Mazda CX-9 sales are up 21.6% year-on-year in January. The Canadian new light vehicle market skids down -17.4% year-on-year in January to 90.890 units according to DesRosiers Automotive, as many parts of the country were under lockdown during the month. The three main automotive groups still reporting sales monthly all…
Cadillac (+4.2%) is the only year-on-year gainer in Canada in 2020. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada dive -19.7% year-on-year in 2020 to 1.560.840 units, the weakest result since 2009. The drop is equivalent to almost 400.000 lost sales vs. the 1.942.717…
Volvo Canada sales are up 13.1% in a market down -10.4%. According to local consultancy DesRosiers, the Canadian new vehicle market is down -10.4% year-on-year in November to 128.351 units, a much larger drop than last month's -2%. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has indeed triggered the return of…
Volvo sales are up 25.5% in a Canadian market down an estimated 2%. Local consultancy Desrosiers estimates new light vehicle sales in Canada dip roughly -2% year-on-year to around 158.000 sales. This is the 7th year-on-year drop this year but an indication sales are stabilising after gaining 2.4% in September. It…
Subaru sales in Canada shoot up 39% year-on-year in September. Picture caranddriver.com 14/10 update: Now with complete models data and revised Tesla + overall market volumes. Similarly to its neighbour the U.S., in September Canada scores its first year-on-year gain since the pandemic hit with volumes estimated up 2.4% to…
The new Seltos breaks its volume record, helping Kia up 14.9%. Estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers have the Canadian new light vehicle market down -8.9% year-on-year in August to 165.837 units, a slight worsening from the -4.9% of July which brings the year-to-date tally down -27% to 975.356 units. The Seasonally Adjusted…
Lexus sales surge 17.5% year-on-year in a market down -4.9%. According to local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, new light vehicle sales are estimated to drop by just -4.9% year-on-year in July to 165.020, the best hold since last February as the country recovers from the the Covid-19 crisis and minimises new…
Mazda sales lift 8.9% year-on-year in a June market down -16.3% 29/07 update: Now with Q2 Top 290 All-models sales. June new light vehicle sales in Canada are estimated to drop -16.3% year-on-year in June to 155.439 units according to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, who says "June undoubtedly saw the…
Kia sales drop just -25.4% in Canada in May, partly thanks to the new Seltos. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive estimates 113.224 new light vehicle found a home in Canada in May, which is a -44.2% year-on-year drop compared to the 202.800 it estimated a year ago for its selection of brands…
11/05 update: Now with April data for 85 selected models. According to local consultancy DesRosiers, Canadian new light vehicle sales drop -74.6% year-on-year in April to just 45.833 units vs. 180.616 in April 2019 as COVID-19 lockdowns kept most non-essential businesses closed throughout the month, including car showrooms in both…
The GMC Sierra (+4.5%) is up to third place in Canada in Q1. Picture caranddriver.com As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by mid-March all of Canada's provinces and territories had declared states of emergency with various degrees of movement restrictions, and travellers from all countries including the U.S. were banned…
Toyota sales surge 13.9% in February, the Highlander is up 34.7% 12/03 update: Now with brands actuals and official February sales for 115 models. Note previously published groups and brands data was incorrect. After a relatively complete January, Canada follows the U.S. in killing monthly sales reporting, with only 10 brands…
The Hyundai Venue tops recent launches in January. Picture Caranddriver. Replicating the US situation we just covered, the monthly reporting stampede which started with GM in late 2018 has also spread to Canada with all manufacturers that stopped monthly US reporting bar Nissan/Mitsubishi now doing the same for Canada, leaving…
The Ram Pickup outsold the Ford F-Series for the first time in December. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada endure a second straight year of decline in 2019 at -3.7% to 1.928.829 registrations, the first time the market drops below the…
Hyundai sales gain 5.1% in Canada in November. The Canadian new light vehicle market remains stable in November (-0.8%) at an estimated 144.476 registrations, an encouraging sign that nevertheless marks the 20th year-on-year drop in the past 21 months. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.3% to 1.819.018 and with…