U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – August 2015 YTD
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Not surprisingly, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Lexus build America’s three top-selling premium brand vehicles. Combined sales of the 3-Series, C-Class, and RX rose 12% to 24,564 units in September.
Measured by percentage change, Land Rover, Infiniti, Audi, and Lexus are among the eight fastest-growing auto brands in America so far this year.
In a market that’s grown 4% over the course of the first nine months of 2015, those brands are jointly up 13% to 538,819 units, or 4.1% of the industry’s total volume.
September 2016 • October 2015 • August 2015 • September 2014
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Rank
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Premium Brand Vehicle
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September 2015
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September
2014 |
% Change
|
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
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#1
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BMW 3-Series
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9145 | 8270 | 10.6% | 69,820 | 66,777 | 4.6% |
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#2
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Lexus RX
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7759 | 7453 | 4.1% | 69,922 | 76,216 | -8.3% |
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#3
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Mercedes-Benz C-Class
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7660 | 6285 | 21.9% | 64,535 | 50,170 | 28.6% |
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#4
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Cadillac SRX
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6849 | 3700 | 85.1% | 50,712 | 41,708 | 21.6% |
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#5
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Lexus ES
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5195 | 4164 | 24.1% | 44,900 | 34,823 | 28.9% |
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#6
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Audi Q5
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5149 | 3240 | 58.9% | 36,566 | 30,114 | 21.4% |
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#7
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Acura TLX
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4753 | 3884 | 22.4% | 34,808 | 6170 | 464% |
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#8
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Acura MDX
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4313 | 4864 | -11.3% | 43,457 | 47,308 | -10.0% |
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#9
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Mercedes-Benz E-Class
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4173 | 4884 | -14.6% | 35,325 | 52,609 | -32.9% |
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#10
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BMW 5-Series
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4059 | 1407 | 188% | 33,838 | 39,168 | -13.6% |
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#11
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Acura RDX
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3848 | 3230 | 19.1% | 38,502 | 33,095 | 16.3% |
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#12
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Infiniti QX60
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3845 | 2182 | 76.2% | 29,378 | 22,613 | 29.9% |
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#13
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Infiniti Q50
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3557 | 2742 | 29.7% | 31,603 | 25,864 | 22.2% |
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#14
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Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class
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3492 | — | — | 5294 | — | — |
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#15
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Lexus IS
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3152 | 3611 | -12.7% | 35,389 | 37,038 | -4.5% |
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.
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Rank
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Vehicles With Base Prices Above $45K
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September 2015
|
September
2014 |
% Change
|
2015 YTD |
2014 YTD |
% Change |
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#1
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Chevrolet Tahoe
|
6119 | 5691 | 7.5% | 64,728 | 70,528 | -8.2% |
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#2
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Mercedes-Benz E-Class
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4173 | 4884 | -14.6% | 35,325 | 52,609 | -32.9% |
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#3
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BMW 5-Series
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4059 | 1407 | 188% | 33,838 | 39,168 | -13.6% |
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#4
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GMC Yukon
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3963 | 3226 | 22.8% | 30,011 | 30,684 | -2.2% |
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#5
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Chevrolet Suburban
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3521 | 4101 | -14.1% | 35,715 | 38,588 | -7.4% |
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#6
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Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class
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3492 | — | — | 5294 | — | — |
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#7
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Ford Expedition
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3489 | 3598 | -3.0% | 30,483 | 32,691 | -6.8% |
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#8
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GMC Yukon XL
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3027 | 2165 | 39.8% | 20,939 | 21,928 | -4.5% |
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#9
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Cadillac Escalade
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2809 | 3518 | -20.2% | 25,132 | 21,402 | 17.4% |
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Cadillac Escalade *
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1628 | 2290 | -28.9% | 14,977 | 13,705 | 9.3% |
|
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Cadillac Escalade ESV *
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1181 | 1228 | -3.8% | 10,153 | 7647 | 32.8% |
|
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Cadillac Escalade EXT *
|
— | — | — | 2 | 50 | -96.0% |
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#10
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Chevrolet Corvette
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2572 | 2467 | 4.3% | 26,398 | 25,950 | 1.7% |
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#11
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BMW X5
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2525 | 4398 | -42.6% | 40,490 | 33,021 | 22.6% |
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#12
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Mercedes-Benz GL-Class
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2448 | 2154 | 13.6% | 19,329 | 17,728 | 9.0% |
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#13
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class
|
1956 | 1909 | 2.5% | 15,994 | 16,915 | -5.4% |
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#14
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Audi Q7
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1941 | 1365 | 42.2% | 14,421 | 13,105 | 10.0% |
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#15
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Audi A6
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1713 | 1510 | 13.4% | 17,072 | 17,167 | -0.6% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* Escalade breakdown by variant
$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.
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