Volvo Canada Sales - October 2010

Last year at this time, Volvo Canada sales had dipped 16% to 380 units. While paying attention to Volvo's positive returns in October 2010, keep October 2008 at the front of your mind. In October 2008, Volvo Canada sold 453 vehicles.... and there was no XC60.

Set aside October 2009 for a moment longer. The long-in-tooth 2010 Volvo XC90 wasn't so long in the tooth two years ago. Volvo sold 133 XC90s in October 2008. Volvo also sold 150 of its small cars - the C30, S40, and V50 - whereas October 2010 only saw Volvo sell 91 examples of that trio in Canada. Yeah, the new XC60 is helping, and it's a good thing it is. Other Volvo models are being rejected like overcooked fish in a sushi bar. Sure, there isn't a huge market for hardtop convertibles, in October, in Canada, from Sweden, but Volvo managed to sell 12 of them last year. As in the U.S., you can be partially justified in claiming the 2011 Volvo S60 isn't in the full swing of things. But last month, when the swing had not fully swung, Volvo sold more S60s.

Volvo Canada sales were down in October 2009 when BMW and Mercedes-Benz and Audi all posted sales improvements over October 2008. This year, Volvo improved. But so did BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi. The rules of this game are changing, and it appears Volvo is not part of the rules committee. The game is moving on.

Volvo XC60: 93
Year-over-year volume change: +2.2%
Last month: 122
Year-to-date: 1205

Volvo XC70/V70: 93
Year-over-year volume change: -5.2%
Last month: 110
Year-to-date: 1100

Volvo XC90: 81
Year-over-year volume change: +26.6%
Last month: 109
Year-to-date: 1057

Volvo C30: 50
Year-over-year volume change: +42.9%
Last month: 60
Year-to-date: 724

Volvo S60: 47
Last month: 76
Year-to-date: 129

Volvo S40: 27
Year-over-year volume change: -49.1%
Last month: 23
Year-to-date: 761

Volvo S80: 25
Year-over-year volume change: +66.7%
Last month: 12
Year-to-date: 334

Volvo V50: 14
Year-over-year volume change: +7.7%
Last month: 12
Year-to-date: 230

Volvo C70: 4
Year-over-year volume change: -66.7%
Last month: 13
Year-to-date: 194

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Volvo USA Sales - October 2010

Volvo car sales in the United States were down 9.9% from a not wildly high October 2009. Yes, Volvo sales were up last year, but only up to the point at which Volvo USA was the ninth-best-selling luxury car brand in America. Lo and behold, Volvo USA was the ninth-best-selling luxury car brand in America in October 2010, as well. Sales go up; sales go down; Volvo is a long way from battling even Lincoln for eighth place.

Volvo's most popular model in October wasn't their most recently introduced model, the 2011 Volvo S60. No, the S60 wasn't even as successful as the struggling S80, a car long-thought to be uncompetitive. It's true that the new Volvo S60 hasn't really had time in the marketplace to "meet people", but sales are actually down from last month.

So why does a Volvo fan harp on Volvo's struggles? And why aren't Volvo's selling? Volvo's message is perhaps a bit muddied: safety then style, style then safety. In the end, Volvos compete in really challenging segments and there are numerous less successful cars in those segments. Volvo just happens to put a few middling performers together, an act which combined for 3996 American sales in October.

Volvo XC60: 1044
Year-over-year volume change: +16%
Last month: 878
Year-to-date: 9414

Volvo XC90: 921
Year-over-year volume change: -6.2%
Last month: 709
Year-to-date: 7902

Volvo XC70/V70: 520
Year-over-year volume change: -24.7%
Last month: 742
Year-to-date: 6646

Volvo S80: 354
Year-over-year volume change: -34.6%
Last month: 739
Year-to-date: 6693

Volvo S40: 353
Year-over-year volume change: -56.5%
Last month: 279
Year-to-date: 4828

Volvo C70: 237
Year-over-year volume change: +10.7%
Last month: 207
Year-to-date: 3982

Volvo C30: 230
Year-over-year volume change: -27.4%
Last month: 248
Year-to-date: 3469

Volvo S60: 208
Year-over-year volume change: +700%
Last month: 262
Year-to-date: 670

Volvo V50: 129
Year-over-year volume change: -43.7%
Last month: 88
Year-to-date: 1510

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Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America - October 2010

Eight different brands are represented in this list of the Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America for October 2010. That's up from seven in September 2010 and most months before. What's different? Not a soul should be surprised to discover that every utility vehicle segment is levelling off. Everybody and their dog is selling some sort of SUV or CUV or crossover these days. Many of them are bound to be competitive, if not the ones engineered by dogs then the ones done with AutoCAD.

