Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America – June 2015 YTD

Finally, BMW USA has decided, like BMW Canada, to separate the sales figures of the 3-Series and its 4-Series offshoot. We’ve continued to combine the June 2015 figures for the sake of consistency through the halfway point, but we do now know the numerical differences between the cars, which we first published on their individual sales tracking pages last Wednesday and then again last Friday.

BMW sold 42,783 copies of the 3-Series – that’s sedan and wagon – in the first six months of 2015, equal to 63% of the duo’s total year-to-date volume. That represented a 3% year-over-year improvement.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – June 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – June 2015 YTD

BMW also sold 24,906 copies of the 4-Series – coupe, convertible, and four-door Gran Coupe hatchback – in the first-half of 2015, a 62% year-over-year increase.

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But in June, specifically, the numbers were much tighter. 49% of the combined 3-Series/4-Series’ sales in the United States were generated by the 4-Series, up from 34% a year ago. 4-Series sales jumped 69% to 6625 units in June 2015; 3-Series sales slid 10% to 6891 units.

These are hugely consequential figures not only because BMW is America’s luxury leader, but because the 3-Series/4-Series tandem dominates the sales charts.

As separate entities, they won’t appear so dominant when we report July’s figures. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which includes both sedan and coupe figures, outsold the 3-Series by 1425 units in June; by 554 units in the first-half of 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 • June 2016 • July 2015 • May 2015 • June 2014

Small/Entry Luxury Car	June 2015	June 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1662	928	79.1%	8471	8357	1.4%
Acura TLX	3986	—	—	22,172	—	—
Acura TSX	1	681	-99.9%	28	5425	-99.5%
Audi A3	3482	2452	42.0%	17,905	7735	131.5%
Audi A4 ^	3112	3756	-17.1%	14,872	19,409	-23.4%
Audi A5 *	1101	1554	-29.2%	6719	8538	-21.3%
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^	1067	680	56.9%	5342	3268	63.5%
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ^	13,516	11,543	17.1%	67,689	56,657	19.5%
BMW i3	551	358	53.9%	4456	694	542%
Cadillac ATS	2211	2358	-6.2%	12,507	14,910	-16.1%
Infiniti G Sedan/Q40	748	1392	-46.3%	7677	8441	-9.1%
Infiniti Q50	3470	2423	43.2%	20,400	18,006	13.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	366	752	-51.3%	2292	4020	-43.0%
Lexus CT200h	1118	1521	-26.5%	7123	8337	-14.6%
Lexus IS	3821	3932	-2.8%	23,420	23,573	-0.6%
Lexus RC *	1129	—	—	6730	—	—
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	242	—	—	1172	—	—
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	8316	5607	48.3%	43,337	33,034	31.2%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2391	1658	44.2%	16,103	10,576	52.3%
Volvo C30	—	—	—	—	64	-100%
Volvo S60	1406	2337	-39.8%	8758	11,221	-21.9%
Volvo V60	437	470	-7.0%	2299	2739	-16.1%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	328	—	—	1257	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	54,461	44,402	22.6%	300,729	245,004	22.7%

Midsize Luxury Car	June 2015	June 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	224	229	-2.2%	1200	2084	-42.4%
Acura TL	5	990	-99.5%	81	9016	-99.1%
Audi A6	2431	2191	11.0%	11,409	11,910	-4.2%
Audi A7 *	669	686	-2.5%	3376	4469	-24.5%
BMW 5-Series	2965	7940	-62.7%	23,581	27,617	-14.6%
Cadillac CTS	1535	2174	-29.4%	9689	16,008	-39.5%
Cadillac XTS	1447	1693	-14.5%	11,590	11,490	0.9%
Hyundai Equus	170	250	-32.0%	1159	1777	-34.8%
Infiniti Q70	613	379	61.7%	4484	2725	64.6%
Jaguar XF	446	312	42.9%	3590	3442	4.3%
Kia K900	168	224	-25.0%	710	816	-13.0%
Lexus ES	4742	5508	-13.9%	29,041	33,170	-12.4%
Lexus GS	1643	1511	8.7%	11,142	10,122	10.1%
Lincoln MKS	525	602	-12.8%	3829	4688	-18.3%
Lincoln MKZ	2543	2990	-15.0%	15,260	18,976	-19.6%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	444	526	-15.6%	2801	3194	-12.3%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	3611	6500	-44.4%	22,252	34,597	-35.7%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	—	—	—	4	6	-33.3%
Volvo S80	283	127	123%	923	961	-4.0%
Volvo XC70 *	625	404	54.7%	2647	2181	21.4%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	25,089	35,236	-28.8%	158,768	199,249	-20.3%

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 15% to 2863 in June; down 22% to 13,547 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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