The Kia Seltos is up 71.6% year-on-year in August. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian light vehicle market up 18.3% year-on-year in August to 149,697 sales, marking a 10th consecutive month of gains. However the August 2022 comparison base is particularly weak as its was the worst August result…
Acura RDX sales are up 247.6% in July. According to local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market slows down its growth in July to 8% year-on-year and an estimated 140,942 units. It is the 9th consecutive month of gains but this performance should be tempered by the…
21,544 Ram Pickups found a new Canadian home in June. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to climb 12.6% year-on-year in June to 161,901 units. To damper this performance, remember June 2022 was the lowest volume for the month since 2009. The…
The Mazda CX-90 makes its entrance in the Canadian charts. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up 13.5% year-on-year in May to 159,705 units. We remain at low levels as May 2023 is down -21% on the 202,141 units sold in pre-pandemic May 2019. Among…
Honda Pilot sales double year-on-year. According to estimates by local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up just 2.3% year/year in April to 144,069 units. This is a weak result considering April 2022 was off -13.3% on the year prior. We remain well below the 183,754…
Sales of Toyota RAV4 surge ahead over Q1. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian market up just 3.7% year-o-year in March to an estimated 146,000 units. This is a paltry result considering March 2022 was off -19.8% on the year prior. The Q1 2023 tally is up 5.2% to…
Kia Seltos sales are up 123.9% year-on-year in February. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, new light vehicle sales in Canada progress 5.1% year-on-year in February to 103,771 units. This is the second weakest monthly total in the past decade, above only last year. The cumulative total after…
Lexus NX sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in January. Local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up a solid 7.5% year-on-year in January to an estimated 98,259 units as supply improves across the board. January 2022 had the biggest SAAR of the year at 1.67 million…
The Toyota Corolla ends 24 years of domination by the Honda Civic in the car charts. Discover close to 40 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada are hit -8.9% year-on-year in 2022 to just 1,514,465 units as the microchip crisis and associated stock woes…
Kia Seltos sales are up 174.8% year-on-year in November. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market edges up 4.1% year-on-year in November to 114,966 sales. However November 2021 was down -13.9% on the year prior and November 2022 is down -19.8% on pre-pandemic…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 134.5% year-on-year in October. Desrosiers Automotive Consultants has the Canadian new light vehicle market down an estimated -5.3% in October to 121,653 units. Like in September it is the lowest volume for October since 2009 (121,500 units). The SAAR is down from 1.57 million a…
Chevrolet sales are up 35.5% over Q3 2022. Estimates by DesRosiers Automotive have the Canadian new light vehicle market down -4.5% year-on-year in September to 130,421 units, the lowest September volume in 13 years: since 2009. The SAAR is down from 1.55 million a year ago to 1.48 million this…
Honda HR-V sales are up 34.2%. The Canadian new car market doesn't show signs of recovery in August with Desrosiers Automotive Consulting (DAC) estimating the market at 126,534 units, down -13.9% year-on-year. This is the weakest August volume in 23 years: since the 121,655 sales of August 1999. Coincidently, the…
Honda Ridgeline sales buck the negative trend with sales up 400% year-on-year. DesRosiers Automotive estimates the Canadian new light vehicle market falling -16.2% year-on-year in July to 130,480 units, while July 2021 was already down -5.7% on the year prior. This is the weakest July volume in 21 years (since…
Ford F-Series sales are up 10.8% in a market down -11.2% over Q2 According to local specialist DesRosiers Automotive (DAC), the Canadian new light vehicle market drops -11.5% year-on-year in June to an estimated 143,773 units. This is lower than pandemic-plagued June 2020 (156,327) and the lowest June volume since the…