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BMW 3-Series slid 9% in October 2011. The drop in volume of America's best-selling premium car wasn't significant enough for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class to grab top spot in the small luxury sector, even with the C-Class's huge 88% jump. C-Class sales are up 7% through the first ten months of 2011.
Volvo is killing off the S40 and V50. The other side of their triangle, Volvo's C30, was up 38% in October. C30 sales remain low, less than half what BMW has with the 1-Series despite the 1-Series' 40% cliff dive.
Moreover, C30 sales are down 17% this year. Volvo's good news is S60-centred. Sales of Volvo's most eye-catching current car are, at the very least, decent, and at most, 2519% better than S60 sales were last year.
Details on October U.S. sales of midsize luxury cars can be viewed after the jump.
Note: The Lincoln MKZ has moved below to the midsize luxury car group. Some larger cars remain in the small/entry segment breakdown, but that's mainly because their price and mission are more directly comparable to that of the class-leading BMW 3-Series.
Of the 17 cars in the midsize luxury car table below which could have posted declining year-over-year sales, 12 did so. Worst among these declines was the Acura RL's, a 91% plunge. Acura RL sales are off by 42% in 2011.
The Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class was an aging car last October. The new model has helped Mercedes-Benz post a 192% year-over-year increase in October 2011. The CLS finished October 108 sales ahead of the Audi A7.
Leading the overall segment in October was BMW's 5-Series. Normally, Mercedes-Benz's E-Class is the leader of the pack, but E-Class sales dropped 19% in October.
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Note: the Lincoln MKZ has moved in to the midsize luxury car group. Some larger cars remain in the small/entry segment breakdown, but that's mainly because their price and mission are more directly comparable to that of the class-leading BMW 3-Series. The MKZ comes across as more of a competitor for the Lexus ES than the Lexus IS.
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Small/Entry Luxury Car Sales And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - October 2011
Volvo is killing off the S40 and V50. The other side of their triangle, Volvo's C30, was up 38% in October. C30 sales remain low, less than half what BMW has with the 1-Series despite the 1-Series' 40% cliff dive. Moreover, C30 sales are down 17% this year. Volvo's good news is S60-centred. Sales of Volvo's most eye-catching current car are, at the very least, decent, and at most, 2519% better than S60 sales were last year.
Details on October U.S. sales of midsize luxury cars can be viewed after the jump.
Small/Entry Luxury Car | October 2011 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
Acura TSX | 2977 | + 32% | 24,698 | - 2% |
Audi A3 | 412 | - 34% | 5435 | + 5% |
Audi A4 | 2613 | + 6% | 29,011 | + 2% |
BMW 1-Series | 679 | - 40% | 7251 | - 33% |
BMW 3-Series | 7748 | - 9% | 78,314 | - 4% |
Cadillac CTS | 3918 | - 8% | 45,818 | + 25% |
Infiniti G | 3824 | - 3% | 47,207 | 0% |
Lexus CT | 1511 | ----- | 10,363 | ----- |
Lexus HS | 205 | - 74% | 2383 | - 73% |
Lexus IS | 2640 | - 15% | 23,364 | - 16% |
Lincoln MKZ | 1953 | + 6% | 23,011 | + 32% |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 2 | ----- | 18 | ----- |
Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 7084 | + 88% | 53,212 | + 7% |
Saab 9-3 | 144 | - 74% | 3560 | + 22% |
Volvo C30 | 317 | + 38% | 2890 | - 17% |
Volvo S40 | 51 | - 86% | 2926 | - 39% |
Volvo V50 | 2 | - 98% | 553 | - 63% |
Volvo S60 | 1746 | + 739% | 17,545 | + 2519% |
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Midsize Luxury Car | October 2011 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
Acura RL | 22 | - 91% | 1001 | - 42% |
Acura TL | 2662 | - 13% | 25,542 | - 10% |
Audi A6 | 1186 | + 44% | 7890 | + 12% |
Audi A7 | 655 | ----- | 4752 | ----- |
BMW 5-Series | 5044 | + 2% | 43,040 | + 46% |
Cadillac STS | 180 | - 51% | 3166 | - 18% |
Hyundai Equus | 285 | ----- | 2568 | ----- |
Hyundai Genesis | 2602 | + 10% | 27,826 | + 17% |
Infiniti M | 664 | - 44% | 8813 | - 25% |
Jaguar XF | 575 | - 6% | 4342 | - 27% |
Lexus ES | 4300 | - 17% | 31,260 | - 20% |
Lexus GS | 266 | - 52% | 3346 | - 42% |
Lincoln MKS | 981 | - 10% | 9824 | - 19% |
Lincoln MKZ | 1953 | + 6% | 23,011 | + 32% |
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class | 763 | + 192% | 4269 | + 160% |
Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 4516 | - 19% | 52,340 | + 4% |
Saab 9-5 | 129 | - 33% | 1230 | + 226% |
Volvo S80 | 349 | - 1% | 4300 | - 36% |
Volvo XC70 | 443 | - 9% | 4699 | - 19% |
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