Midsize Car Sales In Canada - December 2015 And 2015 Year End

Canadian sales of midsize cars plunged 8% in calendar year 2015, a loss of nearly 10,000 sales as overall Canadian car volume tumbled 6%.

For the first time since 2012, the leader of the pack was not the Ford Fusion but rather the Toyota Camry, sales of which increased 5% in calendar year 2015; sales of which fell 41% over the final one-sixth of the year.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2015 Year End
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - 2015 Year End

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The overwhelming majority of midsize candidates suffered the same plight as the Fusion. The Chrysler 200, Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Mazda 6, Nissan Altima, and Volkswagen Passat all sold less often in 2015 than they did in 2014.

The new Subaru Legacy stood out from the pack with an 11% increase, though Legacy sales dipped at the end of the year and overall volume remained low. 

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Similarly, the aging Chevrolet Malibu stood out from the pack with a 12% increase, but GM Canada created this higher-than-expected Malibu volume with massive discounts which caused their intermediate car to be priced like a compact. The new Malibu, for MY2016, shouldn't be priced so attractively and may not sell as well even though it'll be a vastly improved car. 

But it was the Camry, with 16% market share and 16,805 sales in total, that ruled the day. South of the border, the Camry was the best-selling car overall for a 14th consecutive year. Americans registered nine times more new vehicles than Canadians in 2015, but Camry sales in the U.S. were 26 times stronger. You get the idea: Americans are still far more interested in conventional family cars than we are. This segment accounted for 13.7% of the new vehicles sold in America in 2015. In Canada, midsize cars generated just 5.6% of the auto industry's volume, down from 6.3% a year ago, and 7.5% in 2013.

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 midsize cars 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 • January 2016 • November 2015 • December 2014

Midsize Car	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Buick Regal	51	69	-26.1%	968	816	18.6%
Chevrolet Malibu	391	976	-59.9%	9203	8246	11.6%
Chrysler 200	623	855	-27.1%	10,961	11,655	-6.0%
Dodge Avenger	---	---	---	8	488	-98.4%
Ford Fusion	1035	1731	-40.2%	15,781	18,472	-14.6%
Honda Accord	1035	1031	0.4%	14,465	16,962	-14.7%
Hyundai Sonata	507	550	-7.8%	13,497	13,645	-1.1%
Kia Optima	455	233	95.3%	6210	7408	-16.2%
Mazda 6	151	146	3.4%	2703	3023	-10.6%
Nissan Altima	851	627	35.7%	7293	9475	-23.0%
Subaru Legacy	229	276	-17.0%	3258	2924	11.4%
Toyota Camry	672	1159	-42.0%	16,805	16,029	4.8%
Volkswagen Passat & CC ^	366	462	-20.8%	5838	7520	-22.4%
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Total	6366	8115	-21.5%	106,990	116,663	-8.3%

Hybrids & Electrics	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Chevrolet Volt	220	62	255%	1463	1521	-3.8%
Ford C-Max	54	129	-58.1%	721	1411	-48.9%
Mitsubishi i MiEV	11	7	57.1%	121	109	11.0%
Nissan LEAF	122	64	90.6%	1233	1085	13.6%
Toyota Prius	98	90	8.9%	1624	1895	-14.3%
Toyota Prius V	185	79	134%	2497	2292	8.9%
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Total	690	431	60.1%	7659	8313	-7.9%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	---	94	-100%	294	962	-69.4%
Subaru Outback *	746	854	-12.6%	9992	8688	15.0%
Toyota Venza *	358	346	3.5%	6129	7610	-19.5%
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Total	1104	1294	-14.7%	16,415	17,260	-4.9%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Prius breakdown by variant
^ Volkswagen Canada combines figures for the Passat and CC.
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 Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too... 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.

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