Canada Car/Light Truck Sales By Brand : 1995-99

This list is a bit unfair because the US brands include all nameplates while some Japanese ones have their premium marque separate. However, I decided to keep as much detail in the chart as I could.

GM was miles in front, while Ford and Chrysler were neck and neck for second and third. The profusion of salmon colour is not to promote Canada's fishing industry but is testament to the way Asian brands had been accepted in Canada. Toyota and Honda had periods of strong growth. VW was the only mainstream Euro brand there apart from Lada and they were on the way out.

The leading premium marque was Acura, rarely seen outside of North America. They generally grew more quickly than the market as a whole. Audi went from obscurity to solid sales in a very short time. Two new brands arrived, Isuzu and Daewoo.

	Make	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1	GM	384,267	379,577	446,355	423,226	472,075
2	Ford	258,740	273,024	311,800	270,095	282,058
3	Chrysler	225,122	239,514	256,162	269,196	264,635
4	Toyota	66,146	71,738	103,490	123,363	124,535
5	Honda	57,862	62,024	90,231	100,193	111,252
7	VW	22,494	25,328	24,811	37,763	42,000
6	Mazda	25,325	25,081	28,195	28,497	41,279
8	Nissan	30,717	31,150	34,242	31,385	35,006
9	Hyundai	18,424	17,176	19,285	23,136	30,367
10	Acura	8,923	11,693	16,854	16,823	20,151
11	Subaru	4,183	5,822	9,318	11,883	13,018
13	Mercedes	4,255	5,033	6,162	9,047	11,727
15	Suzuki	7,764	7,772	9,050	9,303	11,212
14	BMW	5,245	5,725	7,117	7,701	8,922
16	Volvo	7,814	7,264	10,720	9,013	8,571
18	Lexus	1,912	1,810	2,807	5,012	5,328
17	Audi	681	1,739	2,576	3,540	5,044
19	Infiniti	1,307	1,140	2,869	2,999	2,894
20	Daewoo					2,504
21	Jaguar	945	1,051	1,020	1,293	1,700
22	Saab	1,300	1,306	1,341	1,379	1,494
12	Kia	3,913	2,408	972	219	1,417
24	Isuzu		646	794	1,773	1,245
25	Land Rover	816	921	1,115	1,068	1,210
23	Porsche	323	373	759	946	1,021
26	Lada	1,855	1,695	1,349	246	111
27	Total	1,140,333	1,181,010	1,389,394	1,389,099	1,500,776

Picture source: Alfa Img.