Last month, Americans drove away from Subaru dealerships in 3,716 new WRXs and STIs, a record for the Impreza-based hot- hatch duo. Year-over-year volume jumped 85% in July 2015, an increase of 1,711 units for the Subaru brand, which shot up 11% to 50,517 total sales, the first time since last August that Subaru Of America, Inc. has topped the 50K mark.


So, is 3,716 sales a lot? By the standards of Camrys and CR-Vs and F-150s, no. Not even by the standards of Foresters and Outbacks. (Subaru set a July record with the Forester, 15,811 of which were sold.) Subaru remains an automaker focused on generating volume with high-riding crossovers and wagons: seven out of every ten Subaru USA sales in July were produced by the Forester, Outback, and XV Crosstrek, their three-best-selling models.




But by the WRX/STI’s own standards, yes, July’s 3,716-unit total was prodigious. Here are three ways you can put the figure into context.


Volkswagen sold 1780 copies of the GTI and 132 copies of the Golf R in July, 1912 hot Golfs in total. That’s little more than half the WRX/STI’s total.

In July 2014, the WRX/STI accounted for 4.4% of all Subaru volume. In July 2015, that figure rose to 7.4%.

Combined, Subaru and Scion sold 1583 BRZ FR-S


Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.