Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America – February 2016

The Lexus RX, all-new for model year 2016, was America’s best-selling premium brand vehicle in February 2016, the fourth consecutive month of luxury leadership for Lexus’s best-selling model.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – February 2016 YTD

Lexus also builds the eighth, 11th, and 15th-ranked premium brand vehicles in February, a month in which Lexus outsold all other premium auto brands.

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Passenger cars claimed six of the top 15 positions, but all six of those cars sold less often in February 2016 than in February 2015.

As for vehicles priced above $50,000, only four of the 15 best sellers in February were traditional cars, and one of those “traditional” cars was the Chevrolet Corvette, a GM sports car which is as distinct from a luxury sedan as many of these new crossovers are from traditional body-on-frame SUVs.

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.

February 2017 • March 2016 • January 2016 • February 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	7192	6490	10.8%	14,148	13,059	8.3%
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6102	7072	-13.7%	11,181	13,308	-16.0%
#3	BMW 3-Series	4595	6004	-23.5%	7882	10,747	-26.7%
#4	Acura MDX	4292	4553	-5.7%	7868	8934	-11.9%
#5	Cadillac SRX	4017	3809	5.5%	8795	7294	20.6%
#6	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class °	3948	3316	19.1%	7611	6460	17.8%
#7	BMW X5	3842	4149	-7.4%	6426	7363	-12.7%
#8	Lexus ES	3826	4192	-8.7%	7226	8272	-12.6%
#9	Acura RDX	3798	3862	-1.7%	6902	7379	-6.5%
#10	BMW X3	3733	3124	19.5%	5735	4465	28.4%
#11	Lexus NX	3709	2666	39.1%	6842	5478	24.9%
#12	Infiniti Q50	3364	3649	-7.8%	6278	6615	-5.1%
#13	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class °	3278	1781	84.1%	6127	3179	92.7%
#14	Acura TLX	3080	3419	-9.9%	5319	6311	-15.7%
#15	Lexus IS	2961	3383	-12.5%	5139	6758	-24.0%

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 $50K	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class °	3948	3316	19.1%	7611	6460	17.8%
#2	BMW X5	3842	4149	-7.4%	6426	7363	-12.7%
#3	Cadillac Escalade	2867	2377	20.6%	4869	5143	-5.3%
	Cadillac Escalade	1820	1489	22.2%	3047	3153	-3.4%
	Cadillac Escalade	1047	888	17.9%	1822	1988	-8.4%
	Cadillac Escalade	—	—	—	—	2	-100%
#4	BMW 5-Series	2758	3606	-23.5%	6553	6965	-5.9%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class °	2700	2752	-1.9%	5490	7494	-26.7%
#6	GMC Yukon XL	2280	2048	11.3%	4275	4013	6.5%
#7	Chevrolet Corvette	2116	2605	-18.8%	3617	4732	-23.6%
#8	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1684	1827	-7.8%	3045	3579	-14.9%
#9	Audi Q7	1653	1012	63.3%	3989	1892	111%
#10	Lexus GX460	1650	1653	-0.2%	3258	3456	-5.7%
#11	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1558	1421	9.6%	2835	2987	-5.1%
#12	Land Rover Range Rover	1538	1358	13.3%	3013	2839	6.1%
#13	Infiniti QX80	1487	1583	-6.1%	2651	2831	-6.4%
#14	Porsche Cayenne	1328	1046	27.0%	2723	2162	25.9%
#15	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	1226	1849	-33.7%	3022	3970	-23.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
$50,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, upgraded in 2016 from $45K last year by $5K, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $20,000 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 $50,000 – 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 below that borderline.
° Mercedes-Benz began combining GLE/M, E/CLS, GLK/GLC in February’s sales release.