America’s most popular luxury utility vehicle, the top-selling premium brand vehicle overall, sold more often in the U.S. in 2016 than at any point in its history. Year-over-year, Lexus RX volume jumped 9% to 109,435 units.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – 2016 Year End
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – 2016 Year End
That made the RX America’s 21st-best-selling SUV/crossover overall and accountable for one-third of all Lexus sales.
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It’s not as though the RX was light on competition. Lexus’s own NX, not that much smaller than the RX, outsold all small luxury utility vehicles in 2016, narrowly edging the Acura RDX by 2523 sales.
The RX also faced a new competitor from the typical top challenger: Cadillac. The SRX was replaced in 2016 by the Cadillac XT5. Combined sales of the SRX/XT5 fell 10% to 61,624 units.
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 SUVs and crossovers 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 • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015
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Subcompact
Luxury SUV |
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2047
|
1501 | 36.4% | 20,048 | 13,229 | 51.5% | |
|
4185
|
1769 | 137% | 27,812 | 14,420 | 92.9% | |
|
740
|
— | — | 2259 | — | — | |
|
2351
|
2200 | 6.9% | 24,545 | 25,593 | -4.1% | |
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—
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—
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— | — | — | — | — |
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Total
|
9323
|
5470 | 70.4% | 74,664 | 53,242 | 40.2% |
|
Compact
Luxury SUV |
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5945
|
4942 | 20.3% | 52,361 | 51,026 | 2.6% | |
|
6396
|
6057 | 5.6% | 49,550 | 52,006 | -4.7% | |
|
4978
|
3126 | 59.2% | 44,196 | 31,924 | 38.4% | |
|
399
|
884 | -54.9% | 4989 | 6429 | -22.4% | |
| 3931 | — | — | 14,193 | — | — | |
|
2026
|
1453 | 39.4% | 16,973 | 5468 | 210% | |
|
1822
|
— | — | 10,016 | — | — | |
|
1659
|
1674 | -0.9% | 14,243 | 7611 | 87.1% | |
|
—
|
1 | -100% | 3 | 77 | -96.1% | |
|
1273
|
1370 | -7.1% | 11,076 | 14,583 | -24.0% | |
|
7375
|
5134 | 43.7% | 54,884 | 43,764 | 25.4% | |
|
2795
|
2566 | 8.9% | 25,562 | 24,590 | 4.0% | |
|
4018
|
4366 | -8.0% | 47,872 | 27,902 | 71.6% | |
|
1796
|
1382 | 30.0% | 19,332 | 13,533 | 42.9% | |
|
2783
|
3510 | -20.7% | 20,452 | 26,134 | -21.7% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
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Total
|
47,196
|
36,465 | 29.4% | 385,702 | 305,047 | 26.4% |
|
Midsize Luxury SUV
|
Dec.
2016 |
Dec.
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6243
|
6254 | -0.2% | 55,495 | 58,208 | -4.7% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 2 | -100% | |
|
3275
|
1189 | 175% | 30,563 | 18,995 | 60.9% | |
|
6245
|
6250 | -0.1% | 47,641 | 54,997 | -13.4% | |
|
794
|
1547 | -48.7% | 7117 | 7906 | -10.0% | |
|
124
|
7031 | -98.2% | 22,139 | 68,850 | -67.8% | |
|
7436
|
— | — | 39,485 | — | — | |
|
4928
|
4987 | -1.2% | 42,120 | 41,770 | 0.8% | |
|
1086
|
697 | 55.8% | 6261 | 5737 | 9.1% | |
|
380
|
1315 | -71.1% | 10,772 | 9031 | 19.3% | |
|
2802
|
2246 | 24.8% | 21,612 | 21,459 | 0.7% | |
|
3474
|
3118 | 11.4% | 25,148 | 25,212 | -0.3% | |
|
14,882
|
11,899 | 25.1% | 109,435 | 100,610 | 8.8% | |
|
649
|
406 | 59.9% | 4028 | 4696 | -14.2% | |
|
3527
|
2960 | 19.2% | 30,967 | 22,199 | 39.5% | |
|
607
|
— | — | 1917 | — | — | |
|
5574
|
6640 | -16.1% | 51,791 | 53,217 | -2.7% | |
|
1099
|
1229 | -10.6% | 15,383 | 16,473 | -6.6% | |
|
396
|
486 | -18.5% | 4223 | 7037 | -40.0% | |
|
232
|
432 | -46.3% | 5425 | 5118 | 6.0% | |
|
3308
|
3135 | 5.5% | 32,526 | 12,777 | 155% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
67,061
|
61,821 | 8.5% | 564,048 | 534,294 | 5.6% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 you’ll see the XC70 listed with luxury cars as well as with SUVs and crossovers and the Touareg with luxury SUVs and mainstream SUVs… 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.
RECOMMENDED READING
Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America – January 2017
Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America – November 2016
Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America – December 2015 & Year End
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America In 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – December 2016 & Year End
Large Luxury SUV Sales In America – December & 2016 Year End