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Shining a light on the 911's situation, however, reveals the impact of a new generation of all-wheel-drive Carreras. Porsche Canada has never before sold this many 911s in the first month of the year. Rear-wheel-drive cars weren't the only ones to post year-over-year declines in January, not by any means. But in a market which shrunk 2.2%, it helps to provide an alternative.
More relevant than the year-over-year comparisons is the simple fact that the purchase of a rear-wheel-drive sports car or muscle car, in the middle of a Canadian winter, isn't common. In 2012, Ford sold eight times more Mustangs in May than in January; Mazda sold eight times more Miatas in July than in January; Nissan sold nearly eleven times more 370Zs in May than in January.
The accompanying charts can be clicked for a larger view. Any model name can be clicked in order to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats home. Best of all, the tables below are now sortable. Click any column header to rank vehicles by volume, year-over-year change, or re-sort alphabetically to return to the original.
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Sporty Car | January 2013 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi A5 * | 77 | - 24.5% | 77 | - 24.5% |
12 | - 20.0% | 12 | - 20.0% | |
94 | + 124% | 94 | + 124% | |
2 | - 77.8% | 2 | - 77.8% | |
87 | - 43.1% | 87 | - 43.1% | |
13 | + 8.3% | 13 | + 8.3% | |
82 | + 22.4% | 82 | + 22.4% | |
Fiat 500C ** | 50 | - 46.8% | 50 | - 46.8% |
123 | - 14.0% | 123 | - 14.0% | |
4 | - 50.0% | 4 | - 50.0% | |
46 | - 61.3% | 46 | - 61.3% | |
219 | - 53.4% | 219 | - 53.4% | |
Lexus ISC ** | 5 | - 70.6% | 5 | - 70.6% |
Lexus ISF ** | 1 | - 66.7% | 1 | - 66.7% |
16 | - 20.0% | 16 | - 20.0% | |
9 | - 52.6% | 9 | - 52.6% | |
1 | - 94.1% | 1 | - 94.1% | |
9 | - 18.2% | 9 | - 18.2% | |
9 | + 200% | 9 | + 200% | |
----- | - 100% | ----- | - 100% | |
123 | ----- | 123 | ----- | |
53 | - 40.4% | 53 | - 40.4% | |
41 | ----- | 41 | ----- | |
29 | + 81.3% | 29 | + 81.3% | |
----- | - 100% | ----- | - 100% |
Premium Sporty Car | January 2013 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | - 50.0% | 2 | - 50.0% | |
18 | - 5.3% | 18 | - 5.3% | |
1 | - 83.3% | 1 | - 83.3% | |
1 | ----- | 1 | ----- | |
22 | + 340% | 22 | + 340% | |
4 | - 42.9% | 4 | - 42.9% | |
3 | - 40.0% | 3 | - 40.0% | |
45 | + 150% | 45 | + 150% |
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above.
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