Cars Price 2015: Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada January 2015

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada January 2015

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was Canadas top-selling premium brand vehicle in January 2015, the first time the C-Class led the luxury field since January of last year.

• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2015

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The more interesting fact regarding the most popular premium brand vehicles in Canada last month relates to the limited number of cars on the top 15 list.

There are only four, as the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, 12th, 13th, and 14th-best-selling premium brand vehicles in Canada in January 2015 were all utility vehicles.

One such utility vehicle was the new small crossover from Lexus, the NX. 380 copies of the NX200t and NX300h were sold in Canada last month. Combined, the NX and better-selling RX accounted for 64% of Toyota Canadas Lexus volume last month.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBCs Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

December 2014 • January 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	566	556	1.8%	566	556	1.8%
#2	BMW 3-Series	512	374	36.9%	512	374	36.9%
#3	Lexus RX	429	437	-1.8%	429	437	-1.8%
#4	Audi Q5	396	438	-9.6%	396	438	-9.6%
#5	Lexus NX	380	---	---	380	---	---
#6	Acura RDX	363	322	12.7%	363	322	12.7%
#7	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	338	283	19.4%	338	283	19.4%
#8	Acura MDX	337	355	-5.1%	337	355	-5.1%
#9	BMW X3	296	221	33.9%	296	221	33.9%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	280	287	-2.4%	280	287	-2.4%
#11	Audi A4	275	301	-8.6%	275	301	-8.6%
#12	BMW X5	259	441	-41.3%	259	441	-41.3%
#13	Audi Q3	256	---	---	256	---	---
#14	Infiniti QX60	236	296	-20.3%	236	296	-20.3%
#15	Acura TLX	235	---	---	235	---	---

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus dont report specific monthly sales data. Maserati only reports brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that dont sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	January 2015	January 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	429	437	-1.8%	429	437	-1.8%
#2	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	338	283	19.4%	338	283	19.4%
#3	Acura MDX	337	355	-5.1%	337	355	-5.1%
#4	BMW X5	259	441	-41.3%	259	441	-41.3%
#5	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	213	215	-0.9%	213	215	-0.9%
#6	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	161	198	-18.7%	161	198	-18.7%
#7	Cadillac Escalade	153	32	378%	153	32	378%
	Cadillac Escalade °	123	22	459%	123	22	459%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	30	7	329%	30	7	329%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	---	3	-100%	---	3	-100%
#8	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	142	102	39.2%	142	102	39.2%
#9	GMC Yukon	116	67	73.1%	116	67	73.1%
#10	BMW 5-Series	110	187	-41.2%	110	187	-41.2%
#11	Chevrolet Tahoe	104	62	67.7%	104	62	67.7%
#12	Porsche Cayenne	100	129	-22.5%	100	129	-22.5%
#13	GMC Yukon XL	94	45	109%	94	45	109%
#14	BMW X6	93	39	138%	93	39	138%
#15	Audi Q7	85	26	227%	85	26	227%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
^ Mercedes-Benz Canadas 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 new Cadillac CTS sedans base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet. Total CTS sales in January: 45.

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