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Kamis, 28 Oktober 2010

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

Light trucks, an official category in which all vehicles mentioned below fall, has made up 53.9% of the Canadian new vehicle market so far this year. Import nameplates, a category in which all vehicles mentioned below fall, has made up 53.7% of the Canadian new vehicle market so far this year. Contrast these numbers with passenger cars (46.1%) and General Motors/Ford Motor Company/Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep (46.3%). Now you're seeing part of the why and how sales of SUVs and crossovers like the ones below have risen sharply in 2010. 

Mazda Tribute sales in 2010 are up 8.9%. Honda Pilot sales are up 19.3% through the first nine months of 2010. Mazda CX-7 sales dipped by four units in September but are up 48.7% on the year. Acura MDX sales rose 11.8% in September 2010. Subaru Forester sales are on the level. Nissan Rogue sales jumped 60% in September. Sales of the 2010 Honda CR-V are up 43.3% through the first three quarters of 2010. Only the Toyota RAV4 (up in September), Mitsubishi Outlander, and Lexus RX have failed to match last year's totals.

One interesting final note before you examine the list of Canada's best-selling Japanese SUVs. Canada's 2010 Mazda Tribute out-sold its U.S. counterpart by six units in September 2010 and is up by 1676 sales through the end of last month. The U.S. new vehicle market is seven-to-eight times larger than the Canadian new vehicle market. Explanation? 

#10 - Mazda Tribute: 299
#9 - Honda Pilot: 416
#8 - Mazda CX-7: 425
#7 - Mitsubishi Outlander: 502
#6 - Acura MDX: 522
#5 - Subaru Forester: 705
#4 - Lexus RX: 727
#3 - Nissan Rogue: 1247
#2 - Toyota RAV4: 2233
#1 - Honda CR-V: 3057

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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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Rabu, 27 Oktober 2010

Top 10 Best-Selling European SUVs In Canada - September 2010

One month of European SUV/crossover sales in Canada amounts to very little volume in the grand scheme of things. Compare the best-selling European utility vehicle from September 2010 in Canada, the Volkswagen Tiguan, with Canada's overall best-selling SUV, the Ford Escape. For every Tiguan sold, Ford sold eight Escapes. 

On the other hand, one look at the financial value of these European SUVs and CUVs makes the automakers' wealth readily apparent. 460 GLKs were sold in September in Canada. The 2011 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 is in Canadian showrooms with a basic MSRP of $43,500. Elementary math puts the worth of 460 GLK350s at $20,010,000. Or how about the handsome new 2011 Porsche Cayenne? Porsche's Cayenne Turbo is on sale at $123,900, but even if all 112 Cayennes sold in Canada in September 2010 were the V6-engined $58,200 basic Cayenne, the value of those 112 SUVs stands at $6.5 million. 

Ever wonder why traditional sport sedan and sports car builders jumped into the SUV business? Quit your wondering. These were Canada's ten most popular European SUVs in September 2010.

#10 - Volvo XC90: 109
#9 - Porsche Cayenne: 112
#8 - Audi Q7: 120
#7 - Volvo XC60: 122
#6 - Audi Q5: 219
#5 - BMW X3: 256
#4 - BMW X5: 285
#3 - Mercedes-Benz M-Class: 310
#2 - Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class: 460
#1 - Volkswagen Tiguan: 473

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

Instantly, when a North American automotive consumer hears the words, "European car", he thinks of premium, luxury, expensive nameplates..... and Volkswagen. Well, Volkswagen is frequently priced on a premium scale, too. Then there's low-volume players like Mini, smart, Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and the like.

In Europe, European automakers obviously include Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volvo, Saab, and Jaguar. But less famous European cars are made by value-oriented brands like Citroen, Skoda, Dacia, and Fiat. Not to mention Renault, Peugeot, Vauxhall/Opel, SEAT, and Alfa Romeo. 

