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Comparing the Canadian and American auto markets is part of what The Good Car Guy does... for a living. Do you not find it interesting, for instance, that Mitsubishi only manages to sell four times as many cars in the U.S. as in Canada while Mercedes-Benz sells more than eight times as many cars in the States? I do. Perhaps that's why you're reading this at work and I'm writing this for work.
- Canada Won't Be Getting The New Volvo V40 Either
Since many of you, our readers, asked whether the new Volvo V40 hatchback would be coming to Canada, as the company's U.S. spokespeople wouldn't elaborate on the issue, we decided to find out by sending an email to Volvo Cars of Canada. And...
- Large Car Sales And Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada - August 2010
As The Good Car Guy continues his wonderings on the lack of Buick Regal success in North America, the LaCrosse and Lucerne continue to do alright. "Alright" must be put in context, however. The much, much, much less expensive but similarly large Chevrolet...
- Canada Auto Sales By Brand - July 2010
*updated August 18/2010* Canada's automobile market made slight gains in July 2010, no thanks to passenger cars. Light trucks, an automotive class featuring vehicles as varied as the Ford Escape and Toyota Tundra, accounted for the majority of Canadian...
- Canada Auto Sales April 2010
One glance across the surface of Canada's auto sales results from April 2010 reveals a bad month for General Motors. And in a way, it was. I mean, General Motors sold fewer cars in April 2010 than General Motors sold in April 2009. That's bad,...
- Canada Auto Sales May 2009
Perhaps there's a reason for this that some Mercedes-Benz Canada official could point to, but smart fortwo sales tanked in May. This was with an instant$1,250 rebate (since upped to $2,000) slapped on the hood. Hyundai and Kia had wicked months, thanks...
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COMPARING AUTOMAKER SALES RANKS IN THE U.S. WITH CANADIAN SALES RANKS
Comparing the Canadian and American auto markets is part of what The Good Car Guy does... for a living. Do you not find it interesting, for instance, that Mitsubishi only manages to sell four times as many cars in the U.S. as in Canada while Mercedes-Benz sells more than eight times as many cars in the States? I do. Perhaps that's why you're reading this at work and I'm writing this for work.Alphabetically arranged below, every major automaker which competes in both Canada and the United States are shown with their sales rank from the USA and Canada, based on statistics from July only. Pay special attention to the fact that the USA ranks only go to 24 because they lack Jaguar and Land Rover. Check out the full Canadian rundown of Sales Stats here or click here and here for the U.S. story.
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Acura USA: 14 - Acura Canada: 14
Audi USA: 16 - Audi Canada: 17
BMW USA: 12 - BMW Canada: 11
Chrysler USA: 5 - Chrysler Canada: 4
Ford USA: 2 - Ford Canada: 1
GM USA: 1 - GM Canada: 2
Honda USA: 4 - Honda Canada: 5
Hyundai USA: 7 - Hyundai Canada: 6
Infiniti USA: 15 - Infiniti Canada: 18
Jaguar USA: N/A - Jaguar Canada: 24
Kia USA: 8 - Kia Canada: 9
Land Rover USA: N/A - Land Rover Canada: 23
Lexus USA: 11 - Lexus Canada: 15
Mazda USA: 9 - Mazda Canada: 8
Mercedes USA: 13 - Mercedes Canada: 12
Mini USA: 18 - Mini Canada: 20
Mitsubishi USA: 19 - Mitsubishi Canada: 13
Nissan USA: 6 - Nissan Canada: 7
Porsche USA: 21 - Porsche Canada: 22
Saab USA: 24 - Saab Canada: 26
smart USA: 23 - smart Canada: 21
Suzuki USA: 21 - Suzuki Canada: 16
Toyota USA: 3 - Toyota Canada: 3
Volkswagen USA: 10 - Volkswagen Canada: 10
Volvo USA: 17 - Volvo Canada: 19
- Canada Won't Be Getting The New Volvo V40 Either
Since many of you, our readers, asked whether the new Volvo V40 hatchback would be coming to Canada, as the company's U.S. spokespeople wouldn't elaborate on the issue, we decided to find out by sending an email to Volvo Cars of Canada. And...
- Large Car Sales And Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada - August 2010
As The Good Car Guy continues his wonderings on the lack of Buick Regal success in North America, the LaCrosse and Lucerne continue to do alright. "Alright" must be put in context, however. The much, much, much less expensive but similarly large Chevrolet...
- Canada Auto Sales By Brand - July 2010
*updated August 18/2010* Canada's automobile market made slight gains in July 2010, no thanks to passenger cars. Light trucks, an automotive class featuring vehicles as varied as the Ford Escape and Toyota Tundra, accounted for the majority of Canadian...
- Canada Auto Sales April 2010
One glance across the surface of Canada's auto sales results from April 2010 reveals a bad month for General Motors. And in a way, it was. I mean, General Motors sold fewer cars in April 2010 than General Motors sold in April 2009. That's bad,...
- Canada Auto Sales May 2009
Perhaps there's a reason for this that some Mercedes-Benz Canada official could point to, but smart fortwo sales tanked in May. This was with an instant$1,250 rebate (since upped to $2,000) slapped on the hood. Hyundai and Kia had wicked months, thanks...