- David C. Adams
Overall vehicle sales in Canada were down 15% in March to 127,489 units versus the 150,024 sold in March 2008. AIAMC member companies sales were down 11% for March at 69,264 units compared to last March (See attached). Year to date sales for the industry are down 21.8%, while YTD sales for AIAMC members are down 13.3%
Overall light duty truck sales were down 11.4% in March while passenger vehicle sales were down 18.2% compared to March last year. For AIAMC members, truck sales were down 8.8% while passenger car sales were down 11.9% compared to last March. Year to date overall truck sales are down 18% while passenger car sales are down 25.2%. For AIAMC members, year to date truck sales are down 8.8% while passenger car sales are down 15.2%
AIAMC members’ had a 54.3% market share for the month of March compared to 51.9% market share for March 2008. Year to date market share for AIAMC members is 54.2%
Positive March February highlights for some AIAMC member companies include:
Audi – March sales of 979 (record) up 25.4% from March 2008
BMW – March sales of 2,018 up 7.3% from March 2008
Hyundai - March sales of 8,818 up 25.5% from March 2008
Kia – March sales of 3,555 (record)( up 12.6% from March 2008
Mercedes (less smart)– March sales of 2,181 up 26% from March 2008
Mitsubishi – March sales of 1,983 (record) up 8.9% from March 2008
Porsche – March sales of 172 up 9.6% from March 2008
Subaru – March sales of 1,878 (record) up 14.6% from March 2008
Trust this is helpful, should you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call me on my cellphone. I would ask you to please cite the “AIAMC”” or the “Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada” as the source of the data if you plan on using any of the statistics contained herein. If you have ideas about how to make any of this information more useful, please let me know. Thanks
David C. Adams, President, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada
