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

In May 2016, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class recorded its first year-over-year sales increase in Canada since November of last year and easily outsold all premium brand rivals to end May as Canada’s top-selling premium vehicle.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – May 2016 YTD

Year-to-date, the C-Class now leads Mercedes-Benz’s own GLE SUV by 270 units in the race to end 2016 as Canada’s top-selling luxury vehicle. The next-closest competitors are Audi and Lexus utilities: the Q5 and RX, both of which are on the upswing.

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Through five months, the C-Class and its most direct rival, BMW’s 3-Series, are down 21% and 25%, respectively, combining for 1846 fewer sales in the first five months of 2016 than during the same period one year ago.

Among vehicles with price tags above $50,000, May 2016’s top six sellers were all SUVs/crossovers. Of the 15 leaders above $50,000, there were but three traditional passenger cars, including the Chevrolet 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.

June 2016 • April 2016 • May 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	May 2016	May 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	1027	1014	1.3%	3600	4538	-20.7%
#2	Audi Q5	799	752	6.3%	3210	3026	6.1%
#3	BMW 3-Series	731	851	-14.1%	2727	3635	-25.0%
#4	BMW X5	729	527	38.3%	2736	2064	32.6%
#5	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	681	544	25.2%	3330	2360	41.1%
#6	Audi A4	676	650	4.0%	2154	2486	-13.4%
#7	Lexus RX	672	610	10.2%	3124	2606	19.9%
#8	BMW X3	648	478	35.6%	2336	2115	10.4%
#9	Lexus NX	623	422	47.6%	2411	2050	17.6%
#10	Acura RDX	579	828	-30.1%	2787	2930	-4.9%
#11	Audi A3	448	432	3.7%	1613	1660	-2.8%
#12	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	443	404	9.7%	1873	1581	18.5%
#13	Audi Q3	438	359	22.0%	1717	1360	26.3%
#14	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	435	312	39.4%	1970	1216	62.0%
#15	Acura MDX	431	547	-21.2%	2051	2125	-3.5%

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	May 2016	May 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW X5	729	527	38.3%	2736	2064	32.6%
#2	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	681	544	25.2%	3330	2360	41.1%
#3	Lexus RX	672	610	10.2%	3124	2606	19.9%
#4	Acura MDX	431	547	-21.2%	2051	2125	-3.5%
#5	Audi Q7	426	193	121%	1865	673	177%
#6	Ford Expedition	416	232	79.3%	1078	826	30.5%
#7	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	300	360	-16.7%	1514	1268	19.4%
#8	Volvo XC90	244	36	578%	1165	36	3136%
#9	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	241	222	8.6%	1339	1027	30.4%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class & GL-Class	231	185	24.9%	902	929	-2.9%
#11	Porsche Macan	225	195	15.4%	913	711	28.4%
#12	BMW 5-Series	219	171	28.1%	871	677	28.7%
#13	Chevrolet Corvette	219	450	-51.3%	700	894	-21.7%
#14	Porsche Cayenne	215	272	-21.0%	854	867	-1.5%
#15	Cadillac Escalade	211	201	5.0%	956	902	6.0%
	Cadillac Escalade °	123	159	-22.6%	673	716	-6.0%
	Cadillac Escalade °	88	42	110%	283	186	52.2%

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.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
$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.