Midsize Car Sales In Canada - January 2014

Symptomatic of a car market which declined 6%, midsize car sales in Canada fell 27% in January 2014. Nearly every nameplate in the category, save for Subaru's Legacy and the Volkswagen Passat, reported lower sales last month than they did a year ago. 

Besides the Suzuki Kizashi's disappearance and resulting 100% drop, the worst decline belonged to the Mazda 6, Canada's fourth-worst-selling vehicle in January 2014. 

• All 248 Vehicle Ranked By January 2014 U.S. Sales
• All 143 Cars Ranked By January 2014 U.S. Sales

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The Mazda 6 was recently crowned Canadian Car Of The Year by AJAC and received a glowing review here at GoodCarBadCar, but Canadians don't want it. Well, a few Canadians want a new Mazda 6, but they're far fewer in number than the group of Canadians who wanted a new Mazda 6 a year ago. In 2013, Mazda 6 volume fell 64% from 2005 levels. Clearly 2014 is off to a much worse start. 

The best-selling midsize car in Canada in 2013 and during the month of January 2014, the Ford Fusion, outsold the Mazda 6 by an 8-to-1 count last month. But like the 6, Fusion sales slid sharply in January. Sales of the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Malibu, and the likely-soon-to-disappear Dodge Avenger all were more than chopped in half, year-over-year. 

Improvements from the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf weren't significant enough to help their group of exclusively hybrid/electric nameplates produce year-over-year gains last month, either. Total Toyota Prius sales were down 10% in January; Ford C-Max sales slid 60% to the lowest level since November 2012.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank midsize cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Midsize Car	January 2014	January 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Buick Regal	43	98	-56.1%	43	98	-56.1%
Chevrolet Malibu	207	498	-58.4%	207	498	-58.4%
Chrysler 200	643	659	-2.4%	643	659	-2.4%
Dodge Avenger	183	424	-56.8%	183	424	-56.8%
Ford Fusion	828	1263	-34.4%	828	1263	-34.4%
Honda Accord	728	888	-18.0%	728	888	-18.0%
Hyundai Sonata	444	804	-44.8%	444	804	-44.8%
Kia Optima	508	532	-4.5%	508	532	-4.5%
Mazda 6	108	535	-79.8%	108	535	-79.8%
Nissan Altima	489	499	-2.0%	489	499	-2.0%
Subaru Legacy	128	102	25.5%	128	102	25.5%
Suzuki Kizashi	---	23	-100%	---	23	-100%
Toyota Camry	650	790	-17.7%	650	790	-17.7%
Volkswagen Passat & CC ^	496	345	43.8%	496	345	43.8%
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Total	5455	7460	-26.9%	5455	7460	-26.9%

Midsize Hybrids & Electrics	January 2014	January 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Volt	66	44	50.0%	66	44	50.0%
Ford C-Max	63	158	-60.1%	63	158	-60.1%
Honda Insight	---	17	-100%	---	17	-100%
Nissan LEAF	41	37	10.8%	41	37	10.8%
Toyota Prius	113	161	-29.8%	113	161	-29.8%
Toyota Prius Sedan ^	109	128	-14.8%	109	128	-14.8%
Toyota Prius Plug-In ^	4	33	-87.9%	4	33	-87.9%
Toyota Prius V	156	162	-3.7%	156	162	-3.7%
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Total	552	740	-25.4%	552	740	-25.4%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	January 2014	January 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	48	85	-43.5%	48	85	-43.5%
Subaru Outback *	416	438	-5.0%	416	438	-5.0%
Toyota Venza *	493	546	-9.7%	493	546	-9.7%
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Total	957	1069	-10.5%	957	1069	-10.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
^ Volkswagen Canada combines figures for the Passat and CC.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better, right? This explains why you'll see the Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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