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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada September 2014

BMWs top-selling 3-Series topped the premium brand leaderboard in September 2014, joined by the twelfth-ranked BMW 4-Series, as well. The 4-Series is a 3-Series offshoot. Indeed, sales of the 3-Series in September 2013 included cars that now operate under the 4-Series banner.

• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD

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Together, their September volume was up 3.4%, accounting for 42% of BMWs Canadian volume last month.

The Audi Q5 is Canadas top-selling premium brand utility vehicle, now 186 units ahead of the second-ranked Lexus RX through nine months. The Q5 has been joined of late by a smaller Q3 in Audi Canadas lineup. Together with the larger Q7, they generated 51% of Audis Canadian volume last month.

Mercedes-Benz is Canadas best-selling premium brand this year, just 50 sales ahead of BMW. Mercedes-Benz Canada sold their first 184 GLAs in September. The GLA is a sister crossover/hatchback to the CLA. 71% of Mercedes-Benzs passenger car volume was generated in September by the entry-level cars: B, C, and CLA. Together with the GLA, they accounted for 44% of Mercedes-Benz volume in this country in September.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

October 2014 • August 2014 • September 2013

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	1014	1369	-25.9%	7462	9855	-24.3%
#2	Audi Q5	791	665	18.9%	5971	5492	8.7%
#3	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	694	733	-5.3%	4958	7005	-29.2%
#4	Lexus RX	672	760	-11.6%	5785	5830	-0.8%
#5	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	649	549	18.2%	4053	4616	-12.2%
#6	Acura MDX	523	468	11.8%	4496	4521	-0.6%
#7	Acura RDX	485	483	0.4%	4864	4536	7.2%
#8	BMW X5	461	478	-3.6%	4349	2565	69.6%
#9	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	436	522	-16.5%	4206	3402	23.6%
#10	BMW X3	434	385	12.7%	3956	4665	-15.2%
#11	Audi A4 *	432	491	-12.0%	4301	4507	-4.6%
#12	BMW 4-Series	401	---	---	2499	---	---
#13	Audi A3	393	5	7760%	1604	352	356%
#14	Lexus IS	390	323	20.7%	3094	1670	85.3%
#15	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	386	317	21.8%	2909	2330	24.8%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus dont report specific monthly sales data. Maserati only reports brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that dont sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW X5	461	478	-3.6%	4349	2565	69.6%
#2	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	436	522	-16.5%	4206	3402	23.6%
#3	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	386	317	21.8%	2909	2330	24.8%
#4	GMC Yukon	334	50	568%	1440	1052	36.9%
#5	BMW X6	311	128	143%	692	643	7.6%
#6	Chevrolet Tahoe	261	119	119%	1358	1242	9.3%
#7	BMW 5-Series	242	269	-10.0%	1714	1767	-3.0%
#8	Volkswagen Touareg	240	154	55.8%	1674	1550	8.0%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	199	250	-20.4%	1812	1864	-2.8%
#10	GMC Yukon XL	172	169	1.8%	1348	810	66.4%
#11	Cadillac Escalade	153	69	122%	550	614	-10.4%
	Cadillac Escalade °	120	44	173%	413	332	24.4%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	33	14	136%	131	104	26.0%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	---	11	-100%	6	178	-96.6%
#12	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	141	218	-35.3%	1912	1211	57.9%
#13	Audi Q7	141	195	-27.7%	1457	1377	5.8%
T14	Audi A6	136	111	22.5%	893	784	13.9%
T14	Porsche Macan	136	---	--	798	---	---

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canadas figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. The biggest problem with a $50,000 minimum price of entry? Cars like the Cadillac XTS, which starts at $49,440, sporty cars like the $49,500 Audi TT, and SUVs like the $49,990 Acura MDX. Volkswagen recently increased the base Touaregs price to $50,975; GM jacked up the base Yukon price up to $51,090.
The new Cadillac CTS sedans base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet. Total CTS sales in September:
Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 volume: 276 in September; 2853 YTD.

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Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - September 2014
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Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In America September 2014

Among vehicles with base prices of more than $45,000, five of Septembers ten best sellers were General Motors products.

• All Makes & Models Ranked By September 2014 YTD U.S. Sales

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GM says their average transaction price rose to a best-ever $34,600 in September 2014, $1200 higher than Augusts ATP and $2500 up from September 2013s ATP. GM, however, credited strong truck and crossover sales for the profit-driving selling prices, and not Cadillac.

Among premium brand vehicles, the highest-ranked Cadillac was the ninth-place SRX, sales of which fell 15% in September after a 37% drop in August.

The Escalade lineup combined for 3518 sales, 2290 from the regular wheelbase and 1228 from the ESV. But Cadillac car sales slid 14%. Together with the SRXs decline, this cancelled out the doubling of Escalade sales, and total Cadillac volume grew by just one unit, year-over-year, as the industry jumped more than 9%.

