Canadian Sales figures April

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Total Volumes compared to last April:


Ford
up
3.8%
Retail sales up 1.9%


GM
down
18.5%
Retail down 17.6%


Chrysler
up
5.6%
Retail up 6.0%


Honda
down
6.3%


Toyota
up
13.4%


Total Industry
down
4.4%

[MNdudeswitz]

ummm............ouch!

[SobeSVT]

Glad to see Ford gaining momentum in Canada too.

[Equinox01]

It is not as bad as it looks at GM , actually the compact suv sector which includes the HHR,Equinox, Torrent and Vue are up a total of 58% over last year. This is actually a good thing because there has been no real incentives on these vehicles.

[RWD60]

not as bad as it looks??? sales down nearly 20%... even if it's only half as bad as it looks that's sales down 9%, still pretty bad. and this sales plummet was nearly all retail... it'd be one thing if it was mostly fleet, but these are the real consumers causing this drop off.

[tgagneguam]

There really is no way for anyone to put a positive spin on these GM results (and come across even remotely convincing). I think even GM spin-doctors would find that a challenging assignment.

[gmrebirth]

Wow, big drop for GM sales. And surprisingly, Honda had a 6% drop. Keep in mind the Civic is very popular in Canada, and the Fit is already on sale. Compacts in general are popular in Canada. I wonder what caused their sales to drop? New Camry eating into Accord sales?

[Bravada]

Now that must've hurt. I also wonder what's up with Honda. Nissan must've suffered even harder probably.... How is Mazda doing?

[doh]

http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/060504-1.htm

Full Numbers

Manufacturer April 2006 April 2005 Percentage change
DaimlerChrysler 21,195 20,067 + 5.6
Ford 22,758 21,948 + 3.7
General Motors 38,552 47,454 -18.8
Acura 1,600 2,306 -30.6
Audi 727 660 +10.2
BMW 1,940 1,704 +13.8
Honda 13,331 13,621 - 2.1
Hyundai 6,504 6,801 - 4.4
Infiniti 669 816 -18.0
Jaguar 110 115 - 4.3
Kia 3,063 2,821 + 8.6
Land Rover 204 125 +63.2
Lexus 1,044 947 +10.2
Mazda 8,143 10,149 -19.8
Mercedes-Benz 1,335 1,145 +16.6
Mini 367 363 + 1.1
Mitsubishi 1,022 958 + 6.7
Nissan 5,069 6,260 -19.0
Porsche 273 242 +12.8
Saab 192 161 +19.3
Smart 443 399 +11.0
Subaru 1,568 1,471 + 6.6
Suzuki 975 754 +29.3
Toyota 20,168 17,763 +13.6
Volkswagen 2,857 2,982 - 4.2
Volvo 981 1,163 -15.6
Total 155,090 163,185 - 5.0

[Joe in T.O.]

What is going on? My wife's new 07 Tahoe helped a little I guess.

[CarShark]

Originally Posted by Bravada

Now that must've hurt. I also wonder what's up with Honda. Nissan must've suffered even harder probably.... How is Mazda doing?

You were right. They both dropped like stones. Volvo was down big as well. Besides them, it looks like a trend toward more expensive vehicles, which leaves Honda and Mazda worse for the wear.