Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America – July 2015

The Cadillac SRX was America’s third-best-selling premium brand vehicle in July 2015, up from an eighth-place finish one month earlier and a fifth-place result in July 2014.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – July 2015 YTD

Year-over-year, SRX volume was up 47%. Overall Cadillac sales, where the SRX accounted for 48% of the brand’s volume, slid 7% last month. Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and Acura all sold more vehicles last month than Cadillac.

BMW’s 3-Series was the second-ranked premium brand vehicle in America in July 2015. In BMW’s previous reporting methods, the 3-Series and 4-Series (which was down 14% to 3190 units in July) would have ranked first as a duo. But BMW now appropriately splits the duo’s U.S. volume.

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Ranked first among luxury vehicles in July, then, was the Lexus RX. Though RX sales slid 14%, the Lexus outsold the 3-Series by 535 units and the next-best-selling luxury utility vehicle by 1511 units.

For the record, combined sales of the 3-Series and 4-Series were down 13% to 10,919 units in July.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC’s Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

July 2016 • August 2015 • June 2015 • July 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	8264	9658	-14.4%	52,543	56,922	-7.7%
#2	BMW 3-Series *	7729	8789	-12.1%	50,512	50,310	0.4%
#3	Cadillac SRX	6753	4599	46.8%	36,960	33,463	10.5%
#4	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6384	5700	12.0%	49,721	38,734	28.4%
#5	BMW X5	6011	2688	124%	35,162	25,126	39.9%
#6	Lexus ES	5440	6326	-14.0%	34,481	39,496	-12.7%
#7	Acura MDX	4977	6283	-20.8%	34,397	36,947	-6.9%
#8	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4893	6648	-26.4%	27,145	41,244	-34.2%
#9	Audi Q5	4700	3189	47.4%	26,366	23,117	14.1%
#10	Acura RDX	4577	3532	29.6%	30,290	25,881	17.0%
#11	Lexus NX	4337	—	—	24,386	—	—
#12	Lexus IS	4280	4542	-5.8%	27,700	28,115	-1.5%
#13	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	3851	3276	17.6%	26,811	25,216	6.3%
#14	Infiniti Q50	3807	2461	54.7%	24,207	20,467	18.3%
#15	Infiniti QX60	3760	2232	68.5%	21,538	17,831	20.8%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don’t report specific monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don’t sell vehicles with base prices higher than $40K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $45K	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Chevrolet Tahoe	8297	10,783	-23.1%	50,388	56,621	-11.0%
#2	BMW X5	6011	2688	124%	35,162	25,126	39.9%
#3	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4893	6648	-26.4%	27,145	41,244	-34.2%
#4	Chevrolet Suburban	4309	5168	-16.6%	27,695	28,739	-3.6%
#5	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	3851	3276	17.6%	26,811	25,216	6.3%
#6	GMC Yukon	3551	4139	-14.2%	21,555	22,743	-5.2%
#7	Cadillac Escalade	2930	3894	-24.8%	19,243	14,349	34.1%
	Cadillac Escalade *	1669	2467	-32.3%	11,579	9138	26.7%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	1261	1427	-11.6%	7662	5162	48.4%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT *	—	—	—	2	49	-95.9%
#8	Chevrolet Corvette	2794	3060	-8.7%	21,101	20,804	1.4%
#9	Lexus GX460	2337	1955	19.5%	14,028	12,231	14.7%
#10	GMC Yukon XL	2299	3999	-42.5%	15,737	16,444	-4.3%
#11	BMW 5-Series	2186	5676	-61.5%	25,767	33,293	-22.6%
#12	Audi Q7	1939	1446	34.1%	10,464	9881	5.9%
#13	Audi A6	1928	1820	5.9%	13,337	13,730	-2.9%
#14	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	1755	1640	7.0%	14,693	13,366	9.9%
#15	Lexus GS	1701	2001	-15.0%	12,843	12,123	5.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
$45,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $15,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $45,000 – M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically – but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $32,750, as would be the case with the new BMW 320i, which costs less than a Honda Accord V6 Touring.
* BMW USA was choosing to combine sales figures of the 3-Series & 4-Series but gave that action up in June.

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