November 2012 Small/Entry Luxury Car And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America

Small/Entry Luxury Car Sales Chart

Acura intends to sell more ILX sedans in the United States in the near future. Plans involve removing the base engine from the lineup and allowing buyers of the 2.4L Civic Si-powered ILX to choose an automatic transmission. Will this have the ILX selling like the Buick Verano (seen here, where the ILX could reasonably be, as well) or the Audi A4? Alone, the automatic/2.4L option seems like a wise move which should bring in another group of buyers.

U.S. Acura ILX sales in November 2012 were 21.4% better than in its prior best-yet sales month. And at 2108 units, the ILX outsold the TSX with little problem, but it trailed the Verano by 1466 units and the A4 by 1235 units. Audi’s A4 sales peak this year was June, when 3707 were sold, including 520 Allroads, that car’s best sales month yet, as well. The Verano topped out at 5200 sales in August, 14% of the Buick’s year-to-date volume in 9% of the allotted time.

All 265 Vehicles Ranked By U.S. November 2012 YTD Sales

Midsize Luxury Car Sales Chart

These cars, including the $23,975-$30,000 Verano, represent the bottom end of the luxury car category. Several levels up you’ll find the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5-Series, both of which recorded stellar November 2012 results. E-Class sales shot up 60%; 5-Series sales jumped 64%.

As always, you can click any model name in the tables visible after the jump to see historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or you can select any make or model at GCBC’s Sales Stats home. Any car you can’t find tabled here will be listed elsewhere – you can select from segments like midsize cars and large luxury cars at GCBC’s The Tally page.

Click any of the two accompanying charts for a larger view. In those charts, cars are ranked by volume – they’re listed alphabetically in the tables below.

Small/Entry Luxury Car	November 2011	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura ILX	2108	—–	9766	—–
Acura TSX	1768	– 34.3%	26,723	– 2.4%
TSX Sedan	1384	– 43.9%	22,903	– 6.4%
TSX Sport Wagon	384	+ 71.4%	3820	+ 31.0%
Audi A3	400	– 18.5%	6808	+ 14.9%
Audi A4	3343	+ 33.7%	34,724	+ 3.1%
A4	2906	+ 16.2%	32,044	+ 1.7%
Allroad	437	—–	2680	—–
Audi A5	1385	+ 39.3%	15,698	+ 11.2%
BMW 1-Series	619	– 6.8%	6932	– 12.4%
BMW 3-Series	10,776	+ 42.4%	88,857	+ 3.5%
Cadillac ATS	2152	—–	4029	—–
Cadillac CTS	2798	– 26.4%	43,607	– 12.1%
Infiniti G	4838	+ 7.3%	54,328	+ 5.1%
Lexus CT200h	1264	– 28.1%	16,075	+ 32.6%
Lexus HS250h	3	– 98.6%	647	– 75.0%
Lexus IS	1988	– 25.7%	25,211	– 3.2%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	8565	+ 2.5%	73,941	+ 20.1%
Volvo C30	266	– 16.1%	2587	– 19.3%
Volvo S60	1866	+ 4.5%	21,012	+ 8.7%

Midsize Luxury Car	November 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura RL	11	– 75.6%	361	– 65.5%
Acura TL	1918	– 20.5%	31,326	+ 12.1%
Audi A6	1594	+ 15.6%	17,123	+ 84.7%
Audi A7	653	+ 3.5%	7672	+ 42.5%
BMW 5-Series	5857	+ 64.3%	48,413	+ 3.9%
Cadillac STS	2	– 97.9%	160	– 95.1%
Cadillac XTS	2414	—–	12,110	—–
Hyundai Equus	341	+ 13.7%	3622	+ 26.3%
Hyundai Genesis	2385	– 11.7%	31,576	+ 3.4%
Infiniti M	784	– 14.9%	8281	– 14.9%
Jaguar XF	341	– 20.5%	4999	+ 6.3%
Lexus ES	6066	+ 28.2%	48,171	+ 33.8%
Lexus GS	1826	+ 786%	19,364	+ 445%
Lincoln MKS	1065	+ 4.7%	11,174	+ 3.1%
Lincoln MKZ	1335	– 35.9%	26,423	+ 5.3%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	654	– 13.7%	7362	+ 46.4%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	8126	+ 59.5%	58,187	+ 1.3%
Volvo S80	265	+ 18.8%	3070	– 32.1%
Volvo XC70	593	+ 41.2%	4995	– 2.4%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Cadillac also sold 2 DTS sedans in November, 465 so far this year. Large-size Equus and XTS are here on pricing grounds. Genesis sales refer to both sedan and coupe. Buick, Chrysler, Avalon, Maxima etc. are listed here.