Canada Auto Sales By Brand – 2011 Year End

2011’s Canadian auto market was a little less than 2% larger than 2010’s. Chrysler Canada, with a little help from Fiat, was up 12.5% this year, increasing its market share from 13.1% to 14.5%, less than a point behind General Motors. Ford, Canada’s most popular brand, was up 3.3% this year, a figure which translates to nearly 8600 extra sales, a difference that’s greater than the Lincoln brand’s total volume.

Hyundai came out ahead of Honda this year after Honda beat Hyundai by 5223 sales in 2010. Kia beat Volkswagen. Mercedes-Benz was Canada’s top-selling premium brand; BMW and Audi slotted in as the number two and number three luxury nameplates. For all the talk about Buick challenging Lexus – and Buick did – Lexus beat Buick both in Canada and the United States.

Among niche non-luxury brands, Fiat finished 2011 with more sales than both Mini and Scion. Lincoln, despite its off-disparaged offerings, sold more vehicles than Cadillac. It’s not all about winning or losing, however. 23 of the 33 brands which could report year-over-year volume increases did so. The 1.8% improvement in the total market’s size would have been significantly larger were it not for the fact that three of Canada’s best-selling brands – Toyota, Honda, and Nissan – collectively lost 38,225 sales, or 2.5% of 2010’s total Canadian auto sales volume.

The numbers for every automaker competing in Canada in 2011 are in the table below. Keep a daily lookout on GoodCarBadCar.net for more detailed auto sales info, both U.S. and Canadian, as January rolls by.

Updated 01.04.2012 @ 5:42 PM AST

Rank	Automaker	2011 Year End	2010 Year End	% Change
#1	Ford	267,788	259,193	+ 3.3%
#2	Dodge/Ram	167,636	154,901	+ 8.2%
#3	Chevrolet	150,540	149,294	+ 0.8%
#4	Toyota	144,176	157,044	– 8.2%
#5	Hyundai	129,240	118,507	+ 9.1%
#6	Honda	107,849	123,730	– 12.8%
#7	Nissan	77,731	74,780	+ 3.9%
#8	GMC	72,989	71,727	+ 1.8%
#9	Mazda	69,186	78,662	– 12.0%
#10	Kia	65,123	53,882	+ 20.9%
#11	Volkswagen	52,604	45,388	+ 15.9%
#12	Jeep	42,909	37,323	+ 15.0%
#13	Mercedes-Benz	31,063	29,629	+ 4.8%
#14	BMW	29,773	27,202	+ 9.5%
#15	Subaru	26,984	27,805	– 3.0%
#16	Mitsubishi	20,511	19,504	+ 5.2%
#17	Audi	16,867	14,333	+ 17.7%
#18	Acura	15,272	17,340	– 11.9%
#19	Chrysler	15,055	12,731	+ 18.3%
#20	Lexus	13,364	14,249	– 6.2%
#21	Buick	11,652	11,269	+ 3.4%
#22	Lincoln	8162	8630	– 5.4%
#23	Cadillac	7577	7398	+ 2.4%
#24	Infiniti	6936	8233	– 15.8%
#25	Volvo	6815	6550	+ 4.0%
#26	Suzuki	5625	9128	– 38.4%
#27	Fiat	5392	—–	—–
#28	Mini	5155	4501	+ 14.5%
#29	Scion	4720	679	+ 595%
#30	Land Rover	3228	2547	+ 26.7%
#31	Porsche	2214	2036	+ 8.7%
#32	smart	1851	2019	– 8.3%
#33	Jaguar	776	755	+ 2.8%
#34	Saab	167	2	+ 8250%