Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – December 2014

Canada’s favourite premium brand car in December 2014, as it’s been in each of the last seven months, was the BMW 3-Series.

• All Vehicles Ranked By December & 2014 Year End Canadian Sales

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Its partner, the 4-Series, ranked 15th last month.

BMW also grabbed the tenth spot with the X5. There were three Acuras in the top seven, four Benzes in the top 14, two Audis in the top nine, and single entries from Lexus, Cadillac, and Infiniti.

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

December 2015 • January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	December 2014	December 2013	% Change	2014	2013	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	784	658	19.1%	10,086	12,507	-19.4%
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	686	812	-15.5%	7054	9356	-24.6%
#3	Acura MDX	658	598	10.0%	6272	6114	2.6%
#4	Audi Q5	604	624	-3.2%	7862	7547	4.2%
#5	Lexus RX	570	572	-0.3%	7913	7789	1.6%
#6	Acura RDX	551	498	10.6%	6557	6112	7.3%
#7	Acura TLX	488	—	—	2121	—	—
#8	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	484	416	16.3%	5599	5445	2.8%
#9	Audi A4	484	412	17.5%	5850	5956	-1.8%
#10	BMW X5	391	524	-25.4%	5470	4704	16.3%
#11	Cadillac ATS	385	385	0.0%	3714	3256	14.1%
#12	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	375	457	-17.9%	5532	4804	15.2%
#13	Infiniti QX60/JX	359	242	48.3%	3613	3191	13.2%
#14	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	345	138	150%	3851	608	533%
#15	BMW 4-Series	335	112	199%	3469	546	535%

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	December 2014	December 2013	% Change	2014	2013	% Change
#1	Acura MDX	658	598	10.0%	6272	6114	2.6%
#2	Lexus RX	570	572	-0.3%	7913	7789	1.6%
#3	BMW X5	391	524	-25.4%	5470	4704	16.3%
#4	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	375	457	-17.9%	5532	4804	15.2%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	256	321	-20.2%	3789	3359	12.8%
#6	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	254	246	3.3%	2580	1806	42.9%
#7	Volkswagen Touareg	218	157	38.9%	2332	2087	11.7%
#8	BMW 5-Series	184	272	-32.4%	2337	2717	-14.0%
#9	GMC Yukon XL	181	106	70.8%	1760	1171	50.3%
#10	GMC Yukon	163	113	44.2%	2005	1333	50.4%
T11	Chevrolet Tahoe	161	140	15.0%	1779	1632	9.0%
T11	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	161	180	-10.6%	2339	2408	-2.9%
#13	Porsche Macan	152	—	—	1223	—	—
#14	BMW X6	149	22	577%	897	749	19.8%
#15	Porsche Cayenne	131	162	-19.1%	1904	2050	-7.1%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
^ 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 biggest problem with a $50K barrier? SUVs like the $49,299 Ford Expedition.
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 December: 139.

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