According to Desrosiers Automotive Reports, passenger car sales in Canada dropped 12.2% in January to 39,514. That equals just 41.2% of the overall new vehicle market. Light truck sales were up 2.3%, but the overall market still slid 4.2%. Market share domination was clearly Ford Motor Company's, but Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep were very close behind. (And don't forget those 9 Fiat 500 sales, not included in the black section of the Graph below.)
GM's portion of the market slid from 17.2% in January to just 12.8% in February 2011. Hyundai and Kia's green slice grew by 1.6 percentage points, mammoth growth, indeed. Honda Canada recovered from a disastrous January; Toyota slid further in reverse.
February 2011 was better than 2009's February, better also than 2004's February, but a far cry from 2008 when some 111,000 vehicles were sold in Canada. Growth compared with January was pronounced nonetheless, with more than 11,000 more new vehicles sold last month than in the first month of 2011. Despite apparent success at Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Canada, and General Motors Canada - as judged by the chunks of pie in the chart - import nameplates out-sold the Detroit Three by nearly 9000 vehicles.
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GM's portion of the market slid from 17.2% in January to just 12.8% in February 2011. Hyundai and Kia's green slice grew by 1.6 percentage points, mammoth growth, indeed. Honda Canada recovered from a disastrous January; Toyota slid further in reverse.
February 2011 was better than 2009's February, better also than 2004's February, but a far cry from 2008 when some 111,000 vehicles were sold in Canada. Growth compared with January was pronounced nonetheless, with more than 11,000 more new vehicles sold last month than in the first month of 2011. Despite apparent success at Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Canada, and General Motors Canada - as judged by the chunks of pie in the chart - import nameplates out-sold the Detroit Three by nearly 9000 vehicles.
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Strange twists and turns. Hyundai passing Toyota and Honda should seem big but the Hyundai/Kia group coming close to Detroit Three makes it seem like we're not many years from a #1 Hyundai in Canada. Need a pickup though.
ReplyDeleteGood for Hyundai and Kia.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great start for them in 2011!
Oh if only Mazda had Avanti too.
ReplyDeletenext year, with (a lot of) new models, fiat-chrysler will be first place!!! :)
ReplyDeletecrysler needs to get some quality control if they want to be number 1, Ford will remain number 1, only if they keep their quality up.
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