FCA Canada today reported third quarter sales, for June-July-September, totaling 28,472—down 8% from the same period in 2024. Year to date, FCA Canada has sold 87,380 vehicles, down 12% from the same period in 2024.
The sales patterns don’t appear to vary by where vehicles were made, suggesting that boycotts of American goods either don’t affect cars, or aren’t targeted towards American-made cars from American brands—except for the Pacifica, which is made in Canada and has had hefty sales increases.
Chrysler, whose entire lineup is made in Canada, gained enough in the third quarter to end up ahead for the year to date; they sold 2,247 Pacificas and 1,578 Caravans, along with three new-old-stock 300s, a 74% gain over Q3 2024. Year to date, they’re at 12,597, mainly Pacificas, but with 27 300s and 4,869 Caravans. That’s 56% over YTD 2024.
Jeep is still down 13% for the year, but up 5% for the quarter. Ignoring the one leftover Cherokee, the Q3 successes for Jeep were the Wrangler staying as the top seller (and gaining 21%), followed by the Compass with 3,278 sales and then the Grand Cherokee (#1 in the US) at 2,089. (None of these sold as well as the minivans, combined, but then, none are made in Canada.) The Wagoneer S straggled in as a new vehicle with 207 sales, beating the Wagoneer; the Grand Wagoneer luxury SUV had 32 sales. The biggest drops were for the Grand Cherokee (down 32%), Grand Wagoneer (down 67%), and Gladiator (down 19% to 403). The biggest increases were for the Compass (up 37%), Wrangler, and Wagoneer (up 7%), not counting the new Wagoneer S, which showed one (mistaken) sale from the prior year.
At Ram, sales plummeted by 24% in the quarter (29% YTD), to 10,556. It’s still the company’s most popular vehicle, outselling all the Jeeps combined. The Mexican ProMaster van dropped by 63%, to 898, but remains ahead by 10% for the year.
Finally, Dodge managed to do reasonably well, with a 1% Q3 gain and 8% drop YTD, which again is not bad considering that the Charger and Challenger were dropped at the end of 2023. The company sold two leftovers Chargers and a leftover Challenger; after that, the most popular Dodge was the Durango, which had a 14% gain to 1,947. The Hornet dropped by 24%, while the new electric Charger saw 215 sales. Canada appears to have decided to lump together the electric and gasoline Chargers in the future.
Finally, Fiat gained by 2%, having the 500E now, with 399 sales (that was the only Fiat to sell); while Alfa spread its mere 181 sales across three cars. Alfa’s down 12% in Q3, 21% year to date.