There's not a lot of off-road capability in this bunch. Most people interested in the 2011 Lexus RX350 have no intention of doing anything more than crawling a curb. The Nissan Rogue and Chevrolet Equinox are about as rock-hop ready as the Nissan Sentra and Chevrolet Malibu. And the 2010 Honda CR-V? It seems to want to avoid all sorts of confrontation. This basically leaves the all new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, an SUV capable of fording rivers in slow motion.

On-road, however, these ten most popular utility vehicles make regular three-box family cars seem low and lacking in versatility. For the record, Toyota RAV4 sales for the calendar year-to-date stand at 141,085. The Ford Escape is out in front with 157,398 and the Honda CR-V is in the #1 spot with 162,326 sales.

Rank	SUV	Status	October 2010	Last Month	October 2009
#1	Honda CR-V	↔	18,040	17,907	15,667
#2	Toyota RAV4	↔	14,964	14,685	13,971
#3	Ford Escape	↔	14,578	14,313	12,471
#4	Chevrolet Equinox	↑	12,773	11,658	7868
#5	Jeep Grand Cherokee	↑	12,721	10,915	3256
#6	Kia Sorento	↑	10,611	10,115	1154
#7	Ford Edge	↓	10,185	12,815	8185
#8	Toyota Highlander	↑	8664	7824	5979
#9	Nissan Rogue	↓	8862	8319	5958
#10	Lexus RX	↑	8569	7420	8316

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Top 5 Best-Selling Trucks In America - October 2010

Retaining the same order as at least the six months prior and the 2009 calendar year, America's Top 5 Best-Selling Trucks are some of the most firmly entrenched products in American society. Say what you will about Toyota's inability to conquer the pickup truck world like they did with the Camry and passenger cars, the Tundra isn't a terribly unpopular vehicle. Combined sales of the two Toyota pickups on this list were 16,215 in October 2009. Combined sales of the Dodge Ram and Dodge Dakota were 1875 units greater.

U.S. sales of the Toyota Tacoma in October were up 1.2%. Toyota Tundra sales fell 4.6%. Chevrolet Silverado sales rose 8% to 34,283 ; GMC Sierra sales jumped 13.2% to 12,983. Dodge Ram sales shot up 41% and Ford F-Series sales moved up 24.2% from October 2009's total of 39,496.

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Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In America - October 2010

As is readily apparent from the lack of triple-up arrows, the ten vehicles which make up America's Top 10 Best-Selling Cars are the same group present in this place in September 2010. Sure, there's been some shifting around, but three cars are in the exact same spot they were last month, including the most popular car in America, the Toyota Camry. Although you'll find the 2011 Ford Fiesta at #1 in the UK and, more likely than not, the 2010 Honda Civic at #1 in Canada, the Camry reigns in the USofA.

It's worth pointing out that minivans aren't eligible for GoodCarBadCar.net's Top 10 Best-Selling Cars list, or the SUV list, or the trucks list, but the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan combined to sell 16,663 units in October. If the duo was eligible, and eligible as a duo, that would place them eighth on this list and knock the Chevrolet Malibu off. In the end, the Malibu stays, which makes for four domestic contenders. Truthfully, all cars here are built in either the United States or Canada, except the Mexico-built Ford Fusion. 24,344 Accord sales include 2893 Accord Crosstours.

Rank	Car	Status	October 2010	Last Month	October 2009
#1	Toyota Camry	↔	25,014	30,769	30,136
#2	Honda Accord	↔	24,344	24,127	23,210
#3	Nissan Altima	↑	18,978	20,016	14,773
#4	Toyota Corolla/Matrix	↓	18,636	21,060	25,717
#5	Hyundai Sonata	↓	17,505	20,639	7790
#6	Ford Fusion	↑	17,632	15,918	13,445
#7	Honda Civic	↓	17,121	18,637	15,868
#8	Chevrolet Impala	↑	12,839	12,186	12,721
#9	Ford Focus	↔	12,396	13,587	10,119
#10	Chevrolet Malibu	↓	12,353	16,289	12,086

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Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In The UK - October 2010

As was the case in September, declining car sales in the United Kingdom are only declining in the face of artificially inflated car sales from October 2009. Britain's Scrappage Incentive Scheme boosted new car sales so current numbers appear underwhelming. The facts: new vehicle registrations in the UK fell 22.2% in October 2009. The Society Of Motor Manufacturers And Traders Limited, SMMT, believes new car sales will show declines in November and December, too, but the overall market in 2010 should end up with greater numbers than in 2009.

