Despite a 26% year-over-year decline, the Ford Mustang still managed to outsell the rising Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro, combined, in April 2017.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2017 YTD
Canada Passenger Car Sales By Model – April 2017 YTD
Canadian sales of the Mustang dropped to 1028 units, year-over-year, but that was still a distinctly better total than Ford Canada typically manages with the Mustang in April.
Meanwhile, GM and FCA combined for 919 Camaro/Challenger sales.
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At the other end of the sports car spectrum, the Audi R8 produced record sales of 46 units in April 2017. Doesn’t sound like much?
Consider the fact that far less costly European sports cars – 4C, F-Type, SLC, Boxster, Cayman — didn’t sell as often last month as the $184,000+ Audi R8.
Indeed, Audi’s own $52,400+ TT didn’t sell as frequently as the R8 last month.
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 sports cars, coupes, GTs, roadsters, and convertibles any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • March 2017 • April 2016
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American Muscle
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
394
|
348 | 13.2% | 922 | 773 | 19.3% | |
|
525
|
469 | 11.9% | 1503 | 995 | 51.1% | |
|
1028
|
1380 | -25.5% | 2333 | 2552 | -8.6% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1947
|
2197 | -11.4% | 4758 | 4320 | 10.1% |
|
Euro Sports Cars
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10
|
15 | -33.3% | 15 | 38 | -60.5% | |
|
36
|
87 | -58.6% | 114 | 223 | -48.9% | |
|
47
|
17 | 177% | 59 | 34 | 73.5% | |
|
37
|
62 | -40.3% | 124 | 210 | -41.0% | |
|
33
|
35 | -5.7% | 77 | 120 | -35.8% | |
|
28
|
43 | -34.9% | 49 | 88 | -44.3% | |
|
24
|
47 | -48.9% | 75 | 107 | -29.9% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
215
|
306 | -29.7% | 513 | 820 | -37.4% |
|
Misc. Sporty Cars
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Audi A5 *
|
138
|
202 | -31.7% | 299 | 517 | -42.2% |
|
154
|
320 | -51.9% | 547 | 735 | -25.6% | |
|
321
|
275 | 16.7% | 635 | 481 | 32.0% | |
|
162
|
— | — | 298 | — | — | |
|
1
|
6 | -83.3% | 9 | 14 | -35.7% | |
|
46
|
124 | -62.9% | 130 | 286 | -54.5% | |
|
111
|
1 | 11,000% | 410 | 22 | 1764% | |
|
54
|
51 | 5.9% | 130 | 133 | -2.3% | |
|
165
|
173 | -4.6% | 455 | 369 | 23.3% | |
|
99
|
105 | -5.7% | 235 | 306 | -23.2% | |
|
93
|
125 | -25.6% | 235 | 360 | -34.7% | |
|
111
|
104 | 6.7% | 269 | 218 | 23.4% | |
|
505
|
525 | -3.8% | 1432 | 1311 | 9.2% | |
|
—
|
9 | -100% | — | 47 | -100% | |
|
157
|
292 | -46.2% | 567 | 828 | -31.5% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
2117
|
2312 | -8.4% | 5651 | 5627 | 0.4% |
|
Premium Sporty Cars
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2
|
— | — | 3 | — | — | |
|
46
|
18 | 156% | 95 | 19 | 400% | |
|
3
|
6 | -50.0% | 17 | 15 | 13.3% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 5 | -100% | |
|
3
|
16 | -81.3% | 13 | 28 | -53.6% | |
|
4
|
2 | 100% | 11 | 19 | -42.1% | |
|
27
|
26 | 3.8% | 80 | 65 | 23.1% | |
|
34
|
18 | 88.9% | 110 | 55 | 100% | |
|
13
|
4 | 225% | 47 | 43 | 9.3% | |
|
101
|
130 | -22.3% | 220 | 243 | -9.5% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 1 | -100% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
233
|
220 | 5.9% | 596 | 493 | 20.9% |
Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* also included in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 Audi A5 here and with luxury cars, 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. Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don’t know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch.
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Sporty Car Sales In Canada – March 2017
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