May's Fastest- and Slowest-Selling Cars - Cars.com News
We often call it a trend, but after so many months of SUVs and trucks dominating the list of fastest-selling cars in the country we have to call it the norm. Car shoppers simply aren't rabid for the traditional car any longer. In May, 17 of the 21 fastest-selling vehicles were SUVs and trucks, and one of those other four was a station wagon, last month's fastest-seller the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen. Like March's fastest-seller, Jeep's Renegade, the HR-V is a subcompact SUV based off of Honda's smallest car, the Fit. It took an average of 57 days to sell a new car in May, which is an improvement from last May when it took 61 days to sell car. BMW's large coupe, the 6 Series, dominated the slowest-sellers list for another month with five different variations in the bottom 10. But affordable cars like Chevrolet's Sonic and Kia's Rio are there too. The midsize sedan was redesigned for 2015 and won our $27,000 Midsize Sedan Challenge late last year. Yet it is the second-slowest-selling midsize sedan - behind only the soon-to-be-updated Chevy Malibu at 119 days - at 90 days. Kia's Optima, also soon to be updated, sold faster at 79 days. Shoppers will get a great all-around car and likely a good deal on a new Sonata if this data is any indication. Source: www.cars.com
