Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada – July 2015 YTD

Canadian sales of small luxury SUVs and crossovers jumped 43% to just under 4400 units in July 2015. The gains attributed to new contenders – Q3, GLA, Discovery Sport, and NX – were joined by increases from most established small luxury utilities.

Canada Vehicle Sales Brand Rankings – July 2015 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings – July 2015 YTD

Canadian sales of the Audi Q5, Canada’s best-selling premium brand SUV/crossover, slid 4% and BMW’s X3 plunged 51%. But the Acura RDX, BMW X4, Infiniti QX50, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, Lincoln MKC, Mercedes-Benz GLK, Porsche Macan, and Volvo XC60 all posted meaningful improvements compared with July 2014.

For the RDX, it was the best July ever. July was the fifth consecutive month in which Toyota Canada topped the 400-unit mark with the Lexus NX. It was the second-best month yet for the Porsche Macan.

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Up a notch in size, Volvo’s XC90 is on its way back. The 234% year-over-year increase in July works out to only 83 extra sales, however, and with just 117 sales in total, the XC90 isn’t just well back of top sellers like the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz M-Class, it’s way below the average monthly pace Volvo Canada achieved in 2005.

A decade ago, Volvo was selling 230 XC90s per month in Canada. As availability improves, we expect to see bigger XC90 numbers. If we don’t, there’ll be trouble.

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 now sortable, so you can rank luxury SUVs and crossovers 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 • July 2016 • August 2015 • June 2015 • July 2014

Compact Luxury SUV	July 2015	July 2015	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	314	—	—	1948	—	—
BMW X1	205	162	26.5%	1724	1741	-1.0%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	345	—	—	1868	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	864	162	433%	5540	1741	218%

Small Luxury SUV	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	587	485	21.0%	4397	3936	11.7%
Audi Q5	616	644	-4.3%	4441	4488	-1.0%
BMW X3	265	539	-50.8%	2671	3115	-14.3%
BMW X4	82	41	100%	645	41	1473%
Infiniti QX50	142	133	6.8%	1117	1083	3.1%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	56	—	—	153	—	—
Land Rover LR2	—	64	-100%	80	342	-76.6%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	191	156	22.4%	1319	966	36.5%
Lexus NX	438	—	—	2991	—	—
Lincoln MKC	309	246	25.6%	1778	302	489%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	430	297	44.8%	3141	3083	1.9%
Porsche Macan	241	191	26.2%	1191	463	157%
Volvo XC60	175	111	57.7%	1081	878	23.1%
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Total	3532	2907	21.5%	25,005	18,697	33.7%

Midsize Luxury SUV	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	491	499	-1.6%	3020	3431	-12.0%
Acura ZDX	1	—	—	1	5	-80.0%
Audi Q7	176	155	13.5%	1084	1164	-6.9%
BMW X5	435	406	7.1%	2975	3606	-17.5%
BMW X6	83	48	72.9%	681	327	108%
Cadillac SRX	429	382	12.3%	2799	2593	7.9%
Infiniti QX60	299	279	7.2%	2110	1975	6.8%
Infiniti QX70	41	50	-18.0%	322	251	28.3%
Land Rover LR4	75	25	200%	386	234	65.0%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	187	209	-10.5%	1451	1577	-8.0%
Lexus GX460	48	47	2.1%	397	340	16.8%
Lexus RX	660	649	1.7%	3831	4429	-13.5%
Lincoln MKT	29	33	-12.1%	142	183	-22.4%
Lincoln MKX	191	272	-29.8%	995	1649	-39.7%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	411	461	-10.8%	3233	3261	-0.9%
Porsche Cayenne	277	198	39.9%	1425	1280	11.3%
Volkswagen Touareg *	139	207	-32.9%	1207	1205	0.2%
Volvo XC70 *	34	34	0.0%	284	316	-10.1%
Volvo XC90	117	35	234%	251	213	17.8%
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Total	4123	3989	3.4%	26,594	28,039	-5.2%