World Best Selling Compact Cars ranking up to April 2024. Toyota Corolla still leads the rankings, followed by the Honda Civic (+39.0%). Volkswagen Golf booms 36.8% in registrations.
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.
In 2024, the Toyota Corolla is again the Queen of the segment with 366,967 cumulative sales up to April (+11.2%). 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 is the Honda Civic with 170,582 cumulative registrations up to April (+39.0%). 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 ranks the Volkswagen Golf with 117,899 sales (+36.8%), followed by the Hyundai Elantra with 101,208 (-6.2%), the Audi A3 with 75,838 (+13.9%), and the Volkswagen Sagitar -down 1 spot- with 73,053 (+2.9%).
The Nissan Sentra -up 4 spots- with 67,787 registrations ranks in seventh place (+30.5%) ahead of Maruti Baleno -down 1 spot- with 66,784 (-0.8%), the Changan Eado with 54,384 (+5.0%) and in 10th place the Mazda 3 with 53,749 (+15.3%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 25 models.
