Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – January 2016

Among vehicles with base prices above $50,000, Canada’s six most popular nameplates in January 2016 were all utility vehicles.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – January 2016

Tops among premium brand autos in January, regardless of price point, was the Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class. (In sales reports, the reference is still to the M-Class, which was renamed for model year 2016 when the “coupe” bodystyle was added. It’s a similar story for the GLK and its GLC successor.)

Sales of Mercedes-Benz SUVs and crossovers jumped 52% to 1532 units in January, a greater SUV/crossover sales total than the overall total achieved by every other premium brand save for BMW.

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Among the 15 most popular premium brand vehicles in January, five were Mercedes-Benzes, including four SUVs/CUVs.

The Lexus RX, Audi Q5, Acura MDX, Audi Q7, Acura RDX, Lexus NX, BMW X5, and Cadillac SRX joined the Benz utilities and three cars – 3-Series, C-Class, 4-Series – to fill in the top 15.

In calendar year 2015, Canada’s top-selling premium brand vehicle was the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The Audi Q5 led all utility vehicles.

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.

January 2017 • February 2016 • December 2015 • January 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	January 2016	January 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class/M-Class	605	337	79.5%	605	337	79.5%
#2	Lexus RX	524	429	22.1%	524	429	22.1%
#3	BMW 3-Series	507	512	-1.0%	507	512	-1.0%
#4	Audi Q5	419	396	5.8%	419	396	5.8%
#5	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	394	566	-30.4%	394	566	-30.4%
#6	BMW 4-Series	372	222	67.6%	372	222	67.6%
#7	Acura MDX	364	337	8.0%	364	337	8.0%
#8	Audi Q7	334	89	275%	334	89	275%
#9	Acura RDX	333	363	-8.3%	333	363	-8.3%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	315	234	34.6%	315	234	34.6%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	308	142	117%	308	142	117%
#12	Lexus NX	306	380	-19.5%	306	380	-19.5%
#13	BMW X5	292	259	12.7%	292	259	12.7%
#14	Cadillac SRX	284	214	32.7%	284	214	32.7%
#15	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class/GLK-Class	274	280	-2.1%	274	280	-2.1%

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	January 2016	January 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class/M-Class	605	337	79.5%	605	337	79.5%
#2	Lexus RX	524	429	22.1%	524	429	22.1%
#3	Acura MDX	364	337	8.0%	364	337	8.0%
#4	Audi Q7	334	89	275%	334	89	275%
#5	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	308	142	117%	308	142	117%
#6	BMW X5	292	259	12.7%	292	259	12.7%
#7	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	231	161	43.5%	231	161	43.5%
#8	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	220	213	3.3%	220	213	3.3%
#9	Cadillac Escalade	153	153	0.0%	153	153	0.0%
	Cadillac Escalade *	124	123	0.8%	124	123	0.8%
	Cadillac Escalade *	29	30	-3.3%	29	30	-3.3%
#10	Chevrolet Suburban	146	48	204%	146	48	204%
#11	GMC Yukon	137	116	18.1%	137	116	18.1%
#12	GMC Yukon XL	129	94	37.2%	129	94	37.2%
#13	Chevrolet Tahoe	128	104	23.1%	128	104	23.1%
#14	Land Rover Range Rover	114	56	104%	114	56	104%
#15	Porsche Macan	112	56	100%	112	56	100%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* 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 approximate 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 below $50,000.

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