Top 10 Best-Selling Japanese Cars In Canada - September 2010

Following the month-by-month rundown of Canada's best-selling cars, it becomes obvious that the Honda Civic will also be Canada's best-selling Japanese car. After all, rarely does a month go by in which the Honda loses its overall crown.

Comparing this list with its U.S. equivalent is more interesting than heaping added praise on the Honda Civic, however. Missing from the Canadian top 10 (but present in the American top 10) are the Subaru Outback, Toyota Prius, and Toyota Camry. Present in the Canadian top 10 (but missing in the American top 10) are the Toyota Yaris, Toyota Venza, and the individualized might of the Toyota Matrix. So far, the only list of this nature compiled by The Good Car Guy for US Auto Sales Stats is for the first three quarters of 2010.

America's best-selling Japanese car, the 2011 Toyota Camry, has a base price in Canada of $25,310. On the upper end, the Camry XLE V6 with navigation costs $38,340. On the other hand, the 2011 Toyota Camry is sold in the United States with a base price of $19,720 and tops out at $29,370. Meanwhile, Canada's best-selling Japanese car, the 2010 Honda Civic, has a base price of $15,990 in Canada but is just $385 cheaper in the United States. This, in part, explains why the six best-selling cars in Canada in September were smaller than a midsize sedan while six out of America's eight best-sellers in September were of the midsize variety.

#10 - Toyota Yaris: 967
#9 - Honda Accord: 1025
#8 - Toyota Venza: 1293
#7 - Nissan Versa: 1375
#6 - Nissan Sentra: 1493
#5 - Toyota Matrix: 1550
#4 - Nissan Altima: 1685
#3 - Toyota Corolla: 3307
#2 - Mazda 3: 3756
#1 - Honda Civic: 5972

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Top 10 Best-Selling Japanese Cars In America - Through September 2010

That which makes a Japanese car Japanese is not its place of manufacture. For one thing, parts come from all... er, parts. The design was not completed and signed off at the factory. And the company that receives the profit at the end of the day didn't build its global headquarters in the middle of Ohio. 

So despite the fact that many of these cars (and eventually probably all of these cars) are American-made, they're Japanese. Why? Because the logo on the grille represents a Japanese company. This is why The Good Car Guy would (perhaps) even argue that the Saab 9-2X was Swedish. Perhaps.

Regardless of your take, here are America's Top 10 Best-Selling Japanese Cars. Take note of the declining sales of each Toyota model on the list. Clearly, in a year where auto sales were bound to rise, all that Recall stuff Toyota suffered through early on in the calendar was hurtful.

#10 - Subaru Outback: 66,384 ......... +95.0%
#9 - Nissan Sentra: 71,540 ............... +9.8%
#8 - Nissan Versa: 76,736 ............... +20.4%
#7 - Mazda 3: 83,111 ..................... +9.6%
#6 - Toyota Prius: 103,334 ............... -1.0%
#5 - Nissan Altima: 168,897 .............. +9.2%
#4 - Honda Civic: 198,272 ................ -4.2%
#3 - Toyota Corolla/Matrix: 209,186 .... -2.3% 
#2 - Honda Accord: 235,631 .............. +6.9%
#1 - Toyota Camry: 250,830 .............. -4.7%

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