Monday, March 16, 2015
Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America December 2014 And 2014 Year End
The C-Class is Americas second-best-selling premium brand car; the ES ranks third.
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
Yet so dominant is the 3-Series that it sells about as often as its two most popular alternatives combined. Indeed, in more direct rival terms, the C-Class and Audi A4 didnt combine to sell nearly as often as the BMW in 2014. (The ES is really targeting a different buyer.)
BMW continues to expand its range of offerings under the 3 and 4-Series banners. There are now multiple four-door options, for example. Lacking some of the sharpness of older 3-Series, the car continues to trade on its reputation for sportiness while catering to the comfort-minded whims of thousands of buyers.
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For the bigger 5-Series and 7-Series, however, BMWs methods have not met with massive U.S. success of late. After levelling off in 2013, 5-Series volume fell 7% in the United States in 2014, a year in which the auto industry produced 6% gains and the car market itself improved by nearly 2%. (Unable to match the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, 7-Series volume was down 2% in 2014 after falling in 2011, 2012, and 2013.) BMW has also forged ahead with a two-door approach to the entry-level market. As Mercedes-Benz sold 27,365 CLAs in 2014 and Audi sold 22,250 A3s, BMW sold 7345 copies of the 2-Series.
Nevertheless, BMW USA set an annual sales record in 2014. Thank the 3-Series, and thank the SAVs. BMWs five-model X lineup was up 8%, forming just under one-third of all BMW sales.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank luxury brand cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013
Small/Entry Luxury Car | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura ILX * | 1730 | 1573 | 10.0% | 17,584 | 20,430 | -12.6% |
Acura TLX | 3834 | --- | --- | 19,127 | --- | --- |
Acura TSX | 17 | 1019 | -98.3% | 6287 | 17,484 | -64.0% |
Audi A3 | 2690 | --- | --- | 22,250 | 857 | 2496% |
Audi A4 ^ | 3599 | 3979 | -9.6% | 38,679 | 42,130 | -8.2% |
Audi A5 * | 1292 | 1384 | -6.6% | 16,620 | 18,664 | -11.0% |
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^ | 724 | 1039 | -30.3% | 7345 | 7220 | 1.7% |
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ^ | 19,464 | 16,737 | 16.3% | 142,232 | 119,521 | 19.0% |
BMW i3 | 1013 | --- | --- | 6092 | --- | --- |
Cadillac ATS | 2465 | 3887 | -36.6% | 29,890 | 38,319 | -22.0% |
Infiniti G Sedan/Q40 | 1184 | 1460 | -18.9% | 15,590 | 30,256 | -48.5% |
Infiniti Q50 | 3855 | 4568 | -15.6% | 36,899 | 17,816 | 107.1% |
Infiniti Q60/G | 658 | 462 | 42.4% | 7740 | 9806 | -21.1% |
Lexus CT200h | 1608 | 1787 | -10.0% | 17,673 | 15,071 | 17.3% |
Lexus HS250h | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5 | -100% |
Lexus IS | 5939 | 5414 | 9.7% | 51,358 | 35,017 | 46.7% |
Lexus RC | 1042 | --- | --- | 1922 | --- | --- |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class * | 326 | 2 | 16,200% | 776 | 20 | 3780% |
Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 8224 | 7229 | 13.8% | 75,065 | 88,251 | -14.9% |
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 2664 | 3285 | -18.9% | 27,365 | 14,113 | 93.9% |
Volvo C30 | --- | 17 | -100% | 66 | 1361 | -95.2% |
Volvo S60 | 1866 | 1776 | 5.1% | 20,457 | 23,210 | -11.9% |
Volvo V60 | 357 | --- | --- | 4990 | --- | --- |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 64,551 | 55,618 | 16.1% | 566,007 | 499,551 | 13.3% |
Midsize Luxury Car | July 2014 | July 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura RLX/RL ^ | 233 | 597 | -61.0% | 3413 | 5053 | -32.5% |
Acura TL | 76 | 1795 | -95.8% | 10,616 | 24,318 | -56.3% |
Audi A6 | 2945 | 2686 | 9.6% | 23,941 | 22,428 | 6.7% |
Audi A7 * | 524 | 944 | -44.5% | 8133 | 8483 | -4.1% |
BMW 5-Series | 5517 | 8102 | -31.9% | 52,704 | 56,863 | -7.3% |
Cadillac CTS | 2652 | 3217 | -17.6% | 31,115 | 32,343 | -3.8% |
Cadillac DTS | --- | --- | --- | --- | 19 | -100% |
Cadillac STS | --- | --- | --- | --- | 7 | -100% |
Cadillac XTS | 2276 | 2670 | -14.8% | 24,335 | 32,559 | -25.3% |
Hyundai Equus | 343 | 352 | -2.6% | 3415 | 3578 | -4.6% |
Infiniti Q70/M | 656 | 367 | 78.7% | 5034 | 5283 | -4.7% |
Jaguar XF | 772 | 805 | -4.1% | 5880 | 7922 | -25.8% |
Kia K900 | 93 | --- | --- | 1330 | --- | --- |
Lexus ES | 7782 | 8213 | -5.2% | 72,508 | 72,581 | -0.1% |
Lexus GS | 2745 | 2604 | 5.4% | 22,198 | 19,742 | 12.4% |
Lincoln MKS | 927 | 1074 | -13.7% | 8160 | 10,793 | -24.4% |
Lincoln MKZ | 2636 | 2823 | -6.6% | 34,009 | 32,361 | 5.1% |
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class * | 575 | 710 | -19.0% | 6981 | 8032 | -13.1% |
Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 5119 | 8727 | -41.3% | 66,400 | 69,803 | -4.9% |
Mercedes-Benz R-Class | 1 | --- | --- | 8 | 30 | -73.3% |
Volvo S80 | 79 | 186 | -57.5% | 1753 | 1935 | -9.4% |
Volvo XC70 * | 470 | 445 | 5.6% | 5093 | 4882 | 4.3% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 36,421 | 46,317 | -21.4% | 387,026 | 419,015 | -7.6% |
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GCBC, has decided to combine sales figures for the 3-Series and 4-Series, the 1-Series and 2-Series. Acura has done the same with the new RLX and old RL.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were down 10% to 3197 in December; down 7.5% to 33,993 in 2014.
GCBC isnt here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why youll see the Acura ILX here but also with mainstream cars like the Buick Verano, too, and the Audi A5 is also displayed with coupes and convertibles... because readers have wanted it both ways. Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue. The K900, Equus, and XTS are here not because of their size but because of their price points, their lack of direct comparability with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings
RECOMMENDED READING
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - January 2015
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - November 2014 YTD
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - December 2013 & Year End
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - December 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2014 & Year End
Large Luxury Car Sales In America - December 2014 & Year End
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