Sporty Car Sales In Canada - August 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of all three Detroit muscle coupes posted meaningful Canadian sales increases in August 2016, with the best-selling Ford Mustang's 33% uptick the most significant.

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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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Ford Canada added 172 Mustang sales in August, driving the total to 692 sales; 233 sales more than the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger combined, and that was in an improving month for the Camaro and Challenger.

Although the Canadian auto industry and the Canadian passenger car market more specifically declined in August, Canadians are buying more small European sports cars this year, as well. 

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Aside from Alfa Romeo 4C declines and an 11-unit year-over-year drop in BMW Z4 sales, the surging Audi TT, steadily improving Jaguar F-Type, and rising sales from the Mercedes-Benz SLK and Porsche's mid-engined duo stand in stark contrast to the car market's slide. 

August was also a big month for the Subaru Impreza WRX/STI. Volkswagen Golf GTI sales jumped 35%. 

After reporting the first NSX sale in July, Honda Canada reported four Acura NSX sales in August 2016. Nissan reported 29 GT-R sales in August, just the sixth 20+ GT-R sales month in Canada in the last five years. 

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 • September 2016 • July 2016 • August 2015

American Muscle	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	234	215	8.8%	2014	2221	-9.3%
Dodge Challenger	225	188	19.7%	2566	2297	11.7%
Ford Mustang	692	520	33.1%	6297	5494	14.6%
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Total	1151	923	24.7%	10,877	10,012	8.6%

Euro Sports Cars	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	9	27	-66.7%	53	74	-28.4%
Audi TT	59	39	51.3%	481	132	264%
BMW Z4	8	6	33.3%	79	90	-12.2%
Jaguar F-Type	56	31	80.6%	424	353	20.1%
Mercedes-Benz SLK/SLC	29	21	38.1%	220	219	0.5%
Porsche Boxster	69	51	35.3%	287	286	0.3%
Porsche Cayman	36	34	5.9%	285	193	47.7%
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Total	266	209	27.3%	1829	1347	35.8%

Misc. Sporty Cars	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	129	116	11.2%	1106	1195	-7.4%
BMW 1-Series *	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
BMW 2-Series *	152	120	26.7%	1496	1043	43.4%
Chevrolet Corvette	158	155	1.9%	1243	1459	-14.8%
Fiat 124 Spider	34	---	---	106	---	---
Honda CR-Z	4	1	300%	27	46	-41.3%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	120	95	26.3%	741	817	-9.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	8	40	-80.0%	30	310	-90.3%
Lexus RC	64	128	-50.0%	362	622	-41.8%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	74	76	-2.6%	808	423	91.0%
Nissan 370Z	81	74	9.5%	750	481	55.9%
Scion FR-S	80	143	-44.1%	823	1003	-17.9%
Subaru BRZ	53	64	-17.2%	542	664	-18.4%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	477	261	82.8%	2867	2096	36.8%
Volkswagen Eos	---	37	-100%	50	368	-86.4%
Volkswagen GTI *	216	160	35.0%	1838	1872	-1.8%
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Total	1650	1470	12.2%	12,789	12,402	3.1%

Premium Sporty Cars	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura NSX	4	---	---	5	---	---
Audi R8	23	3	667%	111	85	30.6%
Cadillac ELR	---	1	-100%	8	24	-66.7%
Dodge Viper	1	4	-75.0%	40	105	-61.9%
Jaguar XK	---	---	---	---	24	-100%
Maserati GranTurismo	4	8	-50.0%	56	57	-1.8%
Mercedes-AMG GT	30	13	131%	131	91	44.0%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	23	27	-14.8%	141	232	-39.2%
Nissan GT-R	29	8	262%	109	94	16.0%
Porsche 911	97	64	51.6%	784	640	22.5%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	---	---	1	18	-94.4%
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Total	211	128	64.8%	1386	1370	1.2%

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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