CANADA AUTO SALES DATA - JUNE 2010

A Prince Edward Island vacation won't stop The Good Car Guy from supplying you with the Sales Stats to get you through the day. Behind the Graphs and segment-by-segment breakdowns, there's plenty of contextualizing and contemplating going on. Scroll down for a unique take on Canada's June 2010 auto sales picture.

Hyundai Canada sales were up 13.8% in June. Of course, that means sales climbed 13.8% from June 2009 to June 2010. What you won't hear so much about it is the drop from Hyundai's May 2010 sales (12,620) to Hyundai's June 2010 sales (11,501). May 2010 was Hyundai Canada's best month of all time, after all.

Honda and Acura suffered greatly in June. Canadian sales were down 14% overall. 92% of the Acuras and Honda sold in Canada in the month of June were built in North America. Honda builds the Civic, Ridgeline, and Odyssey in Alliston, Ontario, along with Acura's CSX, MDX, and ZDX.

An increase of 3 units helped BMW Canada to an all-time best June.

74.1% of all Mercedes-Benz vehicles (excluding smart) sold in Canada in June were equipped with 4Matic all-wheel drive.

Though not the most popular sedan to begin with, Subaru Legacy sales were up 382% in June. June 2005 had been Subaru Canada's best-ever Legacy month, but sales of the Legacy last month beat June 2005 by 107%.

Toyota Canada kindly pointed out in their monthly press release that June 2010 sales of the Lexus IS C, the two-door convertible version of the Lexus IS sedan, represented a best-ever month for the IS C. Wait a minute, though: Toyota Canada in its June 2009 sales release that the IS C "entered the Canadian market at the end of June". Therefore the fact that Lexus increased IS C sales by 59.3% (to 43) is nothing to write home about. 

Nissan GT-R sales fell 81% in June. True, it's a low-volume car in a low-volume country; huge percentage swings are to be expected. Yet a decline from 21 GT-Rs in June 2009 to 4 GT-Rs in June 2010 is a sign that, yes, newer is better. The Audi R8 V10, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Lotus Evora are just a handful of the newer cars which strongly desire a piece of the Nissan GT-R's pie. GT-R sales are off 44% in Canada through the first half of 2010.

Kia has been in Canada for 11 years. June 2010 was its best-ever month. The Kia Soul, a Good 12 winner, recorded higher monthly sales than ever before: 1,140. Sales of the Nissan Cube stand at 1,530 for the first half of 2010. In fact, while Soul sales jumped significantly in June, sales of Nissan's Cube dropped 48.6%.

An ageless wonder, the Jeep Wrangler is. Revamped and revitalized numerous times, the latest Wrangler is the best Wrangler. Canadian sales stand as terrific evidence of the Wrangler's desirability. Up 92.2% in June, sales of the true Jeep were better than any June in history at 1,238.

Porsche Boxster sales rose from 16 in June 2009 to 22 in June 2010 thanks mainly to the Boxster Spyder, another Good 12 winner. With 10 sales across Canada, the Boxster Spyder beat the Boxster S by 1 and the base Boxster by 7. Porsche sold 12 different versions of the 911 in Canada a total of 39 times, failing to successfully market all 17 911 derivatives. Incidentally, the basic 911 Carrera proved unpopular in June, putting up a big fat 0. But Porsche sold half a dozen 911 Turbo S hardtops and half a dozen and 911 Turbo S Cabriolets. The Good Car Guy's favourite 911, the GT3, found three homes while the hardcore GT3 RS beat that by two.

Porsche Canada's Panamera breakdown in June 2010 is as follows:

• Porsche Panamera: 1
• Porsche Panamera S: 3
• Porsche Panamera 4: 18
• Porsche Panamera 4S: 16
• Porsche Panamera Turbo: 2

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U.S. AUTO SALES BY BRAND YEAR TO DATE - FIRST HALF OF 2010

Positive thinkers, the glass half-full types, will say the first half of 2010 was a good six months for automakers. GHEs, Glass Half-Empties, point to 2008 as being so mean to automobile manufacturers that a moderately-sort-of-half-decent 2010 is bound to appear alright at first glance; but that doesn't mean it is alright.

