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Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz combined to sell 6834 A3s, 2-Series', and CLA-Class sedans in the United States in August 2015, an 18% year-over-year improvement.
Yet the total number of sales achieved by the German luxury trio's entry-level cars pales in comparison to the total achieved by America's best-selling premium brand car, the BMW 3-Series.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
3-Series sales jumped 24% to 10,163 units in August 2015, pulling the year-to-date improvement for the core BMW model up to 4%, a 2168-unit increase compared with the first eight months of 2015.
The 3-Series' domination doesn't mean its rivals all fail to succeed. Infiniti Q50 sales are rising quickly in 2015. Mercedes-Benz's still fresh C-Class has recorded 56,875 year-to-date U.S. sales, up 30%.
Yet in addition to the nearly 61,000 3-Series' sold by BMW USA so far this year, the company has also sold 31,036 copies of the 4-Series. The 4-Series, you'll recall, was previously a part of the 3-Series lineup. Together, their sales are up 12% to 91,711 so far this year.
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 • September 2015 • July 2015 • August 2014
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, previously combined sales figures of the 3-Series and 4-Series but recently began splitting the pair. 2-Series figures continue to take old 1-Series sales into account.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were down 21% to 2541 in August; down 22% to 18,306 YTD.
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 All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD
Yet the total number of sales achieved by the German luxury trio's entry-level cars pales in comparison to the total achieved by America's best-selling premium brand car, the BMW 3-Series.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
3-Series sales jumped 24% to 10,163 units in August 2015, pulling the year-to-date improvement for the core BMW model up to 4%, a 2168-unit increase compared with the first eight months of 2015.
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Yet in addition to the nearly 61,000 3-Series' sold by BMW USA so far this year, the company has also sold 31,036 copies of the 4-Series. The 4-Series, you'll recall, was previously a part of the 3-Series lineup. Together, their sales are up 12% to 91,711 so far this year.
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 • September 2015 • July 2015 • August 2014
Small/Entry Luxury Car | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura ILX * | 1660 | 1798 | -7.7% | 11,744 | 11,390 | 3.1% |
Acura TLX | 4353 | 2286 | 90.4% | 30,055 | 2286 | 1215% |
Acura TSX | 1 | 240 | -99.6% | 31 | 6144 | -99.5% |
Audi A3 | 3188 | 2430 | 31.2% | 24,260 | 12,329 | 96.8% |
Audi A4 ^ | 2743 | 3818 | -28.2% | 20,048 | 26,310 | -23.8% |
Audi A5 * | 1043 | 1813 | -42.5% | 8867 | 11,961 | -25.9% |
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^ | 1024 | 657 | 55.9% | 7394 | 4563 | 62.0% |
BMW 3-Series | 10,163 | 8197 | 24.0% | 60,675 | 58,507 | 3.7% |
BMW 4-Series | 2940 | 4280 | -31.3% | 31,036 | 23,390 | 32.7% |
BMW i3 | 792 | 1025 | -22.7% | 6183 | 2082 | 197.0% |
Cadillac ATS | 2449 | 2804 | -12.7% | 16,544 | 20,296 | -18.5% |
Infiniti Q40 | 264 | 1546 | -82.9% | 8348 | 11,327 | -26.3% |
Infiniti Q50 | 3839 | 2655 | 44.6% | 28,046 | 23,122 | 21.3% |
Infiniti Q60 * | 311 | 602 | -48.3% | 2922 | 5304 | -44.9% |
Lexus CT200h | 1504 | 2191 | -31.4% | 10,001 | 12,507 | -20.0% |
Lexus IS | 4537 | 5312 | -14.6% | 32,237 | 33,427 | -3.6% |
Lexus RC | 1337 | --- | --- | 9299 | --- | --- |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class * | 172 | 53 | 225% | 1540 | 94 | 1538% |
Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 7154 | 5151 | 38.9% | 56,875 | 43,885 | 29.6% |
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 2622 | 2722 | -3.7% | 21,164 | 15,676 | 35.0% |
Volvo C30 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 64 | -100% |
Volvo S60 | 1473 | 1724 | -14.6% | 11,283 | 14,684 | -23.2% |
Volvo S60 Cross Country | 50 | --- | --- | 50 | --- | --- |
Volvo V60 | 289 | 429 | -32.6% | 3157 | 3610 | -12.5% |
Volvo V60 Cross Country | 273 | --- | --- | 1766 | --- | --- |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 54,181 | 51,733 | 4.7% | 403,525 | 342,958 | 17.7% |
Midsize Luxury Car | August 2015 | August 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura RLX | 187 | 216 | -13.4% | 1600 | 2508 | -36.2% |
Acura TL | 1 | 463 | -99.8% | 85 | 10,215 | -99.2% |
Audi A6 | 2022 | 1927 | 4.9% | 15,359 | 15,657 | -1.9% |
Audi A7 * | 757 | 682 | 11.0% | 4882 | 5798 | -15.8% |
BMW 5-Series | 4012 | 4468 | -10.2% | 29,779 | 37,761 | -21.1% |
Cadillac CTS | 1730 | 2592 | -33.3% | 12,934 | 20,639 | -37.3% |
Cadillac XTS | 1531 | 2978 | -48.6% | 14,423 | 16,407 | -12.1% |
Hyundai Equus | 185 | 253 | -26.9% | 1518 | 2335 | -35.0% |
Infiniti Q70 | 626 | 174 | 260% | 5682 | 3171 | 79.2% |
Jaguar XF | 321 | 285 | 12.6% | 4381 | 3967 | 10.4% |
Kia K900 | 386 | 102 | 278% | 1576 | 1050 | 50.1% |
Lexus ES | 7286 | 7692 | -5.3% | 41,767 | 47,188 | -11.5% |
Lexus GS | 1795 | 2537 | -29.2% | 14,638 | 14,660 | -0.2% |
Lincoln MKS | 552 | 585 | -5.6% | 4925 | 5803 | -15.1% |
Lincoln MKZ | 2571 | 2841 | -9.5% | 20,473 | 24,593 | -16.8% |
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class * | 278 | 1150 | -75.8% | 4317 | 5049 | -14.5% |
Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 4006 | 6481 | -38.2% | 31,152 | 47,725 | -34.7% |
Mercedes-Benz R-Class | --- | 1 | -100% | 4 | 7 | -42.9% |
Volvo S80 | 60 | 132 | -54.5% | 1018 | 1211 | -15.9% |
Volvo XC70 * | 445 | 552 | -19.4% | 3497 | 3189 | 9.7% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 28,751 | 36,111 | -20.4% | 214,010 | 268,933 | -20.4% |
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, previously combined sales figures of the 3-Series and 4-Series but recently began splitting the pair. 2-Series figures continue to take old 1-Series sales into account.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were down 21% to 2541 in August; down 22% to 18,306 YTD.
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 All Vehicle Rankings
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