In the end, Canada's best-selling European car models are made, in essence, by three conglomerates and are represented by just five nameplates. That's all well and good, but wouldn't you like to be given the chance to drive a mainstream European car that isn't a Volkswagen? The Fiat 500 will give you that chance early on in 2011. Alfa Romeo should be selling cars here eventually, too. But how 'bout that Citroen DS3 you had your eye on during holidays in Paris? No can do. The Renault Twingo your little sister fell in love with whilst studying in Cambridge? Not gonna happen. Oh, the Skoda Roomster The Good Car Guy fell in love with during the World Hockey Championships? Can't have. 

What you can have is the 2011 BMW 535i or the all-new and much cheaper 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. There are even deals on the 2.0 TFSI versions of the 2011 Audi A4.

These are the ten most popular European cars in Canada, a list that likely isn't going to change too much in the near future.

#10 - BMW 5-Series: 174
#9 - Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 262
#8 - Volkswagen Passat: 275
#7 - Mercedes-Benz E & CLS: 338
#6 - Mini Cooper: 451
#5 - Audi A4: 615
#4 - Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 664
#3 - Volkswagen Jetta: 867
#2 - Volkswagen Golf: 1462
#1 - BMW 3-Series: 1631

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Selasa, 26 Oktober 2010

Top 10 Best-Selling American SUVs In Canada - September 2010

Four of Canada's best-selling American SUVs/crossovers are actually just about as Canadian as they are American. Although by GoodCarBadCar.net standards, all ten of the utility vehicles listed below are officially American, the Chevrolet Equinox; Ford Edge; GMC Terrain; and Lincoln MKX are all built in southern Ontario. Incidentally, the Dodge Journey is built in Toluca, Mexico.

By government standards, SUVs and most crossovers are part of the "light truck" category. Light trucks have made quite a comeback in 2010 in Canada, grabbing 53.9% of the market through the end of September compared with 48.1% in the same period of 2009. For that you can thank vehicles like the immensely popular Ford Escape. September 2010 sales of the Escape were up 75.9%. The introduction of the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee spiked Jeep sales in September. In fact, more than one quarter of all Grand Cherokee sales this year came in the month of September alone.

Canada's best-selling American SUVs are in the list below.

#10 - Jeep Liberty: 412
#9 - Lincoln MKX: 567
#8 - Jeep Wrangler: 602
#7 - GMC Terrain: 653
#6 - Jeep Patriot: 905
#5 - Jeep Grand Cherokee: 1039
#4 - Chevrolet Equinox: 1327
#3 - Ford Edge: 2176
#2 - Dodge Journey: 2327
#1 - Ford Escape: 3790

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

When asked to find deals on domestic crossovers for Sympatico Autos, The Good Car Guy instantly began research on vehicles built by Ford, Lincoln, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler. It then became clear that a truly domestic crossover in Canada isn't necessarily built by a Detroit-based automaker, but is actually built in Canada. That list included the Acura MDX and Lexus RX350, for example.

For this list, however, "American car" means.... well, American car. The logo on its grille represents an American company, even if said American company is owned by an Italian automaker which also owns Ferrari. The Detroit-based auto industry - General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep - have combined to form 46.3% of all vehicles sold in Canada through the first nine months of 2010. That's up from 44% in the same period of 2009. GM's market share in Canada is down from 17.7% to 15.6% in 2010. Chrysler's market share is up from 10.9% to 13.2% in 2010. And Ford, the beneficiary of all-new models and significant model revamps, has improved its market share more dramatically, taking a whopping 17.4% of the Canadian automotive market, up from 15.4% last year.

Evidence of the Canadian market's price sensitivity is exhibited in the best-selling American car in Canada, the 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. Outdated and now replaced, the Cobalt has been available with wild deals; the sort of deals Canadians can't ignore regardless of how stellar the alternatives may be. The 2011 Ford Fiesta, albeit smaller, displays its relatively small sales figures as evidence of the contrary - Canadians struggle to pay top dollar when fewer dollars nets a competent A-to-B car.

Of cars built by Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Lincoln, Buick, Cadillac, and Chevrolet, these are Canada's best-sellers from September 2010.

