World Best Selling Compact Cars Rankings in 2025. While the Toyota Corolla retained leadership, the Geely Xingyuan reported record gains into 2nd. Moreover, the Xpeng MONA M03 also impressed by climbind 264 spots into 10th.
Looking at YTD data up to September 2025 for global rankings of compact cars, that is, 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.
The Toyota Corolla was still the top model with a 11.5% share, despite losing 8.2% in year-on-year volume. 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.
The Geely Xingyuan showed outstanding growth into 2nd, climbing 272 spots and securing a 5.3% share of the total. The Honda Civic ranked 3rd, losing 1 spot and 9.5% to secure a 4.7% share.
The Hyundai Elantra ranked 4th (-0.2%), followed by the Volkswagen Golf -down 2 spots- in 5th (-11.7%), the Volkswagen Sagitar -down 1 spot- in 6th (+5.7%), and the Audi A3 -up 1 spot- in 7th (+4.6%).
The Nissan Sentra –down 2 spots- ranked in 8th (-1.5%) ahead of the Lada Granta in 9th (-3.7%), while the Xpeng MONA M03 –up 272 spots- skyrocketed into 10th.
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 25 models.
