For most automakers, the question in May was not whether they would be up compared to May ’06, but by how much. Look at the numbers. Ford up 9.4%, BMW up 28.3%, Nissan up 62%. Overall, the Canadian auto market was up 10.3%.
Most of the growth went to import nameplates. In total they were up 16.9%. Domestics were up 4.7%, a good effort but overshadowed by the overall performance of the industry.
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