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

In the lead-up to the launch of an all-new, second-generation Audi Q5, sales of the outgoing Q5 continued to climb in December 2016, albeit modestly.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – 2016 Year End

Q5 volume rose 0.5%, or three units, to 636 sales in December, good enough to tie the BMW X5 for third on the list of Canada’s top-selling luxury vehicles. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class led all luxury vehicles, both in December and throughout calendar year 2016. The Lexus RX topped the luxury SUV/crossover sales charts in December; the Q5 led the way annually.

Of the 15 top-selling premium brand autos in Canada in December, the C-Class was joined by just one other passenger car: the 15th-ranked BMW 4-Series.

Among the 15 top-selling vehicles with base prices above $50,000, there is just one car: the 13th-ranked BMW 5-Series, sales of which fell 14% in December.

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.

January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	853	621	37.4%	9,954	9,992	-0.4%
#2	Lexus RX	697	711	-2.0%	8,147	7,063	15.3%
T3	BMW X5	636	422	50.7%	6,942	5,381	29.0%
T3	Audi Q5	636	633	0.5%	8,313	8,203	1.3%
#5	Acura RDX	601	467	28.7%	8,047	7,380	9.0%
#6	BMW X1	567	255	122%	5,205	2,942	76.9%
#7	Cadillac Escalade	505	144	251%	2,835	2,085	36.0%
#7.1	Cadillac Escalade *	315	114	176%	1,783	1,612	10.6%
#7.2	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	190	30	533%	1,052	473	122%
#8	Lexus NX	501	383	30.8%	6,295	6,127	2.7%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class	487	587	-17.0%	4,774	5,304	-10.0%
#10	BMW X3	475	320	48.4%	5,417	4,527	19.7%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	434	457	-5.0%	7,281	6,008	21.2%
#12	Cadillac XT5	421	—	—	2,789	—	—
#13	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	414	294	40.8%	3,151	2,680	17.6%
#14	Acura MDX	405	552	-26.6%	5,425	5,814	-6.7%
#15	BMW 4-Series	386	311	24.1%	4,765	4,942	-3.6%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don’t report specific monthly sales data.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	697	711	-2.0%	8,147	7,063	15.3%
#2	BMW X5	636	422	50.7%	6,942	5,381	29.0%
#3	Cadillac Escalade	505	144	251%	2,835	2,085	36.0%
#3.1	Cadillac Escalade *	315	114	176%	1,783	1,612	10.6%
#3.2	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	190	30	533%	1,052	473	122%
#4	Ford Expedition	453	261	73.6%	3,729	2,282	63.4%
#5	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	434	457	-5.0%	7,281	6,008	21.2%
#6	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	414	294	40.8%	3,151	2,680	17.6%
#7	Acura MDX	405	552	-26.6%	5,425	5,814	-6.7%
#8	Volvo XC90	239	94	154%	2,951	957	208%
#9	Audi Q7	216	21	929%	4,335	1,658	162%
#10	Porsche Macan	213	146	45.9%	2,800	2,121	32.0%
#11	Porsche Cayenne	211	175	20.6%	2,325	2,389	-2.7%
#12	Chevrolet Suburban	200	135	48.1%	2,173	1,354	60.5%
#13	BMW 5-Series	194	225	-13.8%	2,019	1,996	1.2%
#14	GMC Yukon XL	186	183	1.6%	2,604	1,579	64.9%
#15	Jaguar F-Pace	180	—	—	1,289	—	—

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* 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 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.