Instead of selling Cadillacs at Mercedes-Benz or BMW-like levels, General Motors still does a remarkable job of controlling the volume-brand full-size SUV category. The Yukon, Yukon XL, and Suburban all have base prices in excess of $45,000, and the better-selling Tahoe starts at $44,895. Corvette sales, meanwhile, tripled to 2467 units in September. Corvette pricing starts $54,000.

Also present on that GM-heavy $45K+ list at the bottom of this post are four Mercedes-Benzes, two cars and two SUVs. The best-selling premium brand vehicle in America is the BMW 3-Series (4-Series inclusive, as per BMWs sales release). 3-Series/4-Series sales shot up 50.5% in September. Americas leading premium brand utility vehicle is the Lexus RX.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

October 2014 • August 2014 • September 2013

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series & 4-Series *	12,814	8512	50.5%	94,445	77,921	21.2%
#2	Lexus RX	7453	7601	-1.9%	76,216	73,279	4.0%
#3	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6285	6389	-1.6%	50,170	66,596	-24.7%
#4	Lexus ES	5722	4866	17.6%	52,910	52,076	1.6%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4883	5646	-13.5%	52,608	46,006	14.4%
#6	Acura MDX	4864	4539	7.2%	48,308	34,803	38.8%
#7	BMW X5	4398	4667	-5.8%	33,021	31,280	5.6%
#8	Acura TLX	3884	---	---	6170	---	---
#9	Cadillac SRX	3700	4362	-15.2%	41,708	40,506	3.0%
#10	Lexus IS	3611	3201	12.8%	37,038	22,060	67.9%
#11	Cadillac Escalade	3518	1754	101%	21,402	16,543	29.4%
	Cadillac Escalade ^	2290	968	137%	13,705	8953	53.1%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV ^	1228	634	93.7%	7647	5916	29.3%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT ^	---	152	-100%	50	1674	-97.0%
#12	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	3460	3180	8.8%	32,114	29,400	9.2%
#13	Audi Q5	3240	3268	-0.9%	30,114	28,599	5.3%
#14	Acura RDX	3230	3022	6.9%	33,095	33,539	-1.3%
#15	Audi A4 *	2994	3813	-21.5%	29,304	31,113	-5.8%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus dont report specific monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that dont sell vehicles with base prices higher than $40K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $45K	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4883	5647	-13.5%	52,608	46,006	14.4%
#2	BMW X5	4398	4667	-5.8%	33,021	31,280	5.6%
#3	Chevrolet Suburban	4101	2733	50.1%	38,588	34,580	11.6%
#4	Cadillac Escalade	3518	1754	101%	21,402	16,543	29.4%
	Cadillac Escalade ^	2290	968	137%	13,705	8953	53.1%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV ^	1228	634	93.7%	7647	5916	29.3%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT ^	---	152	-100%	50	1674	-97.0%
#5	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	3460	3180	8.8%	32,114	29,400	9.2%
#6	GMC Yukon	3226	1667	93.5%	30,684	18,907	62.3%
#7	Chevrolet Corvette	2467	831	197%	25,950	7830	231%
#8	GMC Yukon XL	2165	1320	64.0%	21,928	21,946	-0.1%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	2154	2349	-8.3%	17,728	22,182	-20.1%
#10	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1909	387	373%	16,915	7625	122%
#11	Lexus GS	1592	1231	29.3%	16,252	14,255	14.0%
#12	Lexus GX460	1570	753	108%	15,999	7105	125%
#13	BMW 5-Series	1407	3574	-60.6%	39,168	38,681	1.3%
#14	Audi Q7	1365	1386	-1.5%	13,105	10,772	21.7%
#15	Porsche Cayenne	1196	1396	-14.3%	12,940	13,913	-7.0%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
$45,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $15,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $45,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $32,750, as would be the case with the new BMW 320i, which costs less than a Honda Accord V6 Touring. The biggest problem with a $45,000 minimum price of entry? Cars like the Cadillac XTS, which starts at $44,600 and SUVs like the $48,895 Chevrolet Tahoe.
^ In September, Infiniti sold 881 copies of the Q50s predecessor, the G sedan, and 454 Q60s to go along with 2742 Q50s.
* BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales of the 3-Series and 4-Series. GCBC combines sales of the Audi A4 and Audi A4 Allroad. None-Allroad sales were 2480 in September.
Cadillacs new CTS - 2282 September sales - starts at $45,100, but the lingering CTS Coupe is a sub-$40K car, and the wagon starts at $42,195.

RECOMMENDED READING
Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - October 2014
Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - August 2014
Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - September 2013

Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - September 2014
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - September 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - September 2014 YTD
Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - September 2014

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada September 2014

Monday, March 16, 2015

Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In America September 2014