One way or another, Ford is glad to be America's best-selling automaker in 2010. Check out the year-to-date Sales Stats for the Top 10 manufacturers below, then check out all 45 automakers after the jump. 2009's half-year pace for every automaker can be seen in brackets. Find the bold font and you'll find automakers with declining sales in 2010.


#1 - Ford: 858,454 ..... (658,092)
#2 - Chevrolet: 781,006 ..... (593,618)
#3 - Toyota: 718,105 ..... (654,303)
#4 - Honda: 532,792 ..... (479,696)
#5 - Nissan: 393,032 ..... (309,296)
#6 - Dodge: 292,322 ..... (261,429)
#7 - Hyundai: 255,782 ..... (204,686)
#8 - Kia: 170,069 ..... (147,404)
#9 - GMC: 150,834 ..... (114,947)
#10 - Jeep: 126,771 ..... (120,448)

#11 - Volkswagen: 126,012 ..... (97,008)
#12 - Subaru: 125,960 ..... (93,306)
#13 - Mazda: 115,719 ..... (100,381)
#14 - Chrysler: 108,126 ..... (89,002)
#15 - Lexus: 107,430 ..... (90,060)
#16 - Mercedes-Benz: 107,015 ..... (84,142)
#17 - BMW: 100,632 ..... (93,563)
#18 - Buick: 70,032 ..... (47,223)
#19 - Cadillac: 64,785 ..... (48,583)
#20 - Acura: 61,117 ..... (51,082)
#21 - Audi: 48,440 ..... (37,845)
#22 - Infiniti: 47,300 ..... (38,448)
#23 - Lincoln: 43,762 ..... (40,710)
#24 - Mercury: 32,701 ...... (29,826)
#25 - Volvo: 28,206 ..... (29,746)
#26 - Mitsubishi: 26,490 ..... (26,467)
#27 - Scion: 21,007 ..... (26,084)
#28 - Mini: 20,953 ..... (20,885)
#29 - Land Rover: 14,964 ..... (12,052)
#30 - Suzuki: 11,549 ..... (22,408)
#31 - Porsche: 10,984 ..... (9,659)
#32 - Saturn: 6,480 ..... (42,776)
#33 - Jaguar: 5,851 ..... (6,134)
#34 - smart: 3,349 ..... (8,567)
#35 - Hummer: 2,929 ..... (6,191)
#36 - Pontiac: 927 ..... (88,794)
#37 - Maserati: 912 ..... (593)
#38 - Ferrari: 720 ..... (732)
#39 - Bentley: 688 ..... (657)
#40 - Aston Martin: 552 ..... (570)
#41 - Lotus: 330 ..... (360)
#42 - Saab: 1,346 ..... (5,386)
#43 - Lamborghini: 162 ..... (174)
#44 - Rolls-Royce: 156 ..... (162)
#45 - Maybach: 18 ..... (30)


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U.S. AUTO SALES DATA - JUNE 2010

The Good Car Guy might be on vacation in Prince Edward Island, soaking up the sun and enjoying the dearth of traffic, but you're stuck in the office with a craving for more Sales Stats. Naturally, The Good Car Guy thought ahead and provided a healthy dose of interesting facts for you to enjoy. Keep on'a scrollin.

They say full-size SUVs aren't the trendy thang anymore. Well, how come Chevrolet sold 10,720 Suburbans and Tahoes in June in the USA? That's a 56.4% gain on June 2009's Suburban/Tahoe total, although a hefty drop from June 2008 when the Suburban and Tahoe combined to sell 15,975 units in America.

People have been talking about the Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro sales battle. But these aren't niche products. Mustang sales in June were more than double what Mazda put up with the 6, greater than the figures of any individual Subaru model, better than the Ford Edge or Ford Expedition or Explorer or Flex or Ranger or Taurus. Chevrolet's Camaro, meanwhile, out-sold all of Cadillac's cars combined and beat Volvo - the whole brand - by 2,545 sales.

