Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada – January 2017

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class reported a 69% year-over-year surge to 664 units in January 2017, enough to make Mercedes-Benz’s best-selling product Canada’s best-selling luxury vehicle.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – January 2017

The C-Class was victorious in the same race in calendar year 2016, outselling the second-ranked Audi Q5 by 1641 units. In January, the C-Class finished 94 sales ahead of a different Audi, the second-ranked Audi A4, sales of which tripled.

Among premium brand utility vehicles, the Lexus RX was January’s leader, rising 6% to 554 units.

As Canada’s new vehicle market surged to an all-time January high of 111,000 units, 11 of the 15 top-selling luxury vehicles in Canada were SUVs/crossovers. Utility vehicle volume jumped 11% in Canada in January; car sales were down 5%.

Among vehicles priced above $50,000, the Lexus RX led a group of top sellers that included just one car, and 14 SUVs/crossovers.

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. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.

February 2017 • December 2016 • January 2016

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	Jan. 2017	Jan. 2016	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	664	394	68.5%
#2	Audi A4	570	193	195%
#3	Lexus RX	554	524	5.7%
#4	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	539	315	71.1%
#5	Audi Q5	498	419	18.9%
#6	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	472	261	80.8%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	469	605	-22.5%
#8	BMW X5	460	292	57.5%
#9	BMW 3-Series	459	507	-9.5%
#10	Acura RDX	455	333	36.6%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class	428	274	56.2%
#12	BMW X3	398	264	50.8%
#13	Lexus NX	356	306	16.3%
#14	Cadillac XT5	316	—	—
#15	Audi Q7	312	334	-6.6%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don’t report specific monthly sales data.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	Jan. 2017	Jan. 2016	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	554	524	5.7%
#2	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	469	605	-22.5%
#3	BMW X5	460	292	57.5%
#4	Audi Q7	312	334	-6.6%
#5	Acura MDX	271	364	-25.5%
#6	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	260	220	18.2%
#7	Porsche Macan	218	112	94.6%
#8	Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class	208	308	-32.5%
#9	Ford Expedition	199	111	79.3%
#10	Volvo XC90	165	103	60.2%
#11	Jaguar F-Pace	159	—	—
#12	Cadillac Escalade	155	153	1.3%
#12.1	Cadillac Escalade *	80	124	-35.5%
#12.2	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	75	29	159%
#13	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	152	231	-34.2%
#14	Land Rover Range Rover	137	114	20.2%
#15	GMC Yukon	109	137	-20.4%

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.
$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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