Thursday, March 26, 2015

Top 15 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada January 2015

2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
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


Canada luxury auto brand market share chart 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
5665561.8%5665561.8%
#2
BMW 3-Series
51237436.9%51237436.9%
#3
Lexus RX
429437-1.8%429437-1.8%
#4
Audi Q5
396438-9.6%396438-9.6%
#5
Lexus NX
380------380------
#6
Acura RDX
36332212.7%36332212.7%
#7
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
33828319.4%33828319.4%
#8
Acura MDX
337355-5.1%337355-5.1%
#9
BMW X3
29622133.9%29622133.9%
#10
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class
280287-2.4%280287-2.4%
#11
Audi A4
275301-8.6%275301-8.6%
#12
BMW X5
259441-41.3%259441-41.3%
#13
Audi Q3
256------256------
#14
Infiniti QX60
236296-20.3%236296-20.3%
#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
429437-1.8%429437-1.8%
#2
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
33828319.4%33828319.4%
#3
Acura MDX
337355-5.1%337355-5.1%
#4
BMW X5
259441-41.3%259441-41.3%
#5
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
213215-0.9%213215-0.9%
#6
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class
161198-18.7%161198-18.7%
#7
Cadillac Escalade
15332378%15332378%

Cadillac Escalade °
12322459%12322459%

Cadillac Escalade ESV °
307329%307329%

Cadillac Escalade EXT °
---3-100%---3-100%
#8
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class
14210239.2%14210239.2%
#9
GMC Yukon
1166773.1%1166773.1%
#10
BMW 5-Series
110187-41.2%110187-41.2%
#11
Chevrolet Tahoe
1046267.7%1046267.7%
#12
Porsche Cayenne
100129-22.5%100129-22.5%
#13
GMC Yukon XL
9445109%9445109%
#14
BMW X6
9339138%9339138%
#15
Audi Q7
8526227%8526227%
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.

RECOMMENDED READING
Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - December 2014

Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - 2014 Year End
Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - January 2014

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