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what's being offered, Chipman
said.
" You try and get the vehicle
at the right trim level, and that's
a challenge. I don't know if the
trim levels are
where the customers
want to be. "
Customers
SALES
ANALYSIS
might have to select a trim level
they don't want or choose something
that is " too basic, " he said.
Chipman said the automakers
" can't find the right sweet spot. "
STRIKE, RAIL CAR SHORTAGES
While the global semiconductor
shortage appears to be easing,
other logistical problems
have cropped up. A rail car
shortage in Ontario means that
seven assembly plants might be
struggling to move vehicles out
of the province.
During two weeks in midJune
alone, a nationwide
shortage of rail cars " resulted
in anywhere between 1,300
and 2,000 vehicles not being
moved, " according to the Global
Automakers of Canada, which
represents the interests of overseas
automakers in the country.
Meanwhile, as of July 12,
unionized workers at the Port of
Vancouver remained on strike,
having walked off the job July 1.
The strike's effects on the auto
industry were expected to be
felt later in the month as new
vehicles and parts would be left
waiting at sea to be offloaded.
" With Korean and Japanese
brands, there has always been
trouble getting them
through the Port of
Vancouver, " Chipman
said. " But now with the
strike, it's compounded. "
But
demand and
sales continue to rise.
DesRosiers
Automotive
Consultants said automakers
sold an estimated
161,901 units in
June, up 12.6 per cent
over the same month
in 2022 and up 1.38 per
cent from May, marking
eight consecutive
months of year-overyear
gains.
According to
DesRosiers, sales
through the first six
months of the year are
up 7.5 per cent compared
with the same
period last year.
Chipman:
Despite
improved
supplies,
automakers
" can't find the
right sweet spot "
in providing the
vehicles that
customers want,
and they're
responding
with " some
resistance. "
FILE PHOTO
As of press time on July 12,
the second-quarter sales total
was unavailable as a handful of
automakers had yet to report.
Additionally, Ford Canada no
longer reports quarterly and
any numbers would be estimates.
SLOW
BUT STEADY SALES
Alizadeh's anecdotal experiences
show slow, consistent sales
growth.
He calls Saturdays
" big ticket " sales days
in the summer. On
the second Saturday
of July in 2021,
Downtown Auto Group
sold 69 new vehicles. In
2022, it sold 79 and this
year 88.
" We haven't seen
a significant drop in
demand, " Alizadeh
said, adding that he
had 800 pre-sold vehicles
that had yet to
arrive.
" But what we have
seen are some finance
challenges because
of higher interest
rates, " Alizadeh said.
" There's no question
we're seeing more
loan rejections from
the bank on deals that
normally would have
been acceptable to the bank. "
On July 12, the Bank of
Canada raised its benchmark
interest rate by 25 basis points,
to five per cent.
Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, June & 6 months
Table refl ects Canada sales for those manufacturers that report monthly
June June % 6 mos. 6 mos. %
2023 2022
chng. 2023 2022
HONDA CANADA
ILX .........................................
Integra ................................... 169 164 3% 563 164 243%
NSX .......................................
3
TLX ........................................ 95
29 -90% 32 443 -93%
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15
-
94 1% 661 979 -32%
Total Acura car ................. 267 287 -7% 1,256 1,601 -22%
MDX ....................................... 307 139 121% 1,652 1,561 6%
RDX ....................................... 556 199 179% 3,047 2,629 16%
Total Acura truck ............... 863 338 155% 4,699 4,190 12%
Total Acura ...................... 1,130 625 81% 5,955 5,791 3%
Accord ................................... 583 306 91% 1,969 2,618 -25%
Civic (D/I) .............................. 3,315 2,333 42% 12,637 15,331 -18%
Clarity (I) ...............................
Insight ...................................
2
1
-
-
1
7 -86%
5
-
Total Honda car (D/I) .......... 3,898 2,642 48% 14,607 17,961 -19%
CR-V ...................................... 5,485 3,863 42% 23,755 17,509 36%
HR-V ...................................... 732
59 1141% 5,072 3,945 29%
Odyssey ................................. 294 323 -9% 2,341 1,163 101%
Passport ................................ 208 279 -25% 1,349 1,202 12%
Pilot ....................................... 709 523 36% 3,530 3,005 17%
Ridgeline ................................ 300 212 42% 1,685 1,206 40%
Total Honda truck .............. 7,728 5,259 47% 37,732 28,030 35%
Total Honda (D/I) ............... 11,626 7,901 47% 52,339 45,991 14%
Honda Canada car ............. 4,165 2,929 42% 15,863 19,562 -19%
Honda Canada truck ........... 8,591 5,597 53% 42,431 32,220 32%
HONDA CANADA ................ 12,756 8,526 50% 58,294 51,782 13%
HYUNDAI-KIA
G70 (I) ................................... 131
G80 (I) ................................... 69
G90 (I) ...................................
