Canadian sales of light trucks, cars tip 2 million for 1st time

Canadian sales of light vehicles rose by 4.6 per cent in 2017, enormous 2 million units for a initial time, interjection to record strength in truck sales.

According to a news from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, altogether Canadian light vehicle sales, that embody light trucks and newcomer cars, strike 2,038,798 final year, adult from 2016’s 1,948,895.

“Quite a fantastic year,” Dennis DesRosiers told CBC’s Meegan Read. “The eighth uninterrupted year of growth, and a final 4 have been all-time records.”

Sales of light trucks rose by 8.7 per cent year-over-year to strech roughly 1.4 million vehicles. Conversely, newcomer automobile sales slipped by 3.4 per cent final year to come in during 639,823, 

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Light trucks accounted for 68 per cent of a market, an all-time record, DesRosiers said, adding that newcomer automobile sales tumbled to their lowest turn given 1964.

For a month of December, altogether sales fell year-over-year by 1.1 per cent as a 12.5 per cent dump in newcomer automobile sales impressed a 3.8 per cent arise in light lorry sales.

Among a automakers, GM Canada reported that it sole 302,826 vehicles in 2017, adult 13.3 per cent from 2016. 

Ford Motor Company of Canada pronounced it sold 308,669 vehicles final year, adult 1.3 per cent from 2016. The company’s lorry sales were adult by 5.2 per cent, while automobile sales tumbled roughly 20 per cent year-over-year.

Fiat Chrysler pronounced the full-year sales dipped 4 per cent to 267,052 units, as expansion in the Ram code was equivalent by density in sales for the Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge brands.

Honda Canada reported a sales boost of 6 per cent in 2017, on sales of 197,251 units by Honda and Acura. The association pronounced the Honda division set a fourth uninterrupted annual sales record, adult 6 per cent over final year, on sales of 176,951 units in 2017, while Acura sales surfaced 20,000 section though were prosaic compared to 2016.

Toyota Canada said record hybrid, lorry and Lexus sales helped it to the best year on record, with altogether sales adult 3.1 per cent and 224,547 vehicles sold.

DesRosiers also forked out that 4 German brands — Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and Porsche — all set all-time annals for sales.

“The oppulance marketplace is hot,” DesRosiers said.

Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/vehicles-light-trucks-cars-sales-1.4471837?cmp=rss