CANADA AUTO SALES AUGUST 2009

The German luxury trifurcate we know as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi combined for remarkable sales figures in Canada last month. What was 4,113 sales last August turned into 5,342 Bimmers, Benzes, and Audis sold in the 31 days ending Monday. That's just one out of many notable statistics from last month's Sales Stats, all of which you can read about below. Overall, the Canadian automobile market shrunk by 7.9% compared with August of 2008 though light truck sales increased to the tune of 1.4%. Check out July's totals here. For a closer look at Hyundai's increases in Canadian sales, click here.

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General Motors: -27.5% to 23,018

Ford: +7% to 22,166

Toyota: -24.2% to 16,707

Chrysler: -6.8% to 14,393

Honda: -21.8% to 10,574

Hyundai: +38.4% to 10,418

Nissan: +4.2% to 7,071

Mazda: -10.7% to 6,880

Kia: +20.6% to 4,672

Volkswagen: -5% to 3,605

BMW: +20.5% to 2,292

Mercedes-Benz: +20.5% to 1,992

Subaru: +4.2% to 1,940

Mitsubishi: +24.9% to 1,860

Acura: +26.4% to 1,644

Lexus: +31.3% to 1,532

Suzuki: +1.3% to 1,315

Audi: +89.6% to 1,058

Infiniti: -13.6% to 604

Volvo: +16.3% to 527

Mini: -9.5% to 457

smart: -30.4% to 268

Land Rover: -27.2% to 134

Porsche: +7.1% to 120

Jaguar: -18.1% to 68

Saab: -79.8% to 36


Check out Canada's auto sales data from August 2010 here