Canadian October 2006 Sales Report
Canadian Sales : October 2006
Chrysler Group:
Oct. 2006 - 15,020
Oct. 2005 - 14,894
Sept. 2006 - 16,191
Therefore the CG was UP 0.8% or 126 units relative to last year same year and DOWN 7.2% or 1,171 units relative to last month. The Chrysler Group is off from its high this year, that occured in August, which was a strong month of 20,252 units sold.
Chrysler Group Year-to-Date:
2005 - 186,296
2006 - 184,764
Which translates to a decline of 0.8% or a loss of 1,532 units. That is a gain of 126 units over last months difference.
Sales of Interest for October
DaimlerChrysler reported that 3,726 cars and 11,294 trucks for a total of 15,020 units sold during the month of October.
Car sales increased 27.7 per cent while truck sales decreased 5.7 percent for the month.
Sales number for particular models included the Dodge Charger sold 768 units up 63% (6,153 units Y-to-D), Chrysler Pacifica sold 222 units up 64%, and Dodge Durango which sold 270 units up 26%. Dodge Ram pickup sales are up 7.2 per cent for the year to 33,492 units.
Newer model had a great month including the Dodge Caliber which sold 1,903 units and 16,077 Y-to-D, the Jeep Compass 591 units, the Dodge Nitro selling 311 units and the new Jeep Wrangler selling 304 units.
Notes of Interest
Toyota outsold the Chrysler Group and Ford Motor Company for the month of October 16,010 to 15,020 and 15,922 units respectively. By including the sales of partner Benz, DCX ended up with 16,217 beating Toyota by only 207 units. Including Volvo and Land Rover sales into Fords number bumps then up to second spot with a total of 16,678 vehicles sold. GM was the head of the pack for the month with 26,793 units being sold.
|
Company Name |
Sales for Y-T-D |
% Change |
Unit Change |
Market Share |
|
GM |
353,813 |
-7.86% |
-30,179 |
25.86% |
|
Ford |
205,531 |
+7.03% |
+13,505 |
15.09% |
|
DCX |
202,240 |
+0.42% |
+848 |
14.85% |
|
Toyota |
169,897 |
+13.32% |
+19,974 |
12.48% |
|
Honda |
132,981 |
+2.65% |
+3,436 |
9.76% |
|
Hyundai |
85,381 |
+6.34% |
+5,090 |
6.27% |
|
Mazda |
71,160 |
+4.05% |
+2,772 |
5.22% |
|
Nissan |
56,054 |
+2.06% |
+1,133 |
4.12% |
|
VW |
33,015 |
+1.24% |
+404 |
2.42% |
|
BMW |
19,676 |
+9.07% |
+1,636 |
1.44% |
|
Subaru |
13,455 |
+2.06% |
+271 |
0.99% |
|
9,490 |
+10.93% |
+935 |
0.70% |
|
|
Suzuki |
9,316 |
+23.87% |
+1,795 |
0.68% |
|
Porsche |
1,659 |
-3.77% |
-65 |
0.12% |
|
Total Sales Y-T-D |
1,361,861 |
+0.88% |
+11,846 |
100% |
Underlined are the Highest and Lowest gains/losses in percentage and units.
Encouraging if you ask me. Even if truck sales decreased 5,7%, Ram, Durango and Pacifica went up. Who put the truck sales down? Caravan. We had to expect this, since Caravan will be a new model next year. Anyway, the Caravan’s profit margin isn’t as high as the Commander, Durango or Ram (not sure about this, but let’s be logical.) Car sales up, that’s because they weren’t very high last year. The Caliber has good sales, and Sebring might do well too. But now, Chrysler needs compact and sub-compact ca, but not GM’s way (which is exporting cheap korean crap). Something like the neon (but more reliable): relatively fast, but with high mileage. How about using Mitsubishi Lancer’s platform, with hte new world engines to create a good compact car with relatively small engineering cost?
Then again I have no studies in engineering, but that would look possible
The Chevrolet competitor to the Neon was the Cobalt, which is American. I realize you mean the Town & Country lookalike car (Aveo). Also, “cheap Korean crap” is a bit of a misnomer in a time when some Koreans (Hyundai and MAYBE Daewoo) are putting out a better product than some American and Japanese automakers.
What brought down truck sales?
It could be a number of factors. Grand Cherokee, PT, minivans, Commander, Liberty, Magnum….
It is hard to get info for Canadian sales. DCX Canada doesn’t seem to break down the sales for each unit. Which is too bad if you ask me.
Well, I meant cheap korean cars (my mistake). By cheap I meant cars that cost way less to produce than American made cars. I wouldn’t be suprised that Chevy lose money for each Cobalt they make (they did with the Cavalier, just like Chrysler did with the Neon). Also, the Chevy Aveo, Optra and Epica have way less powerful and efficient engines than most of the competition. My friend can’t go below 9L/100KM with his pontiac Wave, which is almost the same as my Cirrus. It’s basically obselete Daewoo cars that they put a Chevrolet icon on it.
The main problem is that it’s difficult to have a good car with a good profit margin when you sell it 12 000$ and you build it in America (or Canada).
I always was a DcX customer but my poor 2001 caravan with only 100,000 kms is a headache ,in the meantime My parents
have a hyundai 2001 sonata .It gives the North american a run for the money ,quality ,and customer service .
Its been a really good vehicle ,I do wish my DCX product would keep up to it ..
Well letsgododge look forward to the new minivans around summer of next year. They should be class leading.