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With luxury SUV/crossover sales climbing in the United States, one way for an automaker's contender to stand out from the pack is to sell fewer copies of vehicles which should be selling more often.
Infiniti's QX50, formerly the EX, wasn't a successful take on the small luxury crossover theme when it was introduced in 2007. Sales fell every year since 2008 - a 73% drop between 2008 and 2013 - and are down 39% in 2014. April sales more than doubled, but that still didn't create enough volume for the QX50 to sell even as often as the very rare Land Rover LR2.
Struggling Volvo relied on the XC60 for 32% of the brand's volume during the first four months of 2013. But XC60 sales are down 19% in 2014, and the XC60 now accounts for less than 28% of Volvo sales.
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2014 YTD
• U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - April 2014 YTD
You've heard coaches say, "A team's best players need to be the team's best players." In Volvo's case, they need their former best seller (2010) to be a best seller. And it's not.
Land Rover's LR4 is a different kind of utility vehicle in this era of severe softening. Absurdly capable off-road and shaped like the Discoverys of yore, the LR4 hasn't been popular since about 2005. But now we're waiting on a replacement, previewed by the New York auto show's Discovery Vision concept, and that explains much of the LR4's horrific 2014 decline.
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2015 YTD
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - May 2014 YTD
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - March 2014 YTD
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2013 YTD
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - April 2014
• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2014 YTD
• Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2014 YTD
Through the first four months of 2013, America's favourite premium brand utility vehicle is the Lexus RX, which is the 20th-best-selling SUV/crossover overall. The RX leads the Acura MDX by 9585 units and the Cadillac SRX by 9912 units.
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 SUVs and crossovers 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 • April 2015 • May 2014 • March 2014 • April 2013
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Volkswagen Touareg and Volvo XC70 here but also with mainstream brand SUVs and midsize luxury cars, respectively... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In Canada - April 2015 Ytd
Audi Canada set a record for sales of the brand's best-selling model, the Q5, in April 2015, helping to power the small luxury SUV/crossover category to a 58% year-over-year sales increase. Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD Canada...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In America - April 2015 Ytd
Land Rover USA reported the first 147 sales of the LR2-replacing Discovery Sport in April 2015. If Land Rover is to make the Discovery Sport, which is available with a third row of seating for little ones, their best seller, it'll need to gradually...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In Canada - April 2014 Ytd
Honda Canada sold more Acura RDX crossovers in April 2014 than in any other month in the nameplate's eight year history. With 901 sales, the RDX outsold all premium brand SUVs and crossovers last month. • All 245 Autos Ranked By April...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales Figures In Canada - May 2013 Ytd
As Canadian new vehicle sales increased 5.4% in May 2013, sales of the Acura RDX, Audi Q5, BMW X3, Infiniti EX, Land Rover LR2, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, and Mercedes-Benz GLK grew at an above-average clip. So did sales of the Cadillac SRX, Infiniti...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales Figures In Canada - April 2013 And Year-to-date
Canada's four best-selling luxury utility vehicles all sold on more than 750 occasions in April 2013. Rewind one year, and not a single premium brand SUV or crossover sold more than 600 copies. The Lexus RX, Acura MDX Audi Q5, and Acura RDX posted...
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Struggling Volvo relied on the XC60 for 32% of the brand's volume during the first four months of 2013. But XC60 sales are down 19% in 2014, and the XC60 now accounts for less than 28% of Volvo sales.
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2014 YTD
• U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - April 2014 YTD
You've heard coaches say, "A team's best players need to be the team's best players." In Volvo's case, they need their former best seller (2010) to be a best seller. And it's not.
Land Rover's LR4 is a different kind of utility vehicle in this era of severe softening. Absurdly capable off-road and shaped like the Discoverys of yore, the LR4 hasn't been popular since about 2005. But now we're waiting on a replacement, previewed by the New York auto show's Discovery Vision concept, and that explains much of the LR4's horrific 2014 decline.
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2015 YTD
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - May 2014 YTD
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - March 2014 YTD
• Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2013 YTD
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - April 2014
• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2014 YTD
• Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2014 YTD
Through the first four months of 2013, America's favourite premium brand utility vehicle is the Lexus RX, which is the 20th-best-selling SUV/crossover overall. The RX leads the Acura MDX by 9585 units and the Cadillac SRX by 9912 units.
