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Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - August 2011
17 of August's Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada wear European badges on their hoods. The best-selling American premium vehicle in Canada last month was a Lincoln, the Edge-based MKX.Not since April has the Lexus RX been Canada's favourite premium utility vehicle. In August, that sub-crown went to the Acura MDX, sales of which rose 24.3% compared with August 2010. Lexus RX sales plunged 29% in August.Canada's favourite luxury brand in August was BMW, as you read on September 1. 39% of BMW's sales were 3-Series sedans, coupes, and convertibles, perhaps a few Tourings, too. Mercedes-Benz, with 2170 sales, was Canada's second-ranked premium automaker last month. More than 6% of Mercedes-Benz sales in August were Sprinter commercial vans. If we considered the Sprinter a luxury vehicle because of its tri-star badge, it would rank ahead of the Infiniti EX and Audi Q7 in the table below.Speaking of Audi, the Volkswagen-owned Ingolstadt-based automaker was the third-ranked premium brand in Canada in August 2011. There are four Audis on this list of Canada's 30 favourite premium vehicles. Those four vehicles represent 40% of the model range but 81% of all Audi sales in the first eight months of this year. Rank | Luxury Vehicle | Status | August 2011 | August 2010 | Year-To-Date |
#1 | BMW 3-Series | ↔ | 949 | 1347 | 7864 |
#2 | Acura MDX | ↑ | 705 | 567 | 3494 |
#3 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | ↓ | 633 | 498 | 5811 |
#4 | Mercedes-Benz GLK | ↓ | 476 | 466 | 3648 |
#5 | Lexus RX | ↓ | 472 | 665 | 4233 |
#6 | Audi A4 | ↑ | 447 | 457 | 3809 |
#7 | Audi Q5 | ↑ | 421 | 397 | 3117 |
#8 | Mercedes-Benz E & CLS-Class | ↑ | 405 | 333 | 2515 |
#9 | BMW X3 | ↔ | 400 | 224 | 2988 |
#10 | Lincoln MKX | ↓ | 371 | 200 | 2769 |
#11 | Infiniti G | ↓ | 341 | 376 | 2406 |
#12 | BMW X5 | ↔ | 326 | 296 | 2510 |
#13 | Cadillac SRX | ↑ | 321 | 333 | 2189 |
#14 | Cadillac CTS | ↑ | 320 | 237 | 2299 |
#15 | BMW X1 | ↓ | 297 | ----- | 1512 |
T16 | Lexus IS | ↓ | 259 | 178 | 1510 |
T16 | Acura RDX | ↑ | 259 | 285 | 1758 |
#18 | Acura CSX | ↑ | 219 | 159 | 1300 |
#19 | Lexus ES | ↑ | 189 | 226 | 1293 |
#20 | Lexus CT200h | ↑ | 182 | ----- | 796 |
#21 | BMW 5-Series | ↑ | 178 | 137 | 1829 |
T22 | Acura TL | ↔ | 156 | 246 | 1632 |
T22 | Mercedes-Benz B-Class | ↓ | 156 | 263 | 2255 |
#24 | Infiniti EX | ↑ | 137 | 206 | 969 |
#25 | Audi Q7 | ↑ | 134 | 95 | 1064 |
T26 | Volvo S60 | ↑ | 133 | 6 | 1001 |
T26 | Volvo XC60 | ↔ | 133 | 133 | 1295 |
#28 | Audi A5 | ↑ | 132 | 196 | 1494 |
#29 | Land Rover Range Rover Sport | ↑ | 131 | 94 | 932 |
#30 | Mercedes-Benz M-Class | ↓ | 128 | 310 | 1947 |
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