Monday, March 18, 2013

Canada Small Car Sales - February 2013

2013 Volkswagen Jetta Tornado Red
Canada's seven best-selling cars accounted for 16% of the auto industry's February 2013 sales volume. Those seven top-selling cars were all, in a manner of speaking, small car rivals from the compact class. 

Meanwhile, Canada's seven top-selling subcompact cars, many of which feature distinctly compact-like interior dimensions, were responsible for 5% of the new vehicle market's volume in February 2013. The most popular compact, Canada's first-ranked Hyundai Elantra, outsold the most popular subcompact, Hyundai's Accent, by a three to one margin. 


Canada February 2013 small car sales chart
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Small cars of a wide variety, from the Fiat 500 to the Impreza-derived Subaru XV Crosstrek, put up fairly decent numbers in small-car-loving Canada, although Cinquecento volume has fallen in two consecutive months. 

In other words, Canadians can choose between a huge number of different small cars and small car types. Yet with amazing frequency, Canadians choose to drive a fairly conventional car from Hyundai, Honda, Mazda, Toyota, Volkswagen, Chevrolet, or Ford, rather than a hybrid hatchback from Toyota or a retro-styled coupe from Mini or even an itty-bitty crossover from Nissan. 

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these small cars can be accessed by clicking a model name in the sortable tables below or by selecting a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. You can rank vehicles by year-to-date volume or February sales or by year-over-year change by clicking column headers in any of the lists. Click the accompanying chart for a larger view. And feel free to make suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments.

Click Column Headers To Sort - January 2013 Edition - February 2012 Edition
Compact
February 2013
%
Change
Year 
To Date
YTD
% Change
179
-----369-----
285
+ 41.8%511+ 77.4%
1872
+ 2.6%4008+ 16.4%
510
-----957-----
1430
+ 7.2%2788+ 3.0%
2777
- 16.0%5280- 36.0%
3537
+ 5.4%6493+ 12.8%
511
- 47.0%1060- 32.6%
2345
+ 4.0%4003- 3.9%
178
-----379+ 37,800%
482
+ 0.2%938- 1.7%
918
+ 1.4%1677+ 4.1%
532
- 37.0%1010- 42.6%
137
- 36.3%160- 57.2%
2258
- 12.9%4723- 4.2%
621
- 29.8%1294- 20.4%
634
- 23.2%1307- 11.7%
2218
+ 43.7%4023+ 31.6%

Subcompact
February 
2013
%
Change
Year 
To Date
YTD
% Change
659
+ 25.0%1260+ 26.5%
599
+ 7.3%1081- 1.1%
390
+ 33.1%726+ 47.3%
1174
- 26.3%1929- 34.0%
945
+ 47.4%1745+ 36.1%
683
- 38.4%968- 34.6%
661
- 16.3%1182- 18.2%
138
-----244-----
296
- 60.2%606- 54.2%

Sporty Hatches
February
2013
%
Change
Year 
To Date
YTD
% Change
411
- 22.9%739- 13.5%
319
- 3.6%538- 32.8%
182
- 26.6%295- 23.8%
56
- 50.0%109- 45.8%
129
+ 69.7%215+ 56.9%

Tall Boxes & Crossovers
February 2013
%
Change
Year To Date
YTD
% Change
23
-----24-----
-----
- 100%1- 98.8%
328
-----588-----
2
- 86.7%3- 98.5%
412
- 9.5%735- 15.7%
154
+ 75.0%251+ 67.3%
578
- 4.5%1157+ 8.75
18
- 5.3%31- 35.4%
246
+ 14.4%425- 3.0%
42
- 58.0%86- 48.5%
22
- 69.4%46- 63.5%
370
-----774-----

Small Car
February
2013
%
Change
Year 
To Date
YTD
% Change
540
-----627-----
5
- 75.0%9- 71.9%
45
- 39.2%91- 38.9%
60
- 18.9%94- 41.6%
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC 
* indicates a model which is also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown

RECOMMENDED READING
Small Car Sales In Canada - January 2013
Small Car Sales In Canada - February 2012
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - February 2013
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - February 2013
Midsize Car Sales in Canada - February 2013

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