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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
Not surprisingly, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Lexus build America's three top-selling premium brand vehicles. Combined sales of the 3-Series, C-Class, and RX rose 12% to 24,564 units in September.
Measured by percentage change, Land Rover, Infiniti, Audi, and Lexus are among the eight fastest-growing auto brands in America so far this year.
In a market that's grown 4% over the course of the first nine months of 2015, those brands are jointly up 13% to 538,819 units, or 4.1% of the industry's total volume.
August 2015 • September 2014
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 don't report specific monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $40K.
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* Escalade breakdown by variant
$45,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $15,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $45,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $32,750, as would be the case with the new BMW 320i, which costs less than a Honda Accord V6 Touring.
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Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - September 2015
Mercedes-Benz finished September as America's top-selling premium auto brand after Lexus wore the crown in both July and August.
Through the first three quarters of 2015, the race between the top three brands is tight. Mercedes-Benz's non-Sprinter sales are up 7% to 249,890, just 66 sales behind BMW's 249,956-unit tally.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
Lexus, meanwhile, is growing faster than either of the two Germans, but its 12% rise to 247,445 units places Toyota's premium brand 2511 sales back of BMW.
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Measured by percentage change, Land Rover, Infiniti, Audi, and Lexus are among the eight fastest-growing auto brands in America so far this year.
In a market that's grown 4% over the course of the first nine months of 2015, those brands are jointly up 13% to 538,819 units, or 4.1% of the industry's total volume.
Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.
August 2015 • September 2014
Rank | Premium Brand Vehicle | September 2015 | September 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
#1 | BMW 3-Series | 9145 | 8270 | 10.6% | 69,820 | 66,777 | 4.6% |
#2 | Lexus RX | 7759 | 7453 | 4.1% | 69,922 | 76,216 | -8.3% |
#3 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 7660 | 6285 | 21.9% | 64,535 | 50,170 | 28.6% |
#4 | Cadillac SRX | 6849 | 3700 | 85.1% | 50,712 | 41,708 | 21.6% |
#5 | Lexus ES | 5195 | 4164 | 24.1% | 44,900 | 34,823 | 28.9% |
#6 | Audi Q5 | 5149 | 3240 | 58.9% | 36,566 | 30,114 | 21.4% |
#7 | Acura TLX | 4753 | 3884 | 22.4% | 34,808 | 6170 | 464% |
#8 | Acura MDX | 4313 | 4864 | -11.3% | 43,457 | 47,308 | -10.0% |
#9 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 4173 | 4884 | -14.6% | 35,325 | 52,609 | -32.9% |
#10 | BMW 5-Series | 4059 | 1407 | 188% | 33,838 | 39,168 | -13.6% |
#11 | Acura RDX | 3848 | 3230 | 19.1% | 38,502 | 33,095 | 16.3% |
#12 | Infiniti QX60 | 3845 | 2182 | 76.2% | 29,378 | 22,613 | 29.9% |
#13 | Infiniti Q50 | 3557 | 2742 | 29.7% | 31,603 | 25,864 | 22.2% |
#14 | Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class | 3492 | --- | --- | 5294 | --- | --- |
#15 | Lexus IS | 3152 | 3611 | -12.7% | 35,389 | 37,038 | -4.5% |
Rank | Vehicles With Base Prices Above $45K | September 2015 | September 2014 | % Change | 2015 YTD | 2014 YTD | % Change |
#1 | Chevrolet Tahoe | 6119 | 5691 | 7.5% | 64,728 | 70,528 | -8.2% |
#2 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 4173 | 4884 | -14.6% | 35,325 | 52,609 | -32.9% |
#3 | BMW 5-Series | 4059 | 1407 | 188% | 33,838 | 39,168 | -13.6% |
#4 | GMC Yukon | 3963 | 3226 | 22.8% | 30,011 | 30,684 | -2.2% |
#5 | Chevrolet Suburban | 3521 | 4101 | -14.1% | 35,715 | 38,588 | -7.4% |
#6 | Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class | 3492 | --- | --- | 5294 | --- | --- |
#7 | Ford Expedition | 3489 | 3598 | -3.0% | 30,483 | 32,691 | -6.8% |
#8 | GMC Yukon XL | 3027 | 2165 | 39.8% | 20,939 | 21,928 | -4.5% |
#9 | Cadillac Escalade | 2809 | 3518 | -20.2% | 25,132 | 21,402 | 17.4% |
Cadillac Escalade * | 1628 | 2290 | -28.9% | 14,977 | 13,705 | 9.3% | |
Cadillac Escalade ESV * | 1181 | 1228 | -3.8% | 10,153 | 7647 | 32.8% | |
Cadillac Escalade EXT * | --- | --- | --- | 2 | 50 | -96.0% | |
#10 | Chevrolet Corvette | 2572 | 2467 | 4.3% | 26,398 | 25,950 | 1.7% |
#11 | BMW X5 | 2525 | 4398 | -42.6% | 40,490 | 33,021 | 22.6% |
#12 | Mercedes-Benz GL-Class | 2448 | 2154 | 13.6% | 19,329 | 17,728 | 9.0% |
#13 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class | 1956 | 1909 | 2.5% | 15,994 | 16,915 | -5.4% |
#14 | Audi Q7 | 1941 | 1365 | 42.2% | 14,421 | 13,105 | 10.0% |
#15 | Audi A6 | 1713 | 1510 | 13.4% | 17,072 | 17,167 | -0.6% |
* Escalade breakdown by variant
$45,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $15,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $45,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $32,750, as would be the case with the new BMW 320i, which costs less than a Honda Accord V6 Touring.
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