Topic: Canadian Vehicle Sales

[airbalancer]

What's going on with the the SantaFe sales? They are challenging the Escape big time. Are they giving them away or something?
Tucson's sales are lower than I would expect.

Yes

[conwelpic]

What's going on with the the SantaFe sales? They are challenging the Escape big time. Are they giving them away or something?
Tucson's sales are lower than I would expect.

Yes

not really $2,000 adjustment which just covers a bit more than the destination and pdi charges, so not excessive.  They probably went in for Tucson and came out with a Santa Fe, unless those Tucson buyers bought a new Sportage instead 

[conwelpic]

TORONTO, Oct 1 /CNW/ - Combined September sales of 13,662 units by the Honda and Acura divisions represented a 10% increase over last year's sales.  The Honda Automobile Division reported September sales of 12,202 units, up 8% from last year, led by record September Honda CR-V sales of 3,057 units (up 311% over September 2010), and by an increase in Honda truck sales of 41%. The Acura Division reported September sales of 1,460 units, a 30% increase over last year.

I guess the $4,000 rebates on the CR-V paid off 

[conwelpic]

•Best September in Kia Canada's history
•Sales growth streak continues at 21 months
•September 2010 sales increase 5.1 per cent
•2010 year to date sale increase 16.3 per cent
•New vehicle line-up propels September sales
•Kia Canada continues to out-pace industry sales in 2010

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct 1 /CNW/ - Kia Canada Inc. experienced the best-ever September sales month in Canadian history. In addition, consumer demand for the newly designed Kia portfolio in the month of September supported the company's sales streak of 21 months of year-over-year sales increases. Total Canadian sales for the month reached 4745 units, up 5.1 per cent versus September 2009. Through the first 9 months of the year, Kia Canada sales continued to out-pace the industry with a 16.3 per cent increase in 2010. Kia Canada has sold 42,333 units through September 2010.

September Highlights

Kia Canada Inc. experienced the best September on record in its eleven year history in Canada:

•The Kia Forte model lineup, Kia Canada's best-selling vehicles for the month and year-to-date recorded 1406 total sales in September 2010.
•The compact sedan and 'Koup' models sustained an increase of 42 per cent versus September 2009
•The Kia Soul, urban crossover revealed 19 months ago in Canada continues to drive Canadian demand with 914 vehicles sold in the month of September
•The all-new Kia Sorento CUV that arrived in Canadian showrooms earlier in 2010, achieved 935 total sales in Canada for the month of September

[Shnak]

Kia really is on a roll with the Soul, Forte, Sorento and Sportage... Magentis is coming soon, and if it's packaged anything close to the Sonata, it should also be a good seller for them. I haven't heard much in terms of replacements for the Rio, Rondo and Sedona... they shouldn't forget to work on those as they'll quickly be left behind and trail their competitors pretty soon!

[carcrazy]

Kia does not mention Sportage so I guess the numbers are not very good again. It seems like more buyers went to CRV this month (bigger incentives?).

[conwelpic]

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct 1 /CNW/ - Nissan Canada Inc. (NCI) today released its September sales results, with the company recording its strongest September in history, selling 8,548 units - an increase of 18.2 per cent over September 2009. Both brands contributed to the achievement, with Nissan and Infiniti increasing 18.3 and 17.4 per cent respectively, over the same period last year and Infiniti experiencing its 11th straight month of growth.

[conwelpic]

TORONTO, Oct 1 /CNW/ - Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) today reported September sales of 14,563 Toyota and Lexus cars, trucks and SUVs, down 17.1% from September 2009. This included 13,258 Toyota models (down 17.5%) and 1,305 Lexus luxury vehicles (down 13.2%).

The recent trend in favour of trucks and SUVs continued in September with truck sales at 7,329 units - a new September record, beating the previous September truck sales record by more than 800 units. Canadians also continued to embrace new model offerings in September, including the Toyota 4Runner, Toyota Sienna and Toyota Avalon.

Highlights for Toyota in September 2010 (versus September 2009):

•Toyota Trucks up 16.2% for best-ever September
•Toyota RAV4 up 18.7% for best-ever September
•Toyota 4Runner up 677.4%
•Toyota Avalon up 141.7%
•Toyota Sienna up 92.9%
•Toyota FJ Cruiser up 21.4%
•Toyota Tundra 4x4 up 19.1%
•Toyota Tacoma 4x4 up 12.8%
Highlights for Lexus in September 2010 (versus September 2009):

•Lexus GX 460 up 308.3%
•Lexus LS 600h up 200%
•Lexus GS 350 up 54.5%
•Lexus RX 450h up 3.8%
Scion launched in Canada on September 28, 2010. Vehicle deliveries are underway and first full month sales will be reported at the end of October 2010.

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WINDSOR, ON, Oct. 1 /CNW/ - Chrysler Canada today announced sales of 16,135 vehicles for the month of September, an increase of 2 per cent over the same month last year. Retail sales were up 17 per cent.

Sales Highlights
The first of the all-new vehicles in the Chrysler Group product offensive, the Jeep(R) Grand Cherokee, saw a sales surge of 131 per cent to 1,039 units.

Model Highlights   Sept. 2010        Sept. 2009        % Change

    Ram Pick-up           4,472             3,934             14%
    Dodge Journey         2,327               945            146%
    Grand Caravan         4,232             3,652             16%
    Dodge Challenger        265               182             46%

[Shnak]

Kia does not mention Sportage so I guess the numbers are not very good again. It seems like more buyers went to CRV this month (bigger incentives?).

Was the new Sportage even on the market for all of September?

