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

The BMW X5 was Canada’s best-selling premium brand SUV/crossover in September, pipping the best-selling small luxury utility vehicle, Lexus’s NX, by 14 units.

Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – September 2015 YTD
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – September 2015 YTD

The NX led a category which surged to a 24% year-over-year improved, helped along by all-new players like, for example, the NX, and Land Rover’s Discovery Sport.

Yet even without the new players adding volume to the segment, small luxury SUV/CUV sales – including a trio of compact contenders from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz – was up 3% last month.

New rivals haven’t made it impossible for the Acura RDX, BMW X1, Range Rover Evoque, and Porsche Macan to record continual growth.

Bigger things will be expected from the X1, BMW’s smallest SAV, now that the all-new, second-generation X1 is arriving on Canadian shores.

The newer model isn’t the rear-wheel-drive/AWD pseudo-performance wagon that the first X1 was, but it’s a roomier car that’ll still prove sufficiently athletic to most buyers.

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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 • September 2016 • October 2015 • August 2015 • September 2014

Compact Luxury SUV	September 2015	September 2015	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	288	328	-12.2%	2561	610	320%
BMW X1	363	247	47.0%	2296	2137	7.4%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	357	184	94.0%	2574	184	1299%
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Total	1008	759	32.8%	7431	2931	53.5%

Small Luxury SUV	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	637	485	31.3%	5676	4864	16.7%
Audi Q5	730	791	-7.7%	5930	5971	-0.7%
BMW X3	346	434	-20.3%	3349	3956	-15.3%
BMW X4	121	100	21.0%	854	210	307%
Infiniti QX50	232	172	34.9%	1524	1418	7.5%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	152	—	—	399	—	—
Land Rover LR2	—	71	-100%	80	468	-82.9%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	157	146	7.5%	1700	1272	33.6%
Lexus NX	815	—	—	4384	—	—
Lincoln MKC	250	277	-9.7%	2245	937	140%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	529	649	-18.5%	4110	4053	1.4%
Porsche Macan	207	136	52.2%	1639	798	105%
Volvo XC60	111	184	-39.7%	1315	1184	11.1%
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Total	4287	3445	24.4%	33,205	25,131	32.1%

Midsize Luxury SUV	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	692	523	32.3%	4184	4496	-6.9%
Acura ZDX	—	1	-100%	1	6	-83.3%
Audi Q7	180	141	27.7%	1465	1457	0.5%
BMW X5	829	461	79.8%	4219	4349	-3.0%
BMW X6	211	311	-32.2%	986	692	42.5%
Cadillac SRX	495	337	46.9%	3854	3274	17.7%
Infiniti QX60	357	343	4.1%	2784	2598	7.2%
Infiniti QX70	41	45	-8.9%	404	348	16.1%
Land Rover LR4	63	31	103%	530	301	76.1%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	227	141	61.0%	1831	1912	-4.2%
Lexus GX460	55	48	14.6%	497	413	20.3%
Lexus RX	587	672	-12.6%	5027	5785	-13.1%
Lincoln MKT	17	23	-26.1%	184	221	-16.7%
Lincoln MKX	502	205	145%	1821	2115	-13.9%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	689	436	58.0%	4618	4206	9.8%
Porsche Cayenne	222	117	89.7%	1863	1545	20.6%
Volkswagen Touareg *	159	240	-33.8%	1591	1674	-5.0%
Volvo XC70 *	28	55	-49.1%	335	406	-17.5%
Volvo XC90	81	72	12.5%	522	340	53.5%
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Total	5435	4202	29.3%	36,716	36,138	1.6%