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The Q5, incidentally, led all premium brand SUVs and crossovers last month thanks to a 32% year-over-year increase. The Q5’s job isn’t as easy as it was at this time a year ago, since Audi’s also selling the more affordable Q3 alongside. 325 copies of the Q3 were sold last month.
Among vehicles with base prices above $50,000, 13 of the top 15 best sellers in April were high-riding SUVs or crossovers, from the soon-to-be-replaced Lexus RX to the jumbo-sized GMC Yukon XL. Only the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Chevrolet Corvette stopped the utility vehicle class from owning the leaderboard.
April 2016 • May 2015 • March 2015 • April 2014
|
Rank
|
Premium Brand Vehicle
|
April
2015 |
April
2014 |
% Change
|
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
|
#1
|
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
|
968 | 571 | 69.5% | 3524 | 2200 | 60.2% |
|
#2
|
Audi Q5
|
904 | 685 | 32.0% | 2274 | 2349 | -3.2% |
|
#3
|
Acura RDX
|
841 | 901 | -6.7% | 2102 | 2206 | -4.7% |
|
#4
|
BMW 3-Series
|
784 | 719 | 9.0% | 2784 | 2383 | 16.8% |
|
#5
|
Cadillac SRX
|
744 | 499 | 49.1% | 1438 | 1342 | 7.2% |
|
#6
|
Audi A4 *
|
733 | 648 | 13.1% | 1836 | 1971 | -6.8% |
|
#7
|
BMW X3
|
686 | 474 | 44.7% | 1637 | 1415 | 15.7% |
|
#8
|
Lexus RX
|
601 | 711 | -15.5% | 1996 | 2324 | -14.1% |
|
#9
|
Acura MDX
|
580 | 547 | 6.0% | 1578 | 1776 | -11.1% |
|
#10
|
Lexus NX
|
549 | — | — | 1628 | — | — |
|
#11
|
Audi A3
|
548 | 173 | 217% | 1228 | 173 | 610% |
|
T12
|
BMW 4-Series
|
512 | 279 | 83.5% | 1437 | 667 | 115% |
|
T12
|
Acura TLX
|
512 | — | — | 1550 | — | — |
|
T12
|
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class
|
512 | 406 | 26.1% | 1577 | 1649 | -4.4% |
|
#15
|
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
|
507 | 487 | 4.1% | 1816 | 1794 | 1.2% |
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 don’t report specific monthly sales data. Maserati only reports brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don’t sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K.
|
Rank
|
Vehicles With Base
Prices Above $50K |
April
2015 |
April
2014 |
%
Change |
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
|
#1
|
Lexus RX
|
601 | 711 | -15.5% | 1996 | 2324 | -14.1% |
|
#2
|
Acura MDX
|
580 | 547 | 6.0% | 1578 | 1776 | -11.1% |
|
#3
|
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
|
507 | 487 | 4.1% | 1816 | 1794 | 1.2% |
|
#4
|
BMW X5
|
475 | 681 | -30.2% | 1537 | 2278 | -32.5% |
|
#5
|
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
|
345 | 323 | 6.8% | 908 | 1129 | -19.6% |
|
#6
|
Chevrolet Corvette
|
307 | 158 | 94.3% | 444 | 451 | -1.6% |
|
#7
|
Porsche Macan
|
265 | — | — | 516 | — | — |
|
#8
|
Cadillac Escalade
|
248 | 33 | 652% | 701 | 122 | 475% |
|
|
Cadillac Escalade *
|
196 | 25 | 684% | 557 | 87 | 540% |
|
|
Cadillac Escalade ESV *
|
52 | 8 | 550% | 144 | 30 | 380% |
|
|
Cadillac Escalade EXT *
|
— | — | — | — | 5 | -100% |
|
#9
|
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class
|
239 | 303 | -21.1% | 744 | 801 | -7.1% |
|
#10
|
Porsche Cayenne
|
237 | 222 | 6.8% | 595 | 675 | -11.9% |
|
#11
|
GMC Yukon
|
217 | 99 | 119% | 589 | 263 | 124% |
|
#12
|
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
|
207 | 214 | -3.3% | 805 | 967 | -16.8% |
|
#13
|
Audi Q7
|
205 | 225 | -8.9% | 480 | 653 | -26.5% |
|
#14
|
Chevrolet Tahoe
|
180 | 94 | 91.5% | 722 | 255 | 183% |
|
#15
|
GMC Yukon XL
|
166 | 94 | 76.6% | 434 | 172 | 152% |
Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad. Escalade breakdown by variant.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada’s figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$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 new Cadillac CTS sedan’s base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet. Total CTS sales in April:
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