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

Among vehicles with base prices of at least $50,000, the list of Canada’s 15 best sellers in February 2016 included just two cars

The BMW 5-Series and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, CLS inclusive.

The four top $50K+ vehicles in Canada in February 2016 were utility vehicles, as were seven of the top eight.

Meanwhile, Canada’s top-selling premium brand cars are tumbling.

Canadian sales of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 3-Series are down 25% through the first two months of 2016, equal to 658 lost sales for Mercedes-Benz and BMW dealers compared with the same period one year ago.

On the flip side, Canada’s top-selling premium brand utility vehicles are surging. In February, the Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class and BMW X5 jumped 53%, and they’ve added 661 sales to Mercedes-Benz and BMW dealers’ ledgers already 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.

February 2017 • March 2016 • January 2016 • February 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	597	742	-19.5%	991	1308	-24.2%
#2	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class °	525	378	38.9%	1130	715	58.0%
#3	BMW X5	511	298	71.5%	803	557	44.2%
#4	BMW 3-Series	429	765	-43.9%	936	1277	-26.7%
#5	Lexus RX	397	379	4.7%	921	808	14.0%
#6	Audi Q5	390	400	-2.5%	809	796	1.6%
#7	BMW X3	373	277	34.7%	637	573	11.2%
#8	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	361	172	110%	676	406	66.5%
#9	Acura RDX	352	406	-13.3%	685	769	-10.9%
#10	BMW 4-Series	346	417	-17.0%	718	639	12.4%
#11	Lexus NX	344	255	34.9%	650	635	2.4%
#12	Audi Q7	342	67	410%	676	156	333%
#13	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	326	312	4.5%	587	503	16.7%
#14	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class °	319	149	114%	550	310	77.4%
#15	Acura MDX	316	240	31.7%	680	577	17.9%

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	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class °	525	378	38.9%	1130	715	58.0%
#2	BMW X5	511	298	71.5%	803	557	44.2%
#3	Lexus RX	397	379	4.7%	921	808	14.0%
#4	Audi Q7	342	67	410%	676	156	333%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class °	319	149	114%	550	310	77.4%
#6	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	268	162	65.4%	488	375	30.1%
#7	Chevrolet Tahoe	208	172	20.9%	336	276	21.7%
#8	Cadillac Escalade	171	113	51.3%	324	266	21.8%
#8	Cadillac Escalade *	125	91	37.4%	249	214	16.4%
#8	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	46	22	109%	75	52	44.2%
#9	BMW 5-Series	169	160	5.6%	211	270	-21.9%
#10	GMC Yukon	152	115	32.2%	289	231	25.1%
#11	Ford Expedition	137	131	4.6%	248	211	17.5%
#12	Porsche Macan	134	52	158%	246	108	128%
#13	GMC Yukon XL	131	68	92.6%	260	162	60.5%
#14	Chevrolet Suburban	123	71	73.2%	269	119	126%
#15	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	120	139	-13.7%	428	281	52.3%

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, the GLE with the M-Class, and the GLK with the GLC.
$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.

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