[carcrazy]

Pretty sure it was but Conwelpic is the Kia resident expert. Maybe he can shed some light here. I'm yet to see one on the road and I move quite a bit in the GTA everyday.


It looks like everyone is buying CUVs these days - CRV, SantaFe, Journey, RAV4, Rogue...., but not much Tucson and Sportage. My bet was that these would be a huge sales success, but maybe it's too early.

[airbalancer]

What's going on with the the SantaFe sales? They are challenging the Escape big time. Are they giving them away or something?
Tucson's sales are lower than I would expect.

Yes

not really $2,000 adjustment which just covers a bit more than the destination and pdi charges, so not excessive.  They probably went in for Tucson and came out with a Santa Fe, unless those Tucson buyers bought a new Sportage instead 

Santa Fe has $6000 off for cash offer http://hyundaicanada.com/Pages/SpecialOffer/SalesPromotions.aspx

[carcrazy]

What's going on with the the SantaFe sales? They are challenging the Escape big time. Are they giving them away or something?
Tucson's sales are lower than I would expect.

Yes

not really $2,000 adjustment which just covers a bit more than the destination and pdi charges, so not excessive.  They probably went in for Tucson and came out with a Santa Fe, unless those Tucson buyers bought a new Sportage instead 

Santa Fe has $6000 off for cash offer http://hyundaicanada.com/Pages/SpecialOffer/SalesPromotions.aspx

Hell it's like they are giving them away indeed. $20K for a Santa Fe!? It's like buying a similarly equipped compact. No wonder they are beaking all the records.

[Erik]

Interesting to me the Chrysler outsold Honda/Acura, Toyota, Nissan/Infinitu, Hyundai, Kia, etc.

[TopGun]

Interesting to me the Chrysler outsold Honda/Acura, Toyota, Nissan/Infinitu, Hyundai, Kia, etc.

Pick-em ups and Magic-Wagons?  (They don't call them that anymore do they!   )

[conwelpic]

Pretty sure it was but Conwelpic is the Kia resident expert. Maybe he can shed some light here. I'm yet to see one on the road and I move quite a bit in the GTA everyday.

It looks like everyone is buying CUVs these days - CRV, SantaFe, Journey, RAV4, Rogue...., but not much Tucson and Sportage. My bet was that these would be a huge sales success, but maybe it's too early.

so I'm the Kia resident expert am I   

The new Sportage started arriving at dealerships very late in July but at that point just the odd ones as according to my local dealer he found a 4-6 week gap between his first one and the next delivery, even though he had quite a few on order.  I contacted an inside source at Kia and got back this answer "We had a good month with Spoortage and are ramping up volume with availability"  but they didn't tell me how many. 
But based on contacts with my local dealer it appears to be a supply problem.  If it was built in the US like the Sorento you would get a faster supply.  With a new model you have to build up enough supply into the system and then you are not sure how fast it will take off.  I wouldn't be suprised that you will encounter the same situation with the upcoming new Optima.

When you bring in a brand new model you seem to get these "dead spots" as they are trying to clear out the old one as much as possible before the new ones arrive (gets fazed out earlier) .  A continuing model doesn't encounter this, so in a sense Kia is really penalizing themselves with introducing so many new models at such a rapid pace.  This could also happen next year with the whole new Rio.  Dealers have been without a model to fill the Magentis for a long time as production on that stopped a long time ago.

I've only seeen one new Sportage on the road, but not in my area, most common Kia product I see is Rondo's, very rarely see any Forte's or Sorento's which are big sellers - but not where I normally drive.

[conwelpic]

TORONTO, Oct 1 /CNW/ - Mercedes-Benz Canada today reported its best September sales results ever with a record-breaking total of 2,601 Mercedes-Benz and smart units retailed throughout the month. This propels year-to-date sales for the group to 23,326 vehicles at the conclusion of the third quarter of 2010. In addition, with 7,430 vehicles sold throughout the last three months, Mercedes-Benz Canada also surpassed another previous milestone and reported its best third quarter sales results ever.

A total of 2,295 Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and luxury light trucks were retailed throughout the month, which represents the best September ever for the brand. With 20,783 vehicles delivered year-to-date, combined passenger car and luxury light truck sales are ahead 15.6% or 3,101 units.

smart reported that a total of 143 units were delivered in September. In total, the smart brand has retailed 1,615 vehicles in 2010. 

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter sales reported its best month ever with a total of 163 units delivered throughout September.
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When Scion brings in the iQ, I bet that will put a big dent in these mediocore Smart sales

[conwelpic]

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Oct 1 /CNW/ - BMW Group Canada (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported retail sales of 3,053 units in September, an increase of 11.0% compared to September 2009. On the year, BMW Group Canada reported sales of 23,349 units, representing an increase of 8.0% over the same period last year.

BMW Brand.
BMW achieved 2,602 retails in September, up 8.0% from September 2009. Year-to-date BMW has reported sales of 20,015 units, an increase of 8.0% over the same period last year.

MINI Brand.
MINI reported 451 units sold in the month of September, an increase of 33.0% from September 2009. Year-to-date, MINI has reported 3334 retails, an increase of 3.0% over the same period last year.

[carcrazy]

SirA, do you have September sales for:

Forester
Outlander
Sportage
CX-7

Impreza
Lancer

Fiesta
Mazda2

[sirAQUAMAN64]

SirA, do you have September sales for:

Forester 705
Outlander 502
Sportage 311
CX-7 425

Impreza 889
Lancer 750

Fiesta 907
Mazda2 594

Don't have the PDF, but added above.