Vehicles

The cancelled Nissan Quest and Dodge Avenger lead the way on August 2014s list of the 20 worst-selling vehicles in Canada. Sales of the Infiniti Q70, BMW Z4, Chrysler 300, Acura RLX, and Dodge Charger - continuing nameplates all - were particularly disappointing. 

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• All Makes & Models Ranked By August 2014 YTD Canadian Sales

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In terms of volume alone, the rarity of the Quest was only matched by the Kia K900. Porsche delivered three times as many 918 Spyders as Kia Canada did K900s. 

There are other big non-German luxury sedans on the list, too. The K900s Hyundai Equus partner and the Lexus LS attracted only 11 August sales each. One of those LS sedans was a hybrid LS600hL. 

You can always select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures from both Canada and the United States. Pertinent links are clickable at the bottom of this post, but you can also find related links at the Best Sellers page.

September 2014 • July 2014 • August 2013

Despite a sharp 14% year-over-year decline, the Ford Escape was Canadas best-selling utility vehicle in February 2015 after a three-month hiatus.

South of the border, Escape sales also declined in a fast-growing market, and the perennial number two (the Honda CR-V is the traditional U.S. leader) dropped to fifth place.

Yet even with fast-rising Toyota RAV4 volume and steadily growing sales of the Honda CR-V and Nissan Rogue, the Escape fended off its February challengers. Through two months - the slowest two months on the Canadian auto sales calendar - the Escape is a scant 39 units ahead of the Toyota.

Canadas leading three-row utility vehicle in February was the 15th-ranked Nissan Pathfinder, sales of which grew 30% to 702, 100 more than the Toyota Highlander achieved. Three vehicles which are available with third-row seating outsold the Pathfinder last month: Rogue, Journey, and Sorento. 

No premium brand SUV or crossover cracked the top 20 list in February. The leader among that group was the 24th-ranked Acura RDX (up 16% to 406), just six sales ahead of the Audi Q5 (down 17%) and 27 sales ahead of the Lexus RX (down 16%). 

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling SUVs and crossovers can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of Canadas best-selling trucks in February 2015 and will shortly publish a list of Canadas most popular cars.

January 2015 • February 2014

Out of thin air, the Ram Cargo Van was Canadas best-selling commercial van in January 2015. Not just the best-selling small commercial van, but the best-selling commercial van overall, 90 sales ahead of the second-ranked Ford Transit.

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• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2015

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The Ram C/V ranked third in December, sixth in calendar year 2014, and second in January of last year. 

Leading the class in January is also not as difficult a feat as it will be in, for example, May, when last years fifth-month sales were 156% stronger than first-month sales. 

The Ram Cargo Van owned less than 8% of total commercial van sales in May of last year, when it ranked sixth overall.

But the commercial van category is in a state of upheaval at the moment. As traditional leader Ford replaces its E-Series with the Transit - the best seller in America in January - and General Motors adds a Nissan NV200 copy to its fleet and FCA/Chrysler Group begins marketing the Fiat Doblo as a ProMaster City and sees its Grand Caravan/Town & Country/Cargo Van factory temporarily shut down in Windsor, its difficult to forecast the results from one month down the road, let alone five or six.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank commercial vans any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • February 2015 • December 2014 • January 2014

 Some I-head engines have the camshaft located in the block. This engine design is called a pushrod engine, or cam-in-block engine. Cam lobes raise valve lifters that act on pushrods to operate rocker arms and open the valves (Figure 1.31). In late-model vehicles, pushrods are found most often on V-type engines.

A more popular type of valve operating arrangement for late-model engines is the overhead cam design, or OHC. This engine has the camshaft mounted on top of the cylinder head just above the valves (Figure 1.32a). It has the advantage of having fewer parts and less weight. An engine running on the freeway at 3000 rpm has to open and close a valve 25 times per second, so valvetrain weight is very important. It is even more important in high-speed engines.

Some OHC engines have a single cam (SOHC). Each cylinder is provided with two separate lobes to operate the intake and exhaust valves. Highperformance OHC engines often have two cams per cylinder head. On this design, known as dual overhead cam (DOHC), one camshaft operates the intake valves and the other operates the exhaust valves (Figure 1.32b). DOHC engines have become more common in recent years as the base engine of many vehicle manufacturers.

The OHC engine uses a long chain or belt from the crankshaft to the cylinder head to drive the cam(s)     (Figure 1.33). When the ignition system uses a distributor, some OHC engines use an auxiliary shaft to drive it, whereas others have a crankshaftdriven distributor.

FIGURE 1.32 In-line four cylinder overhead cam engine. (a) An OHC engine with the cam positioned over the valve. (b) A dual overhead cam (DOHC) engine.

	FIGURE 1.33 V-type overhead cam engines. (a) Belt-driven	overhead cam V6. (b) Chain-driven overhead cam V8

In July 2014, the list of Canadas 30 best-selling vehicles was topped by 11 vehicles which sold more often last month than they did in July 2013.

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• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - July 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - July 2014
• Top 13 Best-Selling Trucks In Canada - July 2014 YTD

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Year-over-year, the Volkswagen Jetta, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Ford Escape, and the best-selling Ford F-Series all reported gains of at least 20%. 

Eight members of the top 30 recorded year-over-year decreases last month, although the declines of four of those vehicles (CR-V, Cruze, Santa Fe Sport, CX-5) were relatively minor.

Compared with last Julys version of this list, the Kia Sorento, Nissan Sentra, and Kia Rio have all been knocked off. In their place, the Nissan Versa, Volkswagen Golf, Jeep Cherokee stepped in. Compared with the June 2014 edition, the Golf, Chevrolet Equinox, and Hyundai Sonata are in while the Honda Fit, Sorento, and Sentra are out.

Weve already published July lists for the 20 best-selling cars, 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers, and complete figures for every pickup truck, links to which youll find above. Throwing all those vehicles into one group results in this list of the 30 best-selling vehicles overall. We end up with four pickup trucks, one minivan, 14 cars, and 11 utility vehicles.

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• All Makes & Models Ranked By July 2014 YTD Canadian Sales

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Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

August 2014 • June 2014 • July 2013