Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - January 2014

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A big Canadian sales month for Mercedes-Benz in January 2014 was fuelled in part by the Mercedes-Benz CLA, which made it onto the list of Canada's 15 best-selling premium brand vehicles for the first time.

Nearly half of Mercedes-Benz Canada's non-Sprinter volume in January was generated by the company's three entry-level cars: the CLA, which tied for 14th among premium brand vehicles, the C-Class, which led all premium brand vehicles, and the B-Class, sales of which slid 5% to 191 units last month.

• All 238 Vehicles Ranked By January 2014 Canadian Sales

11 of Canada's 15 leading premium brand nameplates in January 2014 were utility vehicles, including the second, third, and fourth top sellers. BMW's X5 was Canada's 20th-best-selling SUV/crossover overall, the only premium brand utility to crack the top 20.

Among vehicles with base prices north of $50,00, the X5 led the way. The Volkswagen Touareg, Chevrolet Corvette, Toyota Sequoia, and GMC Yukon also inserted themselves into the mix. Sales of the $52,745+ Corvette were seven times stronger in January 2014 than they were a year ago. 

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.

January 2015 - February 2014 - December 2013 - January 2013

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	January 2014	January 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	556	393	41.5%	556	393	41.5%
#2	BMW X5	441	193	128%	441	193	128%
#3	Audi Q5	438	435	0.7%	438	435	0.7%
#4	Lexus RX	437	414	5.5%	437	414	5.5%
#5	BMW 3-Series *	374	676	-44.7%	374	676	-44.7%
#6	Acura MDX	355	257	38.1%	355	257	38.1%
#7	Acura RDX	322	370	-13.0%	322	370	-13.0%
#8	Audi A4 *	301	332	-9.3%	301	332	-9.3%
#9	Infiniti QX60/JX	296	160	85.0%	296	160	85.0%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	287	256	12.1%	287	256	12.1%
#11	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	283	283	0.0%	283	283	0.0%
#12	Lincoln MKX	262	174	50.6%	262	174	50.6%
#13	BMW X1	250	89	181%	250	89	181%
T14	BMW X3	221	281	-21.4%	221	281	-21.4%
T14	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	221	---	---	221	---	---

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 $50K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	January 2014	January 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW X5	441	193	128%	441	193	128%
#2	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	283	283	0.0%	283	283	0.0%
#3	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	215	108	99.1%	215	108	99.1%
#4	Mercedes-Benz  E-Class & CLS-Class ^	198	117	69.2%	198	117	69.2%
#5	BMW 5-Series	187	191	-2.1%	187	191	-2.1%
#6	Volkswagen Touareg	137	135	1.5%	137	135	1.5%
#7	Porsche Cayenne	129	88	46.6%	129	88	46.6%
#8	Mercedes-Benz  S-Class & CL-Class ^	118	26	354%	118	26	354%
#9	Audi Q7	118	103	14.6%	118	103	14.6%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	102	178	-42.7%	102	178	-42.7%
#11	Chevrolet Corvette	94	13	623%	94	13	623%
#12	Land Rover Range Rover	87	84	3.6%	87	84	3.6%
#13	Audi A7	70	38	84.2%	70	38	84.2%
T14	Toyota Sequoia	67	60	11.7%	67	60	11.7%
T14	GMC Yukon	67	66	1.5%	67	66	1.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad. BMW also sold 111 copies of the 3-Series two-door, now known as the 4-Series.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. The biggest problem with a $50,000 minimum price of entry? Cars like the Cadillac XTS, which starts at $48,940, sporty cars like the $49,500 Audi TT, and SUVs like the $49,990 Acura MDX. Volkswagen recently increased the base Touareg's price to $50,975; GM jacked up the base Tahoe/Yukon price up to $51,580. The new Cadillac CTS sedan's base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet.
Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 volume: up 76.3% to 238

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