Commercial Van Sales In Canada - February 2017

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Canadian sales of commercial vans jumped 9% in February 2017, a year-over-year increase worth 250 additional sales. 

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2017 YTD

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No thanks to small commercial vans, sales of which plunged 57% in February and are down by roughly half through the first one-sixth of 2017. 

Only 14% of the commercial/cargo vans sold in Canada in February 2017 were small commercial vans – City Express, Transit Connect, Metris, NV200, ProMaster City – after the same vans earned 36% of the segment's sales one year ago. 

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Sharp declines reported by the Ram ProMaster City, Chevrolet City Express and top-selling Ford Transit Connect, along with a modest downturn from the Nissan NV200, brought the sub-segment very low in the second month of 2017. Small commercial van sales have now declined, year-over-year, in five consecutive months.

Led by the surging Ford Transit, the quickly rising Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, and gains at General Motors and Ram, full-size commercial van sales jumped 47% in February 2017.  Year-to-date, full-size commercial van sales have grown by 1179 units relative to the same period one year ago.

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 sortable, so you can rank commercial vans any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access. suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • March 2017 • January 2017 • February 2016

Van	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet City Express ²	16	52	-69.2%	29	118	-75.4%
Chevrolet Express ³	241	165	46.1%	454	428	6.1%
Ford E-Series ³	287	258	11.2%	491	502	-2.2%
Ford Transit ³	658	503	30.8%	1287	956	34.6%
Ford Transit Connect ²	140	239	-41.4%	272	397	-31.5%
GMC Savana ³	431	332	29.8%	693	614	12.9%
Mercedes-Benz Metris ²	80	65	23.1%	169	136	24.3%
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ³	522	293	78.2%	929	496	87.3%
Nissan NV ³	38	44	-13.6%	60	98	-38.8%
Nissan NV200 ²	126	130	-3.1%	235	230	2.2%
Ram ProMaster ³	406	167	143%	659	300	120%
Ram ProMaster City ²	70	517	-86.5%	166	774	-78.6%
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Full-Size Commercial Vans ³	2583	1762	46.6%	4573	3394	34.7%
Small Commercial Vans ²	432	1003	-56.9%	871	1655	-47.4%
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Total	3015	2765	9.0%	5444	5049	7.8%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada

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