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

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class strengthened its hold as the best-selling premium brand vehicle in Canada in August 2016, expanding its year-to-date lead over the next-best-selling premium brand vehicle to 1046 units thanks to a 9% year-over-year August improvement.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – August 2016 YTD

The second-ranked luxury automobile through 2016’s first eight months?

Also a Mercedes-Benz.

Canadian sales of the Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class, formerly known as the M-Class, are up by a third this year. In August, the GLE ranked sixth among premium brand autos. But the GLE remains ahead of other premium utility vehicles, albeit by small margins.

So far this year, the Audi Q5 is only eight sales back of the GLE. Lexus’ RX is 98 sales behind the Audi Q5.

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Among vehicles with base prices above $50,000, the GLE trailed the Lexus RX in August but leads all $50K+ vehicles so far this year.

In August, 12 of the 15 top-selling premium brand vehicles in Canada were SUVs/crossovers.

Among the 15 leading $50K+ autos, there was only one traditional passenger car.

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. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.

September 2016 • July 2016 • August 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	821	756	8.6%	6,301	7,025	-10.3%
#2	Acura RDX	806	642	25.5%	5,026	5,039	-0.3%
#3	Lexus RX	720	609	18.2%	5,149	4,440	16.0%
#4	Audi Q5	672	759	-11.5%	5,247	5,200	0.9%
#5	BMW 3-Series	654	875	-25.3%	4,537	6,215	-27.0%
#6	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	647	696	-7.0%	5,255	3,929	33.7%
#7	Acura MDX	636	472	34.7%	3,473	3,492	-0.5%
#8	Lexus NX	548	578	-5.2%	3,883	3,569	8.8%
#9	Audi A4	535	466	14.8%	3,738	3,828	-2.4%
#10	BMW X5	529	415	27.5%	4,332	3,390	27.8%
#11	BMW X1	431	209	106%	3,153	1,933	63.1%
#12	Audi Q3	424	325	30.5%	2,756	2,273	21.2%
#13	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class	411	440	-6.6%	2,716	3,581	-24.2%
#14	Infiniti QX60	393	317	24.0%	2,733	2,427	12.6%
#15	BMW X3	357	332	7.5%	3,732	3,003	24.3%

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	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	720	609	18.2%	5,149	4,440	16.0%
#2	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	647	696	-7.0%	5,255	3,929	33.7%
#3	Acura MDX	636	472	34.7%	3,473	3,492	-0.5%
#4	Ford Expedition	551	112	392%	2,057	1,456	41.3%
#5	BMW X5	529	415	27.5%	4,332	3,390	27.8%
#6	Porsche Macan	309	241	28.2%	1,644	1,432	14.8%
#7	Volvo XC90	255	190	34.2%	1,986	441	350%
#8	Audi Q7	246	201	22.4%	2,975	1,285	132%
#9	Cadillac Escalade & ESV	235	149	57.7%	1,689	1,366	23.6%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class & GL-Class	229	119	92.4%	1,530	1,517	0.9%
#11	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	198	153	29.4%	1,993	1,604	24.3%
#12	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	197	225	-12.4%	2,110	2,065	2.2%
#13	Chevrolet Tahoe	188	215	-12.6%	1,760	1,534	14.7%
#14	GMC Yukon	183	111	64.9%	1,522	1,056	44.1%
#15	Jaguar F-Pace	159	—	—	582	—	—

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
$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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