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 SUVs and crossovers 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 • April 2015 • May 2014 • March 2014 • April 2013
Small Luxury SUV | April 2014 | April 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura RDX | 4344 | 4088 | 6.3% | 14,565 | 13,247 | 9.9% |
Audi Q5 | 3293 | 3241 | 1.6% | 12,067 | 11,437 | 5.5% |
BMW X1 | 1130 | 1556 | -27.4% | 9089 | 6967 | 30.6% |
BMW X3 | 3544 | 1914 | 85.2% | 13,974 | 9125 | 53.1% |
Infiniti QX50 / EX | 225 | 91 | 147% | 942 | 1552 | -39.3% |
Land Rover LR2 | 260 | 144 | 80.6% | 1312 | 1030 | 27.4% |
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 867 | 832 | 4.2% | 4043 | 3899 | 3.7% |
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class | 3144 | 2702 | 16.4% | 11,415 | 10,212 | 11.8% |
Volvo XC60 | 1263 | 1455 | -13.2% | 5052 | 6207 | -18.6% |
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Total | 18,070 | 16,023 | 12.8% | 72,459 | 63,676 | 13.8% |
Midsize Luxury SUV | April 2014 | April 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura MDX | 5180 | 2877 | 80.0% | 19,777 | 11,605 | 70.4% |
Acura ZDX | 12 | 52 | -76.9% | 48 | 151 | -68.2% |
Audi Q7 | 1462 | 1183 | 23.6% | 5551 | 4084 | 35.9% |
BMW X5 | 4393 | 3444 | 27.6% | 14,153 | 15,335 | -7.7% |
BMW X6 | 342 | 354 | -3.4% | 1442 | 1618 | -10.9% |
Cadillac SRX | 4547 | 3478 | 30.7% | 19,450 | 16,334 | 19.1% |
Infiniti QX70/FX | 369 | 548 | -32.7% | 2215 | 1881 | 17.8% |
Infiniti QX60/JX | 2281 | 2580 | -11.6% | 10,705 | 9483 | 12.9% |
Land Rover LR4 | 94 | 588 | -84.0% | 1238 | 2366 | -47.7% |
Land Rover Range Rover Sport | 2006 | 1305 | 53.7% | 6829 | 5203 | 31.3% |
Lexus GX460 | 1639 | 655 | 150% | 6546 | 2786 | 135% |
Lexus RX | 8130 | 7053 | 15.3% | 29,362 | 28,457 | 3.2% |
Lincoln MKT | 452 | 453 | -0.2% | 1735 | 1946 | -10.8% |
Lincoln MKX | 1828 | 1740 | 5.1% | 8929 | 7806 | 14.4% |
Mercedes-Benz M-Class | 3831 | 3280 | 16.8% | 13,965 | 12,442 | 12.2% |
Porsche Cayenne | 1839 | 1750 | 5.1% | 6119 | 5931 | 3.2% |
Volkswagen Touareg * | 597 | 578 | 3.3% | 2162 | 3102 | -30.3% |
Volvo XC70 * | 436 | 439 | -0.7% | 1346 | 1559 | -13.7% |
Volvo XC90 | 412 | 492 | -16.3% | 1778 | 2143 | -17.0% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 39,850 | 32,849 | 21.3% | 153,350 | 134,232 | 14.2% |
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Volkswagen Touareg and Volvo XC70 here but also with mainstream brand SUVs and midsize luxury cars, respectively... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In Canada - April 2015 Ytd
Audi Canada set a record for sales of the brand's best-selling model, the Q5, in April 2015, helping to power the small luxury SUV/crossover category to a 58% year-over-year sales increase. Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD Canada...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In America - April 2015 Ytd
Land Rover USA reported the first 147 sales of the LR2-replacing Discovery Sport in April 2015. If Land Rover is to make the Discovery Sport, which is available with a third row of seating for little ones, their best seller, it'll need to gradually...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales In Canada - April 2014 Ytd
Honda Canada sold more Acura RDX crossovers in April 2014 than in any other month in the nameplate's eight year history. With 901 sales, the RDX outsold all premium brand SUVs and crossovers last month. • All 245 Autos Ranked By April...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales Figures In Canada - May 2013 Ytd
As Canadian new vehicle sales increased 5.4% in May 2013, sales of the Acura RDX, Audi Q5, BMW X3, Infiniti EX, Land Rover LR2, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, and Mercedes-Benz GLK grew at an above-average clip. So did sales of the Cadillac SRX, Infiniti...
- Small And Midsize Luxury Suv Sales Figures In Canada - April 2013 And Year-to-date
Canada's four best-selling luxury utility vehicles all sold on more than 750 occasions in April 2013. Rewind one year, and not a single premium brand SUV or crossover sold more than 600 copies. The Lexus RX, Acura MDX Audi Q5, and Acura RDX posted...