Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - March 2017 YTD

Through the first one-sixth of 2017, Canadian auto sales had risen 3% compared with results during the same time frame in 2016, a significant increase given that 2016 was the best year ever for the Canadian auto industry.

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.

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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

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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.

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Claiming 7.2% of the overall market, the Ford F-Series was Canada's top-selling vehicle in March 2017.

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The Honda Civic, the third-best-selling vehicle, jumped 37% to 8145 sales, tops among cars. The Dodge Grand Caravan led all minivans with 5459 sales, ahead of the top-selling SUV, Nissan's Rogue, which jumped 63% to 4888 units.

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.

Click column headers to sort by specific categories. Using the mobile version of GoodCarBadCar? Switch to the web version at the bottom of the page, at which point columns should be sortable.
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	Acura	1783	4.4%	4039	6.2%	1.0%	1.0%
#34	Alfa Romeo	26	73.3%	30	30.4%	0.0%	0.0%
#17	Audi	2985	6.4%	6887	17.6%	1.6%	1.6%
#35	Bentley	22	340%	49	277%	0.0%	0.0%
#16	BMW	3181	3.8%	7855	2.7%	1.7%	1.9%
#22	Buick	1702	17.5%	3815	32.7%	0.9%	0.9%
#25	Cadillac	1212	28.0%	2623	7.4%	0.6%	0.6%
#2	Chevrolet	17,412	21.4%	34,562	10.3%	9.3%	8.2%
#20	Chrysler	1842	9.4%	4119	2.5%	1.0%	1.0%
#8	Dodge	9362	26.7%	19,799	22.1%	5.0%	4.7%
#31	Fiat	468	107%	947	116%	0.2%	0.2%
#1	Ford	25,840	0.3%	61,005	2.0%	13.8%	14.5%
#36	Genesis	15	---	61	---	0.0%	0.0%
#7	GMC	9789	26.1%	20,248	12.6%	5.2%	4.8%
#3	Honda	17,392	18.7%	36,932	14.8%	9.3%	8.8%
#6	Hyundai	11,087	-14.7%	24,128	-13.2%	5.9%	5.7%
#24	Infiniti	1292	13.5%	2800	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
#26	Jaguar	746	227%	1315	235%	0.4%	0.3%
#12	Jeep	5917	-26.6%	15,998	-14.1%	3.2%	3.8%
#11	Kia	6346	6.1%	13,775	-1.4%	3.4%	3.3%
#23	Land Rover	1369	1.7%	2537	-4.6%	0.7%	0.6%
#18	Lexus	2124	15.9%	4857	14.0%	1.1%	1.2%
#27	Lincoln	640	-5.2%	1665	1.9%	0.3%	0.4%
#32	Maserati	122	198%	371	342%	0.1%	0.1%
#10	Mazda	6942	14.8%	15,484	15.8%	3.7%	3.7%
#13	Mercedes-Benz ^	4747	11.9%	12,413	19.9%	2.5%	2.9%
#30	Mini	510	3.0%	1156	5.2%	0.3%	0.3%
#19	Mitsubishi	1896	-10.6%	4439	-10.5%	1.0%	1.1%
#5	Nissan	14,523	26.7%	30,836	13.2%	7.7%	7.3%
#28	Porsche	624	16.6%	1399	28.3%	0.3%	0.3%
#9	Ram	8916	-1.9%	23,196	-3.5%	4.8%	5.5%
#33	Smart	43	-83.7%	93	-80.6%	0.0%	0.0%
#14	Subaru	4652	10.4%	10,422	10.4%	2.5%	2.5%
#4	Toyota	17,282	0.1%	40,130	-2.5%	9.2%	9.5%
#15	Volkswagen	4176	-22.4%	10,311	-15.5%	2.2%	2.4%
#29	Volvo	576	1.1%	1271	1.0%	0.3%	0.3%
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	General Motors	30,115	22.9%	61,248	12.1%	16.1%	14.5%
	FCA/Chrysler Group	26,531	0.2%	64,089	1.1%	14.1%	15.2%
	Ford Motor Company	26,480	0.2%	62,670	2.0%	14.1%	14.9%
	Toyota Motor Corporation	19,406	1.6%	44,987	-1.0%	10.3%	10.7%
	Honda Motor Company	19,175	17.2%	40,971	13.9%	10.2%	9.7%
	Nissan Motor Company/Mitsubishi	17,712	20.3%	38,075	8.9%	9.4%	9.0%
	Hyundai-Kia	17,448	-8.1%	37,964	-9.1%	9.3%	9.0%
	Volkswagen  Group *	7807	-10.5%	18,646	-2.7%	4.2%	4.4%
	Daimler	4790	6.3%	12,506	15.5%	2.6%	3.0%
	BMW-Mini	3691	3.7%	9011	3.0%	2.0%	2.1%
	Jaguar-Land Rover	2115	34.4%	3852	26.2%	1.1%	0.9%
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---	Total	187,808	6.7%	422,306	4.5%

