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

Five of the seven best-selling premium brand vehicles in Canada in September 2015 were utility vehicles.

While the top seller continues to be a car – in September it was the BMW 3-Series; year-to-date it’s the Mercedes-Benz C-Class – the emphasis luxury auto brands are placing on SUVs and crossovers is increasingly evident.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – September 2015 YTD

BMW X5 volume increased by 358 units, year-over-year, in September 2015 as BMW Canada lost 138 3-Series sales, 27 4-Series sales, and 67 5-Series sales.

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Among truly costly vehicles, automobiles with base prices above $50,000, nearly all of the most popular products in September were SUVs/CUVs.

Only one of the top 15 $50K+ vehicles in September 2015 was a car: the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and its CLS-Class offshoot. And sales of that duo slid 29% in September and are down 20% so far this year.

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.

September 2016 • October 2015 • August 2015 • September 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	876	1014	-13.6%	7091	7462	-5.0%
#2	BMW X5	829	461	79.8%	4219	4349	-3.0%
#3	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	816	694	17.6%	7841	4958	58.1%
#4	Lexus NX	815	—	—	4384	—	—
#5	Audi Q5	730	791	-7.7%	5930	5971	-0.7%
#6	Acura MDX	692	523	32.3%	4184	4496	-6.9%
#7	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	689	436	58.0%	4618	4206	9.8%
#8	Acura TLX	647	381	69.8%	3997	1669	139%
#9	Acura RDX	637	485	31.3%	5676	4864	16.7%
#10	Lexus RX	587	672	-12.6%	5027	5785	-13.1%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	529	649	-18.5%	4110	4053	1.4%
#12	Lincoln MKX	502	25	145%	1821	2115	-13.9%
#13	Cadillac SRX	495	337	46.9%	3854	3274	17.7%
#14	Audi A4 *	392	432	-9.3%	4220	4301	-1.9%
#15	BMW 4-Series	374	401	-6.7%	3877	2499	55.1%

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	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW X5	829	461	79.8%	4219	4349	-3.0%
#2	Acura MDX	692	523	32.3%	4184	4496	-6.9%
#3	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	689	436	58.0%	4618	4206	9.8%
#4	Lexus RX	587	672	-12.6%	5027	5785	-13.1%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	273	386	-29.3%	2338	2909	-19.6%
#6	Chevrolet Tahoe	232	261	-11.1%	1766	1358	30.0%
#7	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	227	141	61.0%	1831	1912	-4.2%
#8	Porsche Cayenne	222	117	89.7%	1863	1545	20.6%
#9	Ford Expedition	220	91	142%	1676	993	68.8%
#10	BMW X6	211	311	-32.2%	986	692	42.5%
#11	Porsche Macan	207	136	52.2%	1639	798	105%
#12	Chevrolet Suburban	206	64	222%	926	670	38.2%
#13	GMC Yukon XL	187	172	8.7%	1059	1348	-21.4%
#14	Audi Q7	180	141	27.7%	1465	1457	0.5%
#15	Cadillac Escalade	176	153	15.0%	1542	550	180%
	Cadillac Escalade °	135	120	12.5%	1182	413	186%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	41	33	24.2%	360	131	175%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	—	—	—	—	6	-100%

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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