Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America – January 2015

The BMW 3-Series (including its 4-Series offshoot), Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Lexus IS, and Infiniti Q50 combined to produce a 9% year-over-year sales improvement in January 2015. 

• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – January 2015
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – January 2015

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Entry-level luxury competition is growing more numerous and more fierce, from the Audi A3 (which easily outsold the Audi A4 in January) and the Mercedes-Benz CLA, the ninth-best-selling premium brand car in America last month. 

But one step above those cars, the ever-expanding 3-Series family is increasingly popular, the new C-Class is finally taking hold, and the Japanese competition has grown roots in their recently updated form. 

Meanwhile, another step up the ladder, upper-crust lineups from Germany struggled to match January 2014’s output. 

Audi A6 sales dropped 19% in January; the Audi A7’s volume was chopped in half. BMW’s 5-Series sales increased, but only by 90 units, and only after four consecutive months of decline. As for Mercedes-Benz’s E-Class, U.S. sales have now decreased in six consecutive months.

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 • January 2016 • February 2015 • December 2014 • January 2014

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	992	1157	-14.3%	992	1157	-14.3%
Acura TLX	2892	—	—	2892	—	—
Acura TSX	6	893	-99.3%	6	893	-99.3%
Audi A3	2383	—	—	2383	—	—
Audi A4  ^	1790	2498	-28.3%	1790	2498	-28.3%
Audi A5 *	843	925	-8.9%	843	925	-8.9%
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^	375	75	400%	375	75	400%
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ^	7348	6494	13.2%	7348	6494	13.2%
BMW i3	670	—	—	670	—	—
Cadillac ATS	1757	1909	-8.0%	1757	1909	-8.0%
Infiniti Q40/G Sedan	1029	902	14.1%	1029	902	14.1%
Infiniti Q50 ^	2966	2949	0.6%	2966	2949	0.6%
Infiniti Q60	466	413	12.8%	466	413	12.8%
Lexus CT200h	1005	1290	-22.1%	1005	1290	-22.1%
Lexus IS	3375	3048	10.7%	3375	3048	10.7%
Lexus RC	847	—	—	847	—	—
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	240	—	—	240	—	—
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6236	5748	8.5%	6236	5748	8.5%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2491	2433	2.4%	2491	2433	2.4%
Volvo C30	—	12	-100%	—	12	-100%
Volvo S60	1371	1322	4%	1371	1322	4%
Volvo V60	292	322	-9.3%	292	322	-9.3%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	28	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	39,402	32,390	21.6%	39,402	32,390	21.6%

Midsize Luxury Car	January 2015	January 2015	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX/RL	176	420	-58.1%	176	420	-58.1%
Acura TL	18	1368	-98.7%	18	1368	-98.7%
Audi A6	1202	1481	-18.8%	1202	1481	-18.8%
Audi A7 *	285	624	-54.3%	285	624	-54.3%
BMW 5-Series	3359	3269	2.8%	3359	3269	2.8%
Cadillac CTS	1698	2232	-23.9%	1698	2232	-23.9%
Cadillac XTS	1882	1648	14.2%	1882	1648	14.2%
Hyundai Equus	220	327	-32.7%	220	327	-32.7%
Infiniti Q70	627	489	28.2%	627	489	28.2%
Jaguar XF	644	658	-2.1%	644	658	-2.1%
Kia K900	119	—	—	119	—	—
Lexus ES	4080	3959	3.1%	4080	3959	3.1%
Lexus GS	1679	1300	29.2%	1679	1300	29.2%
Lincoln MKS	645	635	1.6%	645	635	1.6%
Lincoln MKZ	1830	2122	-13.8%	1830	2122	-13.8%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	406	420	-3.3%	406	420	-3.3%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4336	5266	-17.7%	4336	5266	-17.7%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	—	2	-100%	—	2	-100%
Volvo S80	212	352	-39.8%	212	352	-39.8%
Volvo XC70 *	336	261	28.7%	336	261	28.7%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	23,754	26,833	-11.5%	23,754	26,833	-11.5%

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 29% to 1563.
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 posts.

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