Canada’s best-selling midsize car reported a modest year-over-year sales increase in August 2016 to further strengthen its status as the king of the shrinking Canadian midsize hill. Toyota Camry volume is down 3% this year, but more than 1400 were sold in August, 300 more midsize cars than the next-best-selling Hyundai Sonata managed.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – August 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – August 2016 YTD
August sales across the category tumbled 22%, a drop of 2183 sales for a category which has lost more than 10,000 sales through the first eight months of 2016. Canadians are on track to buy and lease fewer than 95,000 midsize cars in calendar year 2016. More than 131,000 were sold only three years ago.
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Not all candidates for the intermediate sedan buyer’s attention are crumbling. Newly launched for 2016, the Chevrolet Malibu is up 11% so far this year, though August volume tumbled 43% compared with August 2015.
The Malibu is likely to post a five-year annual sales high by year’s end, though sales will be down roughly 44% compared with 2006.
Nissan Altima sales are rising, as well. Through the first two-thirds of 2016, sales are up 16%. But the Altima is on track for fewer than 9000 sales in calendar year 2016. Nissan Canada averaged 13,700 between 2005 and 2014.
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 sortable, so you can rank midsize cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access.
Click Column Headers To Sort • September 2016 • July 2016 • August 2015
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Midsize Car
|
August
2016 |
August
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
136
|
34 | 300.0% | 624 | 640 | -2.5% | |
|
581
|
1021 | -43.1% | 7577 | 6856 | 10.5% | |
|
1000
|
1138 | -12.1% | 5479 | 8348 | -34.4% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 8 | -100% | |
|
1008
|
1757 | -42.6% | 9598 | 11,460 | -16.2% | |
|
1062
|
1203 | -11.7% | 9442 | 9621 | -1.9% | |
|
1155
|
1441 | -19.8% | 6504 | 9885 | -34.2% | |
|
445
|
681 | -34.7% | 3501 | 4110 | -14.8% | |
|
139
|
218 | -36.2% | 1353 | 1817 | -25.5% | |
|
463
|
484 | -4.3% | 5895 | 5098 | 15.6% | |
|
244
|
124 | 96.8% | 1983 | 2218 | -10.6% | |
|
1455
|
1450 | 0.3% | 11,805 | 12,195 | -3.2% | |
|
302
|
622 | -51.4% | 2715 | 4330 | -37.3% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
7990
|
10,173 | -21.5% | 66,476 | 76,586 | -13.2% |
|
Hybrids & Electrics
|
August
2016 |
August
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
421
|
167 | 152% | 2098 | 742 | 183% | |
|
84
|
90 | -6.7% | 572 | 452 | 26.5% | |
|
—
|
— | — | 1 | — | — | |
|
11
|
7 | 57.1% | 64 | 87 | -26.4% | |
|
170
|
124 | 37.1% | 939 | 706 | 33.0% | |
|
288
|
133 | 117% | 1860 | 1111 | 67.4% | |
|
182
|
248 | -26.6% | 1465 | 1690 | -13.3% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1156
|
769 | 50.3% | 6999 | 4788 | 46.2% |
|
Tall Wagons
& Crossovers |
August
2016 |
August
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
—
|
4 | -100% | 5 | 282 | -98.2% | |
|
963
|
494 | 94.9% | 7122 | 6321 | 12.7% | |
|
469
|
581 | -19.3% | 3997 | 4453 | -10.2% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1432
|
1079 | 32.7% | 11,124 | 11,056 | 0.6% |
Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
^ Volkswagen Canada combines figures for the Passat and CC.
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. This explains why you’ll see the Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too… because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
RECOMMENDED READING
Midsize Car Sales In Canada – September 2016
Midsize Car Sales In Canada – July 2016
Midsize Car Sales In Canada – August 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada – August 2016
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – August 2016
Large Car Sales In Canada – August 2016
Small Car Sales In Canada – August 2016