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Thursday is Numbers day at GoodCarBadCar.net. Already, you've read about luxury sales statistics in the U.S.A. and total Canadian car sales in 2008. Below you'll find a more detailed look at some of the more interesting Numbers from Canada's year in vehicle sales.
- Profiling Hyundai Canada's Rapid Canadian Sales Growth - The October Edition
Hyundai is a very actively discussed topic here on GoodCarBadCar.net, especially so since the beginning of 2009 when sales success in North America was nearly the exclusive domain of Korea's biggest automaker. Canada, in particular, has been a breeding...
- Kia Canada September Sales - Rondo Wins
Like parent Hyundai, Korean automaker Kia had a wonderful start to Autumn in Canada this year. September's Sales Stats reveal Kia's totals to be up 19.7% over September of 2008. Over the first three quarters of 2009 Kia's Canadian sales are...
- Canada Auto Sales Facts And Figures From April Of '09
One predictable sign of rough times arises when business, governments, and even families begin to alter definitions or use new terms altogether. Nova Scotia has passed a bill that retroactively changes what a budget deficit really means, for example....
- Hybrid Sales In America Drop In 2008? By The Numbers
After gas prices brought Americans to their knees in the summer of 2008, a time when the Honda Civic temporarily outsold the Ford F150, one would assume that hybrid sales rocketed upward last year. One would be correct in that assumption, right? Wrong....
- Closer Look At Toyota Canada's August Sales Stats
Take a look at The Good Car Guy's posting of automobile sales in Canada last month and you'll spot a very good trend for Toyota and its Lexus luxury outpost. Toyota, by the way, doesn't offer its Scion brand north of the border. If, and it's...
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CANADA AUTO SALES TIDBITS FROM 2008 - NUMBERS
Thursday is Numbers day at GoodCarBadCar.net. Already, you've read about luxury sales statistics in the U.S.A. and total Canadian car sales in 2008. Below you'll find a more detailed look at some of the more interesting Numbers from Canada's year in vehicle sales.-----
9,906 - total Kia Rondo sales in Canada over the twelve months of 2008, making the Rondo the second best-selling Kia next to the Rio
21,845 - total Nissan Versa sales in Canada in 2008, 99.5% more than sales of the Nissan Sentra
9,259 - total sales of the Volkswagen City Golf, 1,599 more than that of the current Golf (known as the Rabbit in North America) while outselling every Volkswagen except the Jetta which posted sales of 9,274
65.6 - percentage of Mercedes-Benz vehicles sold with 4Matic all-wheel drive with a lineup-high ratio of 93.1% in the S-Class
111 - total Audi Q7 sales in 2008, making the jumbo luxo SUV the second-best selling Audi behind the A4/S4/RS4 family
72,463 - total Honda Civic sales in 2008, meaning the Civic was only 3,510 sales away from forming half of all Honda Canada sales
23 - percentage gain in sales of the Jeep Wrangler compared with 2007, helped in no doubt by pricing that required fewer dollars than in America
17 - total letters in the name of Subaru Canada's president and CEO, Katsuhiro Yokayama, who announced that Impreza sales set an all-time record at 8,555 units
159.9 - percentage rise in sales of the Toyota Highlander Hybrid in 2008, up to 1,523 - outselling Jaguar and nearly pipping Saab
1966 - year in which Ford took the pickup sales crown in Canada, meaning 2008 was the 43rd consecutive year in which the F-150 was sold more than any other truck in the country
75.8 - percentage increase in sales of the Chevrolet Malibu in 2008, its first full year as a more-than-decent nameplate in ages
- Profiling Hyundai Canada's Rapid Canadian Sales Growth - The October Edition
Hyundai is a very actively discussed topic here on GoodCarBadCar.net, especially so since the beginning of 2009 when sales success in North America was nearly the exclusive domain of Korea's biggest automaker. Canada, in particular, has been a breeding...
- Kia Canada September Sales - Rondo Wins
Like parent Hyundai, Korean automaker Kia had a wonderful start to Autumn in Canada this year. September's Sales Stats reveal Kia's totals to be up 19.7% over September of 2008. Over the first three quarters of 2009 Kia's Canadian sales are...
- Canada Auto Sales Facts And Figures From April Of '09
One predictable sign of rough times arises when business, governments, and even families begin to alter definitions or use new terms altogether. Nova Scotia has passed a bill that retroactively changes what a budget deficit really means, for example....
- Hybrid Sales In America Drop In 2008? By The Numbers
After gas prices brought Americans to their knees in the summer of 2008, a time when the Honda Civic temporarily outsold the Ford F150, one would assume that hybrid sales rocketed upward last year. One would be correct in that assumption, right? Wrong....
- Closer Look At Toyota Canada's August Sales Stats
Take a look at The Good Car Guy's posting of automobile sales in Canada last month and you'll spot a very good trend for Toyota and its Lexus luxury outpost. Toyota, by the way, doesn't offer its Scion brand north of the border. If, and it's...