Canadian Vehicle Sales Slide 1.9 Per Cent in October
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Canadian vehicle sales slide 1.9% in October
Canadian vehicle sales in October decreased 1.9% from the same month in 2017, to 161,125 units.
SUV and pickup sales, at 115,688 units, were up 0.2% in October, while passenger car sales, at 45,437 units, were down 6.9% compared to 2017.
Combined sales in October for the Detroit Big 3 were down 8.7% to 59,457 units, while sales of all foreign nameplates combined were up 2.6% to 101,668 units.
Of the Big Three manufacturers, General Motors sales fell 12.9%, Ford sales increased 1.6%, and FCA sales fell 14.8% from last October.
Among Japanese automakers, Toyota, Nissan and Subaru sales were up 9.9%, 7.7% and 11.1% respectively, while Honda sales were down 8.7% from last year.
Hyundai sales were up 12.0%, while Kia sales were down 4.1% from last October.
Among German companies, Mercedes-Benz sales were down 5.1%, BMW brand sales were down 7.4%, VW brand sales were up 6.3%, and Audi sales were down 1.9% compared to last October.
Canada – Sales of new vehicles by type
| Oct. 2018 | Oct. 2017 | Y-o-Y | Jan.-Oct. 2018 |
Jan.-Oct. 2017 |
Y-o-Y | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | 45,437 | 48,797 | -6.9% | 509,956 | 563,075 | -9.4% |
| Light Trucks (Pickup Truck, SUV) | 115,688 | 115,417 | 0.2% | 1,217,079 | 1,192,823 | 2.0% |
| Total | 161,125 | 164,214 | -1.9% | 1,727,035 | 1,755,898 | -1.6% |
Source: desrosiers AUTOMOTIVE reports Market Snapshot – Oct. 2018
Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles
| Maker/Brand | 2018 | 2017 | Y-o-Y | 2018 | 2017 | Y-o-Y | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. | Share | Oct. | Share | Jan.-Oct. | Share | Jan.-Oct. | Share | |||
| General Motors | 23,374 | 14.5% | 26,847 | 16.3% | -12.9% | 255,169 | 14.8% | 259,413 | 14.8% | -1.6% |
| Ford | 21,414 | 13.3% | 21,068 | 12.8% | 1.6% | 260,632 | 15.1% | 267,173 | 15.2% | -2.4% |
| Toyota | 18,756 | 11.6% | 17,059 | 10.4% | 9.9% | 176,595 | 10.2% | 173,670 | 9.9% | 1.7% |
| FCA | 14,669 | 9.1% | 17,211 | 10.5% | -14.8% | 200,600 | 11.6% | 230,344 | 13.1% | -12.9% |
| Honda | 14,301 | 8.9% | 15,667 | 9.5% | -8.7% | 154,054 | 8.9% | 155,510 | 8.9% | -0.9% |
| Hyundai | 11,373 | 7.1% | 10,158 | 6.2% | 12.0% | 111,011 | 6.4% | 113,390 | 6.5% | -2.1% |
| Nissan | 11,296 | 7.0% | 10,493 | 6.4% | 7.7% | 117,574 | 6.8% | 115,281 | 6.6% | 2.0% |
| Volkswagen | 7,105 | 4.4% | 6,681 | 4.1% | 6.3% | 61,468 | 3.6% | 59,466 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Mazda | 5,992 | 3.7% | 6,370 | 3.9% | -5.9% | 64,778 | 3.8% | 63,380 | 3.6% | 2.2% |
| Kia | 5,626 | 3.5% | 5,866 | 3.6% | -4.1% | 63,407 | 3.7% | 65,617 | 3.7% | -3.4% |
| Subaru | 5,500 | 3.4% | 4,951 | 3.0% | 11.1% | 49,077 | 2.8% | 45,927 | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 4,023 | 2.5% | 4,238 | 2.6% | -5.1% | 41,967 | 2.4% | 43,768 | 2.5% | -4.1% |
| BMW | 3,233 | 2.0% | 3,490 | 2.1% | -7.4% | 32,970 | 1.9% | 32,022 | 1.8% | 3.0% |
| Audi | 3,005 | 1.9% | 3,063 | 1.9% | -1.9% | 32,099 | 1.9% | 31,015 | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Lexus | 2,916 | 1.8% | 2,612 | 1.6% | 11.6% | 20,455 | 1.2% | 21,299 | 1.2% | -4.0% |
| Acura | 2,075 | 1.3% | 1,941 | 1.2% | 6.9% | 17,096 | 1.0% | 16,677 | 0.9% | 2.5% |
| Mitsubishi | 1,802 | 1.1% | 2,000 | 1.2% | -9.9% | 21,888 | 1.3% | 19,487 | 1.1% | 12.3% |
| Land Rover | 907 | 0.6% | 750 | 0.5% | 20.9% | 8,567 | 0.5% | 7,646 | 0.4% | 12.0% |
| Infiniti | 902 | 0.6% | 1,084 | 0.7% | -16.8% | 10,609 | 0.6% | 10,620 | 0.6% | -0.1% |
| Porsche | 850 | 0.5% | 711 | 0.4% | 19.5% | 7,301 | 0.4% | 6,835 | 0.4% | 6.8% |
| Volvo | 796 | 0.5% | 768 | 0.5% | 3.6% | 7,865 | 0.5% | 5,701 | 0.3% | 38.0% |
| MINI | 682 | 0.4% | 710 | 0.4% | -3.9% | 5,979 | 0.3% | 5,898 | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Jaguar | 300 | 0.2% | 307 | 0.2% | -2.3% | 3,738 | 0.2% | 3,962 | 0.2% | -5.7% |
| Genesis | 132 | 0.1% | 48 | 0.0% | 175.0% | 1,152 | 0.1% | 426 | 0.0% | 170.4% |
| Maserati | 55 | 0.0% | 75 | 0.0% | -26.7% | 679 | 0.0% | 1,048 | 0.1% | -35.2% |
| smart | 41 | 0.0% | 46 | 0.0% | -10.9% | 305 | 0.0% | 323 | 0.0% | -5.6% |
| Total | 161,125 | 100.0% | 164,214 | 100.0% | -1.9% | 1,727,035 | 100.0% | 1,755,898 | 100.0% | -1.6% |
Source: DesRosiers Automotive Consultant (DAC), Global Automakers of Canada (GAC), Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association (CVMA)