Not surprisingly, BMW, the best-selling luxury automobile brand in Canada in April 2013, ended up being the seller of the best-selling luxury car in April 2013.
1099 3-Series sedans, coupes, convertibles, and wagons were sold last month, a 45% increase compared with April 2012. Its nearest rivals, the Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, were 495 and 557 units back of the 3er, respectively.
Among more costly luxury vehicles, the Acura MDX’s strongest ever April performance made it the most popular vehicle among nameplates which cost at least $50,000. In the group of Canada’s 15 favourite expensive vehicles, the MDX was one of eleven SUVs and crossovers.
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Relative popularity aside, none of these vehicles cracked the list of Canada’s 30 best-selling vehicles. The 3-Series was, nevertheless, Canada’s 20th-best-selling car, placing it ahead of the Dodge Dart, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Malibu, and Ford’s Fiesta.
You can always select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures from both Canada and the United States. Pertinent links are clickable at the bottom of this post, but you can also find related links at the Best Sellers page.
Canada’s 15 best-selling luxury vehicles from April 2013, factored out two different ways, are visible below. Want to define luxury a different way? GCBC plans to rank every vehicle with April and year-to-date sales figures in a sortable table tomorrow. That’ll arm you with all the numbers you need to tell yourself that the Chrysler Town & Country was Canada’s best-selling luxury vehicle in April.
April 2014 – May 2013 – March 2013 – April 2012
|
Rank
|
Luxury Vehicle
(Premium Brands) |
April 2013
|
%
Change |
Year
To Date |
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
BMW 3-Series
|
1099 | + 44.6% | 3645 | + 21.9% |
|
#2
|
Buick Verano
|
829 | + 55.2% | 1777 | + 23.9% |
|
#3
|
Lexus RX
|
799 | + 35.2% | 2275 | + 15.1% |
|
#4
|
Acura MDX
|
789 | + 51.1% | 1994 | + 33.4% |
|
#5
|
Audi Q5
|
755 | + 36.3% | 2336 | + 17.4% |
|
#6
|
Acura RDX
|
750 | + 63.4% | 1925 | + 105% |
|
#7
|
Buick Encore
|
675 | —– | 894 | —– |
|
#8
|
Mercedes-Benz GLK
|
610 | + 39.9% | 2040 | + 24.0% |
|
#9
|
Audi A4
|
604 | – 7.2% | 1861 | – 16.5% |
|
#10
|
BMW X3
|
576 | + 84.6% | 2228 | + 118% |
|
#11
|
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
|
542 | – 54.2% | 2526 | – 29.9% |
|
#12
|
BMW X1
|
380 | – 35.3% | 887 | – 48.6% |
|
#13
|
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
|
356 | – 33.7% | 1394 | – 38.1% |
|
#14
|
Audi A5
|
332 | + 101% | 803 | + 31.0% |
|
#15
|
Cadillac SRX
|
327 | + 23.4% | 885 | – 0.1% |
For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Buick, 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. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Preliminary reader input suggests Buick will, after a short life here, be thrown back to the mainstream wolves.
|
Rank
|
Luxury Vehicle
(Min. Base Price $50,00) |
April 2013
|
%
Change |
Year
To Date |
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
Acura MDX
|
789 | + 51.1% | 1994 | + 33.4% |
|
#2
|
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
|
356 | – 33.7% | 1394 | – 38.1% |
|
#3
|
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class
|
257 | + 32.5% | 872 | + 57.4% |
|
#4
|
Mercedes-Benz
E-Class & CLS-Class |
248 | – 45.6% | 871 | – 34.6% |
|
#5
|
BMW X5
|
246 | – 24.3% | 874 | – 25.6% |
|
#6
|
Porsche Cayenne
|
173 | – 5.5% | 541 | + 16.1% |
|
#7
|
BMW 5-Series
|
169 | – 52.1% | 706 | – 25.4% |
|
#8
|
Audi Q7
|
160 | – 19.2% | 533 | – 8.1% |
|
#9
|
Land Rover
Range Rover Sport |
118 | – 2.5% | 550 | + 12.2% |
|
#10
|
Chevrolet Suburban
|
113 | + 13.0% | 327 | – 4.9% |
|
#11
|
Porsche 911
|
99 | + 13.8% | 261 | + 26.7% |
|
#12
|
Audi A6
|
92 | – 3.2% | 288 | – 11.4% |
|
#13
|
Cadillac Escalade
|
89 | – 3.3% | 293 | – 13.1% |
|
#14
|
BMW X6
|
72 | + 50.0% | 245 | + 0.4% |
|
#15
|
Toyota Sequoia
|
71 | + 12.7% | 2245 | – 22.7% |
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
$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 biggest problem with a $50,000 minimum price of entry? Cars like the Cadillac XTS, which starts at $48,995, sporty cars like the $48,600 Audi TT, and SUVs like the $49,930 Chevrolet Tahoe and $49,675 Volkswagen Touareg.
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Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – April 2014
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Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – April 2012
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