Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales Figures In Canada – October 2013 YTD

Here’s a fact that won’t surprise anyone that pays attention to the vehicles which pass them by on highways and city streets: Canadians are buying more and more SUVs and crossovers from premium automobile brands.

• All 257 Autos Ranked By October 2013/YTD Canadian Sales
• All 87 SUVs/Crossovers Ranked By October 2013/YTD Canadian Sales

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Windshield surveys aren’t an accurate barometer of auto sales, of course. You understand the inevitable folly: “I saw four Mitsubishi RVRs on the way to work in Thunder Bay this morning; that thing must be Canada’s best-selling crossover.”

As a general statement however, the overwhelming change in the automobile marketplace has led to a dramatic influx in the number of high-priced SUV/CUV sales, and that influx has been impossible to miss.

Six of Canada’s 30 best-selling SUVs/crossovers are sold by premium brands (including Acura, which, in spite of arguments from some corners, has to be considered premium when they offer a base MDX that costs 43% more than a base Honda Pilot and a base RDX that costs 16% more than a top-of-the-line Honda CR-V.)

Through ten months of 2013, ten of the 14 biggest year-over-year increases among SUVs and crossovers belong to premium brand nameplates, from the Mercedes-Benz G-Class’s doubling of volume to the Cadillac SRX’s 26% jump. The SRX is Canada’s 97th-best-selling vehicle overall so far this year, up from 112th at this time in 2012.

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. You’ll notice that the + icon has been removed from year-over-year increases, but you can still identify year-over-year declines with the – symbol and red font.

Click Column Headers To Sort – October 2014 – November 2013 – September 2013 – October 2012

Small Luxury SUV	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	556	480	15.8%	5092	3935	29.4%
Audi Q5	744	629	18.3%	6236	4905	27.1%
BMW X1	172	91	89.0%	2370	4288	– 44.7%
BMW X3	364	610	– 40.3%	5029	4203	19.7%
Infiniti EX / QX50	120	177	– 32.2%	1225	1169	4.8%
Land Rover LR2	50	12	317%	423	279	51.6%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	179	112	59.8%	1495	1040	43.8%
Mercedes-Benz GLK	534	447	19.5%	5150	4286	20.2%
Volvo XC60	137	123	11.4%	1467	1629	– 9.9%
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Total	2856	2681	6.5%	28,487	25,734	10.7%

Midsize Luxury SUV	October 2013	October 2012	% Change	2013 YTD	2012 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	489	497	– 1.6%	5010	4287	16.9%
Acura ZDX	4	1	300%	39	87	– 55.2%
Audi Q7	179	188	– 4.8%	1556	1410	10.4%
BMW X5	703	498	41.2%	3268	3438	– 4.9%
BMW X6	43	135	– 68.1%	686	836	– 17.9%
Cadillac SRX	457	357	28.0%	3187	2524	26.3%
Infiniti FX/QX70	49	58	– 15.5%	552	633	– 12.8%
Infiniti JX/QX60	271	204	32.8%	2704	1798	50.4%
Land Rover LR4	46	51	– 9.8%	369	425	– 13.2%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	169	155	9.0%	1380	1379	0.1%
Lexus GX460	36	32	12.5%	251	299	– 16.1%
Lexus RX	765	693	10.4%	6595	6011	9.7%
Lincoln MKT	29	41	– 29.3%	325	369	– 11.9%
Lincoln MKX	274	226	21.2%	2739	3287	– 16.7%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	538	414	30.0%	3940	4682	– 15.8%
Porsche Cayenne	209	160	30.6%	1687	1330	26.8%
Volkswagen Touareg *	173	203	– 14.8%	1723	1626	6.0%
Volvo XC70 *	60	60	0.0%	542	657	– 17.5%
Volvo XC90	18	30	– 40.0%	450	413	9.0%
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Total	4512	4003	12.7%	37,003	35,491	4.2%