Every time Mitsubishi USA sold a Galant in June, Toyota dealers sold 71 Camrys. 

Honda USA sold 1,848 Accord Crosstours in June. Its most direct competitor, the Toyota Venza, came close to doubling that figure with 3,512 sales. (The Venza is far more popular in Canada, 1,062 were sold in June north of the 49th parallel.)

Infiniti "truck" - the EX, FX, and QX56 - are less than three times less likely to be purchased or leased than an Infiniti "car" - the G37 and M37/M56. Acura "truck" - the MDX, RDX, and ZDX - was responsible for 5,464 sales in June, more than half of Acura's 10,839 sales. Lexus "truck" sales, thanks mainly to the RX and not so much the GX or LX, totalled 9,183 in June. Overall, Lexus sold 17,332 vehicles in the States last month.

Scion sold 3,745 vehicles in June. The xB was Scion's best-seller with 1,775 sales. The tC managed 1,137; the xD pulled in 833.

Though they didn't realize it, Suzuki and Bentley have been waging a fairly serious sales war. U.S. sales of the Suzuki Equator in June reached 119, beating Bentley by 3 vehicles. Through one half of 2010, however, Bentley is ahead of the Equator by 20, 688 to 668. The Equator's donor vehicle from Nissan, the Frontier, sold 2,920 in June; 18,429 year-to-date.

The Transit Connect is proving relatively popular for Ford. 2,136 sales is nothing to sneeze at, but it doesn't compare with total E-Series sales of 10,192 in June.

General Motors sold 112 Pontiacs in June 2010, down 99.5% from June 2009. Pontiac sold 33,683 vehicles in June 2007. Saab had nothin' doin' in June 2010. 

Vehicles inducted into The Bad 8 v3.0 and The Bad 8 Supersize v2.0 average 1,283 sales in June in the USA. This figure doesn't take into account sales of certain vehicles which are specific models inside a nameplate: BMW 5-Series GT, Dodge Challenger SE, Hummer H2 SUT, Ford Explorer SportTrac, Nissan Versa sedan, and the Chrysler Sebring convertible. Although we can't include the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor or Ford Flex EcoBoost or two specific variations of the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class or diesel versions of the Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen or the V8-powered Hyundai Genesis or Ford's Fusion Hybrid or the Sport Wagon edition of Cadillac's CTS or the base version of the Mini Cooper or Porsche's Boxster Spyder (unless you have that info)...... Good 12 winners averaged 3,669 U.S. sales in June. Clearly The Good Car Guy is responsible for GoodCarBadCar.net's picks selling at a faster rate than those which were berated publicly on GoodCarBadCar.net.

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JUST HOW BIG IS THE 2011 MINI COUNTRYMAN?

Some would say - perhaps even I have said - that the term, "SUV" doesn't make any sense in the context of BMW's Mini brand. Mini, as in "miniature", is renowned for its ability to build fun-to-drive small cars; small cars which are, in modern times at least, a cut above similarly-sized vehicles. Though Mini might stand for many things, from retro British style to performance to premium positioning, the brand stands for small above all else. Thus, a sport-utility vehicle, or Sports Activity Vehicle as BMW calls them, shouldn't fit.

But what if the Mini Countryman is the Mini of SUVs? Among regular vehicles, few cars are shorter or narrower or lighter than the Mini Cooper, particularly in the North American market. Couldn't Mini fulfill an identical mission in the SUV sector? Or does this theory lead down a dangerous path, the end of which is marked by a itty-bitty Ford F-150 competitor with round headlights and a Union Jack on the roof?

Arguments were also made against BMW's first SAV, the X5. Mercedes-Benz aficionados weren't quite as frightened by the first M-Class, even if it did look like a minivan. Of course, Porsche was castigated for introducing the Cayenne. Yet by the time Audi delivered the Q7, the reaction wasn't negative, it was more, "Hurry it up, will'ya." Very, very, very few automotive brands are without some sort of SUV/SAV/CUV/crossover in their showrooms in 2010: Chrysler, Jaguar, Lotus, and smart being the only non-exoticar manufacturers found lacking. Mini debuting the Countryman is as obvious a next step as Jeep revamping the Grand Cherokee.

