Average sales per dealer franchise have declined due to a slowdown in new light vehicle sales in 2019, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). “In 2017, the average franchise sold 548 vehicles annually and in 2018, this number fell to …
There are a number of things Canadians dislike about their vehicles, but the most common concern is fuel economy, according to a news release from Desrosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. (DAC). The information is based on the DesRosiers Light Vehicle Study …
It wasn’t a great year for Canadian auto sales in 2019, but it wasn’t a bad year either. Looking at the glass half-empty, 2019’s 1,914,357 total sales were down 3.6% from just a year ago and almost 125,000 short of …
Average employment in the Canadian auto industry was up 1.0 per cent between 2018 and 2019 as of the end of Q3 this year, with data from Desrosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC) revealing a boost in the auto retail sector. As …
Canada’s new light vehicle segment performance saw light trucks continue to pull ahead of passenger cars in Q3, according to a report from Desrosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. (DAC). Passenger car sales declined 16.7 per cent during this period, with 129,165 …
Canadian auto sales remained relatively stable in October, down just 0.6% from the same month in 2018. But that slight decline made it 18 of the past 19 months that sales have slipped behind their year-before numbers. October’s estimated sales …
For the first time in 18 months, new-vehicle sales in Canada show signs of the extended decline bottoming out. Sales were down by just 1.0% in July and they were actually up by 0.6% in August, with 182,040 new vehicles …
By Gerry Malloy As has been widely predicted and expected, new vehicle sales in Canada through the first quarter of 2019 were down from the record pace of the same period last year. As reported by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC), …
After setting new records for the first two months of the year, new-vehicle sales in Canada leveled off and declined slightly in March, relative to last year. A total of 186,447 vehicles were sold in March 2018, just 0.6% fewer …
New-vehicle sales in Canada began the second half of the year with the same intensity they exhibited in the first half. July sales of 177,844 vehicles once again set a new monthly record, for the seventh month in a row. …
With the year half gone, new vehicle sales in Canada continue the record pace they’ve been on since it started. June sales set a new monthly record for the sixth month in a row, increasing the string of consecutive year-over-year …
According to data compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, new light vehicle sales in Canada reached 154,949 units in October, an increase of 6.5 per cent over the same period a year earlier. Additionally, October’s numbers also helped push the Seasonally …
