Our mid-year report card
The overall market is up but some brands are doing better than others With 2012 half down, as of this writing, it’s proving to be a very good year indeed. While sales are not quite on record pace, they’re not …
Category: Sales Reports
July sales keep on climbing
New vehicle sales in Canada continued to climb in July, up 4.7 per cent from the same month last year – the sixth month out of seven that sales have topped 2011’s. Year-to-date sales through July are 6.7 per cent …
Sales momentum maintained through June
Sales of 169,459 new vehicles in Canada in June were up just 2.7 per cent from the same month last year, but that figure alone grossly understates the sales momentum in the current market. This is a case where a …
Sales bounce back in May
After a minor softening in April, new vehicle sales in Canada bounced back strongly in May, exceeding those in the same month last year by 17.9 per cent — the greatest year-over-year monthly increase since February 2010. That big number …
Keep them in the family
Dealers can derive big benefits from their certified pre-owned vehicle programs Lexus and Mercedes-Benz were the first to offer certified pre-owned (CPO) programs back in the 1990s, but today almost every OEM has jumped on the bandwagon. While the details …
April sales hit a snag
For the first time since last September, the number of monthly new vehicle sales in Canada, during April, fell below the level for the same month in 2011. Not by much – just 1.4 per cent – but down, nonetheless. …
March sales remain positive
New vehicle sales in Canada during March were up just 2.8 per cent from the same month in 2011, not as far ahead of 2011 as were the first two months of the year. But with a SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted …
The pendulum swings
But how fast and how far? What goes up must come down. If you’re not growing you’re dying. The status quo is never static. To many, these oft-quoted business mantras may seem like just so much rhetoric. But not in …
February sales continue strong
So January wasn’t a fluke! New vehicle sales in Canada during February were up 11.2 per cent from the same month in 2011, backing up January’s strong start. And, for the second consecutive month, Chrysler outsold Ford and General Motors …
Doing the market-share shuffle
Last year’s results reveal a shifting marketplace By now it’s old news that mediocre December sales in Canada — up just 2.6 per cent from the same month in 2010 — held 2011’s new vehicle total to 1,585,519 units. That …
January sales blow the doors off!
What a month it was. New vehicle sales in Canada during January were up a phenomenal 25.4 per cent from 2011 – the greatest monthly year-over-year increase since February 2010. And Chrysler toppled Ford and General Motors to claim the …
Social media works, dealers told
Dealers gave entrepreneur Garry Vaynerchuk a standing ovation for delivering the straight truth on social media For dealers thinking (or perhaps hoping) that social media is a fad that will soon pass, think zzagain, say experts at the Driving Sales …