Still, the voices of naysayers will persist. Their voices likely won't be as loud as the soccer moms who want to cram a 7-year-old in the back of a stylish alternative to their.... ahem.... Honda CR-V. What do potential Mini Countryman owners have to look forward to? Well, get this, they can expect to find a really small trucklet - a Mini SUV, if you will. Shocker. Read on after the jump for an in-depth look at the Mini Countryman's dimensions.

At 161.3 inches long, the 2011 Mini Countryman is 15.7 inches longer than a regular Mini Cooper and 13 inches shorter than a Volkswagen Tiguan.

At 70.4 inches wide, the 2011 Mini Countryman is 4.1 inches wider than a Mini Clubman and 5.7 inches narrower than a BMW X5.

At 61.5 inches tall, the 2011 Mini Countryman is 6.1 inches higher than a Mini Cooper 6.3 inches lower than a Ford Escape

With 5.86 inches of ground clearance, the 2011 Mini Countryman is an inch closer to the dirt than a Volkswagen Tiguan, even 1.4 millimetres closer to the ground than a Honda Fit.

On a wheelbase of 102.2 inches, the 2011 Mini Countryman has 5.1 inches more space between the wheels than a Mini Cooper and 1.8 inches less space between the wheels than a Chevrolet HHR.

With a turning circle of 38 feet, the 2011 Mini Countryman requires almost 2 more feet to do a 360-degree turn than a Mini Clubman but a foot less than a Volvo XC60.

With 41.3 cubic feet of maximum cargo capacity, the 2011 Mini Countryman has 17.3 cubic feet more storage space than a Mini Cooper and 31.6 fewer available cubic feet than a Honda CR-V.

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MIDSIZE LUXURY CAR SALES AND LARGE LUXURY CAR SALES IN CANADA - JUNE 2010

Take a second to compare the Midsize Luxury Car Sales Graph below with the one from May. What's different? Keep looking, keep looking. Okay, you give up?

I don't blame you for not being able to spot that Acura's RL isn't a part of the June 2010 edition, but was present in May 2010's Graph. Rumours started up over the last week about the demise of Acura's RL. Acura calls it their flagship, however, and denies the rumours. Of course, this caused The Good Car Guy to point out that the RL has almost ceased to exist anyway, as evidenced by this Graph. Acura didn't sell a single RL in Canada in June. In June of 2009 Acura Canada only sold 10. Acura has only sold 22 RLs in Canada over the course of six months in 2010.


The segment we call "midsize luxury" isn't an easy one to join. The long-established Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5-Series dominate globally at the top end. Lower down on the price scale, the Lexus ES and Acura TL are popular in North America. Even the excellent Audi A6 is all but ignored in Canada, and this from a brand with rapid sales growth and the distinct possibility of fulfilling its desire to be the planet's biggest luxury automaker sometime later this decade.


Audi came perilously close to achieving RL-status with its R8 in the Large Luxury Car segment. The 2011 Audi A8 should help Audi sales stay away from a big fat zero. But it's unlikely that Audi can catch the BMW 7-Series or Mercedes-Benz S-Class anytime in the near future. Signifiers of true financial success, the 7-Series and S-Class are like McMansions or 160GB iPods: unnecessary, but nice to have.

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ONE YEAR WITH THE SMART FORTWO - INSURING THE SMART FOR A SECOND YEAR

On the last day of June The Good Car Guy began looking back at One Year With The Smart. Then a couple weeks later, a complete rundown of Numbers was generated. For the first time in its brief existence, GoodCarBadCar.net has hosted a long-term test car. Reviewing a 2009 smart fortwo pure for one year has produced some interesting revelations, some impressive statistics, and a whole lot of contentedness. Now to top things off, an auto insurance anecdote.