#10 - Dodge Caliber: 323

#9 - Ford Mustang: 345

#8 - Buick LaCrosse: 399

#7 - Chevrolet Aveo: 567

#6 - Chevrolet Impala: 706

#5 - Ford Fiesta: 907

#4 - Chevrolet Malibu: 998

#3 - Ford Fusion: 1525

#2 - Ford Focus: 1634

#1 - Chevrolet Cobalt: 2875

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Senin, 25 Oktober 2010

Large SUV Sales And Large Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - September 2010

Once this month, and just the once, any extra analysis sought out by you, the reader of GoodCarBadCar.net, will be done by yourself. But first, there'll be quite a bit of extra data available for you to sink your teeth into. Large SUVs and their luxury counterparts - knowingly coined large luxury SUVs - are something of an enigma to those who find them unappealing. "Who buys these these things?", they ask. "Why do they buy these things?", they ask. "How do they fuel these things?", they ask again and again. As a result of their somewhat mysterious image, particularly in Canada where vehicles and fuel are more expensive, tracking the sales figures of large SUVs and their luxury counterparts is a bit like chasing a fruitfly around the kitchen. You won't learn anything about his patterns - he has none - and you'll spend a lot of time accomplishing nothing. Nevertheless, here's some data.

Chevrolet Suburban sales in 2010 are double 2009 levels. Chevrolet Tahoe sales were up 34.7% in September compared with September 2009. Ford Expedition sales dropped 29.2% in September. The 2011 Ford Expedition is still powered by V8s only despite the addition of a V6 and a turbocharged V6 to the 2011 Ford F-150 range. GMC Yukon sales jumped 167% in September. GMC Yukon XL sales would need to increase more than 90% to match Chevrolet Suburban sales. Kia Borrego sales have dropped 41.7% so far in 2010. With another 36 sales, Nissan could say Armada sales had tripled so far in 2010. Toyota Sequoia sales increased 5.6% in September.

On its website, Infiniti says the 2011 Infiniti QX56 has "an ingenious suspension system that drives like a sport sedan". Land Rover's Canadian website says the Range Rover is "the world's most capable luxury vehicle". Cadillac believes its "Escalade SUVs are in a class by themselves". Lexus says the " GX 460 can challenge the most formidable off-road conditions with absolute confidence" and the 2011 Lexus LX570" sets the standard for luxury cruising, rugged off-roading and full-out towing capacity. Of the Navigator, Lincoln feels that its "power-deployable running boards command attention". Mercedes-Benz Canada makes the strong suggestion that the GL-Class is "taking luxury to a new level". "Inside the G-Class", Mercedes says, "you'll always be perfectly comfortable." Bold claims for bold vehicles.

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Midsize SUV Sales And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - September 2010

274% year-over-year sales increases aren't normal. The 2011 Ford Edge, however, has provided Ford with the kind of boost one would expect from an exciting, mega-hyped, all-new model. Nonetheless, the significantly refreshed 2011 Edge is the segment leader and Canada's sixth-best-selling utility vehicle in September 2010. 

An appropriate comparison for the new Ford Edge is the 2010 Toyota Highlander. Respected as a Camry-inspired-and-derived SUV and even a former Good 12 Supersize winner, Highlander sales through the end of September 2010 total 2964 in Canada. This figure comes as Edge sales nearly reached 2200 in September alone. Ford dealers were selling eight Edges for ever Highlander sold in September. Has the tide turned?

Moving over to the luxury side of the midsize SUV equation, the Edge's fraternal twin, the 2011 Lincoln MKX, started selling like mad in September, as well. MKX sales jumped 224% last month in Canada; year-to-date the MKX is up from 1751 to 3036 sales. Still trailing the nearly indomitable Lexus RX by a healthy margin, the elephant-nosed Lincoln makes a monthly victory or two in its segment seem probable.

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Small SUV Sales And Small Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - September 2010

Month: September 2010. Segment: small luxury SUVs and crossovers. Uniqueness: nearly everyone's a winner.

