Midsize Car Sales In Canada - October 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of midsize cars fell by only 2% in October 2016, a modest drop given the overall passenger car sector's 9% slide and the midsize segment's own 13% dive through the first three-quarters of 2016.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD

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Boosted by the double-digit percentage gains from the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Altima, and Subaru Legacy, the midsize sector was nevertheless let down by double-digit losses from the Chrysler 200, Honda Accord, Kia Optima, Volkswagen Passat, and best-selling Toyota Camry.

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The Camry will end 2016 as Canada's best-selling midsize car, but the Ford Fusion – Canada's top-selling midsize car in calendar year 2014 – topped the charts with 1622 sales in October, nearly double the Camry's total.

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 midsize cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access.

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Midsize Car	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick Regal	34	68	-50.0%	727	858	-15.3%
Chevrolet Malibu	822	563	46.0%	9953	8266	20.4%
Chrysler 200	603	740	-18.5%	6387	9714	-34.2%
Dodge Avenger	---	---	---	---	8	-100%
Ford Fusion	1622	1158	40.1%	12,279	13,734	-10.6%
Honda Accord	1082	1353	-20.0%	11,907	12,124	-1.8%
Hyundai Sonata	1440	1078	33.6%	8519	12,265	-30.5%
Kia Optima	359	605	-40.7%	4157	5307	-21.7%
Mazda 6	182	179	1.7%	1728	2359	-26.7%
Nissan Altima	576	470	22.6%	7057	6101	15.7%
Subaru Legacy	330	283	16.6%	2599	2780	-6.5%
Toyota Camry	882	1489	-40.8%	14,022	15,179	-7.6%
Volkswagen Passat & CC ^	394	478	-17.6%	3464	5192	-33.3%
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Total	8326	8464	-1.6%	82,799	93,887	-11.8%

Hybrids & Electrics	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Volt	337	203	66.0%	2881	1071	169%
Ford C-Max	77	57	35.1%	740	599	23.5%
Honda Insight	---	---	---	1	---	---
Mitsubishi i MiEV	5	9	44.4%	78	102	-23.5%
Nissan LEAF	132	113	16.8%	1217	963	26.4%
Toyota Prius	91	122	-25.4%	2209	1400	57.8%
Toyota Prius V	117	213	-16.9%	1811	2135	-15.2%
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Total	759	717	5.9%	8937	6270	42.5%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	---	2	-100%	5	291	-98.3%
Subaru Outback *	990	958	3.3%	9241	8357	10.6%
Toyota Venza *	558	452	23.5%	5082	5394	-5.8%
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Total	1548	1412	9.6%	14,328	14,042	2.0%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
^ Volkswagen Canada combines figures for the Passat and CC.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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Germany October 2016

  

Changes Galore

After a brilliant September, with sales rising 41%, the German EV Market is back at so-so performances in October, with 2.660 units, down 3% regarding the same period last year.

With this result, the EV Share is stable at 0.7%, below the 0.75% registered last year.

Looking at the October models ranking, there weren't surprises at the Top 2 positions, with the BMW i3 and Kia Soul EV collecting Gold and Silver, but in Third Place we have the first surprise, with the Audi A3 e-Tron reaching its first podium in five months, with 266 units, its best result in 18 months.

In Fourth we have a regular on the Top 5, with the Outlander PHEV scoring 169 units, while in Fifth we have the Renault Zoe, with 147 units, its lowest result since January, and since September last year that the French hatch wasn't so low in the ranking. The 40 kWh version is needed badly here...

Pl	Model	Sales
1	BMW i3	391
2	Kia Soul EV	372
3	Audi A3 e-Tron	266
4	Mit. Outlander PHEV	169
5	Renault Zoe	147

Known for its high volatility and balance, the ranking leader in Germany only has 11% share, the lowest value in the world, October showed once again this feature, with several changes and close races:

- The recent uptick in sales allowed the BMW i3 to reach closer to the leader Renault Zoe, right now only 123 units separate them, November should see the German Hot Hatch surpass the leader, but the big question will be in December, will Renault deliver enough 40 kWh units and recover the Top Spot from the i3? My guess is that it will be a disputed race until the last days of December;

- The race for Third Place seems balanced, with only 45 units separating the new Third Placed Audi A3 e-Tron from the #5 Kia Soul EV (Up from #8), but given the expected strong sprint of the Korean by year end, expect it to secure the last place in the Podium, with the A3 and Model S fighting it out to see who will win thes Fourth Place;

- Audi's wagon-on-stilts Q7 e-Tron climbed another place, to #12, with the BMW 225xe Active Tourer, doing the same, to #10;

- Good month for Mercedes, with the B250e up one place to #16, the S500e also up one to #24, the GLC350e up two positions to #26, while the recently arrived E350e joined the ranking at #35. It will be interesting to follow the career of this last model, as this is the first model to play at the Model S playground.  

The manufacturers ranking is as balanced as usual, with the top brand now being BMW, with 19% (Up 1%), followed by Volkswagen (16%) and Renault (15%, down 1%).

Pl	Germany	Oct.	YTD	%	'15 Pl
1 2	Renault Zoe BMW i3 *	147 391	2.262 2.139	11 11	6 2
3 4	Audi A3 e-Tron Tesla Model S	266 52	1.274 1.230	6 6	5 7
5 6	Kia Soul EV Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	372 169	1.229 1.142	6 6	1 3
7	Volkswagen Golf GTE	126	1.102	5	4
8	Volkswagen Passat GTE	109	1.001	5	9
9	Nissan Leaf	66	828	4	10
10 11 12	BMW 225xe Active Tourer Volkswagen e-Golf Audi Q7 e-Tron	114 78 132	742 717 697	4 4 3	20 8 24
13 14 15	Renault Twizy   e) Mercedes C350e   e) Volvo XC90 T8	50 41 33	623 578 557	3 3 3	15 13 28
16	Mercedes B250e	53	364	2	14
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35	Volkswagen e-Up! BMW 330e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW X5 40e Tesla Model X Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes S500e    e) BMW i8 Mercedes GLC350e BMW 740e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Kangoo ZE e) Porsche Panamera PHEV Peugeot iOn Citroen C-Zero Smart Fortwo ED Citroen Berlingo EV  Mercedes E350e Others	42 44 36 37 38 28 28 30 8 46 42 12 10 9 19 9 2 15 6	363 328 301 281 275 237 235 222 201 163 160 131 125 119 105 93 78 45 37 156	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0  1	12 32 17 22 N/A 18 29 19 16 N/A N/A 25 N/A 23 36 36 11 33 N/A
	TOTAL	2.660	20.140	100

* - 274 Bev + 117 Rex 

e) Estimate

Source: kba.de

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