Canadian 2006 Auto Sales Wrap-Up
Canadian Sales December: 2006
Chrysler Group: Total Sales for the month of December
December 2006 - 18,589
December 2005 - 14,695
November 2006 - 17,200
The CG had a very strong last month of 2006 with reported sales being UP 26.5% or 3,894 units relative to the same period last year same year.
The CG was also up 8.1% or 1,389 units relative to last month (November 2006).
Car sales for the month hit 4,213 units which is up over 58.1% or up 1,548 units from last December. Truck sales were also up a respectable 19.5% or 2,346 units to a total of 14,376.
Notes of Interest For December 2006
The Chrysler Group outsold Ford Motor Company (not including Volvo, Jaguar, & Land Rover) and the Toyota Motor company for the month of December 18,589 to 17,191 and 12,189 units respectively. By including the sales of partner Benz, DCX ended up with 20,154 total sales for the month beating Toyota by 7,965 units. Including Volvo, Jag, & Land Rover sales into Fords number bumps then up to a total of 18,108 vehicles sold. GM was the head of the pack for the month with a whooping 36,258 units being sold.
Sales of Interest for December
Jeep Wrangler sold 793 units
Dodge Ram pick up sold 3,485 units (up 8.0%)
Chrysler Group Year-to-Date Numbers for 2006
2006 - 220,553
2005 - 216,857
This translates to an increase of 1.7% or 4,696 units relative to last year. The total Canadian market, however sold just over 1.6 million units (1,618,261) which translates to an increase of 2% over last years number of 1,586,416 units being sold. Therefore the increase of that the CG saw was just on par with the rest of the market.
Market share for the CG decreased to 13.63% relative to last years number of 13.67%. Which translates to a decline of just 0.04% or just 647 units.
Car sales for the year increased to 55,549 units which is up over 6.1% or up 3,178 units from 2005. Truck sales were also flat at +0.31% which translated to an increase of just 518 units to a total of 165,004 units being sold.
Sales of Interest for 2006
Dodge Ram pickup sold 39,837 (up 6.3%) ***All time record***
Dodge Sprinter up 26.8 per cent over last year’s totals
Dodge Caliber sold 19,524 units
Dodge Charger sold 7,440 units (up 155%)
Here are the number for the entire field for 2006.
|
Company Name |
Sales for Y-T-D |
% Change |
Unit Change |
Market Share |
|
GM |
421,299 |
-7.72% |
-35,258 |
26.03% |
|
Ford |
242,740 |
+6.87% |
+15,599 |
15.00% |
|
DCX |
238,120 |
+2.35% |
+5,473 |
14.71% |
|
Toyota |
195,780 |
+11.37% |
+19,993 |
12.09% |
|
Honda |
165,985 |
+7.37% |
+11,398 |
10.27% |
|
Hyundai |
99,628 |
+6.80% |
+6,342 |
6.15% |
|
Mazda |
81,007 |
+4.03% |
+3,140 |
5.01% |
|
Nissan |
66,755 |
-5.96% |
-4,228 |
4.12% |
|
VW |
43,344 |
+11.33% |
+4,411 |
2.68% |
|
BMW |
23,430 |
+8.72% |
+1,879 |
1.45% |
|
Subaru |
16,190 |
+1.40% |
+224 |
1.00% |
|
Suzuki |
11,158 |
+26.01% |
+2,345 |
0.69% |
|
10,957 |
+5.45% |
+566 |
0.68% |
|
|
Porsche |
1,868 |
-3.01% |
-58 |
0.12% |
|
Total Sales Y-T-D |
1,618261 |
+2.01% |
+31,845 |
100% |
Underlined are the Highest and Lowest gains/losses in percentage and units.