Sales of large mainstream brand cars in Canada fell 20% to just 23,187 units in 2013, just 1.3% of the Canadian auto industry’s new vehicle sales volume.
GM’s decline – LaCrosse volume was cut in half, as was Chevrolet Impala volume – brought 5151 fewer sales to the category’s total than in 2012. The class-leading Chrysler 300, which trailed the more fleet-friendly Chevrolet Impala in 2012, slid 7% in 2013.
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| This Post Includes One Kia Cadenza Image For Every Cadenza Sold In Canada In December 2013 |
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Ford Taurus sales were down 14%.
Hyundai Genesis sedan sales fell 12%.
Nissan Maxima sales fell 26%.
An extra 195 Kia Cadenza sales (just three in December) meant little to the segment. Dodge’s 530-unit Charger increase only made up for 43% of the Buick Lucerne’s loss.
The Toyota Avalon’s near-tripling of Canadian sales volume sounds terrific, but the Avalon is still a very rare car in Canada; it ranks 78th among cars overall.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank large cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
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Large Car
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December 2013
|
December
2012 |
%
Change |
2013
|
2012
|
% Change
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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61
|
101 | -39.6% | 1156 | 2377 | -51.4% | |
|
—
|
— | — | 5 | 557 | -99.1% | |
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145
|
303 | -52.1% | 3803 | 7733 | -50.8% | |
|
219
|
252 | -13.1% | 5375 | 5760 | -6.7% | |
|
235
|
327 | -28.1% | 4588 | 4058 | 13.1% | |
|
170
|
224 | -24.1% | 4238 | 4938 | -14.2% | |
|
67
|
50 | 34.0% | 1062 | 1206 | -11.9% | |
|
3
|
— | — | 195 | — | — | |
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43
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56 | -23.2% | 1500 | 2025 | -25.9% | |
|
71
|
101 | -29.7% | 1264 | 427 | 196% | |
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—
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— | — | — | — | — |
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Total
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1015
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1414 | -28.2% | 23,187 | 29,081 | -20.3% |
Source: Automakers
* Genesis refers only to the sedan, not the coupe.
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better, right? You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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Large Car Sales In Canada – December & 2014 Year End
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Large Car Sales In Canada – November 2013 YTD
Large Car Sales In Canada – December 2012 & Year End
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Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – December 2013 & Year End
Midsize Car Sales In Canada – December 2013 & Year End