8
88 49% 560 570 -2%
22 214% 248 189 31%
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29
48 120 -60% 210 166
13 123%
27%
Total Genesis car (I) ........... 208 110 89% 837 772 8%
GV60 (I) .................................
GV70 (I) ................................. 215 362 -41% 1,583 1,419 12%
GV80 (I) ................................. 130
60 117% 577 368 57%
Total Genesis truck (I) ......... 393 542 -27% 2,370 1,953 21%
Total Genesis (I) ............... 601 652 -8% 3,207 2,725 18%
Elantra (I) ............................... 1,649 2,678 -38% 10,445 12,932 -19%
Ioniq (I) .................................
Ioniq 6 (I) .............................. 169
Veloster (I) .............................
Hyundai car (D) ................ 0
94
22
-
Sonata (D) ............................ 0 22 -
-
-
- 645
133 259 -49% 958
0 202
0 450
0 1,001
-
-
0 1,001 -
1,499 -36%
-
-
Hyundai car (I) ................. 1,951 3,009 -35% 12,048 14,082 -14%
Total Hyundai car .............. 1,951 3,031 -36% 12,048 15,083 -20%
Ioniq 5 (I) .............................. 653 601 9% 2,286 3,551 -36%
Kona (I) ................................. 1,654 3,016 -45% 9,799 13,673 -28%
Nexo (I) .................................
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Palisade (I) ............................ 883 1,133 -22% 4,303 4,127 4%
Santa Fe (D).......................... 794 799 -1% 4,571 4,576 -0%
Santa Fe (I) ........................... 419 137 206% 1,734 1,253 38%
Total Santa Fe ........................ 1,213 936 30% 6,305 5,829 8%
Santa Cruz ............................. 275 295 -7% 1,957 1,541 27%
Tucson (I) .............................. 2,330 2,272 3% 12,964 10,529 23%
Venue (I) ................................ 1,143 916 25% 5,927 5,949 -0%
Hyundai truck (D) .............. 1,069 1,094 -2% 6,528 6,117 7%
Hyundai truck (I) ............... 7,082 8,075 -12% 37,020 39,082 -5%
Total Hyundai truck ............ 8,151 9,169 -11% 43,548 45,199 -4%
Hyundai (D) ..................... 1,069 1,116 -4% 6,528 7,118 -8%
Hyundai (I) ...................... 9,033 11,084 -19% 49,068 53,164 -8%
Total Hyundai ................... 10,102 12,200 -17% 55,596 60,282 -8%
Sonata (I) ............................. 133 237 -44% 958 498 92%
Total Sonata ...........................
chng.
June June % 6 mos. 6 mos. %
2023 2022
chng. 2023 2022
chng.
Hyundai Auto Canada car ..... 2,159 3,141 -31% 12,885 15,855 -19%
Hyundai Auto Canada truck... 8,544 9,711 -12% 45,918 47,152 -3%
Hyundai Auto Canada (D) ..... 1,069 1,116 -4% 6,528 7,118 -8%
Hyundai Auto Canada (I) ...... 9,634 11,736 -18% 52,275 55,889 -6%
Hyundai Auto Canada ......... 10,703 12,852 -17% 58,803 63,007 -7%
Forte (D/I) .............................. 1,082 488 122% 6,284 5,254 20%
K5 .......................................... 95
Moving forward, Alizadeh
said he expects consumers will
hold on to their current vehicle
a little longer and the rising
costs are also affecting dealers.
" Carrying costs have more
than doubled in the past year, "
Alizadeh said. " We've gone from
carrying inventory in the twoper-cent
range to about six per
cent. That's up 300 per cent. "
Alizadeh said he now has
some dealer lots with 60 days of
inventory, which might be too
much.
" The cost of inventory is
higher than the gain you'll
make on cheaper vehicles, " he
said.
But 60 days of inventory is
still a bit of an anomaly.
