Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – July 2015 YTD
Canada Vehicle Sales Brand Rankings – July 2015 YTD
In fact, all of the five top contenders are utility vehicles, from the Lexus RX to the Porsche Macan.
In the top 15, only the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5-Series, Chevrolet Corvette, and Lexus RC break through the SUV/crossover juggernaut. Combined sales of the E-Class and 5-Series were down 27% last month.
Among all premium brand cars, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which leads on year-to-date terms, fell to the BMW 3-Series in the month of July, specifically. The Audi Q5 is Canada’s top-selling premium utility vehicle so far this year, but the Lexus RX led all luxury SUVs/CUVs in July.
July 2016 • August 2015 • June 2015 • July 2014
Rank
|
Premium Brand Vehicle
|
July
2015 |
July
2014 |
% Change
|
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
#1
|
BMW 3-Series
|
862 | 956 | -9.8% | 5340 | 5349 | -0.2% |
#2
|
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
|
761 | 384 | 98.2% | 6269 | 3792 | 65.3% |
#3
|
Lexus RX
|
660 | 649 | 1.7% | 3831 | 4429 | -13.5% |
#4
|
Audi Q5
|
616 | 644 | -4.3% | 4441 | 4488 | -1.0% |
#5
|
Acura RDX
|
587 | 485 | 21.0% | 4397 | 3936 | 11.7% |
#6
|
Acura TLX
|
577 | — | — | 2931 | — | — |
#7
|
Acura MDX
|
491 | 499 | -1.6% | 3020 | 3431 | -12.0% |
#8
|
BMW 4-Series
|
453 | 383 | 18.3% | 3147 | 1751 | 79.7% |
#9
|
Lexus NX
|
438 | — | — | 2991 | — | — |
#10
|
BMW X5
|
435 | 406 | 7.1% | 2975 | 3606 | -17.5% |
#11
|
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class
|
430 | 297 | 44.8% | 3141 | 3083 | 1.9% |
#12
|
Cadillac SRX
|
429 | 382 | 12.3% | 2799 | 2593 | 7.9% |
#13
|
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
|
411 | 461 | -10.8% | 3233 | 3261 | -0.9% |
#14
|
Audi A4
|
388 | 476 | -18.5% | 3362 | 3498 | -3.9% |
#15
|
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class
|
345 | — | — | 1868 | — | — |
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 |
July
2015 |
July
2014 |
%
Change |
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
#1
|
Lexus RX
|
660 | 649 | 1.7% | 3831 | 4429 | -13.5% |
#2
|
BMW X5
|
435 | 406 | 7.15 | 2975 | 3606 | -17.5% |
#3
|
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
|
411 | 461 | -10.8% | 3233 | 3261 | -0.9% |
#4
|
Porsche Cayenne
|
277 | 198 | 39.9% | 1425 | 1280 | 11.3% |
#5
|
Porsche Macan
|
232 | 260 | -10.8% | 1599 | 1865 | -14.3% |
#6
|
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
|
220 | 342 | -35.7% | 1840 | 2174 | -15.4% |
#7
|
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class
|
219 | 203 | 7.9% | 1398 | 1441 | -3.0% |
#8
|
Chevrolet Tahoe
|
208 | 199 | 4.5% | 1319 | 783 | 68.5% |
#9
|
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
|
187 | 209 | -10.5% | 1451 | 1577 | -8.0% |
#10
|
Audi Q7
|
176 | 155 | 13.5% | 1084 | 1164 | -6.9% |
#11
|
BMW 5-Series
|
159 | 178 | -10.7% | 1033 | 1224 | -15.6% |
#12
|
Chevrolet Corvette
|
159 | 133 | 19.5% | 1304 | 889 | 46.7% |
#13
|
Cadillac Escalade
|
121 | 110 | 10.0% | 1217 | 300 | 306% |
|
Cadillac Escalade °
|
88 | 85 | 3.5% | 936 | 219 | 327% |
|
Cadillac Escalade ESV °
|
33 | 25 | 32.0% | 281 | 75 | 275% |
|
Cadillac Escalade EXT °
|
— | — | — | — | 6 | -100% |
#14
|
Volvo XC90
|
117 | 35 | 234% | 251 | 213 | 17.8% |
#15
|
Lexus RC
|
114 | — | — | 494 | — | — |
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.
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