Sporty Car Sales In Canada - July 2016 YTD

After sales of the all-new sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro tumbled 17% in Canada in the first-half of 2016, praises be, Camaro volume jumped 27% to 307 units in July 2016.

Granted, the Ford Mustang is way more popular for any number of reasons. But we didn't expect the Camaro to outsell the Mustang in Canada anytime soon, if ever.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - July 2016 YTD

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The Dodge Challenger, on the other hand? Even in a much-improved month for the Camaro, the Chevrolet still came up one sale shy of the Challenger, sales of which rose 67% in July. Incidentally, through the first seven months of 2016, Dodge Challenger sales are up precisely 11.3%, year-over-year.

Canadian sales of the Chevrolet Camaro are down precisely 11.3%.

Total Ford Mustang sales are 1479-units stronger than the Chevrolet and Dodge combined. After rising to an eight-year Canadian sales high in 2015, Ford is on track for an improved finish of 7800 Canadian Mustang sales in 2016. 

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July was also worthy of note because of the Canadian arrival of the Fiat 124 Spider, a fraternal twin of the Mazda MX-5 Miata. In its first abbreviated month on the market, Fiat sold 72 copies of the 124 Spider. Sales of the MX-5, which we reviewed last month, jumped 35% to 105 units.

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. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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

American Muscle	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	307	242	26.9%	1780	2006	-11.3%
Dodge Challenger	308	184	67.4%	2346	2107	11.3%
Ford Mustang	773	708	9.2%	5605	4974	12.7%
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Total	1388	1134	22.4%	9731	9087	7.1%

Euro Sports Cars	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	7	22	-68.2%	44	47	-6.4%
Audi TT	51	69	-26.1%	422	93	354%
BMW Z4	11	15	-26.7%	71	84	-15.5%
Jaguar F-Type	50	60	-16.7%	368	322	14.3%
Mercedes-Benz SLK/SLC	23	34	-32.4%	191	198	-3.5%
Porsche Boxster	72	45	60.0%	218	235	-7.2%
Porsche Cayman	57	32	78.1%	249	159	56.6%
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Total	272	277	-2.2%	1563	1138	37.4%

Misc. Sporty Cars	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	137	132	3.8%	977	1079	-9.5%
BMW 1-Series *	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
BMW 2-Series *	151	130	16.2%	1344	923	45.6%
Chevrolet Corvette	148	159	-6.9%	1085	1304	-16.8%
Fiat 124 Spider	72	---	---	72	---	---
Honda CR-Z	3	4	-25.0%	23	45	-48.9%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	89	87	2.3%	621	722	-14.0%
Infiniti Q60 *	---	41	-100%	22	270	-91.9%
Lexus RC	52	114	-54.4%	298	494	-39.7%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	105	78	34.6%	734	347	112%
Nissan 370Z	112	98	14.3%	669	407	64.4%
Scion FR-S	100	164	-39.0%	743	860	-13.6%
Subaru BRZ	69	90	-23.3%	489	600	-18.5%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	404	309	30.7%	2390	1835	30.2%
Volkswagen Eos	---	59	-100%	50	331	-84.9%
Volkswagen GTI *	251	222	13.1%	1622	1712	-5.3%
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Total	1693	1687	0.4%	11,139	10,932	1.2%

Premium Sporty Cars	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura NSX	1	---	---	1	---	---
Audi R8	29	3	867%	88	82	7.3%
Cadillac ELR	---	2	-100%	8	23	-65.2%
Dodge Viper	3	10	-70.0%	39	101	-61.4%
Jaguar XK	---	---	---	---	24	-100%
Maserati GranTurismo	6	---	---	---	---	---
Mercedes-AMG GT	8	20	-60.0%	101	78	29.5%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	35	30	16.7%	118	205	-42.4%
Nissan GT-R	27	19	42.1%	80	86	-7.0%
Porsche 911	164	100	64.0%	687	576	19.3%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	4	-100%	1	18	-94.4%
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Total	273	188	45.2%	1123	1193	-5.9%

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. We do not yet have year-to-date sales info for the Maserati GranTurismo.

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