Midsize Car Sales In Canada - August 2016 YTD

Canada's best-selling midsize car reported a modest year-over-year sales increase in August 2016 to further strengthen its status as the king of the shrinking Canadian midsize hill. Toyota Camry volume is down 3% this year, but more than 1400 were sold in August, 300 more midsize cars than the next-best-selling Hyundai Sonata managed.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2016 YTD

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August sales across the category tumbled 22%, a drop of 2183 sales for a category which has lost more than 10,000 sales through the first eight months of 2016. Canadians are on track to buy and lease fewer than 95,000 midsize cars in calendar year 2016. More than 131,000 were sold only three years ago.

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Not all candidates for the intermediate sedan buyer's attention are crumbling. Newly launched for 2016, the Chevrolet Malibu is up 11% so far this year, though August volume tumbled 43% compared with August 2015. 

The Malibu is likely to post a five-year annual sales high by year's end, though sales will be down roughly 44% compared with 2006.

Nissan Altima sales are rising, as well. Through the first two-thirds of 2016, sales are up 16%. But the Altima is on track for fewer than 9000 sales in calendar year 2016. Nissan Canada averaged 13,700 between 2005 and 2014.

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 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. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access.

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

Midsize Car	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick Regal	136	34	300.0%	624	640	-2.5%
Chevrolet Malibu	581	1021	-43.1%	7577	6856	10.5%
Chrysler 200	1000	1138	-12.1%	5479	8348	-34.4%
Dodge Avenger	---	---	---	---	8	-100%
Ford Fusion	1008	1757	-42.6%	9598	11,460	-16.2%
Honda Accord	1062	1203	-11.7%	9442	9621	-1.9%
Hyundai Sonata	1155	1441	-19.8%	6504	9885	-34.2%
Kia Optima	445	681	-34.7%	3501	4110	-14.8%
Mazda 6	139	218	-36.2%	1353	1817	-25.5%
Nissan Altima	463	484	-4.3%	5895	5098	15.6%
Subaru Legacy	244	124	96.8%	1983	2218	-10.6%
Toyota Camry	1455	1450	0.3%	11,805	12,195	-3.2%
Volkswagen Passat & CC ^	302	622	-51.4%	2715	4330	-37.3%
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Total	7990	10,173	-21.5%	66,476	76,586	-13.2%

Hybrids & Electrics	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Volt	421	167	152%	2098	742	183%
Ford C-Max	84	90	-6.7%	572	452	26.5%
Honda Insight	---	---	---	1	---	---
Mitsubishi i MiEV	11	7	57.1%	64	87	-26.4%
Nissan LEAF	170	124	37.1%	939	706	33.0%
Toyota Prius	288	133	117%	1860	1111	67.4%
Toyota Prius V	182	248	-26.6%	1465	1690	-13.3%
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Total	1156	769	50.3%	6999	4788	46.2%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	---	4	-100%	5	282	-98.2%
Subaru Outback *	963	494	94.9%	7122	6321	12.7%
Toyota Venza *	469	581	-19.3%	3997	4453	-10.2%
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Total	1432	1079	32.7%	11,124	11,056	0.6%

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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