As Canadians become increasingly fond of sitting just a little bit higher, gaining some tailgate flexibility, and losing just a smidgen or two of on-road dynamic mastery, Canadians become increasingly less fond of entry-level luxury sports sedans.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – February 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – February 2016 YTD
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Canada’s top-selling premium brand vehicle in calendar year 2015, tumbled 24% during the first two months of 2016 to 991 sales. That decline, married to the Mercedes-Benz GLE’s 58% increase, means the GLE, Mercedes-Benz’s middle SUV, is now Canada’s top-selling premium brand auto.
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And the C-Class is by no means the only formerly hot-selling luxury car to post sharp Canadian sales declines in the first one-sixth of 2016. The Acura TLX, Audi A4, BMW 3-Series, and Lexus IS all joined the C-Class in posting double-digit percentage losses.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.
These tables are sortable, so you can rank luxury cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • February 2017 • March 2016 • January 2016 • February 2015
|
Small/Entry
Luxury Car |
February
2016 |
February
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
147
|
136 | 8.1% | 273 | 196 | 39.3% | |
|
211
|
309 | -31.7% | 443 | 544 | -18.6% | |
|
181
|
174 | 4.0% | 387 | 393 | -1.5% | |
|
Audi A4 ^
|
180
|
330 | -45.5% | 373 | 605 | -38.3% |
|
Audi A5 *
|
73
|
58 | 25.9% | 130 | 137 | -5.1% |
|
136
|
40 | 240% | 227 | 72 | 215% | |
|
429
|
765 | -43.9% | 936 | 1277 | -26.7% | |
|
346
|
417 | -17.0% | 718 | 639 | 12.4% | |
|
172
|
128 | 34.4% | 431 | 248 | 73.8% | |
|
239
|
194 | 23.2% | 448 | 404 | 10.9% | |
|
5
|
20 | -75.0% | 12 | 32 | -62.5% | |
|
35
|
67 | -47.8% | 58 | 118 | -50.8% | |
|
155
|
174 | -10.9% | 286 | 326 | -12.3% | |
|
10
|
36 | -72.2% | 42 | 60 | -30.0% | |
|
168
|
109 | 54.1% | 302 | 254 | 18.9% | |
|
597
|
742 | -19.5% | 991 | 1308 | -24.2% | |
|
326
|
312 | 4.5% | 587 | 503 | 16.7% | |
|
75
|
27 | 178% | 129 | 83 | 55.4% | |
|
71
|
54 | 31.5% | 104 | 113 | -8.0% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
3556
|
4092 | -13.1% | 6877 | 7312 | -5.9% |
|
Midsize Luxury Car
|
February
2016 |
February
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7
|
16 | -56.3% | 14 | 28 | -50.0% | |
|
48
|
50 | -4.0% | 92 | 106 | -13.2% | |
|
42
|
14 | 200% | 82 | 31 | 165% | |
|
169
|
160 | 5.6% | 211 | 270 | -21.9% | |
|
55
|
45 | 22.2% | 133 | 90 | 47.8% | |
|
40
|
45 | -11.1% | 76 | 70 | 8.6% | |
|
—
|
2 | -100% | — | 3 | -100% | |
|
97
|
111 | -12.6% | 150 | 174 | -13.8% | |
|
26
|
14 | 85.7% | 54 | 25 | 116% | |
|
46
|
49 | -6.1% | 62 | 87 | -28.7% | |
|
Kia K900 ‡
|
4
|
— | — | 5 | 5 | 0.0% |
|
91
|
115 | -20.9% | 232 | 235 | -1.3% | |
|
34
|
23 | 47.8% | 64 | 52 | 23.1% | |
|
5
|
9 | -44.4% | 18 | 18 | 0.0% | |
|
50
|
101 | -50.5% | 98 | 137 | -28.5% | |
|
319
|
149 | 114% | 550 | 310 | 77.4% | |
|
2
|
4 | -50.0% | 19 | 24 | -20.8% | |
|
25
|
31 | -19.4% | 45 | 56 | -19.6% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1010
|
938 | 7.7% | 1905 | 1721 | 10.7% |
Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you’ll see the XC70 listed with luxury SUVs and the Acura ILX with mainstream cars… because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
^ Mercedes-Benz’s Canadian sales figures combine the E-Class with the CLS-Class. Audi Canada’s A4 sales figures include sales of the Allroad.
‡ The XTS, K900, and Equus aren’t listed here because they’re not massive – they are – but because their price points position them much more closely to, for example, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class than the S-Class. Genesis sales figures here do not include sales of the Genesis Coupe (as Hyundai’s U.S. Genesis sales figures do), making the comparison with premium brand vehicles much more valid.
RECOMMENDED READING
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada – February 2017
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada – March 2016
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada – January 2016
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada – February 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada – February 2016
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – February 2016
Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada – February 2016