Sporty Car Sales In Canada - October 2015 YTD

Mazda's MX-5 Miata volume more than doubled in Canada in October 2015, rising from a scant and barely measurable 18 units in October 2014 to 39 last month.

That's still not very many cars.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD

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The sports car is not dead, but it has taken on other forms. Rather than purchase or lease an impractical two-seater like the MX-5 or its upmarket indirect rivals – 4C, Z4, F-Type, SLK, Boxster, Cayman, 370Z – or hard-core sports cars like the Scion FR-S and its Subaru BRZ twin, many performance car buyers are turning to more reasonable daily drivers.

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Subaru Canada's sales of the WRX and WRX STI jumped 49% to 301 units, more than the MX-5, FR-S, BRZ, 370Z, and Hyundai Genesis Coupe combined. 

The WRX/STI accomplished this feat during a month in which Canadian sales of the MX-5 and 370Z excelled. 

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.

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American Muscle	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	98	112	-12.5%	2445	2742	-10.8%
Dodge Challenger	223	90	148%	2602	1421	83.1%
Ford Mustang	250	172	45.3%	6166	4563	35.1%
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Total	571	374	52.7%	11,213	8726	28.5%

Euro Sports Cars	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	12	---	---	105	---	---
Audi TT	53	9	489%	213	275	-22.5%
BMW Z4	6	27	-77.8%	98	168	-41.7%
Jaguar F-Type	20	18	11.1%	402	384	4.7%
Mercedes-Benz SLK	11	46	-76.1%	248	350	-29.1%
Porsche Boxster	13	15	-13.3%	312	326	-4.3%
Porsche Cayman	31	24	29.2%	257	240	7.1%
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Total	146	139	5.0%	1635	1743	-6.2%

Misc. Sporty Cars	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	147	127	15.7%	1494	1932	-22.7%
BMW 1-Series *	---	---	---	3	2	50.0%
BMW 2-Series *	167	223	-25.1%	1353	790	71.3%
BMW 4-Series *	359	328	9.5%	4236	2827	49.8%
Chevrolet Corvette	73	50	46.0%	1628	1079	50.9%
Chrysler 200 Convertible *	---	---	---	---	4	-100%
Honda CR-Z	3	6	-50.0%	51	89	-42.7%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	59	141	-58.2%	941	1432	-34.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	22	25	-12.0%	386	381	1.3%
Lexus RC	45	---	---	739	---	---
Mazda MX-5 Miata	39	18	117%	570	498	14.5%
Nissan 370Z	66	28	136%	622	371	67.7%
Scion FR-S	88	121	-27.3%	1209	1455	-16.9%
Subaru BRZ	40	43	-7.0%	744	852	-12.7%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	301	202	49.0%	2702	2323	16.3%
Volkswagen Eos	19	21	-9.5%	417	405	3.0%
Volkswagen GTI *	252	320	-21.3%	2296	2026	13.3%
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Total	1680	1653	1.6%	19,391	16,466	17.8%

Premium Sporty Cars	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	2	6	-66.7%	88	106	-17.0%
Cadillac ELR	---	5	---	25	36	-30.6%
Dodge Viper	1	10	-90.0%	107	97	10.3%
Jaguar XK	1	3	-66.7%	25	76	-67.1%
Lexus LFA	---	----	---	---	1	---
Mercedes-AMG GT	17	---	---	118	---	---
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	11	16	-31.3%	255	314	-18.8%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	---	1	---	---	37	---
Nissan GT-R	9	6	50.0%	118	115	2.6%
Porsche 911	48	70	-31.4%	753	718	4.9%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	---	---	18	5	260%
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Total	89	117	-23.9%	1507	1505	0.1%

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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