BYD Destroyer 05 – up 24 spots- with 137,523 (+150.6%) and in 10th place the Maruti Baleno -down 3 spots- with 116,315 (-14.1%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 25 models.
