Automotive
Through the first one-quarter of 2017? With all-time record March sales in the third month of 2017, first-quarter sales rose 5% compared with the records set in 2016.
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - March 2017
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - March 2017
Top 11 Best-Selling Pickup Trucks In Canada - March 2017
General Motors claimed top spot among automakers with more than 30,000 sales, the best March total for GM Canada since 2008. With modest gains from Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the industry soared 7% ahead of March 2016's pace, capitalizing on huge light truck demand. Pickups, SUVs, crossovers, and vans accounted for 67% of the overall new vehicle market as passenger car volume dipped slightly.
Ford remained the top-selling auto brand. Jaguar, Maserati, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, and Cadillac were the fastest-growing brands; Dodge and Nissan were the fastest-growing volume brands. Rare were the auto brands that didn't generate more sales in March 2017 – the best March ever for the Canadian auto industry – than in March 2016. Smart, Jeep, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Lincoln, and Ram stuck out like sore thumbs.
Claiming 7.2% of the overall market, the Ford F-Series was Canada's top-selling vehicle in March 2017.
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Don't like to see automakers arranged alphabetically? Click column headers to sort automakers by March sales, year-over-year change, year-to-date totals, or any other order. Best seller lists for cars, trucks, and SUVs will be added in the next few hours. In the coming days, GCBC will also publish a complete list of year-to-date sales for every single vehicle line, a list which includes brand results. To find out what you can expect, you can see the 2016 year end version of that post here. You can always find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any brand by clicking the brand name in the table below or by selecting a make (or model) at GCBC's Sales Stats page. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.
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February 2017 • March 2016 • Updated at 9:31 PM AT on 04.06.2017
Rank | Automaker | March 2017 | % Change | 2017 YTD | % Change | March 2017 Market Share | YTD Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#21 | 1783 | 4.4% | 4039 | 6.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
#34 | 26 | 73.3% | 30 | 30.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
#17 | 2985 | 6.4% | 6887 | 17.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |
#35 | 22 | 340% | 49 | 277% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
#16 | 3181 | 3.8% | 7855 | 2.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | |
#22 | 1702 | 17.5% | 3815 | 32.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |
#25 | 1212 | 28.0% | 2623 | 7.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |
#2 | 17,412 | 21.4% | 34,562 | 10.3% | 9.3% | 8.2% | |
#20 | 1842 | 9.4% | 4119 | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
#8 | 9362 | 26.7% | 19,799 | 22.1% | 5.0% | 4.7% | |
#31 | 468 | 107% | 947 | 116% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
#1 | Ford | 25,840 | 0.3% | 61,005 | 2.0% | 13.8% | 14.5% |
#36 | 15 | --- | 61 | --- | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
#7 | 9789 | 26.1% | 20,248 | 12.6% | 5.2% | 4.8% | |
#3 | 17,392 | 18.7% | 36,932 | 14.8% | 9.3% | 8.8% | |
#6 | 11,087 | -14.7% | 24,128 | -13.2% | 5.9% | 5.7% | |
#24 | 1292 | 13.5% | 2800 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |
#26 | 746 | 227% | 1315 | 235% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
#12 | 5917 | -26.6% | 15,998 | -14.1% | 3.2% | 3.8% | |
#11 | 6346 | 6.1% | 13,775 | -1.4% | 3.4% | 3.3% | |
#23 | 1369 | 1.7% | 2537 | -4.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |
#18 | 2124 | 15.9% | 4857 | 14.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | |
#27 | 640 | -5.2% | 1665 | 1.9% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
#32 | 122 | 198% | 371 | 342% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
#10 | 6942 | 14.8% | 15,484 | 15.8% | 3.7% | 3.7% | |
#13 | 4747 | 11.9% | 12,413 | 19.9% | 2.5% | 2.9% | |
#30 | 510 | 3.0% | 1156 | 5.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
#19 | 1896 | -10.6% | 4439 | -10.5% | 1.0% | 1.1% | |
#5 | 14,523 | 26.7% | 30,836 | 13.2% | 7.7% | 7.3% | |
#28 | 624 | 16.6% | 1399 | 28.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
#9 | 8916 | -1.9% | 23,196 | -3.5% | 4.8% | 5.5% | |
#33 | 43 | -83.7% | 93 | -80.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
#14 | 4652 | 10.4% | 10,422 | 10.4% | 2.5% | 2.5% | |
#4 | 17,282 | 0.1% | 40,130 | -2.5% | 9.2% | 9.5% | |
#15 | 4176 | -22.4% | 10,311 | -15.5% | 2.2% | 2.4% | |
#29 | 576 | 1.1% | 1271 | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
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30,115 | 22.9% | 61,248 | 12.1% | 16.1% | 14.5% | ||
26,531 | 0.2% | 64,089 | 1.1% | 14.1% | 15.2% | ||
26,480 | 0.2% | 62,670 | 2.0% | 14.1% | 14.9% | ||
19,406 | 1.6% | 44,987 | -1.0% | 10.3% | 10.7% | ||
19,175 | 17.2% | 40,971 | 13.9% | 10.2% | 9.7% | ||
17,712 | 20.3% | 38,075 | 8.9% | 9.4% | 9.0% | ||
17,448 | -8.1% | 37,964 | -9.1% | 9.3% | 9.0% | ||
7807 | -10.5% | 18,646 | -2.7% | 4.2% | 4.4% | ||
| 4790 | 6.3% | 12,506 | 15.5% | 2.6% | 3.0% | ||
3691 | 3.7% | 9011 | 3.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | ||
2115 | 34.4% | 3852 | 26.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | ||
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
--- | Total | 187,808 | 6.7% | 422,306 | 4.5% |
Red font indicates declining year-over-year volume
* Does not include Lamborghini or Bentley
^ Excluding Sprinter/Metris: up 12.3% to 4747 in March; up 16.9% to 10,760 in Q1.
° Scion is discontinued, now part of Toyota.
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