High oil prices sell economic cars and recession (which according to some we are heading to) sells cheap cars.
Mirage is both cheap and frugal, but will it ever sell as good as Versa?
Last year segment sale numbers:
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2016/01...r-end.html?m=1
Subcompact 2015 2014 %Change
Chevrolet Sonic 64,775 93,518 -30.7%
Ford Fiesta 64,458 63,192 2.0%
Honda Fit 52,724 59,340 -11.1%
Hyundai Accent 61,486 63,309 -2.9%
Kia Rio 23,742 35,933 -33.9%
Nissan Versa 144,528 139,781 3.4%
City Car 2015 2014 %Change
Chevrolet Spark 32,853 39,159 -16.1%
Mitsubishi Mirage 21,515 16,708 28.8%
Smart Fortwo 7484 10,453 -28.4%