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Ranking the worst parts of buying a new car is a really difficult task. There's the meeting with the Business Manager who wants to, or is supposed to, sell you all sorts of add-ons. Before that comes the chequing account and spreadsheet perusal - can you really afford that car? There's the agony over colour choices: dealerships frequently don't have the car you want in the colour you want. You might have to wait a couple days.

Finally, you've got to finalize your automotive insurance. Eek. 

The team behind GoodCarBadCar.net is small. At any one time you're unlikely to find more than two people inside GCBC Towers. The Good Car Girl has never been stopped by police. True, the story is different for The Good Car Guy, but not terribly so. There's only one ticket in our joint history, and it's ancient history at that. Failing to obey a traffic sign? He was a nice officer - the sign displayed the speed limit; the cost of the ticket could've been much worse.

So you'd think automotive insurance would be an inexpensive part of GoodCarBadCar.net's livelihood. You'd be wrong. Nova Scotians pay through the nose for auto insurance, although everybody probably feels that way, no matter the province or state. 

In year numero uno of the white smart fortwo's stay at GCBC Towers, insurance companies were either rejecting us because of our age or rejecting us in spirit by generating out-of-this-world car insurance quotes. It felt as though almost every insurance company in the city of Halifax had been called or email when, on our last attempt, a quote was given by Dominion Canada - via an insurance salesman in Spryfield - that was 40% lower than any other quote we'd heard.

Better yet, renewal time just came up, and insurance costs for GCBC's long-term smart fortwo dropped again. Clean driving and increased experience led to a 22% cut for 2010-2011. Of course, we made a few calls again to make sure other companies wouldn't look more favourably upon us one year later. Guess what? They wouldn't/didn't/won't. 

GoodCarBadCar.net's long-term 2009 smart fortwo pure is an efficient little urban runabout. Considering the low mileage put up by The Good Car Guy, the efficiency of the smart, the free servicing at O'Regan's Mercedes-Benz, and the decreasing cost of automotive insurance, life with our smart car is just getting cheaper and cheaper.

COMPACT LUXURY CAR SALES AND ENTRY LUXURY CAR SALES IN CANADA - JUNE 2010

The BMW 3-Series was shining bright last month, becoming Canada's 15th-best-selling car in June 2010. Mercedes-Benz made it appear as though the gap was closing in May, but BMW spread things wide open in June.

Way down the list of small/entry luxury cars is the Lexus IS. Ranked 7th in its class in June, the IS is more like the 3-Series than some of the 3-Series' other rivals in offering sedan, convertible, and high-performance versions. It doesn't seem to matter, the IS is not one of Lexus' well-known nameplates in Canada.

Nor is the HS. Far more attractive to hybrid-conscious Americans, the HS250h appeals to Canadians about as much as a winter vacation in northern Russia. If you want a good compact luxury car, look at any of the other offerings which entice with a better blend of efficiency, power, and looks. Other than the Lexus HS, which wasn't on sale last year, and the Volvo C30, which increased June sales by 1 unit, every compact luxury car on sale posted declining sales in June 2010.

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MIDSIZE CAR SALES AND LARGE CAR SALES IN CANADA - JUNE 2010

25% of Canada's Top 20 Best-Selling Cars from June are in the Graphs below. It was recently pointed out that 65% of Canada's favourite cars were of the small variety. The differences between the Canadian and U.S. markets are striking.

Still, there are some very favoured cars shown below. The Ford Fusion approximately three buyers for every ten who go to an F-Series pickup. That's sayin' somethin'. By the way, Camry and Venza sales are joined, but in Canada it was the Venza which stole the show in June, beating the Camry's 1,048 units by 14. 

Then are those vehicles which attract consumers on very rare occasions. Mitsubishi's Galant is all but forgotten, almost Diamante-esque in its forgettability. For whatever reason, and it's actually fairly hard to come up with one, the Suzuki Kizashi still can't find any driveways other than the ones leading toward Suzuki showrooms. and the Volkswagen Passat? Well, it's time for the New Midsize Sedan.