Source: Automakers, Desrosiers, Global Automakers Of Canada & ANDC 
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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U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - March 2017 YTD

Forecasters expected March 2017 to be an excellent month for the U.S. auto industry. Granted, if auto sales dipped even slightly, year-over-year, March 2017 would still turn out to be a high-volume month by historical standards and yet also the third consecutive month of declining volume. 

Indeed, auto sales dropped 2%, year-over-year, in comparison to powerhouse results from one year ago. March 2017 thus became the third consecutive month of decline, changing the headlines from "record March volume" to "flagging car sales drive up inventory and incentives." Auto sales remain high by historical standards, but low in relation to record results from 2016.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2017 YTD

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American Honda was first to report March 2017 U.S. auto sales volume. Despite a 2% uptick at Honda, a 21% downturn at Acura brought the automaker down 1% in March. Nissan set all-time records with both the Nissan and Infiniti brands. The Ford Motor Company's 7% drop came as total car sales fell by a quarter – F-Series truck volume was up 10%. Despite modest losses at Cadillac and Chevrolet, Buick and GMC powered General Motors to a 2% March 2017 U.S. sales gain. GMC Acadia sales rose 84%. FCA sales fell 5%, largely because of declines at Jeep and Chrysler. Toyota sales, meanwhile, dropped 2% because of a modest Toyota decrease and a 7.5% decline at Lexus.

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The Toyota Camry was America's best-selling car in March 2017. The best-selling SUV was the Nissan Rogue. The Ford F-Series led all vehicles and dominated the pickup truck market. 

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BMW, not Mercedes-Benz, was the top-selling premium brand in America in March 2017. Chrysler's 33% plunge was worst of all auto brands. Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Bentley, Infiniti (with record March results), and Maserati were the fastest-growing brands. Among volume brands, GMC's 12% gain was tops. 

If you don't wish 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 later this afternoon. 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. (Check out the 2016 version 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.

Click column headers to sort by specific categories. Using the mobile version of GoodCarBadCar? Thumb across the table for full-width visibility or switch to the web version at the bottom of the page, at which point columns will be sortable.
February 2017 • March 2016 • Updated at 4:40 PM AT on 04.03.2017

