Canada Auto Sales By Brand - May 2011

Ford couldn't match May 2010's 25,191-unit sales pace but ended up in top spot despite a 2% year-over-year decline. Neither Dodge nor Chevrolet were close behind. Ford and Lincoln sold 25,440 vehicles in May, 2000+ more than General Motors managed. The Chrysler Group was closer, however, with 24,406 sales. Hyundai/Kia found 20,895 buyers.

But it's too easy to simply pay attention to the big volume automakers. Scanning Canada's 21st-to-28th-ranked manufacturers is particularly interesting in May 2011's rundown of Canadian Auto Sales By Brand. Volvo beat Cadillac. Volvo also beat its old Ford PAG partner, Lincoln. Fiat, with the 500 alone, came awfully close to surpassing Lincoln. The Good 12-winning Fiat 500 finished ahead of Scion and its three models while also handing Mini its lunch. Mini sells the Cooper hatchback, a Cooper convertible, Clubman, and four-door Countryman. Scion nipped ahead of Mini, too, but Mini had no trouble ending May with more sales than Infiniti.

Indeed, no automaker posted a sales decline worse than Infiniti's 39.4% drop. Porsche, on the opposite side of the ledger, was up 60.1%. Volkswagen, a Porsche partner/owner/subsidiary/somethingerother, was next-best with a 25.9% year-over-year improvement.

Back to the major players, Toyota remains ahead of Hyundai through the first five months of 2011. But the Koreans are very careful to point out that no automaker has sold more passenger cars than Hyundai this year. Canada Auto Sales By Brand, the May 2011 edition, is ready for reading in the table below.

Rank	Automaker	May 2011	%  Change	Year To Date	YTD  % Change
#1	Ford	24,681	-2.0	103,673	+6.2
#2	Dodge	17,064	+14.8	73,113	+12.1
#3	Chevrolet	14,292	-5.9	61,173	+7.8
#4	Hyundai	13,967	+10.7	55,286	+9.0
#5	Toyota	10,470	-36.4	60,282	-15.4
#6	Honda	8739	-13.3	43,820	-8.3
#7	Kia	6928	+20.9	26,018	+26.0
#8	Mazda	6587	-18.2	27,806	-17.3
#9	GMC	6698	-5.5	27,629	-1.4
#10	Nissan	6251	-16.5	29,647	-2.3
#11	Volkswagen	5776	+25.9	21,936	+19.2
#12	Jeep	4708	+16.0	16,990	+14.7
#13	Mercedes-Benz	3286	+14.7	12,663	+6.4
#14	BMW	2813	+19.1	10,942	+9.9
#15	Subaru	2576	+5.7	11,694	+6.0
#16	Chrysler	1956	-0.2	5943	-14.4
#17	Mitsubishi	1730	-4.4	8422	+2.3
#18	Audi	1411	+15.1	7335	+18.5
#19	Buick	1245	+17.5	4789	+15.3
#20	Acura	1092	-27.3	5323	-19.5
#21	Lexus	989	-30.3	5589	-6.0
#22	Volvo	770	+19.9	2857	+6.4
#23	Cadillac	761	+2.8	3348	+11.1
#24	Lincoln	759	-17.3	3194	-3.6
#25	Fiat	678	-----	1993	-----
#26	Scion	571	-----	1686	-----
#27	Mini	553	+10.2	1788	+12.7
#28	Infiniti	470	-36.9	2638	-15.3
#29	Suzuki	424	-39.4	2390	-33.8
#30	Porsche	309	+60.1	1154	+45.7
#31	smart	268	+9.8	810	-8.6
#32	Land Rover	245	+8.4	1175	+11.4
#33	Jaguar	70	+1.4	316	+8.6
#34	Saab	20	-----	61	-----
#35	Maserati	18	-14.3	60	-6.3
#36	Bentley	9	-25.0	37	+15.6

Source: Automakers, AIAMC, Desrosiers, & Automotive News Data Center

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