Large sedans can still do okay in Canada, but it's a rare breed. The Chevrolet Impala is priced to sell. Dodge Charger sales were stronger tha the Chrysler 300's by 48 units. Ford Taurus sales dove a bit from April to May but are back into the swing of things now. Large cars certainly aren't at the forefront of the Canadian buyer's mind right now, but you can't escape the fact that many large cars are more appealing than they were when Canadians were actually buying them ten or twenty or thirty years ago.

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COMPACT CAR SALES AND SUBCOMPACT CAR SALES IN CANADA - JUNE 2010

65% of Canada's most popular cars can be found in the two Graphs below. Were the Kia Soul placed here instead of the Niche Car Sales chart, that number would rise to 70%. To Canadians, size doesn't matter. Value, however, is of great importance. Small cars offer the equipment we require, just enough space for a small family, and the sort of efficiency small crossover buyers can only dream of (or remember from their previous car).

Subcompact cars and compact cars aren't the halo vehicles of any automaker's fleet. In certain cases, nonetheless, the power of these cars has helped to make a brand. Take the Honda Civic, for instance. The Civic is either the most well-known Honda or the second-most well-known Honda. Five years into the eighth generation and the Civic is still Canada's best-selling car, not just in June, but in the first half of 2010.

On the other side of the coin are automobile manufacturers who know they've got to start caring about these segments but haven't actually done so. The Subaru Impreza is a fine car, Driven by The Good Car Guy and considered to be a Corolla competitor with an extra dose of fun-to-drive; excluding low-volume performance derivatives like the WRX and STi of course. 

Subaru will tell you about their rapid sales growth in North America, and they're not lying. Yet Subaru finds its Impreza ranked way back in the field of compact cars thanks to a high base price - $20,995 compared to the Civic's $15,990 - and all-wheel drive can't account for $5K. Perhaps Subaru is content to remain an idiosyncratic firm, but they say they're ready for the big time. Start with a viable compact competitor and consider selling a subcompact, too. More cars on the road will mean more people seeing your cars on the road, and that'll help sell more of the expensive Outbacks and Forester XTs.

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PHOTOGRAPHY IX BY GOODCARBADCAR.NET

Photography isn't a huge part of GoodCarBadCar.net, but The Good Car Guy enjoys taking a decent picture. More often than not, the pictures you see on GCBC are manufacturer-supplied. Posts marked Photography are those with pictures taken by either The Good Car Guy or The Good Car Girl. For a look at pictures of GoodCarBadCar.net's long-term smart fortwo, head over to FuelTheSmart.

This Ferrari 430 Spider was visible inside a garage in Bedford, Nova Scotia. 

The Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG was forced to inhabit the driveway.

The Good Car Guy wasn't a huge fan of the 2010 Jaguar XJ 
when pictures were first revealed. In the flesh, 
Jaguar's new big sedan is far more impressive.

2010 Jaguar XJ

The Rockingham section of Bedford Highway

Windy Conrad Beach really did a number on this Aston Martin Rapide

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SMALL SUV SALES, MIDSIZE SUV SALES AND LARGE SUV SALES IN CANADA - JUNE 2010

Break it down like this: the Ford Escape is inexpensive, spacious, fuel-efficient (enough), powerful (enough), and well-freakin'-known. Sales are through the roof. To go along with that, sales of the very, very similar Mazda Tribute are higher in Canada (pop. 34,160,000) at 505 than they are in the United States (pop. 309,783,196) at 306 units. So tweeted.

People be lovin' the Ford Edge. Considering GM's three Lambda platform CUVs would fit comfortably into the midsection of the Midsize SUVs & Crossovers Graph (Enclave 367, Traverse 562, Acadia 460), the fact that the three couldn't combine in Canada to out-sell the Ford Edge in June is startling.

The sales volume of large SUVs may be small in Canada, but one look at the figures and it ain't hard to see how General Motors makes money. Along with the four jumbo SUVs in the Graph below, the same platform gives us sales of the Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Chevrolet Avalanche. That's 836 sales of expensive vehicles in a small market, vehicles which aren't the most costly to build. That's before you include the not-so-dissimilar pickup trucks.

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