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Significant decline in sales in December for Honda and Toyota

While the trend was initiated in November for several manufacturers, most closing the year 2008 experiencing sharp declines in December. That is the conclusion that can be drawn from a reading of the last report Canadian sales of the firm Desrosiers Automotive Consultants. It is Land Rover has experienced the largest decrease with a decline of 43.8%, followed by Honda with a decrease of 42.4% compared to December 2007. Saab, Toyota smart and follow in order with decreases of 41.3%, 38.8% and 36.2%.

Among American automakers, Chrysler has suffered the largest decline with a decline of 35.9%, while Ford is doing a little better with a decline of 5.5%.

The highest increases were signed by Volkswagen (+ 82.5%) and Suzuki (+31.6%).

Overall, sales of light vehicles in Canada have declined by 21.2% in December 2008 compared to December 2007. Foreign manufacturers have experienced an average decrease of 21.6% compared to 20.9% for three American manufacturers.

Sale of vehicles from 275 to 29.8% Audi739714 legersDecembreConstructeurs2007200808/07Acura1 5972 3.5% 7452 BMW1 131 to 18.1% from 985 to 35.9% Ford14 Chrysler12 17218 27315 95815 542 to 42.4 111 to 5.5% Honda8 % 089 to 8.3% Hyundai3 7504 Infiniti484415 16.6% Jaguar3851-25, 5% from 878 to 12.6% Kia1 6421 Land Rover150267-43, 8% from 223 to 25.9% Lexus9061 Mazda4 5104 811 to 6.3 5881 Mercedes-Benz1% 412 +12.5% ​​+4.9% MINI300286 Mitsubishi1 4901 546 to 3.6% from 970 to 18.7% Porsche95110 Nissan4 0424-13-41 Saab98167 6%, 3% smart150245-38, 8 Subaru1% 5291 318 16.0% 31.6% Suzuki704535 toyota8 84613 865-36.2% 971 82.5% 5981 Volkswagen3 Volvo268398-32, 7%

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