New launched at Audi, Jaguar, Cadillac, and Jaguar helped buck up luxury car sales figures in the United States in July 2016, but not so much that Americans purchased and leased more luxury cars this July than last.
Rather, the numbers would have been far worse if not for an 19% increase in Audi A4 sedan sales and 1727 sales from the Jaguar XE, Cadillac CT6, and Volvo S90, none of which were on sale at this stage of 2015.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – July 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – July 2016 YTD
America’s top-selling luxury car through the first seven months of 2016 was the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. But while C-Class volume slid 1% in July and sales of the BMW 3-Series plunged 12%, the 3-Series laid claim to top volume honours in July, outselling the C-Class by 495 units last month.
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The 3-Series’ big brother, BMW’s 5-Series, posted a 50% increase to 3303 sales. Mercedes-Benz, which is now combing sales of its E-Class and the E’s CLS offshoot, fell 15% to 5225.
Meanwhile, the BMW 2-Series continues to stand out as an exception to the rule at BMW. Sales of the 2er jumped 69% in the first seven months of 2016, a gain of 4395 sales for the two-door-only entry-level model.
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 sortable, so you can rank luxury brand cars any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across tables 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 • August 2016 • June 2016 • July 2015
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Small/Entry
Luxury Car |
July
2016 |
July
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1201
|
1613 | -25.5% | 9659 | 10,084 | -4.2% | |
|
3124
|
3530 | -11.5% | 22,037 | 25,702 | -14.3% | |
|
—
|
2 | -100% | 3 | 30 | -90.0% | |
|
3038
|
3167 | -4.1% | 19,622 | 21,072 | -6.9% | |
|
Audi A4 ^
|
2743
|
2433 | 12.7% | 18,499 | 17,305 | 6.9% |
|
Audi A5 *
|
744
|
1105 | -32.7% | 5078 | 7824 | -35.1% |
|
1708
|
1028 | 66.1% | 10,765 | 6370 | 69.0% | |
|
6799
|
7729 | -12.0% | 39,775 | 50,525 | -21.3% | |
|
2186
|
3190 | -31.5% | 21,462 | 28,083 | -23.6% | |
|
1479
|
935 | 58.2% | 4359 | 5391 | -19.1% | |
|
2119
|
1588 | 33.4% | 11,883 | 14,095 | -15.7% | |
|
1
|
407 | -99.8% | 59 | 8084 | -99.3% | |
|
2805
|
3807 | -26.3% | 23,059 | 24,207 | -4.7% | |
|
62
|
319 | -80.6% | 747 | 2611 | -71.4% | |
|
641
|
— | — | 1872 | — | — | |
|
849
|
1374 | -38.2% | 5364 | 8497 | -36.9% | |
|
3461
|
4280 | -19.1% | 20,560 | 27,700 | -25.8% | |
|
977
|
1232 | -20.7% | 6269 | 7962 | -21.3% | |
|
50
|
196 | -74.5% | 360 | 1368 | -73.7% | |
|
6304
|
6384 | -1.3% | 43,609 | 49,721 | -12.3% | |
|
2284
|
2439 | -6.4% | 15,895 | 18,542 | -14.3% | |
|
1864
|
1052 | 77.2% | 7649 | 9810 | -22.0% | |
|
42
|
— | — | 362 | — | — | |
|
384
|
573 | -33.0% | 2119 | 2868 | -26.1% | |
|
339
|
232 | 46.1% | 1464 | 1493 | -1.9% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
45,204
|
48,615 | -7.0% | 292,530 | 349,344 | -16.3% |
|
Midsize Luxury Car
|
July
2016 |
July
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
106
|
213 | -50.2% | 833 | 1413 | -41.0% | |
|
—
|
3 | -100% | — | 84 | -100% | |
|
1822
|
1928 | -5.5% | 10,150 | 13,337 | -23.9% | |
|
417
|
749 | -44.3% | 3473 | 4125 | -15.8% | |
|
3303
|
2186 | 51.1% | 23,578 | 25,767 | -8.5% | |
|
827
|
— | — | 2806 | — | — | |
|
1313
|
1515 | -13.3% | 9219 | 11,204 | -17.7% | |
|
926
|
1302 | -28.9% | 10,713 | 12,892 | -16.9% | |
|
119
|
174 | -31.6% | 1154 | 1333 | -13.4% | |
|
507
|
572 | -11.4% | 3654 | 5056 | -27.7% | |
|
533
|
470 | 13.4% | 4610 | 4060 | 13.5% | |
|
61
|
480 | -87.3% | 500 | 1190 | -58.0% | |
|
5497
|
5440 | 1.0% | 33,390 | 34,481 | -3.2% | |
|
1218
|
1701 | -28.4% | 8670 | 12,843 | -32.5% | |
|
313
|
544 | -42.5% | 3758 | 4373 | -14.1% | |
|
2968
|
2642 | 12.3% | 17,661 | 17,902 | -1.3% | |
|
5225
|
6131 | -14.8% | 27,683 | 31,184 | -11.2% | |
|
79
|
35 | 126% | 403 | 958 | -57.9% | |
|
259
|
— | — | 267 | — | — | |
|
632
|
405 | 56.0% | 3141 | 3052 | 2.9% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
26,125
|
26,490 | -1.4% | 165,663 | 185,254 | -10.6% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were up 18% to 2612 in July; up 11% to 17,531 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, CT6, 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.
RECOMMENDED READING
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America – August 2016
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America – June 2016
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America – July 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America – July 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – July 2016
Large Luxury Car Sales In America – July 2016