131,495 new vehicles were sold in the UK in October. There were 123,154 new vehicle sales in Canada in October, based on these figures. Automakers in the United States sold 950,145 new vehicles according to Autoblog. The nameplates which made up those sales are very, very different. In the UK, two companies represented in the Top 10 don't even sell vehicles in North America.

This month, rather than writing up an analysis on each product, for which you should check earlier versions of this post, we'll show you the direction in which the vehicle is trending compared with September 2010. These are the Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In The United Kingdom.

#10 - Renault Clio: 2786
↑↑↑
The Clio is most commonly seen in the North American media as a hot hatchback derivative, the Clio 200 or the old mid-engined Clio V6. In reality, most Europeans buy this Ford Fiesta competitor with less than 100 horsepower.

#9 - Mini: 2876
↓ from 7th

#8 - Nissan Qashqai: 3175
↑↑↑

#7 - Vauxhall Corsa: 3574
↓ from 2nd

#6 - Vauxhall Insignia: 3811
↓ from 5th

#5 - Ford Focus: 3888
↓ from 4th

#4 - BMW 3-Series: 3955
↑↑↑

#3 - Vauxhall Astra: 4472
↔

#2 - Volkswagen Golf: 5230
↑ from 6th

#1 - Ford Fiesta: 6024
↔

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U.S. Auto Sales By Brand - October 2010

Subtract Scion's 4654 sales from Toyota's total in the gigantic list below and you know what you have? Toyota drops to number 3 in October 2010 U.S. new vehicle sales; Chevrolet slides into number 2. However, that's not what the list says. We'll concentrate on what is, rather than what could've been.

Toyota Motor Sales America suffered a sales decline during a month in which nearly every automaker improved on October 2009's totals. Now, this says something about Toyota's October 2009, a month where Toyota sales slid 2.3%. But Toyota was #1 at this time last year, and this slide hasn't affected Toyota terribly. Keep in mind, Toyota has its light truck fleet to thank: the car division was down 19.6%. Truck and SUV sales rose, along with sales of the 2011 Toyota Sienna.

Enough about Toyota. Though the Toyota Camry was America's most popular car in October, once again, Ford was the best selling car brand in America. The Ford F-Series was the best-selling vehicle overall.

Discounting three defunct General Motors brands, only three automakers sold at lower levels in October 2010 than in October 2009. Sharing the dunce cap with Toyota are Mini and smart. Discount the Clubman and Mini sales actually improved.

Jeep improved on October 2009 at the greatest rate; sales of the company's six SUVs jumped 111%. The dying Commander was the only Jeep not to post higher sales this October than last. Lexus was America's best-selling luxury brand in October. Lexus is in a dogfight with BMW and Mercedes-Benz for the luxury crown with two months to go and only a handful of sales separating the trio.

Rank	Automaker	October 2010	% Change
#1	Ford	143,624	+20.6
#2	Toyota	124,383	-6.2
#3	Chevrolet	124,294	+6.7
#4	Honda	87,800	+15.9
#5	Nissan	61,843	+15.2
#6	Dodge	45,110	+14.2
#7	Hyundai	42,656	+37.6
#8	GMC	33,136	+30.3
#9	Kia	31,199	+38.7
#10	Jeep	28,480	+111
#11	Subaru	22,720	+25
#12	Lexus	21,091	+8.1
#13	Volkswagen	20,084	+17.9
#14	BMW	19,272	+17.2
#15	Mercedes-Benz	18,351	+0.9
#16	Mazda	18,013	+19.5
#17	Chrysler	16,547	+29.1
#18	Cadillac	13,393	+15.4
#19	Buick	12,569	+38.8
#20	Acura	11,011	+12.9
#21	Audi	8128	+10.5
#22	Infiniti	7930	+22.9
#23	Mercury	7477	+12
#24	Lincoln	6834	+1.5
#25	Mitsubishi	5111	+32.2
#26	Volvo	3996	-9.9
#27	Mini	3950	-5.4
#28	Land Rover	2958	+36.9
#29	Porsche	2647	+61.2
#30	Suzuki	2043	+16.9
#31	Jaguar	1295	+47
#32	Saab	741	+44.4
#33	smart	367	-44.5
#34	Hummer	242	-21.2
#35	Maserati	196	+78.2
#36	Bentley	120	+55.8
T36	Ferrari	120	-2.4
#38	Aston Martin	92	-3.1
#39	Pontiac	83	-99.2
#40	Lotus	55	-8.3
#41	Saturn	42	-99.8
#42	Lamborghini	27	-10
#43	Rolls-Royce	26	-3.7
#44	Maybach	3	-50

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