GM the exception in Canada June auto sales rise

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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070705/autos.html?.v=1

TORONTO (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler Canada (XETRACXGN.DE - News) cruised to its 11th straight monthly sales increase in June, a month in which sales rose at all companies that make cars in Canada except for General Motors (NYSE:GM - News), company and analyst figures showed on Wednesday.

DaimlerChrysler said its Canadian vehicle sales jumped 24.1 percent to 22,029.

The automaker -- which on Wednesday introduced an employee-pricing program on most of its 2007 models -- sold 5,607 cars and 16,422 trucks last month.

Ford Motor Co. of Canada (NYSE:F - News) sales rose to 25,439 vehicles, up 0.6 percent from 25,282 in the same month of 2006, according to industry analyst Dennis DesRosiers.

GM, Canada's biggest automaker, said it sold 42,466 vehicles in June, down 6.3 percent from the same month last year. Car sales of 20,455, down 16.3 percent, dragged on overall performance, while truck sales climbed 5.5 percent to 22,011.

Both Toyota Canada Inc. (Tokyo:7203.T - News) and Honda Canada Inc. (Tokyo:7267.T - News) reported strong sales increases.

Toyota continued to build market share against its rivals, selling 20,611 vehicles in June, up 11.3 percent.

Honda said its June sales were up 16 percent at 16,907, due in part to record sales of its Civic and Fit models.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/070705-1.htm

Manufacturer June 2007 June 2006 Per cent change
Acura 1,890 1,825 3.6
Audi 844 705 19.7
BMW 2,768 1,933 43.2
DaimlerChrysler 22,029 17,755 24.1
Ford 25,439 25,282 0.6
General Motors 41,860 44,763 -6.5
Honda 15,017 12,737 17.9
Hyundai 7,582 6,801 11.5
Infiniti 661 628 5.3
Jaguar 65 112 -42.0
Kia 3,400 3,003 13.2
Land Rover 300 215 39.5
Lexus 1,272 1,266 0.5
Mazda 9,064 8,884 2.0
Mercedes-Benz 1,436 1,321 8.7
Mini 413 370 11.6
Mitsubishi 1,561 1,055 48.0
Nissan 5,922 4,393 34.8
Porsche 184 187 -1.6
Saab 298 286 4.2
Smart 467 385 21.3
Subaru 1,351 1,265 6.8
Suzuki 1,226 977 25.5
Toyota 19,399 17,256 12.1
Volkswagen 3,778 2,924 29.2
Volvo 1,008 958 - 5.2
Passenger Car 91,729 88,055 4.2
Light truck 77,445 69,231 11.9
Total light vehicle sales 169,174 157,286 7.6

[FordFan]

Good news.

a little bit out of topic: Jaguar seems to be losing in all of the world. Man they're so lame.

[redstuff]

Honestly though, do those numbers mean anything? I mean Land Rover had a 39% increase!! WOW...but all they sold was 300 vehicles in total. Or Mitsu at 48%. Compared to 40thou plus, how can they be making any money at all?

[W.A.F.U.]

Let this be a lesson to all those whiners out there that complain about GM building cars in Canada. We buy almost twice as many GM vehicles as any other brand.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.