The Toyota Corolla is taking a beating in the 2010 sales race, and the Honda Civic is taking plenty of hits, too. Meanwhile, the Mazda3 and two rival compacts, outgoing versions of the Hyundai Elantra and Chevrolet Cobalt, are enjoying moderate to excellent years with new-car buyers.
In fact, according to the latest Top 10 list of best-selling vehicle in Canada from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, the Mazda3, Elantra and Cobalt are all going well against the overall market trend. That is, sales of all three are up while overall compact car sales are down four per cent on the year through October. Mazda3 sales are up 4.9 per cent, while the Elantra is up 11.5 per cent and the Cobalt is up a whopping 85 per cent.
The Cobalt is currently being replaced by the all-new Chevy Cruze, while an Elantra replacement is coming early in the new year. Thus, Chevy and Hyundai have been wheeling and dealing to push 2010 Cobalts and Elantras off dealer lots. Rich deals are behind the bloated sales numbers of both.
Over on the light truck side, the Ford F-Series is sure to finish 2010 as the runaway best-selling nameplate. Ford's pickup sales are up 24.2 per cent on the year, despite facing the challenge of rich incentives being offered on rival pickups from Dodge (the Ram) and General Motors (Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra). Ford, too, is playing the incentive game, but not quite as aggressively as GM - which speaks to positive things about the F-Series in particular and Ford of Canada's marketing and sales initiatives in general.
Here are the top 10 cars and light trucks through October of this year in Canada:
Passenger Cars
|
|
Vehicle |
2010 |
2009 |
% gain/loss |
|
1 |
Honda Civic |
48,805 |
61,865 |
-10.5% |
|
2 |
Mazda3 |
42,428 |
40,451 |
4.9% |
|
3 |
Toyota Corolla |
33,774 |
45,476 |
-25.7% |
|
4 |
Hyundai Elantra |
30,035 |
26,926 |
11.5% |
|
5 |
Chevrolet Cobalt |
23,177 |
12,526 |
85.0% |
|
6 |
Hyundai Accent |
23,701 |
23,701 |
-6.2% |
|
7 |
Ford Focus |
20,275 |
18,553 |
9.3% |
|
8 |
Ford Fusion |
17,111 |
14,104 |
21.3% |
|
9 |
Toyota Matrix |
16,399 |
18,259 |
-10.2% |
|
10 |
Nissan Versa |
14,405 |
17,646 |
-18.4% |
Light Trucks
|
|
Vehicle |
2010 |
2009 |
% gain/loss |
|
1 |
Ford F-Series |
84,630 |
68,140 |
24.2% |
|
2 |
Dodge Caravan |
46,979 |
32,996 |
42.4% |
|
3 |
Dodge Ram |
44,969 |
26,234 |
71.4% |
|
4 |
GMC Sierra |
37,603 |
31,880 |
18.0% |
|
5 |
Ford Escape |
36,708 |
32,134 |
14.2% |
|
6 |
Chevrolet Silverado |
34,660 |
30,928 |
12.1% |
|
7 |
Hyundai Santa Fe |
24,276 |
20,968 |
15.8% |
|
8 |
Honda CR-V |
22,136 |
15,640 |
41.5% |
|
9 |
Toyota RAV4 |
20,088 |
21,642 |
-7.2% |
|
10 |
Dodge Journey |
19,772 |
11,916 |
65.9% |
Source: DesRosiers Automotive Consultants