November 2012 Canada Auto Sales By Brand

Porsche Showed The New Cayman S
At The L.A. Auto Show In November

Porsche accounts for approximately 0.2% of Canada's overall new vehicle market, yet it earns a much higher percentage of ink in the automotive press. And here's another example of that odd outcome.

Porsche sold just 251 vehicles in Canada in November 2012. Little tiny Fiat sold 58% more vehicles in what was a low month for the Italian city car brand. But Porsche has sold more vehicles this year than in any other month in the company's Canadian history. And November 2012 sales at Porsche Canada jumped 164% compared with November 2011. Porsche sold 52 diesel Cayennes, 155 Cayennes in total, a 210% year-over-year improvement. Boxster sales shot up 667% to 23 units. 911 sales rose 63%. Sales of the Panamera were up 156%.

Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - November 2012

Porsche is a brand many people love and many others love to hate, but only a handful of auto enthusiasts are convinced that Porsche isn't worthy of their respect.  And so here we are talking extensively about a brand that sells relatively few vehicles in Canada because it's the producer of the iconic 911, two mid-engined sports cars, one of the sportiest SUVs on the market, and a controversial high-end hatchback.

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Meanwhile, tens of thousands of other cars, most of which are lower in profile, found Canadian buyers in November 2012. Other than Porsche's huge improvement, the biggest year-over-year gain belonged to Subaru, which recorded a 35.5% jump. No brand fell harder than Lincoln, although Volvo, Jaguar, BMW, and Suzuki all took pretty big hits on a percentage basis. 

Toyota, Honda, Chevrolet, GMC, Nissan, Ram, and Jeep were the biggest brands to post year-over-year declines. Ford was Canada's best-selling brand, as alwyas, and with a 9.5% jump, sold 1656 more Blue Oval vehicles than at this time last year. Hyundai, however, reported an even better 1684-unit jump.

All 261 Vehicles Ranked By November 2012 YTD Canadian Sales

Brands are ranked by total November 2012 volume in the table below. Model-specific figures are available through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or, for non-mobile users, near the top right of this page. The U.S. version of this post was published earlier.

Updated @ 10:33 PM AT on 12.06.2012

Rank	Automaker	November 2012	%  Change	Year To Date	YTD  % Change
#1	Ford	19,005	+ 9.5%	253,316	+ 1.8%
#2	Toyota	12,811	- 1.4%	160,596	+ 21.8%
#3	Honda	10,877	- 2.1%	120,153	+ 22.2%
#4	Chevrolet	10,257	- 3.3%	130,524	- 6.5%
#5	Hyundai	10,101	+ 20.0%	128,420	+ 4.6%
#6	Dodge	6840	+ 12.0%	91,343	- 4.8%
#7	Kia	5719	+ 17.8%	73,840	+ 19.7%
#8	GMC	5579	- 7.3%	62,941	- 6.1%
#9	Nissan	5414	- 8.1%	69,762	- 2.5%
#10	Ram	5389	- 2.0%	66,301	+ 8.8%
#11	Mazda	5220	+ 1.0%	68,077	+ 5.8%
#12	Volkswagen	4659	+ 16.0%	55,355	+ 12.9%
#13	Jeep	3033	- 1.3%	40,599	+ 0.9%
#14	Mercedes-Benz	2818	- 2.8%	29,924	+ 5.9%
#15	Subaru	2727	+ 35.5%	28,189	+ 15.1%
#16	BMW	2520	- 16.1%	29,144	+ 5.7%
#17	Audi	1630	+ 29.6%	18,573	+ 16.2%
#18	Mitsubishi	1607	+ 3.1%	17,963	- 2.6%
#19	Acura	1558	- 1.0%	15,351	+ 11.8%
#20	Chrysler	1329	+ 8.2%	22,821	+ 61.4%
#21	Lexus	1286	+ 11.2%	13,936	+ 13.7%
#22	Buick	905	+ 20.7%	12,383	+ 15.8%
#23	Cadillac	631	+ 10.1%	6084	- 14.2%
#24	Infiniti	597	+ 12.4%	7523	+ 17.0%
T25	Mini	458	- 8.8%	5838	+ 24.1%
T25	Suzuki	458	- 12.1%	5137	+ 0.02%
#27	Lincoln	426	- 42.3%	5778	- 23.4%
#28	Scion	415	- 0.5%	5322	+ 20.7%
#29	Land Rover	401	- 1.0%	3863	+ 35.0%
#30	Fiat	422	+ 24.5%	8025	+ 57.1%
#31	Volvo	326	- 23.1%	5320	- 15.6%
#32	Porsche	251	+ 164%	2779	+ 29.1%
#33	smart	152	+ 17.8%	2187	+ 30.8%
#34	Jaguar	42	- 31.1%	594	- 15.7%
#35	Bentley	11	- 31.3%	116	+ 14.9%
#36	Maserati	9	- 25.0%	150	+ 4.9%
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	Ford Motor Company	19,431	+ 7.4%	259,094	+ 1.0%
	General Motors	17,372	- 3.2%	212,202	- 5.5%
	Chrysler Group	17,013	+ 4.7%	229,089	+ 5.9%
	Hyundai-Kia	15,820	+ 19.2%	202,260	+ 9.7%
	Toyota Motor Corporation	14,512	- 0.4%	179,854	+ 21.1%
	Honda Canada	12,435	- 1.7%	135,504	+ 20.9%
	Volkswagen Group *	6551	+ 21.7%	76,823	+ 14.2%
	Nissan Canada	6011	- 6.4%	77,285	- 0.9%
	BMW-Mini	2978	- 15.0%	34,982	+ 8.4%
	Daimler AG	2970	- 1.9%	32,111	+ 7.3%
	Jaguar-Land Rover	444	- 4.7%	4457	+ 25.0%
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---	Total	125,912	+ 3.8%	1,568,844	+ 6.5%

Source: Automakers, AIAMC, Desrosiers & ANDC 
* VW Group sales do not include Lamborghini 

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