Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – December 2011

The Infiniti FX was Canada’s
31st-best-selling premium vehicle in December

In the lead-up to the launch of BMW’s F30 3-Series, Canadian sales of the current E90 3-Series are in free fall. The BMW ended December 2011 as Canada’s second-best-selling premium car, no mean feat, but sales plunged 40%, year-over-year. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, a direct 3-Series rival, was up 18% in December, enough to earn a victory as Canada’s best-selling premium vehicle and Canada’s 13th-best-selling car overall.

Canada’s favourite premium utility vehicle in December was the Lexus RX. Other SUVs and crossovers in the top ten included the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, Lincoln MKX, Mercedes-Benz GLK, BMW X3, and Acura RDX. Not including the Volvo XC70 – it’s just a V70 on stilts – 16 members of this list of Canada’s top 30 best-selling premium vehicles were SUVs/crossovers. The list includes a new GoodCarBadCar Good 12 winner, the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque.

Aside from the 3-Series’ dreadful 40% decline, no year-over-year fall (among cars in the top 30) was worse than the Cadillac CTS’s 29% plunge. The Acura MDX fell 26%. Infiniti G sales slid 24%. On the flip side, BMW X3 sales jumped 421% – BMW didn’t really have any X3s to sell in December 2010. The same story was true at Volvo where sales of the gorgeous S60 jumped 304%. Audi Q5 sales rose 66% and the Acura TL was up 56%.

The list showing Canada’s 30 best-selling luxury vehicles for 2011 can be viewed here. Check out December’s top 30 below and examine November’s edition for some context. You can always find monthly and yearly sales figures for these models and every other nameplate on sale by accessing the dropdown menu at the top right of this page.

Rank	Best-Selling Luxury Vehicle	December 2011	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-class	946	+ 18.3%	9447	+ 16.8%
#2	BMW 3-Series	742	– 39.5%	11,226	– 19.9%
#3	Lexus RX	593	+ 39.5%	6760	– 8.4%
#4	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	449	– 7.6%	3846	– 0.6%
#5	Lincoln MKX	444	+ 5.2%	4595	+ 3.1%
#6	Acura TL	437	+ 56.1%	3229	+ 11.5%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	405	– 11.6%	5294	– 9.5%
#8	BMW X3	375	+ 421%	4671	+ 64.5%
#9	Acura RDX	352	+ 15.8%	3070	– 2.9%
#10	Mercedes-Benz E & CLS-Class	338	+ 5.6%	3898	– 0.4%
#11	Acura TSX	338	+ 4.6%	1659	– 27.8%
#12	Acura MDX	333	– 26.0%	5334	– 11.0%
#13	BMW X1	313	—–	2980	—–
#14	BMW X5	310	– 17.1%	4155	+ 3.6%
#15	Audi A4	262	+ 21.9%	5480	+ 5.2%
#16	Infiniti G	248	– 24.2%	3603	– 18.3%
#17	Audi Q5	247	+ 65.8%	4502	+ 47.1%
#18	BMW 5-Series	241	– 19.4%	2963	+ 24.4%
#19	Cadillac SRX	235	– 6.0%	3197	+ 9.6%
#20	Volvo XC60	174	– 2.8%	1865	+ 21.1%
#21	Cadillac CTS	165	– 28.6%	3048	+ 2.5%
#22	Mercedes-Benz G & GL-Class	154	– 7.8%	1722	+ 19.8%
#23	Lexus ES	152	– 1.9%	1892	– 29.6%
#24	Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	150	—–	412	—–
#25	Lexus IS	143	– 1.4%	2235	+ 0.1%
#26	Lexus CT200h	136	—–	1350	—–
#27	Volkswagen Touareg	110	+ 17.0%	1618	+ 129%
#28	Volvo S60	109	+ 304%	1519	+ 630%
#29	Infiniti EX	104	+ 35.1%	1521	– 21.0%
#30	Volvo XC70	103	+ 47.1%	942	– 17.7%