Mitsubishi Lancer Sales Figures

Mitsubishi Lancer

Here you will find monthly and yearly U.S. and Canadian sales figures for the Mitsubishi Lancer, plus yearly figures for Europe and China. Mitsubishi’s compact sedan was offered in North America through the 2017 model year, and the turbocharged, all-wheel-drive Lancer Evolution was sold alongside it until 2015. The Lancer nameplate dates back to 1973.

Mitsubishi Lancer Sales in the United States

The U.S. chart opens in 2005 at 27,849 sales and dips to 23,167 in 2006. 2007, the year the redesigned Lancer arrived, is the best year on the chart at 31,376, up 35.4 percent, and May 2007 is the best month at 4,312. Sales eased to 27,861 in 2008 and fell 27.8 percent to 20,117 in 2009, then held between roughly 16,000 and 21,500 a year through 2015, with 16,426 in 2012 and an 18.4 percent rebound to 19,451 in 2013. The decline resumed with 14,304 in 2016 and 12,725 in 2017. The last meaningful month on the chart is June 2018 at 416, which leaves 2018 at 3,302, and three final sales were recorded in 2019.

Mitsubishi Lancer Sales in Canada

Canada’s chart starts in 2004 with 5,406 sales, and after a dip to 4,009 in 2005 the Lancer grew quickly: 4,433 in 2006, 7,192 in 2007, 9,157 in 2008 and a peak of 9,446 in 2009. June 2008 is the best month at 1,214. Canada remained a strong market for the car relative to its size, with 7,519 in 2012, 7,404 in 2013 and 6,575 in 2016, still about 46 percent of that year’s U.S. volume. 2017 brought 5,754, and the Canadian series ends in July 2018 with 360 sales, for a 2018 total of 2,012.

Mitsubishi Lancer Sales in Europe

European figures are yearly totals. The chart opens at 10,129 in 2000 and falls to a low of 547 in 2002, before recovering to 4,681 in 2003 and 15,431 in 2004. Volume stayed between 10,921 and 16,414 a year from 2004 to 2007 and then rose to 19,878 in 2008 and a best year of 24,117 in 2009. 21,805 followed in 2010, but sales more than halved over the next two years to 5,244 in 2012. The Lancer stayed below 4,000 a year from 2013 onward, fell to 676 in 2018 and ended with 22 sales in 2019.

Mitsubishi Lancer Sales in China

Chinese figures are also yearly totals and cover 2006 to 2016. The chart opens at 15,668 in 2006 and peaks at 25,084 in 2007, then falls in each of the next five years to 2,476 in 2012. 2013 nearly doubled to 4,891, the only real rebound in the series, before sales dropped to 3,481 in 2014, 2,022 in 2015 and 956 in 2016.