Canadians still picking small cars - Globe and Mail
Up 85% compared to a year ago? Good morning! That's a massive jump. And there's really nothing new in the Yaris range compared to last year.
Corolla sales were also way up (
58%), but this is a completely new car, so you'd expect some bounce in the numbers.
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Marc Comeau, GM Canada's vice-president of sales, observed that “consumers continued the trend of purchasing more fuel-efficient small cars and crossovers in September.”
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Duh! I wonder how the bottom-of-the-small-car-food-chain Aveo is doing for GM right now...
Oh...
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- GMs small car line-up is performing well with combined sales for the Chevrolet Aveo and Pontiac Wave up a combined 5.5% calendar year to date
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GM Canada September 2008 Sales Results
And the lovable, redesigned, and badly geared Honda Fit?
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Honda Fit set a September sales record of 1,536 units, up 72% over the previous September sales record of 895 units in 2007
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CNW Group | HONDA CANADA INC. | Honda Canada reports September sales results
Same story in the US of A?
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The Fit achieved a September record of 6,515, up 48.7 percent in its first full month available as a completely redesigned 2009 model.
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American Honda Reports September 2008 Sales
Aveo? Can't find any numbers...
Yaris?
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Yaris posted September sales of 5,721 units, up 0.1 percent over the same period last year.
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Point one percent? Interesting.
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Toyota Reports September 2008 Sales