Best Selling Small And Midsize Luxury SUVs in America for December 2018
Here you will find the Small And Midsize Luxury SUV sales leaders in the United States for December 2018. Each month we compile the Small And Midsize Luxury SUV sales data and reports for North American markets and analyze it to create the best selling list below.
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Our Take On The Small And Midsize Luxury SUVs Sales Numbers
Small and Midsize Luxury SUV sales in America were predictably strong. Midsize Luxury SUV sales led the way in terms of actual sales volume. However, more Midsize Luxury SUVs were actually sold last year than in 2018.
Compact Luxury SUVs led the way in terms of sales increases. For 2018, the segment saw a bump in sales of roughly 107,000 units. In the month of December, roughly 16,000 more units sold than in the same month last year. The Acura RDX, BMW X3, Infiniti QX50, and Volvo XC60 stood out with significant sales increases both in the month of December and for the year as a whole.
Subcompact Luxury SUV sales saw slight increases for the month of December and the year as a whole. For the most part, though, sales stayed flat for the segment. The Audi A3 was the most notable vehicle with serious declines for December and the year.
Sales increases are expected for 2019.
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Top Small And Midsize Luxury SUVs Sales Figures – This Month
This sales table of shows the top Large SUV sales performers in the United States, including their year on year growth rates both for the most recent month and year to date figures. Note that this table is sortable and that it fees the chart below. You can easily change the chart by filtering and sorting the below table.
For reference US = United States Sales for the month, US LY = Last Year’s United States Sales for the month, US vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate, YTD = United States Sales Year to Date, YTD LY = Last Year’s United States Year to Date Sales, YTD vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate.
Subcompact Luxury SUV Sales
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class | 2,397 | 2,580 | -7.1 | 24,136 | 28,194 | -14.4 |
| Audi Q3 | 620 | 2,367 | -73.8 | 16,828 | 24,387 | -31.0 |
| Infiniti QX30 | 647 | 830 | -22.0 | 8,101 | 15,090 | -46.3 |
| Lexus UX | 453 | 0 | 0.0 | 453 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BMW X1 | 3,411 | 4,454 | -23.4 | 29,057 | 36,946 | -21.4 |
| BMW X2 | 1,454 | 0 | 0.0 | 16,154 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Volvo XC40 | 1,316 | 0 | 0.0 | 12,420 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ∑ = 10,298 | ∑ = 10,231 | ∑ = 107,149 | ∑ = 104,617 |
Compact Luxury SUV Sales
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Rover Discovery Sport | 1,512 | 1,466 | 3.1 | 12,035 | 14,187 | -15.2 |
| Jaguar E-Pace | 727 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,985 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLC/GLK-Class | 7,294 | 6,152 | 18.6 | 69,729 | 48,643 | 43.3 |
| Jaguar I-Pace | 223 | 0 | 0.0 | 393 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Porsche Macan | 1,345 | 1,444 | -6.9 | 22,954 | 21,429 | 7.1 |
| Lincoln MKC | 2,774 | 2,504 | 10.8 | 26,241 | 27,048 | -3.0 |
| Lexus NX | 8,764 | 7,410 | 18.3 | 62,079 | 59,341 | 4.6 |
| Audi Q5 | 8,143 | 7,531 | 8.1 | 69,978 | 57,640 | 21.4 |
| Infiniti QX50 | 3,329 | 1,785 | 86.5 | 25,389 | 16,857 | 50.6 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 1,594 | 1,255 | 27.0 | 9,917 | 11,979 | -17.2 |
| Acura RDX | 6,838 | 4,808 | 42.2 | 63,580 | 51,295 | 23.9 |
| Alfa Romeo Stelvio | 1,063 | 997 | 6.6 | 12,043 | 2,721 | 342.6 |
| BMW X3 | 8,511 | 4,283 | 98.7 | 61,351 | 40,691 | 50.8 |
| BMW X4 | 612 | 538 | 13.8 | 4,323 | 5,198 | -16.8 |
| Volvo XC60 | 3,387 | 2,421 | 39.9 | 32,689 | 22,516 | 45.2 |
| Cadillac XT4 | 2,557 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,785 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ∑ = 58,673 | ∑ = 42,594 | ∑ = 486,471 | ∑ = 379,545 |
Midsize Luxury SUV Sales
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porsche Cayenne | 1,383 | 940 | 47.1 | 11,106 | 13,203 | -15.9 |
| Land Rover Discovery / LR4 | 1,037 | 1,038 | -0.1 | 9,842 | 6,398 | 53.8 |
| Jaguar F-Pace | 1,595 | 1,708 | -6.6 | 12,997 | 19,238 | -32.4 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class | 3,734 | 5,823 | -35.9 | 46,010 | 54,595 | -15.7 |
| Lexus GX | 3,322 | 3,325 | -0.1 | 26,724 | 27,190 | -1.7 |
| Acura MDX | 5,948 | 6,076 | -2.1 | 51,512 | 54,886 | -6.1 |
| Lincoln MKT | 271 | 186 | 45.7 | 2,324 | 3,005 | -22.7 |
| Lincoln MKX/Nautilus | 3,364 | 2,976 | 13.0 | 28,573 | 31,031 | -7.9 |
| Tesla Model X | 4,100 | 2,000 | 105.0 | 27,250 | 21,600 | 26.2 |
| Audi Q7 | 4,030 | 4,838 | -16.7 | 37,417 | 38,346 | -2.4 |
| Audi Q8 | 925 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,029 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Infiniti QX60 | 7,032 | 4,098 | 71.6 | 47,370 | 40,444 | 17.1 |
| Infiniti QX70 | 4 | 292 | -98.6 | 954 | 6,878 | -86.1 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Sport | 2,688 | 1,452 | 85.1 | 24,282 | 19,153 | 26.8 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Velar | 1,555 | 1,694 | -8.2 | 17,037 | 5,740 | 196.8 |
| Lexus RX | 13,222 | 13,951 | -5.2 | 111,636 | 108,307 | 3.1 |
| BMW X5 | 7,323 | 6,847 | 7.0 | 45,013 | 50,815 | -11.4 |
| BMW X6 | 483 | 1,005 | -51.9 | 6,862 | 6,780 | 1.2 |
| Volvo XC90 | 3,157 | 4,771 | -33.8 | 31,609 | 30,996 | 2.0 |
| Cadillac XT5 | 4,586 | 6,888 | -33.4 | 60,566 | 68,312 | -11.3 |
| ∑ = 69,759 | ∑ = 69,908 | ∑ = 601,113 | ∑ = 606,917 |