Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - 2013 Year End
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| Introduced In Detroit Today, The 2015 Ford F-150 |
Led by the F-Series, four of Canada's ten best-selling vehicles are pickups. This list of Canada's 30 best-selling vehicles in 2013 also includes one minivan, eleven SUVs and crossovers, and 14 passenger cars.
That minivan, the Dodge Grand Caravan, is Canada's sixth-best-selling vehicle overall, down from fourth in 2012. The Grand Caravan owns more than half of the Canadian minivan market.
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Like its big brother, the F-Series, the Escape reported record sales in 2013, (as did Ford's Fusion, Canada's best-selling midsize car), a feat Honda and Toyota were able to accomplish with the CR-V and RAV4.
Canada's top-selling car suffered a December setback but still managed to expand its lead over its closest rival and ended 2013 9303 sales ahead of the Hyundai Elantra, a gap that fell from 14,012 units in 2012. Civic sales were up 4% before December's plunge.
Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - December 2013
With the number of F-Series' sold in Canada each week - 2352 - the new F-150's front end will become a very common sight in your rearview mirror by the end of the year, if not before. For the F-Series to not be Canada's best-selling vehicle in 2014 and each of 2014's twelve months, the new truck's front end styling will have to be hated by thousands of potential truck customers. And it won't be. Free from chrome, it's exactly what truck styling should be, not that the same can't be said for the Silverado, Sierra, and Ram. In addition to a fresh face, the F-150 will be up to 700 pounds later when the MY2015 truck arrives. There'll be improved engines and efficiency and an upgraded cabin, plus a handful of new convenience and safety features.
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Those other vehicles matter, as more and more consumers are considering a truck as an everyday driver. Canada's new vehicle market grew by 4100 units in December. The truck market alone improved by 1975 units.
While the notion of a buyer considering either the best-selling car, Honda's Civic (which fell 49% in 2013 yet still hung on as Canada's top-selling car, leaving the CR-V to propel Honda) or the best-selling truck seems laughable, it's clear that Canadians perceive crew cab light-duty trucks as viable family options. The F-Series' record-setting 2013 performance isn't coming about exclusively because of oil sands projects.
Top 20 Worst-Selling Vehicles In Canada - 2013 Year End
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| As Canadian Sales Of The Chevrolet Orlando Fell 68% In 2013, Sales Of Its Competition Fell, As Well: Mazda 5 Sales Were Down 34% And Kia Rondo Volume Slid 3%. |
Meaningless figures? Continuing nameplates filled many of the gaps on these two lists of Canada's 20 worst-selling vehicles. The GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado were on hiatus, as was the Audi A3 for much of the year. But the Volvo S80, Honda CR-Z, Chevrolet Orlando, and Buick Regal suffered declines serious enough to be ranked among many defunct nameplates.
And in terms of low volume, the Dodge Viper, S80, CR-Z, Hyundai Equus, Jaguar XK, and Audi R8 were among the rarest. (Most ultra-niche, ultra-expensive brands don't report model-specific Canadian sales figures, if they report anything at all.)
