Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales Figures In America – September 2013 YTD

2310 CLAs Were Sold In September

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Audi A4, Cadillac ATS, Infiniti G sedan, Infiniti Q50, Lexus IS, and the BMW 3-Series (and 4-Series, sales figures for which BMW USA is currently including in the 3er’s total) gathered up 28,798 U.S. buyers in September 2013.

Their more expensive big brethren – E-Class, A6, CTS, M, GS, and 5-Series – generated 14,912 sales last month.

After falling in each of the first four months of this year, sales of the 3-Series, America’s best-selling premium brand vehicle, have risen 41.5% over the last five months. 49,023 3-Series (and now 4-Series) sedans, coupes, convertibles, and wagons have been sold in the United States since the beginning of May 2013. Its only competitor to have exceeded that total in nine months is the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

• All 265 Vehicles Ranked By September 2013 & YTD U.S. Sales

• All 154 Cars Ranked By September 2013 & YTD U.S. Sales

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Sales of the C-Class fell 19% in September 2013, however. Yes, sales of new vehicles in general were down last month, but the C-Class may struggle to post more year-over-year increases in the near future.

Competition, in the form of Mercedes-Benz’s own CLA250 and upcoming CLA45 AMG, sits right beside the C-Class in Mercedes’ showrooms. The CLA250 starts at $29,900.

Mercedes-Benz sold 2310 CLAs in September, the nameplate’s first month on the U.S. market.

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 small and midsize luxury cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Small/Entry Luxury Car	September 2013	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura ILX *	1363	– 21.5%	15,270	+ 149%
Acura TSX	1294	– 23.0%	14,183	– 39.3%
Audi A3	7	– 99.1%	856	– 85.1%
Audi A4 ^	3813	+ 25.6%	31,113	+ 10.2%
Audi A5 *	1511	– 5.2%	14,488	+ 11.4%
BMW 1-Series *	468	– 9.1%	4894	– 11.6%
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series	8512	+ 10.1%	77,921	+ 14.0%
Cadillac ATS	2739	+ 348%	28,207	+ 4517%
Infiniti G/Q60 ^	2621	– 28.7%	34,202	– 25.7%
Infiniti Q50 ^	2367	—	4801	—
Lexus CT200h	798	– 33.2%	11,440	– 16.0%
Lexus HS250h	—	– 100%	5	– 99.2%
Lexus IS	3201	+ 42.4%	22,060	+ 4.5%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6389	– 18.8%	66,596	+ 15.3%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2310	—	2310	—
Volvo C30	79	– 61.7%	1269	– 41.6%
Volvo S60	1545	– 2.0%	18,732	+ 4.1%

Midsize Luxury Car	September 2013	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura RL/RLX	311	+ 815%	2950	+ 797%
Acura TL	1102	– 65.9%	19,762	– 26.4%
Audi A6	1682	– 18.5%	15,792	+ 13.5%
Audi A7 *	623	– 13.5%	6027	– 3.6%
BMW 5-Series	3574	+ 12.1%	38,681	+ 0.9%
Cadillac CTS	2408	– 22.4%	24,410	– 36.5%
Cadillac DTS	—	– 100%	19	– 95.9%
Cadillac STS	—	– 100%	7	– 95.5%
Cadillac XTS	2565	+ 2.4%	23,722	+ 231%
Hyundai Equus	371	+ 15.9%	2506	– 15.4%
Infiniti M	370	– 26.0%	4178	– 38.2%
Jaguar XF	632	+ 47.3%	5850	+ 33.6%
Lexus ES	4866	– 25.7%	52,076	+ 44.1%
Lexus GS	1231	– 15.3%	14,255	– 11.0%
Lincoln MKS	782	+ 10.3%	8066	– 14.3%
Lincoln MKZ	2874	+ 11.6%	23,775	+ 1.3%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	906	+ 27.8%	5921	– 3.1%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	5647	+ 17.0%	46,006	+ 2.7%
Volvo S80	152	– 24.0%	1401	– 47.0%
Volvo XC70 *	361	– 17.6%	3639	– 9.4%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales grew 28.8% to 3357 in September, 2.3% to 26,992 through three quarters of 2013.
^ Combined, the new Q50 and the outgoing G sedan were up 47.6% to 4144 units in September, down 13.8% to 30,844 through the first three quarters of 2013.
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, right? 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. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.