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Year-over-year, half of the automotive brands competing for consumer attention in Canada reported sales declines. Many of the brands to do so, including Ford, Toyota, and Chevrolet, are big players. Not surprisingly, the overall market slid 1.4% compared with April of last year. Passenger car sales rose slightly, according to Desrosiers Automotive Reports, but light truck sales fell 3.4%.
General Motors took a hit as sales at three of its four brands were down. GM market share fell from 14.1% to 13.4%. The Ford Motor Company also struggled, dropping from 16% in April 2011 to 15.3% in April 2012. This opened up an opportunity for Chrysler Canada to own the largest portion of the Canadian automobile market. That's the third time in 2012 Chrysler ended a month as Canada's leading manufacturer. The addition of Fiat hasn't hurt. 5% of Chrysler Canada's volume in April can be attributed to the 500 and 500C. Excluding Fiat, Chrysler Canada sold 23,235 vehicles, not enough to topple Ford.
Year-over-year, Toyota and Nissan slid ever so slightly; Honda and Volkswagen and Mazda made narrow gains. Hyundai-Kia improved nearly one full percentage point as sales of the smaller brand, Kia, surged 18% in April. Through the first four months of 2012, Kia Canada sales are up 21%.
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Canada Auto Brand Market Share - April 2012
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General Motors took a hit as sales at three of its four brands were down. GM market share fell from 14.1% to 13.4%. The Ford Motor Company also struggled, dropping from 16% in April 2011 to 15.3% in April 2012. This opened up an opportunity for Chrysler Canada to own the largest portion of the Canadian automobile market. That's the third time in 2012 Chrysler ended a month as Canada's leading manufacturer. The addition of Fiat hasn't hurt. 5% of Chrysler Canada's volume in April can be attributed to the 500 and 500C. Excluding Fiat, Chrysler Canada sold 23,235 vehicles, not enough to topple Ford.
Year-over-year, Toyota and Nissan slid ever so slightly; Honda and Volkswagen and Mazda made narrow gains. Hyundai-Kia improved nearly one full percentage point as sales of the smaller brand, Kia, surged 18% in April. Through the first four months of 2012, Kia Canada sales are up 21%.
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Canada Auto Brand Market Share - May 2012
Canada Auto Brand Market Share - March 2012
Canada Auto Brand Market Share - April 2011
Canada Auto Sales By Brand - April 2012
Luxury Auto Brand Market Share In Canada - April 2012
- Canada Auto Brand Market Share - May 2012
15% Of Ford Canada Passenger Sales In May Were Taurus-Derived46.5% of the new vehicles sold in Canada in May 2012 were automobiles produced by the Ford Motor Company, the Chrysler Group, and General Motors. Year-over-year sales volume at Ford Canada,...
- Luxury Auto Brand Market Share In Canada - March 2012
Basically one quarter of all Canadian new vehicle sales made by premium automobile brands in March 2012 came about in Mercedes-Benz dealerships. Another fifth of the market went BMW's way. Compared with the same chart from a month ago, Mercedes-Benz...
- Canada Auto Brand Market Share - March 2012
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The Ford Motor Company and General Motors both lost market share in April. And which automaker managed to swoop in and post significant improvements? That'd be the Chrysler Group. Dodge sold 16,335 vehicles; Jeep added another 4280. Chrysler itself...
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