Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - 2008 Year End

Canada's auto market dipped slightly in 2008, falling especially sharply at the end of the year, but the Honda Civic was able to take advantage of an increased appetite for passenger cars to claim not just best-selling car status but the title of Canada's best-selling vehicle overall.

Honda had never previously sold as many Civics in Canada as they did in 2008, nor have they since. The Civic needed Ford F-Series volume to slide in order to grab the top spot, and F-Series volume slid, indeed. The 8% drop equalled a drop of 5869 units. F-Series sales slid by 1250 units in December alone. The economic climate was not a pleasant one.

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• Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - 2007 Year End
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SUVs were again led by the Ford Escape, and the Toyota RAV4 surged to take the second spot in the category as Honda CR-V sales decreased slightly. Six other utility vehicles joined the top trio in the group of Canada's top 40 sellers.

Sales of the Dodge Grand Caravan plummeted 28%, but Chrysler did sell an extra 3334 copies of the DGC's twin, the Town & Country. Cars generated just a quarter of all Chrysler Group sales, and more than a third of those car sales were produced by the disappointing Caliber. 

These were Canada's 40 best-selling vehicles in calendar year 2008.

Rank	Best-Selling Vehicle	2008	2007	%  Change
#1	Honda Civic	72,463	70,838	2.3%
#2	Ford F-Series	67,749	73,618	-8.0%
#3	Toyota Corolla	57,736	40,474	42.6%
#4	Mazda 3	50,317	48,236	4.3%
#5	Dodge Ram	42,736	42,296	1.0%
#6	Toyota Yaris	40,602	34,424	17.9%
#7	Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan	39,780	55,041	-27.7%
#8	Chevrolet Silverado	34,685	40,066	-13.4%
#9	GMC Sierra	34,555	40,606	-14.9%
#10	Chevrolet Cobalt	33,754	32,613	3.5%
#11	Ford Escape	32,898	31,643	4.0%
#12	Hyundai Accent	29,751	16,390	81.5%
#13	Pontiac G5	26,436	25,211	4.9%
#14	Toyota Camry	24,618	28,218	-12.8%
#15	Ford Ranger	24,211	23,386	3.5%
#16	Ford Focus	23,654	24,013	-1.5%
#17	Toyota Matrix	23,549	21,369	10.2%
#18	Honda Accord	22,623	22,102	2.4%
#19	Nissan Versa	21,845	21,940	-0.4%
#20	Toyota RAV4	20,522	16,329	25.7%
#21	Honda CR-V	20,500	20,980	-2.3%
#22	Dodge Caliber	19,544	18,553	5.3%
#23	Chevrolet Malibu	17,596	9,857	78.5%
#24	Pontiac Vibe	17,335	12,915	34.2%
#25	Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit	16,919	14,164	19.5%
#26	Nissan Altima	16,676	17,126	-2.6%
#27	Chevrolet Uplander/Venture	16,133	19,006	-15.1%
#28	Pontiac Montana/SV6	14,953	19,172	-22.0%
#29	Chevrolet Impala	14,913	16,326	-8.7%
#30	Honda Fit	14,836	13,507	9.8%
#31	Hyundai Santa Fe	14,401	15,429	-6.7%
#32	Volkswagen Jetta	13,915	14,665	-5.1%
#33	Jeep Patriot	13,836	9,629	43.7%
#34	Pontiac G6	13,640	11,848	15.1%
#35	Ford Fusion	13,326	15,882	-16.1%
#36	Nissan Rogue/X-Trail	13,163	7,503	75.4%
#37	Jeep Wrangler	12,137	9,834	23.4%
#38	Chevrolet Equinox	11,946	13,205	-9.5%
#39	Mazda 5	11,944	11,690	2.2%
#40	Ford Edge	11,834	10,349	14.3%

Source: Automakers & ANDC