Canada Full Year 2013: Ford F-Series breaks volume record again in all-time high market

The Ford F-Series breaks the all-time annual volume record for any model in Canada for the 2nd straight year.

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2013 is the strongest ever year for new light vehicle sales in Canada, with the market gaining 4% on 2012 to reach 1.74 million registrations including December up 4% also to 113,036 units. The previous record dates back to 2002 at 1.696.803. This increase is solely due to very strong truck sales, up 7% year-on-year while car sales are flat.

The Civic is the #1 passenger car in Canada for the 16th year in a row, something Honda marketing is using.

The big event this year is the record-breaking run of the Ford F-Series. After becoming the first nameplate in the history of automobile in Canada to sell more than 100,000 units in a single year in 2012, the F-Series smashes that record again as early as October and finishes 2013 up 15% to an all-time high 122.000+ units. This means the F-Series has beaten the all-time annual volume record 3 times in the last 4 years (add 2010 with almost 98.000 units), and retained the top spot for the last 5 years in a row, pushing Ford to its best year overall since 1997.

The GMC Sierra ranks 5th in Canada this year.

The Ram Pick-up also delivers an all-time record year, up 16% to over 80.000 units, its first time crossing both the 70,000 and 80,000 annual unit-marks. For its part the Honda Civic delivers its 16th consecutive year atop the passenger cars ranking with sales down 1% to 64,063, ranking third overall and managing to shed the Hyundai Elantra which was #1 up until June and finishes #2 passenger car and #4 overall this year thanks to 54,760 units, up 7%. There is a third pick-up truck in the Top 5: the GMC Sierra is up 10% and two spots on 2012 to 46,908 sales, passing the Dodge Grand Caravan (-9%) and Ford Escape (+2%).

Hyundai Santa Fe sales are up 25% in Canada in 2013.

Further down, notice the Toyota RAV4 up 28% to #13, the Hyundai Santa Fe up 25% to #15, Ford Fusion up 21% to #18, Mazda CX-5 up 56% to #23, Honda Accord up 73% to #25, Nissan Sentra up 31% to #30, Subaru Forester up 57% to #40 and Honda Fit up 101% to #49. Finally, the Dodge Dart lands at #47 with 9,870 sales for its first full year in market.

Previous month: Canada December 2013: Honda CR-V on podium, Fit up to #14

One year ago: Canada Full Year 2012: Ford F-Series first vehicle above 100,000 annual sales

Two years ago:  Canada Full Year 2011: Ford F-Series and Dodge Ram on top

Full Year 2013 Top 264 All-models and Top 35 brands below.