2020 Canada Commercial Van Sales Analysis
Report Updated: With Q1 Data on April 6th, 2020
Top Level Canada Reports: By Manufacturer / By Brand / By Model / Best Sellers
Note: This quarter presents us with a new challenge in calculating monthly sales figures – COVID-19.
Historically, since auto manufacturers have switched the quarterly reporting news outlets are estimating monthly sales figures based on the quarterly figure. Here at GCBC, our approach was to take the quarterly number, divide that number by total selling days for the quarter and multiply that number against the total sales days in that month. This led to an averaged out number across each month.
COVID-19 has presented a pretty unique challenge for us. For this quarter, we anticipated sales to dramatically decrease in March. Fortunately, there are still a couple of brands reporting on a monthly basis. Those companies showed roughly a 17% drop from February to March in overall sales. We decided to use that figure as our benchmark to estimate the monthly sales numbers for those reporting quarterly.
You will notice in the monthly sales tables, the numbers will be reflected to represent a steep dropoff in March sales figures which will likely spill over into the next quarter as well.
For those brands that continue to report on monthly basis (Subaru, Volvo, Mazda, Honda, Acura, Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, Mitsubishi, etc), we will still update individual model, brand and manufacturer pages on a monthly basis.
Canada Best Selling Commercial Vans Last Month
This data table looks at last month’s total commercial van sales volumes in Canada by model. We compare Canadian market commercial van model sales for last month with the same month last year. We also include the year to date sales numbers and compare with the same year to date numbers from last year. With both monthly and YTD sales numbers we have a growth rate column so you can better gauge an individual commercial van models sales success in the Canadian market.
| Model | Month | Month LY | Change | YTD | YTD LY | YTD Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford E-Series | 282 | 447 | -36.91 | 1,106 | 1,134 | -2.47 |
| Chevrolet Express | 233 | 402 | -42.04 | 914 | 902 | 1.33 |
| Nissan NV | 36 | 95 | -62.11 | 141 | 191 | -26.18 |
| Nissan NV200 | 94 | 147 | -36.05 | 385 | 353 | 9.07 |
| Ram ProMaster | 323 | 592 | -45.44 | 1,268 | 1,315 | -3.57 |
| Ram ProMaster City | 21 | 98 | -78.57 | 83 | 247 | -66.40 |
| GMC Savana | 327 | 547 | -40.22 | 1,284 | 1,228 | 4.56 |
| Ford Transit | 754 | 1,704 | -55.75 | 2,962 | 3,852 | -23.10 |
| Ford Transit Connect | 196 | 300 | -34.67 | 768 | 769 | -0.13 |
| ∑ = 2,266 | ∑ = 4,332 | ∑ = 8,911 | ∑ = 9,991 |
Canada Quarterly Commercial Van Sales Numbers
This data table looks at quarterly sales performance for the commercial van segment in Canada. It includes all major commercial van models sold in the Canadian market. We compare last quarter’s commercial van Canadian sales at the model level with the same commercial van model sales quarter last year. We also include a growth rate too so you can see which commercial van models are growing and which ones are declining. The quarterly view of commercial van sales at the model level often gives you a better picture of what is happening than monthly because it takes out some of the month to month noise.
Canada Commercial Van Sales by Month (All Models)
This sales data table looks at monthly sales performance for the commercial van segment in Canada on a month to month basis for the entire year so far. It includes all major commercial van models sold in the Canadian market and you can see that the monthly commercial van sales trends clearly. Seeing the individual commercial van model sales performance in this way gives you a good sense of the momentum (good or bad).