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GCBC acknowledges that $34,300 Mercedes sedans and small Acura crossovers aren't luxury at its highest level, and there's a secondary table listing the sales figures of the best-selling vehicles with base prices above $50,000.
BMW's X5 tops that list, as sales have skyrocketed since October, and BMW's 3-Series leads all premium brand vehicles through the first four months of this year. The 3-Series is just 34 units ahead of the Audi Q5. Year-over-year, sales of the 3er and Q5 both declined in April.
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.
May 2014 • March 2014 • April 2013
Rank | Luxury Vehicle | April 2014 | April 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
#1 | Acura RDX | 901 | 750 | 20.1% | 2206 | 1925 | 14.6% |
#2 | BMW 3-Series | 719 | 1099 | -34.6% | 2383 | 3645 | -34.6% |
#3 | Lexus RX | 711 | 799 | -11.0% | 2324 | 2275 | 2.2% |
#4 | Audi Q5 | 685 | 755 | -9.3% | 2349 | 2336 | 0.6% |
#5 | BMW X5 | 681 | 246 | 177% | 2278 | 874 | 161% |
#6 | Audi A4 * | 648 | 604 | 7.3% | 1971 | 1861 | 5.9% |
#7 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 571 | 542 | 5.4% | 2200 | 2526 | -12.9% |
#8 | Acura MDX | 547 | 789 | -30.7% | 1776 | 1994 | -10.9% |
#9 | Cadillac SRX | 499 | 327 | 52.6% | 1342 | 885 | 51.6% |
#10 | Mercedes-Benz M-Class | 487 | 356 | 36.8% | 1794 | 1394 | 28.7% |
#11 | BMW X3 | 474 | 576 | -17.7% | 1415 | 2228 | -36.5% |
#12 | Lexus IS | 410 | 137 | 199% | 1212 | 354 | 240% |
#13 | Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class | 406 | 610 | -33.4% | 1649 | 2040 | -19.2% |
#14 | Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 370 | --- | --- | 1016 | --- | --- |
#15 | Cadillac ATS | 368 | 325 | 13.2% | 1017 | 862 | 18.0% |
Rank | Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K | February 2014 | February 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
#1 | BMW X5 | 681 | 246 | 177% | 2278 | 874 | 161% |
#2 | Mercedes-Benz M-Class | 487 | 356 | 36.8% | 1794 | 1394 | 28.7% |
#3 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^ | 323 | 248 | 30.2% | 1129 | 871 | 29.6% |
#4 | Mercedes-Benz GL-Class | 303 | 257 | 17.9% | 801 | 872 | -8.1% |
#5 | Audi Q7 | 225 | 160 | 40.6% | 653 | 533 | 22.5% |
#6 | Porsche Cayenne | 222 | 173 | 28.3% | 675 | 541 | 24.8% |
#7 | Land Rover Range Rover Sport | 214 | 118 | 81.4% | 967 | 550 | 75.8% |
#8 | Volkswagen Touareg | 212 | 210 | 1.0% | 641 | 653 | -1.8% |
#9 | BMW 5-Series | 167 | 169 | -1.2% | 579 | 706 | -18.0% |
#10 | Chevrolet Corvette | 158 | 12 | 1217% | 451 | 50 | 802% |
#11 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class & CL-Class ^ | 124 | 65 | 90.8% | 410 | 163 | 152% |
#12 | Porsche 911 | 118 | 99 | 19.2% | 238 | 261 | -8.8% |
#13 | Audi A7 | 111 | 50 | 122% | 333 | 205 | 62.4% |
#14 | Audi A6 | 108 | 92 | 17.4% | 324 | 288 | 13.0% |
#15 | GMC Yukon | 99 | 89 | 11.2% | 263 | 374 | -29.7% |
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad. BMW also sold 279 copies of the 3-Series two-door, now called the 4-Series.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. The biggest problem with a $50,000 minimum price of entry? Cars like the Cadillac XTS, which starts at $48,940, sporty cars like the $49,500 Audi TT, and SUVs like the $49,990 Acura MDX. Volkswagen recently increased the base Touareg's price to $50,975; GM jacked up the base Tahoe/Yukon price up to $51,580. The new Cadillac CTS sedan's base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet. Total CTS sales in April: 115, up 19%.
Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 volume: up 83% to 365 in April, up 54% to 1275 YTD.
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