Sporty Car Sales In Canada - September 2014 YTD

Despite its own anticipated 11% decline in September 2014, a 24% increase in Chevrolet Camaro sales, and a 99% jump in Dodge Challenger volume, the Ford Mustang easily outsold both its key rivals last month. 292 Mustangs were sold, nearly as many sales as the Camaro and Challenger managed when combined.

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• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD
• Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD

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Indeed, through the first three-quarters of 2014, the Mustang has outsold the Camaro/Challenger pairing, and with relative ease. GM Canada is on track for the company's best Camaro sales year since 2011.

In a higher price category, the smallest European sports cars were led by the Porsche Boxster in September. Even without its hardtop twin included, the Boxster outsold the Jaguar F-Type range, Audi's TT, and the Mercedes-Benz SLK. Boxster and Cayman combined, the Porsche twins still trailed Porsche's own 911 by seven units.

BMW's broader 4-Series lineup continues to outsell the 1-Series-replacing 2-Series range by more than four-to-one. (The only 2ers in stock at GCBC's local BMW dealership were fitted with automatic transmissions.) Chevrolet Corvette volume was nearly six times stronger in September 2014 than in September 2013. Honda Canada reported their fourth month in 2014 with double-digit CR-Z sales. That only happened twice last year.

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 sports cars, coupes, GTs, roadsters, and convertibles any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • September 2015 • October 2014 • August 2014 • September 2013

American Muscle	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	143	115	24.3%	2630	1964	33.9%
Dodge Challenger	163	82	98.8%	1331	1395	-4.6%
Ford Mustang	292	328	-11.0%	4391	4571	-3.9%
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Total	598	525	13.9%	8352	7930	5.3%

Euro Sports Cars	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi TT	26	31	-16.1%	266	307	-13.4%
BMW Z4	6	11	-45.5%	141	217	-35.0%
Jaguar F-Type	33	31	6.5%	366	186	96.8%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	24	21	14.3%	304	312	-2.6%
Porsche Boxster	38	21	81.0%	311	341	-8.8%
Porsche Cayman	19	18	5.6%	216	191	13.1%
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Total	146	133	9.8%	1604	1554	3.2%

Other Sporty Cars	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	155	147	5.4%	1805	1831	-1.4%
BMW 1-Series *	---	25	-100%	2	572	-99.7%
BMW 2-Series *	101	---	---	567	---	---
BMW 4-Series *	401	---	---	2499	---	---
Chevrolet Corvette	65	11	491%	1029	148	595%
Chrysler 200 Convertible *	---	10	-100%	14	602	-97.7%
Honda CR-Z	11	4	175%	83	56	48.2%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	111	138	-19.6%	1291	1570	-17.8%
Infiniti Q60 & G37 Coupe/Convertible *	37	32	15.6%	356	436	-18.3%
Lexus ISC *	6	8	-25.0%	115	185	-37.8%
Lexus ISF *	1	2	-50.0%	17	29	-41.4%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	29	24	20.8%	480	503	-4.6%
Mitsubishi Eclipse	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
Nissan 370Z	31	33	-6.1%	343	398	-13.8%
Scion FR-S	149	103	44.7%	1334	1557	-14.3%
Subaru BRZ	59	95	-37.9%	809	911	-11.2%
Volkswagen Eos	32	21	52.4%	384	450	-14.7%
Volvo C70	---	11	-100%	---	117	-100%
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Total	1188	664	78.9%	11,128	9368	18.8%

Warm Hatches	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	307	455	-32.5%	4779	5803	-17.6%
Hyundai Veloster *	262	361	-27.4%	2803	3894	-28.0%
Mini Cooper *	104	280	-62.9%	1911	3012	-36.6%
Scion tC *	118	159	-25.8%	972	1176	-17.3%
Volkswagen Beetle *	171	148	15.5%	1616	1953	-17.3%
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Total	962	1403	-31.4%	12,081	15,838	-23.7%

Premium Sporty Cars	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	9	7	28.6%	100	96	4.2%
Cadillac ELR	3	---	---	31	---	---
Dodge Viper	7	9	-22.2%	87	35	149%
Jaguar XK	6	10	-40.0%	73	79	-7.6%
Lexus LFA	---	---	---	1	1	0.0%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	18	37	-51.4%	298	360	-17.2%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	1	8	-87.5%	36	50	-28.0%
Nissan GT-R	10	15	-33.3%	109	110	-0.9%
Porsche 911	64	58	10.3%	648	537	20.7%
Porsche 918 Spyder	2	---	---	5	---	---
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Total	120	144	-16.7%	1388	1268	9.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
^ Mini sales include everything except the Countryman.
* also included in another GCBC segment breakdown
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. This explains why you'll see the Audi A5 here and with luxury cars, 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. Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch.

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