Rank	Automaker	March 2017	% Change	2017 YTD	% Change	March 2017 Market Share	YTD Market Share
#24	Acura	11,696	-21.2%	31,762	-16.1%	0.8%	0.8%
#34	Alfa Romeo	555	1191%	1106	600%	0.0%	0.0%
#19	Audi	18,705	1.7%	45,647	8.8%	1.2%	1.1%
#36	Bentley	249	109%	552	111%	0.0%	0.0%
#14	BMW	31,015	3.3%	71,682	1.5%	2.0%	1.8%
#18	Buick	20,957	15.1%	50,205	-7.5%	1.3%	1.2%
#22	Cadillac	12,861	-1.5%	33,962	-4.6%	0.8%	0.9%
#3	Chevrolet	172,458	-2.2%	471,723	-0.2%	11.1%	11.7%
#21	Chrysler	16,969	-33.1%	47,076	-33.2%	1.1%	1.2%
#10	Dodge	50,076	9.7%	134,063	-4.9%	3.2%	3.3%
#31	Fiat	2922	-5.3%	7231	-10.9%	0.2%	0.2%
#1	Ford	225,341	-7.4%	586,462	-4.9%	14.5%	14.6%
#32	Genesis	1755	---	5155	---	0.1%	0.1%
#11	GMC	49,948	12.0%	133,611	10.4%	3.2%	3.3%
#5	Honda	125,531	1.8%	333,531	4.3%	8.1%	8.3%
#7	Hyundai	67,510	-10.4%	163,637	-5.6%	4.3%	4.1%
#20	Infiniti	18,266	32.6%	43,561	33.4%	1.2%	1.1%
#29	Jaguar	4953	132%	11,376	128%	0.3%	0.3%
#6	Jeep	67,983	-11.2%	188,743	-11.1%	4.4%	4.7%
#12	Kia	49,429	-15.2%	127,728	-12.7%	3.2%	3.2%
#26	Land Rover	7965	-8.8%	19,875	-4.5%	0.5%	0.5%
#15	Lexus	27,935	-7.5%	61,845	-16.7%	1.8%	1.5%
#25	Lincoln	9554	-1.4%	27,083	8.7%	0.6%	0.7%
#33	Maserati	1312	31.6%	3288	46.1%	0.1%	0.1%
#17	Mazda	24,549	4.9%	69,071	6.8%	1.6%	1.7%
#13	Mercedes-Benz ^	31,963	2.3%	86,574	4.3%	2.1%	2.1%
#28	Mini	4987	4.7%	10,251	-5.4%	0.3%	0.3%
#23	Mitsubishi	11,766	6.2%	29,147	15.6%	0.8%	0.7%
#4	Nissan	150,566	0.5%	373,330	1.6%	9.7%	9.3%
#30	Porsche	4479	3.6%	12,718	3.9%	0.3%	0.3%
#9	Ram	51,749	6.0%	132,579	5.1%	3.3%	3.3%
#35	Smart	389	-18.8%	1061	-18.4%	0.0%	0.0%
#8	Subaru	54,871	11.3%	144,250	9.0%	3.5%	3.6%
#2	Toyota °	187,289	-1.2%	470,766	-4.9%	12.0%	11.7%
#16	Volkswagen	27,635	2.7%	76,290	10.1%	1.8%	1.9%
#27	Volvo	5356	-21.9%	13,479	-17.6%	0.3%	0.3%
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	General Motors	256,224	1.6%	698,521	0.9%	16.5%	17.3%
	Ford Motor Company	234,895	-7.2%	613,545	-4.4%	15.1%	15.2%
	Toyota Motor Corporation	215,224	-2.1%	532,611	-6.4%	13.8%	13.2%
	FCA/Chrysler Group	190,254	-4.6%	510,798	-8.5%	12.2%	12.7%
	Nissan Motor Company/Mitsubishi	180,598	3.4%	446,038	4.8%	11.6%	11.1%
	Honda Motor Company	137,227	-0.7%	365,293	2.1%	8.8%	9.1%
	Hyundai-Kia	118,694	-11.1%	296,520	-7.2%	7.6%	7.4%
	Volkswagen  Group *	51,068	2.7%	135,207	9.2%	3.3%	3.4%
	BMW-Mini	36,002	3.5%	81,933	0.6%	2.3%	2.0%
	Daimler	32,352	2.0%	87,635	3.9%	2.1%	2.2%
	Jaguar-Land Rover	12,918	18.9%	31,251	21.1%	0.8%	0.8%
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---	Total †	1,554,998	-1.7%	4,030,593	-1.6%

Source: Automakers & ANDC 
Red font indicates declining year-over-year volume
* Does not include Lamborghini 
^ Excluding Sprinter/Metris: up 3.3% to 29,092 in March; up 4.5% to 79,141 in Q1.
° Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Ram = FCA
° includes discontinued Scion
WSJ estimate for Tesla: up 45.9% to 4050 in March; up 55.6% to 11,750 in Q1.
ANDC estimate for Tesla: 3000 in March, up 33.3%, and 8800 in Q1, up 35.9%.
† Industry total takes into account Automotive News figures/estimates for brands such as Tesla and other low-volume, high-priced manufacturers.

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