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

Canadian sales of small luxury SUVs and crossovers jumped 51% to 5092 units in June 2015 and shot up 51% to 26,249 units in the first-half of 2015.

Propelled along by five new nameplates which weren’t on sale a year ago – those five vehicles added 6470 units on their own – the group of 16 combined for nearly 9000 total more sales in the first six months of 2015 than during the same period one year earlier.

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

Despite its own 0.5% decrease, no premium utility vehicle is selling as often as the Audi Q5 in Canada. (Acura’s RDX is just 15 sales abaft.) Among vehicles which were on sale at the beginning of 2014, the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque’s 39% improvement is the greatest.

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Many of these smaller utility vehicles are not integral to their respective brands’ success. The Audi Q5 is Audi’s best-selling model. The Lexus NX accounted for 37% of Lexus’s non-RX volume in June. The MKC produced 49% of Lincoln’s Canadian sales last month. The Volvo XC60 is Volvo’s best-selling model and is responsible for four out of every ten Volvo sales in Canada. The RDX is Acura’s top-selling model, responsible for 47% of the brand’s June volume in Canada.

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.

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Compact Luxury SUV	June 2015	June 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	274	—	—	1634	—	—
BMW X1	275	171	60.8%	1519	1579	-3.8%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	307	—	—	1623	—	—
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Total	856	171	401%	4776	1579	202%

Small Luxury SUV	June 2015	June 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	880	525	67.6%	3810	3451	10.4%
Audi Q5	799	763	4.7%	3825	3844	-0.5%
BMW X3	291	636	-54.2%	2406	2576	-6.6%
BMW X4	83	—	—	563	—	—
Infiniti QX50	132	144	-8.3%	975	950	2.6%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	59	—	—	97	—	—
Land Rover LR2	—	40	-100%	80	278	-71.2%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	209	143	46.2%	1128	810	39.3%
Lexus NX	503	—	—	2553	—	—
Lincoln MKC	268	53	406%	1469	56	2523%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	570	582	-2.1%	2711	2786	-2.7%
Porsche Macan	239	168	42.3%	950	272	249%
Volvo XC60	203	147	38.1%	906	767	18.1%
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Total	4236	3201	32.3%	21,473	15,790	36.0%

Midsize Luxury SUV	June 2015	June 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	404	482	-16.2%	2529	2931	-13.7%
Acura ZDX	—	—	—	—	5	-100%
Audi Q7	235	167	40.7%	908	1009	-10.0%
BMW X5	476	427	11.5%	2540	3200	-20.6%
BMW X6	123	47	162%	598	279	114%
Cadillac SRX	408	354	15.3%	2370	2211	7.2%
Infiniti QX60	352	205	71.7%	1811	1696	6.8%
Infiniti QX70	54	26	108%	281	201	39.8%
Land Rover LR4	62	26	139%	311	209	48.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	237	197	20.3%	1264	1368	-7.6%
Lexus GX460	49	64	-23.4%	349	293	19.1%
Lexus RX	565	653	-13.5%	3171	3780	-16.1%
Lincoln MKT	19	27	-29.6%	113	150	-24.7%
Lincoln MKX	111	228	-51.3%	804	1377	-41.6%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	462	497	-7.0%	2822	2800	0.8%
Porsche Cayenne	281	192	46.4%	1148	1082	6.1%
Volkswagen Touareg *	163	177	-7.9%	1068	998	7.0%
Volvo XC70 *	52	75	-30.7%	250	282	-11.3%
Volvo XC90	98	45	118%	134	178	-24.7%
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Total	4151	3889	6.7%	22,471	24,049	-6.6%