2026 U.S. Premium Sports Car Sales Figures – By Model
This page ranks 2026 United States sales for the premium sports car class, the coupes, roadsters and grand tourers that sit above the European and American muscle groupings GCBC tracks separately. Each nameplate with its own GCBC sales history page links to it from the rankings table, and the tables and charts update automatically as each new month of data is reported.
Through September 2026, the BMW 8-Series leads the rankings table at 2,757 sales, down 2.8 percent year over year, ahead of the Lexus LC at 1,124, up 12.0 percent. In the third quarter alone the 8-Series sold 484 and the LC 435.
Sales Rankings Table
The table below ranks the three premium sports cars in the September table by U.S. sales, with monthly and year-to-date totals and year-over-year changes. The cars shown sold 285 between them in September. The Porsche 911, at 8,478 through June the largest nameplate in the class, the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT and SL, the Ferrari Purosangue and the Lotus Emira are not in the table and appear in the quarterly table and the month-by-month matrix below.
| # | Model | Sep 2026 | Sep YoY | 2026 YTD | YTD YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. BMW 8-Series | 181 | -35.1% | 2,757 | -2.8% |
| 2 | 2. Lexus LC | 104 | +108.0% | 1,124 | +12.0% |
| 3 | 3. Nissan GT-R | 0 | – | 2 | -94.7% |
| Total | 285 | -13.4% | 3,883 | +0.1% |
YoY compares September 2026 with September 2025, and January through September of both years. Totals cover every row, not just the visible page.
Market Share Over Time
This chart shows how the leading premium sports cars’ share of the segment has shifted quarter by quarter over the past five years. In the third quarter of 2026 the BMW 8-Series held 52.7 percent of the segment and the Lexus LC 47.3 percent.
BMW 8-Series 52.7%Lexus LC 47.3%Porsche 911 0.0%Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 0.0%Mercedes-Benz SL 0.0%Audi R8 0.0%Nissan GT-R 0.0%Ferrari Purosangue 0.0%Polestar Polestar 1 0.0%Acura NSX 0.0%Other 0.0%
Share of the tracked total by quarter, 2022 through Q3 2026. Legend shows the latest quarter.
Quarterly Sales With Quarter Over Quarter Change
The quarterly table below breaks each nameplate’s 2026 sales into quarters with quarter-over-quarter changes. Among nameplates with third-quarter figures, the LC rose 19.2 percent from the second quarter and the 8-Series fell 56.1 percent. The Porsche 911, the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT and SL, the Ferrari Purosangue and the Lotus Emira show no third-quarter sales in the table because their figures are not yet in GCBC’s data, and they update when they are.
| # | Model | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | QoQ | Q3 2025 | Quarter YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BMW 8-Series | 484 | 1,103 | -56.1% | 829 | -41.6% |
| 2 | Lexus LC | 435 | 365 | +19.2% | 214 | +103.3% |
| 3 | Ferrari Purosangue | 0 | 230 | -100.0% | 33 | -100.0% |
| 4 | Lotus Emira | 0 | 155 | -100.0% | 0 | – |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz AMG GT | 0 | 644 | -100.0% | 449 | -100.0% |
| 6 | Mercedes-Benz SL | 0 | 572 | -100.0% | 226 | -100.0% |
| 7 | Nissan GT-R | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | -100.0% |
| 8 | Porsche 911 | 0 | 4,652 | -100.0% | 2,461 | -100.0% |
QoQ compares Q3 2026 with Q2 2026. Quarter YoY compares Q3 2026 with Q3 2025.
Month By Month Sales
The matrix below shows U.S. sales month by month through 2026 for every premium sports car with a 2026 sale, eight in all. The LC’s biggest month of 2026 so far was July, at 175 sales.
| Model | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | 2026 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porsche 911 | 1,309 | 1,208 | 1,309 | 1,511 | 1,644 | 1,497 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,478 |
| BMW 8-Series | 400 | 369 | 401 | 358 | 390 | 355 | 145 | 158 | 181 | – | – | – | 2,757 |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GT | 252 | 258 | 294 | 209 | 228 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,448 |
| Lexus LC | 92 | 121 | 111 | 92 | 129 | 144 | 175 | 156 | 104 | – | – | – | 1,124 |
| Mercedes-Benz SL | 148 | 137 | 148 | 186 | 202 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,005 |
| Ferrari Purosangue | 68 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 430 |
| Lotus Emira | 51 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 55 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 305 |
| Nissan GT-R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 |
2026 data reported through September.
For more 2026 U.S. sales data, see the Misc Sports Car rankings, the Large Luxury Car rankings and the complete by-model rankings pages.
