2019 Canada Small Luxury Car Sales Analysis
Report Updated: With December 2019 Data on January 8th, 2020
Top Level Canada Reports: By Manufacturer / By Brand / By Model / Best Sellers
The small luxury car segment in Canada didn’t have a very good time in the month of December. It also struggled in 2019 as a whole. The segment has struggled all year long and ended the year on a low note.
When you look at the segment for the month of December, you’ll see that it was down by about 1,000 sales. The segment was down by about 50,000 units for the year as a whole.
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class led the pack in terms of overall sales volume for the year. The vehicle was down for the month of December and the year as a whole, though. The BMW 3-Series came in second place. It saw a jump in sales in December and the year as a whole. In third place, was the Acura TLX. The model saw a small rise in sales in December, but it struggled in 2019 overall.
We’d assume sales of small luxury cars to continue to struggle in the coming months of 2020. The segment has been trending down for the last couple of years, and there’s no reason to assume 2020 would be any different.
Data will trickle in throughout the day with the numbers being finalized by EOD. GCBC is also happy to announce that we will be adding quarterly sales reports and comparisons in addition to monthly sales comparisons beginning this quarter. We will also be adding monthly sales tables and charts to the mix as well.
Note: FCA US LLC will end its practice of reporting U.S. and Canada sales on a monthly basis following June results. FCA US and FCA Canada will report monthly sales for May and June. The first quarterly report will occur on October 1, 2019, covering the months of July, August, and September.
Canada Best Selling Small Luxury Cars Last Month
This data table looks at last month’s total small luxury car sales volumes in Canada by model. We compare Canadian market small luxury car model sales for last month with the same month last year. We also include the year to date sales numbers and compare with the same year to date numbers from last year. With both monthly and YTD sales numbers we have a growth rate column so you can better gauge an individual small luxury car models sales success in the Canadian market.
| Model | Month | Month LY | Change | YTD | YTD LY | YTD Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW 2-Series | 36 | 64 | -43.75 | 1,202 | 1,827 | -34.21 |
| BMW 3-Series | 349 | 250 | 39.60 | 5,908 | 6,190 | -4.56 |
| BMW 4-Series | 108 | 157 | -31.21 | 2,279 | 3,543 | -35.68 |
| Volvo 60-Series | 267 | 72 | 270.83 | 1,950 | 1,245 | 56.63 |
| Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 260 | 25 | 940.00 | 3,632 | 25 | 14,428.00 |
| Audi A3 | 92 | 136 | -32.35 | 3,117 | 4,249 | -26.64 |
| Audi A4 | 118 | 177 | -33.33 | 3,917 | 5,584 | -29.85 |
| Audi A5 | 169 | 177 | -4.52 | 4,223 | 4,589 | -7.98 |
| Cadillac ATS | 1 | 78 | -98.72 | 1,032 | 1,615 | -36.10 |
| Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 328 | 524 | -37.40 | 6,824 | 11,556 | -40.95 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 164 | 233 | -29.61 | 1,065 | 3,113 | -65.79 |
| Genesis G70 | 77 | 112 | -31.25 | 1,119 | 967 | 15.72 |
| Alfa Romeo Giulia | 11 | 13 | -15.38 | 242 | 510 | -52.55 |
| BMW i3 | 6 | 22 | -72.73 | 311 | 404 | -23.02 |
| Lexus IS | 82 | 140 | -41.43 | 2,258 | 2,871 | -21.35 |
| Infiniti Q50 | 103 | 175 | -41.14 | 1,871 | 2,576 | -27.37 |
| Infiniti Q60 | 36 | 41 | -12.20 | 522 | 848 | -38.44 |
| Lexus RC | 11 | 19 | -42.11 | 305 | 292 | 4.45 |
| Acura TLX | 270 | 411 | -34.31 | 2,873 | 2,397 | 19.86 |
| Jaguar XE | 6 | 35 | -82.86 | 157 | 571 | -72.50 |
| ∑ = 2,494 | ∑ = 2,861 | ∑ = 44,807 | ∑ = 54,972 |
Canada Quarterly Small Luxury Car Sales Numbers
This data table looks at quarterly sales performance for the small luxury car segment in Canada. It includes all major small luxury car models sold in the Canadian market. We compare last quarter’s small luxury car Canadian sales at the model level with the same small luxury car model sales quarter last year. We also include a growth rate too so you can see which small car models are growing and which ones are declining. The quarterly view of small luxury car sales at the model level often gives you a better picture of what is happening than monthly because it takes out some of the month to month noise.
Canada Small Luxury Car Sales by Month (All Models)
This sales data table looks at monthly sales performance for the small luxury car segment in Canada on a month to month basis for the entire year so far. It includes all major small luxury car models sold in the Canadian market and you can see that the monthly small luxury car sales trends clearly. Seeing the individual small luxury car model sales performance in this way gives you a good sense of the momentum (good or bad).