Sporty Car Sales In Canada - July 2015 YTD

Mazda's fourth-generation MX-5 Miata is now trickling into dealers. This presents Mazda Canada with the opportunity to greatly increase Miata sales in the summer of 2015. July 2015's 20% increase, however, translates to only 13 extra MX-5 sales. 

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Canada Vehicle Sales Brand Rankings - July 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - July 2015 YTD

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August, we hope, will show greater supply and demand for the iconic sports car. In the United States, more than 1100 MX-5s were sold in July, the best month for U.S. MX-5 Miata sales since April 2009.

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In the meantime, relatively uncommon Japanese coupes like like the Nissan 370Z, Subaru BRZ, and Lexus RC all sold more often than the little Mazda. 

As for truly popular two-doors, that's an arena wholly dominated by the Ford Mustang in Canada. Year-over-year, Mustang sales jumped 31% to 708 units in July 2015, more than the Camaro, Challenger, Corvette, and 370Z combined.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank sports cars, coupes, GTs, roadsters, and convertibles any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • July 2016 • August 2015 • June 2015 • July 2014

American Muscle	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	242	449	-46.1%	2006	2286	-12.2%
Dodge Challenger	184	184	0.0%	2109	1077	95.8%
Ford Mustang	708	539	31.4%	4974	3654	36.1%
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Total	1134	1172	-3.2%	9089	7017	29.5%

Euro Sports Cars	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	22	---	---	47	---	---
Audi TT	69	35	97.1%	93	217	-57.1%
BMW Z4	15	12	25.0%	84	128	-34.4%
Jaguar F-Type	60	35	71.4%	322	291	10.7%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	34	44	-22.7%	198	251	-21.1%
Porsche Boxster	45	34	32.4%	235	237	-0.8%
Porsche Cayman	32	27	18.5%	159	172	-7.6%
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Total	277	17	48.1%	1138	1296	-12.2%

Misc. Sporty Cars	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	132	174	-24.1%	1079	1397	-22.8%
BMW 1-Series *	---	---	---	3	2	50.0%
BMW 2-Series *	130	91	42.9%	923	377	145%
BMW 4-Series *	453	383	18.3%	3147	1751	79.7%
Chevrolet Corvette	159	133	19.5%	1304	889	46.7%
Chrysler 200 Convertible *	---	---	---	---	14	-100%
Honda CR-Z	4	8	-50.0%	45	56	-19.6%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	87	150	-42.0%	722	1064	-32.1%
Infiniti Q60 *	41	26	57.7%	270	265	1.9%
Lexus RC	114	---	---	494	---	---
Mazda MX-5 Miata	78	65	20.0%	347	414	-16.2%
Nissan 370Z	98	40	145%	407	278	46.4%
Scion FR-S	164	166	-1.2%	860	1005	-14.4%
Subaru BRZ	90	97	-7.2%	600	674	-11.0%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	309	296	4.4%	1835	1635	12.2%
Volkswagen Eos	59	47	25.5%	331	311	6.4%
Volkswagen GTI *	222	355	-37.5%	1712	1097	56.1%
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Total	2140	2031	5.4%	14,079	11,229	25.4%

Warm Hatches	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	294	550	-46.5%	1904	3983	-52.2%
Hyundai Veloster *	323	371	-12.9%	2089	2157	-3.2%
Mini Cooper *	451	379	19.0%	3112	1754	77.4%
Scion tC *	108	114	-5.3%	713	733	-2.7%
Volkswagen Beetle *	210	168	25.0%	1631	1319	23.7%
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Total	1386	1582	-12.4%	9449	9946	-5.0%

Premium Sporty Cars	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	3	11	-72.7%	82	85	-3.5%
Cadillac ELR	2	5	-60.0%	23	18	27.8%
Dodge Viper	10	4	150%	101	74	36.5%
Jaguar XK	---	19	-100%	24	62	-61.3%
Lexus LFA	---	---	---	---	1	-100%
Mercedes-AMG GT	20	---	---	78	---	---
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	30	62	-51.6%	205	257	-20.2%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	---	---	---	---	31	-100%
Nissan GT-R	19	14	35.7%	86	90	-4.4%
Porsche 911	100	88	13.6%	576	519	11.0%
Porsche 918 Spyder	4	---	---	18	---	---
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Total	188	203	-7.4%	1193	1137	4.9%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
^ Mini sales include everything except the Countryman.
* also included in another GCBC segment breakdown
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Audi A5 here and with luxury cars, because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch.

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