More than 2 million new cars sold in Canada in 2017, a record

Photo courtesy

QMI agency

Thursday, January 4, 2018 00:20

UPDATE
Thursday, January 4, 2018 00:20

Look at this article

The Canadians were likely to purchase a new car in the last year, allowing dealers to sell more than 2 million vehicles, a record in Canada.

According to data compiled by DesRosiers Automative Reports, it has sold approximately 2 038 800 cars in the country, 89 900 more than in 2016, an increase of 4.6%. The number, 31.4 percent were passenger cars, while 68.6 percent were small trucks, which includes pickups and SUVS.

Again, Ford has dominated the market selling for 15.1% of the vehicles sold in the country, 308 474 cars, lower however compared to its market share of 15.6% in 2016.

General Motors, for its part, has undergone a significant increase, from 267 341 cars sold in 2016 302 826 in 2017, the equivalent of 14.9% of the market, compared with 13.7% in 2016.

Fiat-Chrysler finished in third place with 13.1 per cent of the market, while Toyota has sold 9.8% of cars passed the last year on the canadian market.

Analyst Dennis DesRosiers has entrusted to the “Globe and Mail” that he expects the number of cars sold will decrease slightly in 2018, under the two-million mark. He also indicated that approximately 100 000 vehicles purchased in the country were exported, some motorists have decided to take advantage of the weakness of the canadian dollar against the us dollar to do their shopping in Canada.