Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - May 2011

The Hyundai Elantra took back in May what twice belonged to it in January and February, the monthly crown afforded to the best-selling car in Canada. In March and April, Hyundai had been overtaken as the passenger car sales leader in Canada. Though still trailing the Honda Civic in year-to-date standings, the Elantra's 28.4% year-over-year gain was enough to fend off the 2012 Civic by 272 units. 1417 of the Elantra's 4780 May 2011 sales were Elantra Touring wagons, a figure which was up 27.8% from the same period of last year.

Speaking of year-to-date numbers, the format has been slightly changed in the Best Sellers table below. Rather than show you the current month's results alongside the previous month's results and the equivalent period of the prior year, the year-to-date standings are placed in the right-hand column and the previous month's results are gone. GoodCarBadCar.net always places a link to the previous month's standings at the bottom of the post anyhow, and you can check the sales numbers for just about any car at last month's label, in this case, April 2011.

Moving down the list, you'll find two premium brand cars in 19th and 20th. The Chrysler 200 (with 24 Sebrings) is a bit of a surprising entrant, but the marketing has been terrific and it's presumably still a fleet favourite. Nissan Sentra sales fell 33%. The Chevrolet Impala is here; the Chevrolet Malibu was 21st. Out-selling the Nissan Cube by 1424 and the Scion xB by 1286 units was the Kia Soul. 

The Nissan Versa kickstarts the subcompact segment's impact on the best-selling cars list, a move carried forward by the Ford Fiesta and the Hyundai Accent in eighth. The Mazda 2, by the way, was Canada's 22nd-best-selling car in May. Ford Fusion sales took a hard fall in May, as did sales of Volkswagen's Golf family. Now we're into the Top 10 where Kia, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, Chevrolet and Mazda come to play. Keep in mind, "Cruze/Cobalt" indicates a joint effort, but only one Cobalt was sold last month.

Here are Canada's Top 20 Best-Selling Cars from the month of May 2011.

Rank	Car	Status	May 2011	May 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	Hyundai Elantra	↑	4780	3722	19,308
#2	Honda Civic	↓	4508	4595	21,689
#3	Mazda 3	↑	3541	4274	14,261
#4	Chevrolet Cruze/Cobalt	↑	3394	2679	15,278
#5	Volkswagen Jetta	↑	2964	1118	11,486
#6	Toyota Corolla	↓	2945	4061	16,425
#7	Ford Focus	↑	2642	2334	9086
#8	Hyundai Accent	↓	2172	2950	8953
#9	Hyundai Sonata	↓	2001	1573	8264
#10	Kia Forte	↑	1751	1279	6062
#11	Volkswagen Golf	↑	1598	1883	5643
#12	Ford Fusion	↓	1557	2139	6896
#13	Ford Fiesta	↑	1491	-----	5478
#14	Nissan Versa	↑	1480	1899	5230
#15	Kia Soul	↑	1444	977	4662
#16	Chevrolet Impala	↑	1285	1081	4397
#17	Nissan Sentra	↓	1139	1701	6023
#18	Chrysler 200/Sebring	↑	1068	517	2947
#19	BMW 3-Series	↔	1057	1018	4354
#20	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	↑	1044	921	3826

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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