" We would like a few
more cars, but most dealers
are content that supply is
behind demand slightly, " said
Chipman. " I think every dealer
in Canada probably would
say they prefer the inventory
at the levels they are now and
the volume at the level it is now
because we're more profitable
than we were pre-pandemic. "
" Everybody is telling us
cars are built and ready to go,
and we'll sell more in the second
half, " Chipman said. " With
more availability, you're going
to see a stronger second half. "
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the Rolls-Royce dealership " represented
it as an authentic vehicle
when it wasn't. "
The Rolls-Royce store, owned
by Montreal-based Holand
Automotive Group, denied liability.
At
trial, the judge annulled
the sale and awarded Town &
Country $165,000 for lost profits,
$10,491 in storage costs and $3,857
in expert fees. And because RollsRoyce
Motor Cars Québec knew it
was buying a " non-authentic classic
vehicle, " the judge threw out
its claim against Segal Motorcar.
Town & Country Chrysler was
also found entitled to a refund of
the purchase price.
In its June 16 decision, the
Court of Appeal said the RollsRoyce
store breached the sales
contract by failing to deliver
an authentic Camaro ZL-1 and
ordered it to pay the Chrysler
store's storage and expert fees.
However, it tossed out the award
for lost profits because the store's
would-be buyer wasn't obligated
to go through with the deal without
authentication of the vehicle.
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Vehicles are domestic unless noted.
June June % 6 mos. 6 mos. %
2023 2022
chng. 2023 2022
- 769
chng.
Outback ................................. 1,604 1,017 58% 6,428 5,838 10%
Solterra (I) ............................. 118
-
25 280% 586 390 50%
Rio ......................................... 390 636 -39% 2,394 2,223 8%
Soul (I) .................................. 252 705 -64% 1,658 3,196 -48%
Stinger (I) .............................. 80 120 -33% 522 491 6%
Total Kia car (D/I) .............. 1,899 1,974 -4% 11,444 11,554 -1%
Carnival (I) ............................. 523 321 63% 3,481 1,200 190%
EV6 (I) ................................... 273 114 139% 962 529 82%
Niro (I) ................................... 582
Sedona (I) ..............................
54 978% 1,742 1,203 45%
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1
-
Seltos (I) ................................ 1,365 1,353 1% 10,268 7,365 39%
Sorento .................................. 606 437 39% 3,800 4,169 -9%
Sportage (I) ........................... 1,970 1,315 50% 8,462 5,714 48%
Telluride ................................. 575 272 111% 2,790 1,416 97%
Kia truck (D) .................... 1,181 709 67% 6,590 5,585 18%
Kia truck (I) ..................... 4,713 3,157 49% 24,915 16,012 56%
Total Kia truck .................. 5,894 3,866 52% 31,505 21,597 46%
Kia Canada (D/I) ............... 7,793 5,840 33% 42,949 33,151 30%
Hyundai-Kia Automotive car .. 4,058 5,115 -21% 24,329 27,409 -11%
Hyundai-Kia Automotive truck 14,438 13,577 6% 77,423 68,749 13%
HYUNDAI-KIA AUTOMOTIVE... 18,496 18,692 -1% 101,752 96,158 6%
MAZDA CANADA
Mazda3 (D/I) .......................... 1,091 416 162% 5,159 4,970 4%
MX-5 Miata (I) ....................... 111
48 131% 794 419 89%
Total Mazda car (D/I) .......... 1,202 464 159% 5,953 5,389 10%
CX-3 (I) ..................................
