Minivan Sales And Truck Sales In Canada - April 2012

April 2012 Minivan Sales Chart
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In April, the two best-selling minivans in Canada were partners from Chrysler's Windsor, Ontario, plant where Volkswagen's Routan is built. The Routan, of course, was not one of the two best-selling minivans in Canada last month. In fact, the Routan was the second-worst-selling minivan in the country, only seven sales ahead of the unlovable Nissan Quest. The Quest sold rarely enough to be featured on April's list of the worst-selling vehicles in the country.

Only two of the nine minivans eligible for a year-over-year decrease in managed to avoid a slide. On year-to-date terms, the best-selling Dodge Grand Caravan (up 7% in April) is down 10%, whilethe Toyota Swagger Wagon Sienna has reported a 7% rise in the first third of 2012. Combined, the Grand Caravan and April's second-ranked minivan, the Chrysler Town & Country, owned 63% of the market. Chrysler Canada stores sold Grand Caravans 5.5 times more often than they sold T&Cs.

April 2012 Truck Sales Chart

In all, 9193 minivans were sold in Canada in April 2012. During the same 30 days, 25,752 trucks were sold. One-third were Ford F-Series pickups. 1.3% were Chevrolet Avalanches or luxury Avalanches Cadillac Escalade EXTs. Sadly, General Motors has cancelled the Avalanche, which should spell the end of the Caddy truck, too, at least in its current form.

The accompanying pickup truck chart ranks trucks by total April volume. GoodCarBadCar published the best selling truck list on the 12th. Through the end of April, the Dodge Ram is 1946 sales ahead of the Honda Civic in the race to be Canada's second-best-selling vehicle. 

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for each of these vehicles can be found by accessing the dropdown menu at the top right of this page. After the jump, check out detailed April 2012 and YTD numbers in the two tables. 

Minivan	April 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Chevrolet Orlando	615	-----	2178	-----
Chrysler Town & Country	900	+ 42.2%	1485	+ 11.6%
Dodge Grand Caravan	4906	+ 7.1%	16,957	- 10.3%
Honda Odyssey	765	- 16.5%	2639	- 11.4%
Kia Rondo	463	- 44.2%	1376	- 30.7%
Kia Sedona	86	- 44.5%	202	- 57.6%
Mazda 5	491	- 34.2%	2003	- 22.0%
Nissan Quest	45	- 48.3%	218	- 22.7%
Toyota Sienna	871	- 19.4%	3454	+ 7.2%
Volkswagen Routan	51	- 34.6%	201	- 12.6%

Truck	April 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Cadillac Escalade EXT	20	+ 5.3%	58	- 19.4%
Chevrolet Avalanche	318	+ 7.4%	993	- 11.6%
Chevrolet Colorado	191	- 27.1%	741	- 18.7%
Chevrolet Silverado	3377	+ 8.7%	11,050	- 5.0%
Dodge Dakota	7	- 96.8%	31	- 94.6%
Dodge Ram	6223	+ 21.9%	22,234	+ 19.7%
Ford F-Series	8691	- 6.6%	31,669	+ 6.7%
Ford Ranger	499	- 68.5%	2603	- 49.8%
GMC Canyon	145	- 31.6%	682	- 7.5%
GMC Sierra	4218	+ 15.5%	13,218	+ 0.2%
Honda Ridgeline	125	- 17.8%	615	+ 42.0%
Nissan Frontier	209	+ 1.5%	915	+ 50.2%
Nissan Titan	178	- 26.4%	845	+ 7.2%
Toyota Tacoma	844	- 6.9%	2882	+ 8.6%
Toyota Tundra	707	- 14.0%	2180	- 7.0%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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