Indeed, there was a great levelling off among small luxury utility vehicles in Canada last month. Compare the first graph's evenly-cut pie slices with the long and short bars in the Graph below for a better understanding. Sure, the $44,950 Land Rover LR2s weak performance pales in comparison to the $43,500 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4Matic's continued success in Canada, but the LR2 was only 67 units behind the $39,995 Volvo XC60. And the XC60 was less than a hundred sales from the $41,250 Infiniti EX35; the Infiniti trailing the $41,200 Audi Q5 by a virtual handful of customers. Even then, from fourth position to second, the $41,780 Cadillac SRX is in tight with the soon-to-be-replaced $39,900 BMW X3; a model only six sales behind the $39,990 Acura RDX. Okay, so the GLK won - but this is fiercely competitive stuff.

How unlike the stuffed-full mainstream small SUV segment, then. Although there are seemingly thousands of competitors, the 2011 Ford Escape's effective base price of $19,999 certainly makes life difficult for its rivals, even successful utility vehicles like the Hyundai Santa Fe, Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, and Chevrolet Equinox. You've heard of GM's success with the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and 2010 GMC Terrain? Combined sales of those two were 2109 behind the Escape's sales total in September 2010.

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Niche Car Sales And Niche SUV And Truck Sales In Canada - September 2010

Going back to April, average sales of the Jeep Wrangler in 2010 in Canada were standing at 1273 per month. In September 2010, Jeep Wrangler sales dropped to 602, not nearly enough to place the 2010 Jeep Wrangler among Canada's best-selling SUVs. What happened? Actually, normality kicked in. Despite the drop from 731 sales last September to 602 last month, Wrangler sales are still up 68.6% year-to-date in 2010. 

Do the poor Canadian sales of the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight spell doom and gloom for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Nissan Leaf in the Great White North? Out-of-the-ordinary hybrids have been mostly rejected in Canada, a country which seems to recognize (for the most part) that there's little-to-no financial benefit from owning or leasing these cars. Prius sales fell 71% in September and are down 22.6% in 2010. The more expensive Volt and Leaf are technofests which make the Prius and Insight seem Luddite-inspired, but still one must wonder: are Canadians ever interested in spending more without gaining something financially? 

The U.S. car market was seven times the size of the Canadian market in September 2010. Sales of the 2010 Toyota Prius in the United States were 74 times stronger. Honda Insight sales were 24 times stronger. Based on these figures, Chevrolet and Nissan's expectations in Canada should be low.

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Minggu, 24 Oktober 2010

Sporty Car Sales And Premium Sporty Car Sales In Canada - September 2010

Regardless of what analysts and critics expected, the 2011 Honda CR-Z is not a flop. How it will be remembered remains to be seen, but the CR-Z is finding buyers, particularly south of the border. Although out-sold by vehicles as varied as the Audi A5 and Hyundai Genesis Coupe, the CR-Z easily handled the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Mazda Miata. Potential CR-Z buyers could be driving anything from the Eclipse to the Volkswagen GTI or perhaps have found themselves disappointed with their Honda Insight. It's hard to nail down the cross-shopping tendencies of coupe buyers. 

Although sales of the Hyundai Genesis sedan are slowing, Genesis Coupe sales increased 7.1% in September 2010 in Canada. Still, the Genesis Coupe is a mighty low-volume car, out-selling only the Genesis sedan and the Veracruz SUV in Hyundai showrooms. 

Talk about slowing sales: autumn in Canada is not the season for purchasing German luxo-coupes and roadsters. Audi TT sales fell from 45 in August to 22 in September 2010. The handsome BMW Z4 suffered a drop from 35 to 12. Combined sales of the Porsche Boxster and Cayman went from 9 to 7. Even the hot-selling Audi A5 and its hot-engined S5 sibling fell from August 2010's 196 to 140 last month. Of the lot, only the Mercedes-Benz SLK remained at par with August, but SLK sales did drop ever-so-slightly from September 2009. TT, A5, Z4, and Boxster/Cayman sales were down compared with the same period of 2009, too.

