Canada Car/Light Truck Sales By Nameplate : 2000-04

Unlike the Canada 1995-99 compilation, this time it's nameplates. It gives more detail but a longer list to sift through. Overall a fairer way to do it.

The first thing I notice about a list like this is the poor showing of European brands (coloured pale blue). VW sales fell badly while the market held up. It's share slumped from 2.8 to 2.9% in this period. The top 10 was dominated by US and Japanese brands. Toyota and Honda have assembly plants in Canada, a point not lost on the locals. Ford and Chevrolet were the two main selling makes, with Dodge surprisingly high.

A new brand for Canada in 2001 was the arrival of Mitsubishi. Bentley didn't just arrive in 2004 but I don't have data prior to that. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari and other exotic marques sold in Canada but no one tabulated their sales. Isuzu, Plymouth and Daewoo all left. The once popular Plymouth brand no longer desirable.

	Make	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
1	Ford	270,353	242,370	249,798	239,605	211,699
2	Chevrolet	201,038	197,044	214,709	196,991	208,779
3	Toyota	118,339	122,149	146,252	156,892	161,898
4	Dodge	147,936	133,895	144,708	134,604	138,337
5	Honda	114,765	124,539	144,580	141,836	121,912
6	Pontiac	114,479	118,502	131,882	112,675	107,638
7	Mazda	52,070	69,016	71,140	65,550	73,888
8	GMC	71,713	69,153	73,740	66,849	68,854
9	Nissan	43,063	52,899	57,692	60,596	61,618
10	Hyundai	38,233	59,130	66,917	65,378	58,666
11	Chrysler	94,218	84,388	70,793	49,635	47,008
12	VW	43,138	43,376	42,975	38,847	30,747
13	Kia	13,343	26,013	29,014	30,523	26,409
14	Jeep	26,491	25,364	31,160	28,696	25,521
15	Acura	19,901	25,682	25,233	22,923	22,543
16	Buick	23,687	25,872	33,668	28,438	20,803
17	Saturn	22,449	19,815	25,270	20,925	19,755
18	BMW	11,022	12,702	14,520	15,160	16,598
19	Subaru	14,609	15,383	17,236	15,762	16,311
20	Mercedes	12,457	11,882	14,520	13,876	12,344
21	Volvo	8,539	9,287	9,442	10,750	11,135
22	Mitsubishi		27	3,278	14,183	10,783
23	Suzuki	10,575	11,958	11,558	9,361	9,918
24	Lexus	5,257	5,575	6,514	7,467	8,318
25	Oldsmobile	30,156	29,272	29,111	18,607	8,243
26	Infiniti	4,340	3,765	7,145	8,942	7,841
27	Audi	5,992	6,072	7,236	7,861	7,422
28	Cadillac	6,042	5,144	7,727	6,890	6,647
29	Lincoln	6,417	5,855	6,565	6,423	4,822
30	MINI			2,102	2,708	2,800
31	Saab	1,555	1,710	1,764	1,710	1,864
32	Porsche	1,292	1,102	1,193	1,612	1,816
33	Jaguar	2,325	2,461	2,556	2,366	1,751
34	Mercury	5,812	3,034	2,112	1,644	1,375
35	Land Rover	1,015	1,026	2,174	1,603	1,346
36	smart					915
37	Hummer	28	14	424	882	502
38	Bentley					85
39	Maybach				8	7
40	Isuzu	1,253	1,489	732	20	6
41	Plymouth	143	104	116	41
42	Daewoo	4,011	1,567
	Lada	92
	Total	1,548,148	1,569,571	1,707,556	1,608,839	1,538,924