CANADA CAR SALES STATISTICS FOR JULY 2008

General Motors, holder of the Buick; Cadillac; Chevrolet; Hummer; Pontiac; Saab; and Saturn brands, posted July sales 5.2% higher than in July of 2007. GM sold 33,893 vehicles in Canada in the seventh month of 2008.

Some of GM's highlights included more than doubling Cadillac CTS and Saturn Vue sales, and nearly doubling sales of the Chevrolet Malibu. Put it this way: depressing though GM's numbers were south of the 49th parallel, the General must be pleased north of the border. 

Other manufacturers sell cars in Canada too. Here are some of the Numbers you want to know. 

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General Motors: +5.2% to 33,893

Toyota/Lexus: +18.3% to 21,990

Ford Motor Company: -13.9% to 18,171

Honda: +19% to 15,996

Chrysler Canada LLC: -7%

Nissan: +27% to 7,060

Kia: +15% to 3,492

Volkswagen: +1.9% to 3,506

BMW: +1.3% to 2,139

Subaru: +62.2% to 2,002

Mercedes-Benz: +53.7% to 1,807

Acura: -/+ @ 1,531

Infiniti: +26% to 713

Audi: -29.3% to 586

smart: +57.4% to 502

Mini: +53.7% to 501