Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – March 2015

11 of the 15 best-selling luxury nameplates in Canada (and 12 of the top 16) in March 2015 were utility vehicles.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – March 2015 YTD

Granted, the two top-selling premium brand vehicles in March were cars, in addition to the eighth-ranked Audi A4 and ninth-ranked Acura TLX, which happened to be Acura’s top-selling model.

But the others were all SUVs/CUVs, from the top-selling Mercedes-Benz M-Class (which will soon become the GLE) to the 15th-ranked Cadillac SRX, not to leave out what we don’t show here, the 16th-ranked Infiniti QX60.

Meanwhile, among vehicles with pricetags of at least $50,000, there were only two cars in the top 15: Mercedes-Benz’s E-Class (CLS inclusive) and the 15th-ranked BMW 5-Series, both of which posted year-over-year declines.

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.

March 2016 • April 2015 • February 2015 • March 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	March 2015	March 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	1248	701	78.0%	2556	1629	56.9%
#2	BMW 3-Series	723	697	3.7%	2000	1664	20.2%
#3	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	594	587	1.2%	1310	1307	0.2%
#4	Lexus RX	587	727	-19.3%	1395	1613	-13.5%
#5	Audi Q5	574	742	-22.6%	1370	1664	-17.7%
#6	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	565	617	-8.4%	1065	1243	-14.3%
#7	BMW X5	505	654	-22.8%	1062	1597	-33.5%
#8	Audi A4	498	603	-17.4%	1103	1323	-16.6%
#9	Acura TLX	494	—	—	1038	—	—
#10	Acura RDX	492	634	-22.4%	1261	1282	-1.6%
#11	Lexus NX	444	—	—	1079	—	—
#12	Acura MDX	421	568	-25.9%	998	1220	-18.2%
#13	BMW X3	378	403	-6.2%	951	941	1.1%
#14	Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	353	194	82.0%	693	426	62.7%
#15	Cadillac SRX	339	371	-8.6%	694	843	-17.7%

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	March 2015	March 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	594	587	1.2%	1310	1307	0.2%
#2	Lexus RX	587	727	-19.3%	1395	1613	-13.5%
#3	BMW X5	505	654	-22.8%	1062	1597	-33.5%
#4	Acura MDX	421	568	-25.9%	998	1220	-18.2%
#5	Chevrolet Tahoe	266	76	250%	542	161	237%
#6	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	253	427	-40.7%	623	686	-9.2%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	224	236	-5.1%	505	498	1.4%
#8	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	223	321	-30.5%	598	753	-20.6%
#9	Cadillac Escalade	187	27	593%	453	89	409%
	Cadillac Escalade °	147	19	674%	361	62	482%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	40	7	471%	92	22	318%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	—	1	-100%	—	5	-100%
#10	Porsche Cayenne	176	166	6.0%	358	453	-21.0%
#11	Porsche Macan	143	—	—	251	—	—
#12	GMC Yukon	141	62	127%	372	164	127%
#13	Volkswagen Touareg	140	168	-16.7%	517	429	20.5%
#14	Audi Q7	119	192	-38.0%	275	428	-35.7%
#15	BMW 5-Series	110	114	-3.5%	380	412	-7.8%

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 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.
The new Cadillac CTS sedan’s base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet. Total CTS sales in March: down 13% to 73.

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