August 2012 Canada Auto Sales By Brand

Honda's New 2013 Accord 
Should Further Boost Sales

Canada's auto industry began reporting August 2012 sales results early on the morning of September 4 with impressive figures from Porsche, Chrysler, and Fiat. As the day wore on, we soon discovered the market posted a year-over-year increase of 6.4% with a year-to-date improvement of 6.7%.

Ford, despite a 1.4% drop, led the way on volume terms with 24,921 sales. Ford sold an astonishing 11,580 F-Series pickup trucks, enough to account for 7.8% of the overall new vehicle market without even including Ford's cars, SUVs, or crossovers.

August 2012 Auto Brand Market Share
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Honda and Chrysler stood out from the pack with 50% and 88% improvements, respectively. Conversely, Chevrolet dropped 19.5%; Nissan fell 18%; and Cadillac, Lincoln, and Volvo all fell greater than 20%. 

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August 2012 YTD Canadian Sales

Through eight months, BMW trails Mercedes-Benz by 1397 units in the race to be Canada's favourite luxury brand. August was, however, BMW's month, as the blue and white propeller outsold the three-pointed start by 464 units.

Luxury Auto Brand Market Share

Sales figures for the majority of individual models will also be made available through the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home where they'll join historical monthly and yearly numbers. For the few automakers which don't make those model-specific numbers available today (BMW, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, and a few others), we'll add them by the middle of the month.

August 2012's 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada

The U.S. edition of this August brand-by-brand rankings post has already been published. Below, the Canadian table has been completely updated with August info.

Updated 12:55 PM AT 09.11.2012

Rank	Automaker	August 2012	%  Change	Year To Date	YTD  % Change
#1	Ford	24,921	- 1.4%	190,995	+ 1.5%
#2	Toyota	15,567	+ 26.4%	117,913	+ 26.3%
#3	Chevrolet	12,914	- 19.5%	96,648	- 9.6%
#4	Honda	12,081	+ 49.9%	86,229	+ 26.8%
#5	Hyundai	11,717	+ 1.8%	96,209	+ 3.5%
#6	Dodge	9061	+ 8.3%	69,622	- 0.4%
#7	Kia	7682	+ 32.4%	54,663	+ 20.7%
#8	Mazda	6772	+ 3.7%	51,050	+ 6.5%
#9	GMC	6385	- 8.8%	46,987	- 4.9%
#10	Volkswagen	5782	+ 34.4%	39,451	+ 10.6%
#11	Ram	5662	+ 5.0%	49,233	+ 12.9%
#12	Nissan	5549	- 18.0%	53,284	- 1.4%
#13	Jeep	3556	- 1.9%	31,040	+ 3.1%
#14	Subaru	2680	+ 43.9%	19,741	+ 9.9%
#15	BMW	2671	+ 9.4%	20,520	+ 6.3%
#16	Mercedes-Benz	2207	+ 2.0%	21,917	+ 9.3%
#17	Acura	1582	+ 9.2%	10,452	+ 15.2%
#18	Audi	1568	+ 7.0%	13,185	+ 13.1%
#19	Chrysler	1540	+ 88.0%	18,686	+ 89.6%
#20	Lexus	1431	+ 18.7%	9574	+ 10.9%
#21	Mitsubishi	1399	- 16.0%	13,115	- 4.1%
#22	Buick	1215	- 3.8%	9471	+ 13.0%
#23	Infiniti	780	+ 19.4%	5466	+ 22.4%
#24	Fiat	750	+ 21.8%	6436	+ 66.9%
#25	Scion	558	+ 14.8%	3920	+ 21.2%
#26	Cadillac	556	- 24.0%	4317	- 20.6%
#27	Lincoln	525	- 20.5%	4516	- 17.4%
#28	Suzuki	511	+ 15.1%	3576	- 4.7%
#29	Mini	510	+ 26.9%	4231	+ 28.0%
#30	Volvo	371	- 27.5%	4264	- 13.1%
#31	Land Rover	321	+ 44.6%	2784	+ 50.6%
#32	smart	286	+ 120%	1482	+ 14.6%
#33	Porsche	251	+ 43.4%	1974	+ 11.5%
#34	Jaguar	51	- 15.0%	466	- 12.2%
T35	Bentley	11	+ 22.2%	83	+ 18.6%
T35	Maserati	11	- 8.3%	114	+ 12.9%
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	Ford Motor Company	25,446	- 1.8%	195,511	+ 1.0%
	General Motors	21,070	- 15.9%	157,423	- 7.5%
	Chrysler Canada	20,569	+ 9.3%	175,017	+ 6.8%
	Hyundai-Kia	19,399	+ 12.1%	150,872	+ 9.1%
	Toyota Canada	17,556	+ 25.3%	131,407	+ 24.9%
	Honda Canada	13,663	+ 43.7%	96,681	+ 25.5%
	Volkswagen Group *	7612	+ 27.9%	54,693	+ 11.0%
	Nissan Canada	6329	- 14.7%	58,750	+ 0.4%
	BMW-Mini	3181	+ 11.8%	24,751	+ 9.5%
	Daimler AG	2493	+ 8.4%	23,399	+ 9.7%
	Jaguar-Land Rover	372	+ 31.9%	3250	+ 36.6%
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---	Total	149,301	+ 6.4%	1,162,395	+ 6.7%

Source: Automakers, AIAMC, Desrosiers & ANDC 
* Excludes Lamborghini

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