An exceptionally strong month of sales for the Porsche Panamera; year-over-year increases from the BMW 7-Series, Jaguar XJ, and Maserati Quattroporte; 316 additional sales from the Genesis G90; and a 12% uptick from the class-leading Mercedes-Benz S-Class drove U.S. sales of conventional flagship luxury cars up 29% to more than 5200 units in April 2017.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2017 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – April 2017 YTD
This was the first 5K+ month of the year for the segment. April 2017 was the best month ever for the Porsche Panamera, newly launched in second-gen form. It was also the best month for S-Class sales this year.
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On the flip side, April represented a five-month low for the Genesis G90, which was known as the Hyundai Equus in its first iteration.
Audi A8 sales have now declined in ten of the last twelve months. The outgoing Lexus LS, awaiting its replacement in Lexus showrooms, has now reported decreasing U.S. volume in 11 consecutive months.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across the table for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • March 2017 • April 2016
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Large Luxury Car
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April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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291
|
330 | -11.8% | 1084 | 1315 | -17.6% | |
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240
|
278 | -13.7% | 1029 | 1117 | -7.9% | |
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994
|
872 | 14.0% | 3097 | 3185 | -2.8% | |
|
316
|
— | — | 1519 | — | — | |
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304
|
285 | 6.7% | 966 | 1374 | -29.7% | |
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294
|
397 | -25.9% | 1238 | 1637 | -24.4% | |
|
177
|
164 | 7.9% | 555 | 588 | -5.6% | |
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1491
|
1329 | 12.2% | 5139 | 5496 | -6.5% | |
|
1098
|
371 | 196% | 1715 | 1334 | 28.6% | |
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Total
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5205
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4026 | 29.3% | 16,342 | 16,046 | 1.8% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The BMW 6-Series is listed here as it now features a “mainstream” sedan bodystyle in addition to its two-door variants, just like the larger S-Class. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn’t release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1200 April Tesla Model S sales, 7200 YTD.
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