0 271
-
0 2,828
-
CX-30 ..................................... 833 476 75% 6,185 3,705 67%
CX-5 (I) .................................. 2,681 1,258 113% 11,079 11,077 0%
CX-50 ..................................... 478 461 4% 1,882 865 118%
CX-9 (I) .................................. 144 464 -69% 1,786 2,052 -13%
CX-90 (I) ................................ 628
MX-30 (I) ............................... 47
- 1,066
-
25 88% 314 395 -21%
Mazda truck (D) ................ 1,311 937 40% 8,067 4,570 77%
Mazda truck (I) ................. 3,500 2,018 73% 14,245 16,352 -13%
Total Mazda truck .............. 4,811 2,955 63% 22,312 20,922 7%
MAZDA CANADA ................ 6,013 3,419 76% 28,265 26,311 7%
SUBARU
BRZ (I) ................................... 180
7
- 505 310 63%
Impreza (D) .......................... 36 213 -83% 1,188 1,511 -21%
Impreza (I) ............................ 34
0 - 34
Total Impreza ......................... 70 213 -67% 1,222 1,511 -19%
Legacy ................................... 46
25 84% 174 290 -40%
WRX (I) ................................. 496 171 190% 2,105 805 161%
Subaru car (D) .................. 82 238 -66% 1,362 1,801 -24%
Subaru car (I) ................... 710 178 299% 2,644 1,115 137%
Total Subaru car ................ 792 416 90% 4,006 2,916 37%
Ascent .................................... 391 369 6% 1,882 1,523 24%
Crosstrek (I) .......................... 2,472 939 163% 8,451 7,523 12%
Forester (I) ............................. 413 836 -51% 3,358 4,067 -17%
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Subaru truck (D) ................ 1,995 1,386 44% 8,310 7,361 13%
Subaru truck (I) ................. 3,003 1,775 69% 12,578 11,590 9%
Total Subaru truck ............. 4,998 3,161 58% 20,888 18,951 10%
Subaru (D) ...................... 2,077 1,624 28% 9,672 9,162 6%
Subaru (I) ....................... 3,713 1,953 90% 15,222 12,705 20%
SUBARU .......................... 5,790 3,577 62% 24,894 21,867 14%
TOYOTA CANADA
ES .......................................... 162 176 -8% 685 807 -15%
IS (I) ...................................... 192 199 -4% 1,021 1,152 -11%
LC (I) ..................................... 26
LS (I) .....................................
3
RC (I) ..................................... 14
15 73% 59 131 -55%
3
-
17
29 -41%
20 -30% 70 107 -35%
Lexus car (D) ................... 162 176 -8% 685 807 -15%
Lexus car (I) .................... 235 237 -1% 1,167 1,419 -18%
Total Lexus car ................. 397 413 -4% 1,852 2,226 -17%
GX (I) ..................................... 50
LX (I) ..................................... 115
23 117% 418 167 150%
16 619% 541 209 159%
NX (D/I) ................................. 866 740 17% 5,782 3,740 55%
RX (D/I) ................................. 1,148 725 58% 6,035 4,996 21%
RZ (I) ..................................... 100
UX (I) ..................................... 243
- 362
37 557% 1,255 777 62%
Total Lexus truck (D/I) ......... 2,522 1,541 64% 14,393 9,889 46%
Total Lexus (D/I) ............... 2,919 1,954 49% 16,245 12,115 34%
86 (I) ..................................... 59
Avalon ....................................
1
60 -2% 228 537 -58%
-
- 580
12 -92% 11
1
-
-
Camry .................................... 1,203 1,750 -31% 5,161 6,009 -14%
Corolla (D/I) ........................... 2,920 3,607 -19% 12,255 14,998 -18%
Crown (I) ............................... 104
Mirai (I) .................................
38 -71%
Prius (I) ................................. 340 298 14% 1,132 2,356 -52%
Supra (I) ................................ 67
96 -30% 196 215 -9%
Total Toyota car (D/I) .......... 4,694 5,823 -19% 19,563 24,154 -19%
4Runner (I) ............................ 615 499 23% 2,984 4,172 -28%
BZ4x (I) ................................. 304
C-HR (I) .................................
0 325
- 1,560
-
2 2,313
-
-
Corolla Cross ......................... 948 1,140 -17% 4,389 4,274 3%
Highlander ............................. 879 1,507 -42% 8,483 9,328 -9%
Land Cruiser (I) ..................... 77
51 51% 294 268 10%
RAV4 (D/I) ............................. 6,811 5,706 19% 38,063 28,679 33%
Sequoia .................................. 87
- 283
51 455%
Sienna .................................... 360 407 -12% 1,808 3,860 -53%
Tacoma .................................. 1,986 1,678 18% 7,451 7,529 -1%
Tundra.................................... 1,542 952 62% 5,559 5,122 9%
Venza (I) ................................ 400 318 26% 844 2,538 -67%
Total Toyota truck (D/I) ........ 14,009 12,583 11% 71,720 68,134 5%
Total Toyota (D/I) ............... 18,703 18,406 2% 91,283 92,288 -1%
Toyota Canada car ............. 5,091 6,236 -18% 21,415 26,380 -19%
Toyota Canada truck ........... 16,531 14,124 17% 86,113 78,023 10%
TOYOTA CANADA................ 21,622 20,360 6% 107,528 104,403 3%
VOLVO CAR CANADA
VOLVO CAR CANADA ........... 1,206 937 29% 5,656 5,173 9%
Note: (D) = produced in North America; (I) = imported to Canada
Source: Automotive News Research & Data Center
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dealership failed
to deliver an
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