mobile-menu-icon
GM Authority

General Motors Canada Sales Down 8.5 Percent To 22,547 Units In August 2016

Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac dealers in Canada delivered 22,547 new vehicles in August 2016, an 8.5 percent decrease compared to August 2015. Sales of the Buick brand was up, while those of Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC were down.

“While August was a slower vehicle sales month across Canada, we demonstrated industry leadership and remain focused on product excellence and our strong retail strategy across our brands”, said John Roth, vice president, sales, service and marketing for GM Canada.

August 2016 notes (vs. August 2015, except as noted):

General Motors sales overview:

  • Total sales decreased 8.5 percent to 22,547 units
  • Retail sales decreased 8 percent or 1,586 units to 18,273 units. Retail sales accounted for 81 percent of total sales in August 2016, up 0.49 percent from 80.6 percent in August 2015
  • In line with GM’s strategy to decrease less profitable sales to daily rental car companies, fleet sales decreased 10.8 percent or 520 units to 4,274 units. Fleet sales accounted for 19.0 percent of total sales in August 2016, down 0.49 percent from 19.4 percent in August 2015

Sales Summary - August 2016 - General Motors - Canada

Sale TypeAugust 2016August 2015August 2016 / August 2015 (Percent Change)August 2016 - August 2015 (Units Change)
Total22,54724,653-8.500%-2,106
Retail18,27319,859-8.00%-1,586
Fleet4,2744,794-10.800%-520

Chevrolet sales decreased 7.92 percent to 12,751 units:

Cadillac sales decreased 6.45 percent to 1,160 units:

Buick sales increased 27.45 percent to 1,667 units:

GMC sales decreased 15.61 percent to 6,969 units:

Sales Results - August 2016 - Canada - Chevrolet

MODELAUG 2016 / AUG 2015AUGUST 2016AUGUST 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
CAMARO+8.84% 234215-9.32%2,014 2,221
CITY EXPRESS-47.00% 53100-7.40%513 554
COLORADO+34.18% 581433+11.19%3,935 3,539
CORVETTE+1.94% 158155-14.80%1,243 1,459
CRUZE-11.95% 2,4402,771-24.54%16,245 21,527
EQUINOX-23.17% 1,3631,774-6.23%12,111 12,916
EXPRESS+86.67% 280150+34.33%2,371 1,765
IMPALA+38.50% 295213+17.70%2,048 1,740
MALIBU-43.10% 5811,021+10.52%7,577 6,856
ORLANDO* 00-93.33%2 30
SILVERADO-8.08% 4,2414,614+0.96%30,963 30,670
SONIC-34.52% 220336-20.86%3,263 4,123
SPARK+196.88% 380128+80.34%2,238 1,241
SUBURBAN-35.57% 96149+70.00%1,224 720
TAHOE-12.56% 188215+14.73%1,760 1,534
TRAVERSE-21.10% 430545+10.39%3,007 2,724
TRAX-8.25% 790861+23.48%6,000 4,859
VOLT+152.10% 421167+182.75%2,098 742
CHEVROLET TOTAL-7.92% 12,75113,847-0.61%98,612 99,221

Sales Results - August 2016 - Canada - Cadillac

MODELAUG 2016 / AUG 2015AUGUST 2016AUGUST 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
ATS-47.61% 219418-25.66%1,553 2,089
CT6* 32**100 *
CTS+271.05% 14138+15.03%551 479
ELR-100.00% 01-66.67%8 24
ESCALADE-11.71% 98111-1.24%1,034 1,047
ESCALADE ESV+260.53% 13738+105.33%655 319
SRX-73.39% 149560-33.05%2,249 3,359
XT5* 349**1,056 *
XTS-52.70% 3574-36.57%281 443
CADILLAC TOTAL-6.45% 1,1601,240-3.52%7,487 7,760

Sales Results - August 2016 - Canada - Buick

MODELAUG 2016 / AUG 2015AUGUST 2016AUGUST 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
ENCLAVE-28.63% 162227-3.90%2,240 2,331
ENCORE+22.17% 496406+10.27%3,523 3,195
ENVISION* 142**278 *
LACROSSE-84.21% 24152-20.41%542 681
REGAL+300.00% 13634-2.50%624 640
VERANO+44.58% 707489+30.67%5,211 3,988
BUICK TOTAL+27.45% 1,6671,308+14.61%12,418 10,835

Sales Results - August 2016 - Canada - GMC

MODELAUG 2016 / AUG 2015AUGUST 2016AUGUST 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
ACADIA-71.97% 194692-35.58%2,824 4,384
CANYON+17.38% 547466+12.73%3,666 3,252
SAVANA-32.41% 465688-3.20%4,266 4,407
SIERRA-12.28% 4,6305,278-3.03%34,701 35,784
TERRAIN-8.62% 827905+0.42%7,163 7,133
YUKON+64.86% 183111+44.13%1,522 1,056
YUKON XL+4.24% 123118+54.24%1,345 872
GMC TOTAL-15.61% 6,9698,258-2.46%55,487 56,888

Sales Results - August 2016 - Canada - GM Totals

BRANDAUG 2016 / AUG 2015AUGUST 2016AUGUST 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
CHEVROLET TOTAL-7.92% 12,75113,847-0.61%98,612 99,221
CADILLAC TOTAL-6.45% 1,1601,240-3.52%7,487 7,760
BUICK TOTAL+27.45% 1,6671,308+14.61%12,418 10,835
GMC TOTAL-15.61% 6,9698,258-2.46%55,487 56,888
GM CANADA TOTAL-8.54% 22,54724,653-0.40%174,004 174,704

About The Numbers

  • 25 selling days for August 2016 and 25 selling days for August 2015
  • Data not adjusted for the difference in selling days

Further Reading

The GM Authority staff is comprised of columnists, interns, and other reporters who provide coverage of the latest General Motors news.

Subscribe to GM Authority

For around-the-clock GM news coverage

We'll send you one email per day with the latest GM news. It's totally free.

Comments

  1. I think GM ‘s market share in Canada is 11-12% on a yearly basis. With high gas taxes in most areas, EV or hybrid vehicles will always be in high demand. Chevy Volt monthly sales continue to do very well.

    Reply
  2. For us (Canadian Prairies) inventory availability is a huge issue. With the Canadian dollar exchange rate and the US economy picking up, GM has said US will get priority for allotment. Plus this new turn and earn bullcrap system GM is using for allotment is full of holes.
    Our dealer does a great job selling consistently through the year and we have very few current models left at year end clearance time. Other dealers who do a poor job through the year have a ton of aged inventory at clearance time with all the big rebates and thus for that 1-2 mths have great volume months, so GM tells us they are giving the allotment to the other dealer due to volume of sales for that period. So a dealer who is shitty at being consistent through the year gets rewarded with more inventory because they happen to have a good month or two during clearance time and a dealer that is consistent through the year gets penalized because they didn’t have a ton of aged inventory to have good sales volume during clearance time at years end.

    Reply

Leave a comment

Cancel