The Nissan GT-R appears to have had its day, at least in a market which lacks the number of individuals with the type of income to support level long-term sales. September 2010 sales of the twin-turbocharged, all-wheel drive Japanese monster were down 70%. Through the first three quarters of 2010 Nissan GT-R sales are half what they were in 2009. GT-R sales slid 3% in 2009, as well. It's actually kind of hard to use the "small market, not enough long-term potential" excuse on Nissan Canada since sales of cars like the Audi R8, Porsche 911, Jaguar XK, Mercedes-Benz's SL/SLS AMG duo are either up on 2009 levels or nearly level.

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Sabtu, 23 Oktober 2010

Minivan Sales And Muscle Cars In Canada - September 2010

In the more price-sensitive Canadian market, the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro doesn't appear likely to challenge the on-sale-now 2011 Ford Mustang for muscle car sales supremacy. Unlike in the United States, where the Camaro seems to have locked up the title for 2010's best-selling muscle car/pony car with an apparently insurmountable lead, Canadian buyers spread their love to the less-expensive Ford. The 2011 Ford Mustang has a base price of $22,999. The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro has a base price of $26,995. The 2010 Dodge Challenger, by the way, currently starts at $25,995.

It happens to be The Good Car Guy's opinion that, in this segment at least, the least-expensive model is also the most appealing. The same can't be necessarily be said of maximinivans. The Dodge Grand Caravan is.... alright. What you really want, however, is a 2011 Toyota Sienna, the Swagger Wagon. In Canada, the Sienna and just-coming-on-stream 2011 Honda Odyssey will be fighting for second place for the foreseeable future. Grand Caravan sales, even without the Chrysler Town & Country, were still 4232 units strong in September. As it stood at the end of September 2010, the Toyota Sienna was leading the outgoing Honda Odyssey model by about 1800 sales.

In the mostly-separate Mazda 5 vs Kia Rondo sales battle, the Mazda (which also happens to be ahead of the Honda Odyssey year-to-date) leads the Rondo by over 500 sales through the end of September.


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Jumat, 22 Oktober 2010

Midsize Luxury Car Sales And Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada - September 2010

Nothing says "wife of a retired lawyer" quite like a Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Well, except in Europe where the E-Class says "taxi" better than anything else. The stereotype can't hold true, can it? I mean, Mercedes-Benz Canada sold 338 E-Class & CLS-Class sedans in September 2010, up from 286 in September 2009. There can't be 338 wives of retires lawyers out looking for a new Benz in Canada during the 30 days of September, can there? Of course not. It figures that there'd be about 200 wives of retires lawyers, the remaining sales going to husbands of retired lawyers, men who chauffeur their powerful wives to local wine bars.

Ah, stereotypes. Car buyers are just like the buyers of everything else. Even as we all need a toaster, and thus no toaster designer can accurately predict the exact demographic of his or her future buyer, no auto sales analyst can come close to identifying the buyer of a luxury sedan. They say - whoever they are - that luxury car buyers don't want front-wheel drive. Tell that to the 2095 people in Canada who've bought an Acura TL in 2010 and the 240 people who acquired a new Lexus ES in September.

Of course, there are certain stereotypes which became stereotypes because they're true. It seems quite certain that the 16 Audi A8 buyers in Canada last month all went for the A8 because they didn't want a Jaguar XJ, Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7-Series, Lexus LS, or Porsche Panamera. 

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Compact Luxury Car Sales And Small/Entry Luxury Car Sales In Canada - September 2010

The Good Car Guy has often been exultant when describing sales of the BMW 3-Series. Globally, the 3-Series is a power. In the UK, it's not uncommon to see the 3-Series as a Best Seller. Not only did the 2010 BMW 3-Series land at #9 on the Canadian Best-Selling Cars list in September, though; the 3-Series also laid hold on an impressive 52.6% increase over September 2009 sales levels.

Of cars mentioned in the Graphs below, the following models also posted sales increases compared with September 2009: Acura TSX, Audi A4, Cadillac CTS, Lexus HS250h, Mercdedes-Benz C-Class, and Volvo S60. Speaking of the 2011 Volvo S60, it's been shifted from its place in the Midsize Luxury Cars group, in part due to its Canadian base MSRP of $45,450, about the same as a BMW 328i xDrive. 

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