Canadians often express interest in reducing their carbon footprint but their vehicle-shopping behaviour doesn’t match those intentions
Canadian new vehicle sales dropped for the second year in a row in 2019, with analysts expecting sales to dip again this year given economic uncertainty and longer vehicle lifespans.
Canadians purchased approximately 1.91 million vehicles last year, down 3.6 per cent from 1.98 million vehicles in 2018, according to DesRosiers. The last time sales dropped two years in a row was during the height of the recession in 2008 and 2009, president Dennis DesRosiers said Monday. “I see a plateau right now,” he said. “There’s very little threat of a downside but also very little possibility of a significant increase.”
Light truck sales, which includes SUV, crossovers, pickups and minivans, rose 1.6 per cent to 1.43 million in 2019, with SUV sales alone topping 900,000 for the first time. In contrast, passenger and compact car sales plummeted about 16 per cent to around 485,000.J.D. Power's Robert Karwel J.D. Power’s Robert Karwel, senior manager of the Canadian automotive division, expects light truck sales to rise again in 2020 to capture about 80 per cent of the market.
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