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

In June 2016, for a second consecutive month, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class was Canada’s best-selling premium brand automobile, 410 sales ahead of the next-best-selling premium car; 173 sales ahead of the second-ranked premium vehicle, Audi’s Q5.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – June 2016 YTD

Through the first-half of 2016, the C-Class is Canada’s luxury leader despite a 17% year-over-year sales decline. Canada’s luxury SUV leader is the Mercedes-Benz GLE (formerly known as the M-Class) is a scant two units ahead of the Audi Q5, last year’s top-selling premium SUV/crossover.

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Among the 15 top-selling premium autos in June 2016, nine were SUVs/crossovers. Two of the six cars in the top 15 posted declining sales in June; only one of the nine utility vehicles did the same.

Among vehicles with MSRPs above $50,000, the 13 leaders in June were all SUVs/crossovers, and 14 of the top 15. Incidentally, the only car that cracked that top 15 is decidedly out of the mainstream: Chevrolet’s Corvette.

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.

July 2016 • May 2016 • June 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	992	970	2.3%	4,592	5,508	-16.6%
#2	Audi Q5	819	799	2.5%	4,029	3,825	5.3%
#3	Acura RDX	724	880	-17.7%	3,511	3,810	-7.8%
#4	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class ^	701	462	51.7%	4,031	2,822	42.8%
#5	Lexus RX	685	565	21.2%	3,809	3,171	20.1%
#6	BMW X5	616	476	29.4%	3,352	2,540	32.0%
#7	Audi A4 *	582	488	19.3%	2,736	2,974	-8.0%
#8	BMW 3-Series	544	843	-35.5%	3,271	4,478	-27.0%
#9	BMW 4-Series	531	619	-14.2%	2,607	2,694	-3.2%
#10	BMW X1	530	275	92.7%	2,268	1,519	49.3%
#11	BMW X3	514	291	76.6%	2,850	2,406	18.5%
#12	Audi A3	511	425	20.2%	2,124	2,085	1.9%
#13	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	506	307	64.8%	2,476	1,523	62.6%
#14	Audi Q7	456	235	94.0%	2,321	908	156%
#15	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	421	350	20.3%	2,294	1,931	18.8%

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	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	%
#1	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class ^	701	462	51.7%	4,031	2,822	42.8%
#2	Lexus RX	685	565	21.2%	3,809	3,171	20.1%
#3	BMW X5	616	476	29.4%	3,352	2,540	32.0%
#4	Audi Q7	456	235	94.0%	2,321	908	156%
#5	Acura MDX	395	404	-2.2%	2,446	2,529	-3.3%
#6	Chevrolet Tahoe	376	190	97.9%	1,408	1,111	26.7%
#7	GMC Yukon	375	115	226%	1,163	841	38.3%
#8	Cadillac Escalade	297	194	53.1%	1,253	1,096	14.3%
#8.1	Cadillac Escalade *	145	132	9.8%	818	848	-3.5%
#8.2	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	152	62	145%	435	248	75.4%
#9	Volvo XC90	297	98	203%	1,462	134	991%
#10	GMC Yukon XL	292	123	137%	1,095	691	58.5%
#11	Porsche Cayenne	290	281	3.2%	1,144	1,148	-0.3%
#12	Chevrolet Suburban	265	74	258%	1,015	509	99.4%
#13	Porsche Macan	255	239	6.7%	1,168	950	22.9%
#14	Chevrolet Corvette	237	251	-5.6%	937	1,145	-18.2%
#15	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	234	237	-1.3%	1,573	1,264	24.4%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada’s figures combine the GLE-Class with the defunct M-Class.
$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.