World Best Selling Compact Cars Rankings in 2024 were shaken by the BYD Destroyer 05 performance, up 153.2% into 6th. Despite slowing down, the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic held onto their top positions.
Looking at full-year data 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 1,08 million sales (-3.1%). 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 451,824 registrations (-3.4%). 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 Volkswagen Golf -up 1 spot- with 316,254 sales (+8.9%), followed by the Hyundai Elantra -down 1 spot- with 297,197 (-9.6%), the Volkswagen Sagitar with 241,127 (-15.4%), and the BYD Destroyer 05 -up 27 spots- with 217,232 (+153.2%).
The Lada Granta down 2 spots- with 206,630 registrations ranked in seventh place (-1.5%) ahead of the Nissan Sentra -up 4 spots- with 201,881 (+28.5%), the Audi A3 –up 3 spots- with 198,357 (-10.1%) and in 10th place the Maruti Baleno -down 2 spots- with 172,094 (-11.3%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 25 models.