In a month that saw Mercedes-Benz claim the crown as America’s top-selling manufacturer of luxury brand vehicles, the company’s sales jumped 13%. But Mercedes-Benz car volume rose just 1%, dragged down by the Mercedes-Benz E-Class’s ninth consecutive year-over-year decline.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – April 2015 YTD
E-Class volume plunged 43% in April 2015, a loss of 2590 sales compared with April 2014.
But C-Class sales jumped 30%, a gain of 1551 sales, and the CLA added 1095 sales, year-over-year, in comparison with April 2014, the nameplate’s second-lowest monthly total since arriving in September 2013.
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As a result, Mercedes-Benz sold 16,596 cars: B, C, CLA, CLS, E, AMG GT, R, S, SL, SLK, SLS AMG. Compare that with Cadillac’s overall total – SUVs and crossovers included – of 15,801 sales, and you get a clearer picture of Mercedes-Benz’s U.S. success. The automaker also sold 12,595 SUVs and crossovers.
BMW’s 3-Series, however, continues to be the best-selling luxury brand nameplate, with its 4-Series offshoot included. 3-Series/4-Series sales rose 6% to 10,374 units in April 2015.
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. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank luxury brand cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • April 2016 • May 2015 • March 2015 • April 2014
|
Small/Entry
Luxury Car |
April
2015 |
April
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1631
|
1659 | -1.7% | 5136 | 5800 | -11.4% | |
|
4093
|
— | — | 13,834 | — | — | |
|
4
|
880 | -99.5% | 23 | 3803 | -99.4% | |
|
3187
|
2159 | 47.6% | 10,930 | 3022 | 262% | |
|
Audi A4 ^
|
2542
|
3516 | -27.7% | 8752 | 12,203 | -28.3% |
|
Audi A5 *
|
1300
|
1579 | -17.7% | 4277 | 5070 | -15.6% |
|
BMW 2-Series *^
|
1009
|
727 | 38.8% | 3156 | 1631 | 93.5% |
|
10,374
|
9794 | 5.9% | 41,305 | 34,199 | 20.8% | |
|
406
|
— | — | 3087 | — | — | |
|
2119
|
2737 | -22.6% | 7943 | 10,055 | -21.0% | |
|
1371
|
1525 | -10.1% | 5765 | 5355 | 7.7% | |
|
2991
|
2626 | 13.9% | 13,507 | 12,645 | 6.8% | |
|
379
|
846 | -55.2% | 1559 | 2264 | -31.1% | |
|
1170
|
1054 | 11.0% | 4569 | 5054 | -9.6% | |
|
4008
|
3780 | 6.0% | 15,254 | 15,238 | 0.1% | |
|
1226
|
— | — | 4258 | — | — | |
|
158
|
— | — | 652 | — | — | |
|
6665
|
5114 | 30.3% | 27,608 | 22,143 | 24.7% | |
|
2670
|
1575 | 69.5% | 10,896 | 7704 | 41.4% | |
|
—
|
1 | -100% | — | 63 | -100% | |
|
1301
|
1786 | -27.2% | 5845 | 7070 | -17.3% | |
|
400
|
457 | -12.5% | 1621 | 1716 | -5.5% | |
|
313
|
— | — | 636 | — | — | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
49,317
|
41,815 | 17.9% | 190,613 | 155,035 | 22.9% |
|
Midsize Luxury Car
|
April
2015 |
April
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
194
|
353 | -45.0% | 737 | 1531 | -51.9% | |
|
10
|
1694 | -99.4% | 66 | 6546 | -99.0% | |
|
2139
|
2132 | 0.3% | 6951 | 7568 | -8.2% | |
|
Audi A7 *
|
754
|
816 | -7.6% | 1869 | 2922 | -36.0% |
|
4294
|
3973 | 8.1% | 16,359 | 14,925 | 9.6% | |
|
1726
|
3270 | -47.2% | 6362 | 10,929 | -41.8% | |
|
2225
|
1958 | 13.6% | 8434 | 7838 | 7.6% | |
|
178
|
285 | -37.5% | 819 | 1203 | -31.9% | |
|
763
|
355 | 115% | 3180 | 1948 | 63.2% | |
|
484
|
418 | 15.8% | 2656 | 2714 | -2.1% | |
|
140
|
260 | -46.2% | 409 | 365 | 12.1% | |
|
4701
|
6036 | -22.1% | 18,746 | 21,139 | -11.3% | |
|
1711
|
1500 | 14.1% | 7615 | 6858 | 11.0% | |
|
649
|
795 | -18.4% | 2691 | 3235 | -16.8% | |
|
2915
|
3054 | -4.6% | 9421 | 12,272 | -23.2% | |
|
539
|
562 | -4.1% | 1835 | 2045 | -10.3% | |
|
3466
|
6056 | -42.8% | 14,700 | 21,929 | -33.0% | |
|
3
|
2 | 50.0% | 3 | 6 | -50.0% | |
|
121
|
112 | 8.0% | 493 | 724 | -31.9% | |
|
426
|
436 | -2.3% | 1635 | 1346 | 21.5% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
27,438
|
34,067 | -19.5% | 104,981 | 128,043 | -18.0% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GCBC, has decided to combine sales figures for the 3-Series and 4-Series, the 1-Series and 2-Series. Acura has done the same with the new RLX and old RL.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were down 26.5% to 2327 in April; down 27.6% to 7899 YTD.
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 more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you’ll see the Acura ILX here but also with mainstream cars like the Buick Verano, too, and the Audi A5 is also displayed with coupes and convertibles… because readers have wanted it both ways. Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the “brand status” issue. The K900, Equus, and XTS are here not because of their size but because of their price points, their lack of direct comparability with the Mercedes-Benz 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.
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